News and Blog

Minister for Education & Skills comments on Evaluating the Foundation Phase first reports for Welsh Government, and receives significant coverage across the Welsh press. BBC – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-27290036/welsh-government-s-foundation-phase-policy-varies-reports-say Wales Online – https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/concern-over-literacy-praise-welsh-7074714 South Wales Argus- http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/11194817._Lessons_to_be_learned__on_Foundation_Phase___minister/ Nursery World – https://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/nursery-world/news/1143888/welsh-foundation-phase-practice-varies-widely

Professor David Blackaby comments on Welsh house prices can be found in the linked article. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/house-prices-up-49-wales-7147588

Professor Gareth Rees is quoted in Time Higher Education regarding the Public Policy Institute Wales, which can be found by following the link below. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/campus-close-up-cardiff-university/2013228.article

Professor Sally Power talks about her new comparative study which finds that British students from top universities seek worldwide opportunities, whereas their French counterparts wish to ‘serve’ France.

Wales Online Coverage of the Research conducted by WISERD that formed a key element of the Welsh Government commissioned “Successful Futures” report, written by Professor Graham Donaldson, which proposes a radical overhaul of the national curriculum in Wales. The coverage can be accessed below. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/revealed-radical-education-overhaul-dramatically-8713170

BBC Coverage of the Research conducted by WISERD that formed a key element of the Welsh Government commissioned “Successful Futures” report, written by Professor Graham Donaldson, which proposes a radical overhaul of the national curriculum in Wales. The full coverage can be read by following the link below. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-31606122

A Made in Cardiff TV interview with Professor Ian Rees Jones, regarding the launch of the Civil Society research Centre, can be found below.