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Young peoples’ social media usage on the rise Amongst young people social media has been consistently growing in popularity over the past ten years. EU Kids Online’s research on young people’s use of digital media across 25 European countries suggests that from 2005 to 2010 internet use increased from 70 to 93 per cent amongst 6- to 17-year-olds. Research…

Professor Chris Taylor was featured in the ITV report about screen time at night being harmful to children’s health, which can be accessed through the link below. http://www.itv.com/news/wales/2016-12-12/screen-time-at-night-can-be-harmful-to-childrens-health-researchers-say/

Professor Sally Power wrote an article for The Conversation that questions whether it’s a good idea to buy places for poor pupils in private schools. The article can be accessed by following the link below. https://theconversation.com/the-state-has-helped-poor-pupils-into-private-schools-before-did-it-work-70222

Professor Gareth Rees was interviewed on BBC Radio Wales’s ‘Good Morning Wales’ shortly before the release of the PISA results.

Professor Sally Power featured in the Wales Online article that captured the live reaction towards the release of the PISA Results. The article can be accessed through the link below. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/education/live-updates-wales-predicted-perform-12277256

Last night leading figures in Welsh education gathered for a debate on the future of education in Wales at Cardiff University’s Hadyn Ellis Building. The event was held ahead of the next round of PISA results due for release on 6th December 2016. PISA is a triennial survey which aims to evaluate education systems worldwide…

Professor Sally Power was quoted in an article published in The Times about the Michaela Community School in Brent. A link to the article is provided below. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/20a493d0-a5d0-11e6-89ad-c090de2d496c

As Professor Sir Ian Diamond says in his introduction to The Review of Higher Education Funding and Student Finance Arrangements in Wales “in times of austerity it is easy for society to focus solely on current challenges and forget that it is essential to continue to invest in educating the future generations who will drive the economy…

The Review of Higher Education Funding and Student Finance Arrangements in Wales led by Professor Sir Ian Diamond has been published today.  The review, commissioned in 2014, focuses on widening access; supporting the skill needs of Wales; strengthening part-time and postgraduate provision in Wales; and long-term financial sustainability. As part of the review, quality research…

Online coverage in Wales Online on WISERD Education findings regarding pupil and teacher perceptions (and new funding). The coverage can be accessed by the link below. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/education/listen-us-less-half-welsh-11892203#ICID=sharebar_twitter