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Minister comments on first ‘Evaluating the Foundation Phase’ reports

Minister for Education & Skills, Huw Lewis, comments on the release of the first WISERD reports for Welsh Government. A series of reports into the Welsh Government’s flagship early years education programme the Foundation Phase have been warmly welcomed by Education and Skills Minister Huw Lewis. The Foundation Phase for children aged 3-7 places emphasis…

Welsh Government publish WISERD report on poverty

Download WISERD report for Welsh Government by Rhys Davies and Huw Lloyd Williams. The Welsh Government published a report last week on: The dynamics of low income.  The report considers the extent to which individuals move in and out of poverty, the characteristics of those who remain in poverty and the types of events that can…

Professor Chris Taylor leads on evaluation of Welsh Government pilot

A new research project, evaluating the Foundation Phase Flexibility Pilots, is underway with Professor Chris Taylor as lead researcher. In line with the Welsh Government’s commitment to Early Years development, the Foundation Phase is the statutory curriculum for all 3 to 7 year old children in Wales in both maintained and non-maintained settings. The Foundation…

Minister for Health and Social Services to give University seminar on ‘Prudent Healthcare’

Mark Drakeford AM, Minister for Health and Social Services, will visit Swansea University on Tuesday, April 15, to speak on the topic of “Prudent Healthcare: what can the NHS learn from social care?”. The Minister has been invited to give the first public lecture in a new seminar series, which has been jointly organised by Swansea…

Project Update: Professor Sally Power

WISERDEducation is a really exciting initiative which is designed to promote educational research in Wales. The core programme of research is funded by HEFCW (Higher Education Funding Council of Wales) and is designed to increase the quantity and quality of educational research in Wales. We are now into our second year, and the first year…

WISERD 2014 Annual Conference: Bookings open!

Join Wales’ largest social science conference! Bookings are now open for the WISERD 2014 Annual Conference.  The event follows on from four successful conferences, held in the Universities of Cardiff, Swansea, Bangor and South Wales.  Bringing practitioners, policy makers and social scientists together, WISERD conferences have become established as one of the most important events in…

WISERD on BBC Radio4

Listen to Professor Sally Power on BBC Radio4 programme Thinking Allowed, discussing British vs French graduate interest in ‘serving’ their country when it comes to their career. Professor Sally Power talks about her new comparative study which finds that British students from top universities seek worldwide opportunities, whereas their French counterparts wish to ‘serve’ France….