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Depending on your perspective, the campaigns for a remain/withdrawal vote in the EU referendum have had between six weeks (since David Cameron announced the date of the referendum on 20th February) or more than two years (since David Cameron announced that the plan to hold a referendum would be in the Conservative Party manifesto for the…

Sky News carries an interview with Professor David Blackaby of the School of Management, who described steel as “a strategic industry, a foundation industry”, which is vital if we want a manufacturing industry in this country.

  With a plethora of upcoming elections on 5th May, we are reminded that devolution of power and delineated boundaries in the UK since 1997 means multi-level political trends and outcomes within and between nations and regions: the EU referendum is no exception. We know that in the UK young people are more likely to support…

Dr Gareth Rees was interviewed by BBC Radio Cymru on education and the Assembly election – focusing on school standards/performance & University/student finance

Professor Melanie Jones’s article Disability and labour market outcomes is a featured article on IZA World of Labor’s website. A link to the article can be found here.

BBC Radio 5 Live Wake up to Money focuses on the steel crisis

An interview with Professor David Blackaby, School of Management, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on the Tata announcement and the numbers of and implications for the workforce in Wales.

Coverage in the Financial Times on Dr Stuart Fox and Dr Sioned Pearce’s research on young people and the EU referendum

    Dr Elin Royles reflects on the WISERD Civil Society Seminar that took place at Aberystwyth University on 16 March 2016: How do education policies and policies guiding the work of organisations working with young people attempt to influence their sense of identities? That was the question guiding Prof Rhys Jones and Dr Elin…