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    ‘Learning to live: An era poised between enlightenment and obscurantism’ by Professor John Morgan published today in leading Italian daily newspaper Il Corriere Della Sera.                

Cardiff University’s sbarc | spark building, the world’s first social science research park which will launch next year, is the featured in an article (University Business, 13/08/21).

Professor Chris Taylor answers some key questions about sbarc|spark for Wales Online.

Professor Sally Power shares WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study findings in a BBC Wales Radio interview highlighting the impact of lockdown on young people’s learning. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000t6bz (From minute 37:16)

Cardiff University researcher Dr Catherine Foster (WISERD) said children from disadvantaged backgrounds more likely to have fallen behind while learning from home. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56423630

On an Wales Online interview, Dr Catherine Foster said life had “changed dramatically” for many young people who suffered from effects such as loneliness and loss of routine. She said: “Although some children have been able to continue going to school at least part of the time, most have lost the organization and structure that…

Dr Sioned Pearce highlights the impact of COVID-19 on youth unemployment. In an interview with BBC Wales, she said the pandemic had “exacerbated issues of uncertainty” for young people with zero hour contracts, part-time work and low-paid jobs.  

Social Sciences Prof Chris Taylor, from Cardiff University, said this gap was continuing to widen. “Closing schools exposes and accentuates the deep disadvantage that many families have across Wales in the different circumstances that they’re in,” Prof Taylor said. BBC article

The Welsh Government was forced to backtrack on the grading method agreed with regulator Qualifications Wales after an outcry over students being downgraded led to a u-turn in Scotland and changes in England. An 11th hour review took place to ensure that students didn’t lose out in Wales after England and Scotland announced major concessions….

Children in Wales have some of the lowest levels of well-being amongst children across 35 countries, a team of WISERD researchers has found. Survey of 128,000 children across 35 countries raises questions about levels of well-being experienced across different areas of children’s lives in Wales. Read the coverage for this research study: Children in Wales…