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On 20 February 2023, Professor Alan Felstead was interviewed for a BBC television programme investigating the falling footfall in city centres such as Cardiff and the rise in some of the smaller towns surrounding the Welsh capital. Similar patterns are evident across the UK. Professor Felstead’s research shows that one of main reasons for these…

Professor Sally Power joined Vaughan Roderick on 15th May 2022 for the BBC Radio Wales Sunday Supplement. The programme features political news, discussions and analysis, plus a round-up of the Sunday papers. As a guest reviewer of the papers, Professor Power discussed a variety of current affairs, including fairness in education. You can listen to…

Professor Chris Taylor, academic director of sbarc I spark at Cardiff University, is quoted in today’s Western Mail and South Wales Echo as saying children and parents may feel school is “optional”, especially on Fridays, following two years of pandemic disruption. Read the article at WalesOnline.

WISERD Director, Professor Sally Power features in latest BERA winter edition of Research Intelligence, discussing the unique environment for educational research in Wales.  

Professor Kevin Morgan, an expert in governance and development from Cardiff University’s School of Geography and Planning, is interviewed as part of a series on the impact of Brexit on different sectors in South Wales. The interview appeared in the Western Mail and the South Wales Echo on 03.09.21. Western Mail     South Wales…

    ‘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