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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…

The Spectrum Project is a specialist awareness-raising, preventative and bilingual educational programme, delivering sessions on all aspects of Healthy Relationships and VAWDASV (Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence) to pupils and staff in schools across Wales. It links with the priorities of Prevention, Protection and Support outlined in the Violence Against Women, Domestic…

As children across Wales and the rest of the UK have returned to school after an unprecedented length of time off, the focus on how to keep both children and staff safe has been of paramount importance for parents, teachers, and policy makers.   Attention must also be paid to the potentially unequal consequences that…

A new ADR-UK Data Insight report by WISERD Co-Director, Rhys Davis, reveals the important role played by Careers Wales in supporting those children most in need of careers guidance within Welsh Schools. Following the withdrawal of funding for the Connexions Network in 2010 – a dedicated careers guidance service for young people – concerns have…

Director of WISERD Education, Sally Power, has been interviewed and quoted on ITV Wales in relation to the long term effects that COVID-19 measures in Schools might incur to pupils. “Professor Sally Power from Cardiff University has warned that the attainment gap between pupils will have widened as a result of the pandemic”. See full article: https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2020-09-24/experts-warn-of-long-term-damage-to-education-due-to-school-closures…

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. Children in Wales have some of the lowest levels of well-being amongst children across 35 countries, a team of WISERD researchers has found. The team surveyed over 2,600 children from across Wales about…

Recent results from the Children’s Worlds study revealed that children in Wales have some of the lowest levels of well-being amongst children surveyed in 35 countries. Children’s Worlds is an international study of children’s subjective well-being, with the third and most recent survey including over 128,000 children, surveyed between 2016 – 2019. This is the…

As the start of another school year approaches, amongst the many challenges that providing a COVID-safe educational environment poses, reintegrating learners into a safe and secure learning environment will be key. Concerns have rightly been raised about young people’s mental health and welfare during these unprecedented times. Our research with children and young people as…

Today sees the release of GCSE results for pupils across the UK. The last-minute changes to the awarding of A level grades last week saw similar changes made to the awarding of GCSE results. Pupils will now receive the centre assessment grade, provided by their school, if it was higher than the calculated grade, produced…