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Dates Confirmed for WISERD 2014 Conference

WISERD’s fifth annual conference will take place on 3rd & 4th July 2014 at Aberystwyth University. The dates for Wales’ largest social science conference have been set.  This two day event will take place on Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th July 2014 at the MedRus Conference Centre at Aberystwyth University. This annual event showcases policy…

ESRC announces Wales has highest funding success rate

The ESRC reports that social science research in Wales now has the highest success rate and the biggest improvement of all the UK countries. The Economic and Social Research Council has increased its spending on research grants by £2 million and boosted its success rates for grant proposals from 17 per cent to 27 per…

Professor Jones features in Health Service Journal

Read Professor Ian Rees Jones‘ article: Will publishing surgeon performance improve outcomes? Professor Jones has co-authored an article with Professor Jonathan Gabe and Professor Max Exworthy for the Health Service Journal. With the announcement of public reporting being introduced in 10 surgical sub-specialties in England, the article questions whether the publication of surgeon performance will result…

Listen to Radio Interview with Dr Kate Moles

Dr Moles is interviewed as part of the Emotional Geographies Conference at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. The International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Emotional Geographies took place on 1st – 3rd July 2013 at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands.  The event is the fourth is a series that provides a forum for a…

And the winner is…

Amy Jones from Swansea University wins the PhD student Poster Competition at the WISERD Annual Conference. Amy Jones, a PhD student from Swansea University, was delighted to win the PhD Student Poster competition at this year’s WISERD Annual Conference. The competition was part of a research poster exhibition at Wales’ largest social science conference.  Hosted…

Celebrating WISERD Conference Success with Image Gallery

This year’s WISERD Annual conference was a great success with nearly 150 delegates and over 80 papers presented, cementing the event as the largest social science conference in Wales.  Academics and non-academics from a diverse range of disciplines and areas of interest shared their research at the two-day event at the University of South Wales…

‘Wales workers happiest but paid less and have lower skills, says report’

Professor Alan Felstead and Rhys Davies discussion following the launch of their research on the 2012 Skills and Employment Survey. They found that workers in Wales are paid less than elsewhere in Britain and do lower skilled jobs, but they were the happiest and most committed. Wales Online BBC News ESRC

‘Wales workers happiest but paid less and have lower skills, says report’

Professor Alan Felstead and Rhys Davies discussion following the launch of their research on the 2012 Skills and Employment Survey. They found that workers in Wales are paid less than elsewhere in Britain and do lower skilled jobs, but they were the happiest and most committed. Wales Online – https://www.walesonline.co.uk/business/business-news/cardiff-university… BBC News – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23223035 ESRC – http://www.esrc.ac.uk/news-events-and-publications/publications/magazin…

WISERD’s first podcast!

  WISERD is delighted to announce the first in a series of podcasts about WISERD projects and research activity. Click here to listen to Dr Kate Moles and Dr Alex Morgan talk about their three year evaluation of Pori Drwy Stori, a bilingual reading intervention designed to raise educational outcomes for young children by increasing…