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Hopes and Dreams

Welsh pupils should leave school as young adults prepared for living and working in Wales, or in other parts of the world. The WISERD Education project has given us the opportunity to ask pupils about their hopes and expectations for their futures, including, but not limited to, careers. These questions were varied and focussed on…

New Website for WISERDEducation

WISERDEducation has launched a new website. WISERDEducation is a three year £1 million project examining 1,200 pupils aged 5-17 years in 24 schools across Wales, and the new website has been designed to best reflect the aims and objectives of this invaluable research. WISERDEducation is designed to strengthen educational research in Wales.  Funded by the Higher…

Conference Call For Papers – Deadline Extended

The call for papers submission deadline has been extended to Friday 7 February 2014. The WISERD 2014 Conference will be held on 3-4 July 2014 in Aberystwyth University. We are delighted to be able to confirm that Professor Bob Jessop and Professor Karel Williams have agreed to deliver keynote addresses. The 2014 conference is the fifth annual WISERD conference, and…

Curriculum, Culture and Citizenship in Wales

Recently, the Welsh government has committed to raising standards of literacy and numeracy amongst pupils in schools across Wales by developing the National Literacy and Numeracy Framework (LNF). The LNF was developed with the intention of enabling pupils to “develop excellent literacy and numeracy skills during their time in school.” Literacy and numeracy are essential skills in…

WISERD Podcast: Rural Change and Development in Globalization

Professor Mike Woods presents his new research project: The Global Countryside: Rural Change and Development in Globalization. WISERD Co-Director Professor Michael Woods has been awarded a £2.27 million Advanced Grant by the European Research Council for research on ‘The Global Countryside: Rural Change and  Development in Globalization’ (GLOBAL-RURAL). The five year project, which will begin in February, will be undertaken by…

WISERD collaborates in new UK dementia study

The G8 summit has announced today the launch of a £4 million research project about improving life with dementia. This new project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and National Institute for Health Research hopes to answer some key questions: How can people with dementia be supported to live well?  What affects…

WISERD 2014 Annual Conference – Call for Papers

The WISERD 2014 Conference will be held on 3-4 July 2014 in Aberystwyth University. We are delighted to be able to confirm that Professor Bob Jessop and Professor Karel Williams have agreed to deliver keynote addresses. The 2014 conference is the fifth annual WISERD conference, and follows on from four successful conferences, held in Cardiff, Swansea, Bangor and South…

Job Opportunity: Administrative Assistant

Applications for this post have now closed. Post Reference Number: 1567BR WISERD is seeking to recruit an Administrative Assistant to provide a professional administrative support service to the Cardiff based hub.  The role holder will also be required to provide administrative support to a number of research projects. This is a full time post of 35 hours per week,…