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Leading-up to Britain’s EU membership referendum on the 23rd of June, WISERD is running a study of the attitudes, preferences and engagement throughout the referendum campaign of today’s young people. The study ‘Should we stay or should we go: Young People and the EU Referendum‘ will include several surveys of young people throughout the UK asking…

  On the 23rd of June 2016, 43 years after a reluctant and delayed entry to the European Economic Community, Britain will vote on one of the most significant political decisions for a generation: its membership of the European Union. For young British citizens who have never known a time before the EU, this is potentially…

The latest edition of WISERD News is now available – featuring updates on current projects and research findings as well as events and engagement activity. IN THIS ISSUE: Flexible Pre-School Education Pilots: Separating the Impactful from the Impractical Dr Daniel Evans gives an overview of his role in evaluating the implementation and impact of flexibility…

Further coverage on school pupil’s modern day heroes and villains from WISERD Education on an article published by The Conversation and Celeb Youth, can be accessed below. The Conversation – https://theconversation.com/race-gender-and-the-stereotyping-of-young-peoples-role-models-55725 Celeb youth – http://www.celebyouth.org/celebrity-culture-and-young-peoples-heroes-and-villains/

A new study by Professor Paul Chaney reveals how governments in South Asia are failing to fully engage and respond to civil society organisations’ policy demands on women’s rights and representation. ‘Under the terms of a key United Nations’ agreement of 1995 (globally subscribed to by 180+ states), countries are required to listen and respond…

We are seeking to appoint a Post-Doctoral Research Associate to work as part of the ESRC (Economic & Social Research Council) WISERD Civil Society Research Centre at Aberystwyth University. WISERD Civil Society is a new flagship research centre funded by the ESRC to undertake an innovative and farreaching five-year research programme of multi-disciplinary, policy relevant…

Professor Stephen Drinkwater is quoted in an article in The Economist looking at Eastern Europeans and migration, which can be accessed via the link below. https://www.economist.com/news/britain/21693639-great-migration-east-has-entered-second-different-phase-tunnels-and-channels

Professor Sally Power and Dr Kevin Smith received coverage from their research into which famous people school pupils most admire and dislike.  The findings reveal that the most admired are celebrities and sportspeople, with Jessie J, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé achieving the top three positions. The coverage, published on My Science UK, can be accessed via…

Professor Chris Taylor addressed access to higher education in Wales in BBC One Wales’ programme Week In Week Out ‘Is It Because I’m From Wales?’ on Monday 8th February.  He discussed the quality of teaching and the contrast in admissions to University from students who have the same grades but attend different schools.

On 2nd February Prof Paul Chaney presented the findings of a recent study of political representation to a seminar organised by the Chwarae Teg Research Hub. The paper analysed the parliamentary scrutiny of the substantive representation of women (SRW) in UK Governments’ Post-War legislative programmes. The SRW refers to the situation whereby women’s needs and…