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Professor Ian Rees Jones has been appointed as the new Director of WISERD.     Based at Cardiff University, Professor Jones will lead the Institute which has become a major centre for social science research excellence in Wales and beyond. Talking of his new position, Professor Jones said: “This is a very exciting time to…

Professor Chris Taylor will present his findings on Devolution and Geographies of Education: the use of the Millennium Cohort Study for ‘home international’ comparisons across the UK. Using the UK Millennium Cohort Study (MCS), a recent longitudinal birth cohort study specifically designed to provide the potential for geographical analysis, Professor Taylor will present his highly publicised research…

The third podcast of the WISERD Research Podcast Series is now online:  Professor Chris Taylor discusses developments in his evaluation of the Pupil Deprivation Grant (PDG).   This two-year evaluation will look at how schools have used this new grant and what impact this additional resource has had on these children and young people. The PDG was…

The second podcast of the WISERD Research Podcast Series is now online:  Professor Sally Power discusses developments in WISERDEducation. As the anniversary of WISERDEducation approaches, Professor Sally Power looks back on the work of the past twelve months and gives an insight into the key developments taking place in the future. WISERDEducation is a one million pound investment to…

Professor Chris Taylor’s research revealing that children in Wales are behind their counterparts in England in standards of literacy was covered extensively by national news outlets Wales Online – https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/literacy-standards-dropping-wales-new-5835371 The Independent – http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/english-children-outperform-welsh-and-scottish-pupils-at-reading-8797106.html The Guardian – https://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/sep/04/reading-england-wales-scotland-pupils ITV News – http://www.itv.com/news/wales/update/2013-09-04/literacy-lagging-behind-england/ BBC News – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-23955938/welsh-pupils-literacy-lagged-behind-england-in-2007

Professor Chris Taylor has uncovered evidence that children at age seven in Wales do not do as well as their contemporaries in England when it comes to literacy. Professor Taylor has found that whilst children in England and Wales score equally in assessments on their numeracy and non-verbal reasoning, the gap in literacy levels between…

Professor David Blackaby discusses the 1,400 jobs created from aerospace company Testia UK in Newport in an article published by BBC News. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23934149  

Analysis released on assessment of outcomes for people leaving ESF projects. A report assessing the outcomes for those leaving ESF projects, designed to increase engagement in the labour market and improve the skill levels of the workforce, is now available. The Welsh European Funding Office (WEFO) has recently published a report prepared by WISERD and…

WISERD researchers delivered presentations at this year’s Eisteddfod in Denbighshire. Mirain Rhys, Dr Kathryn Sharp and Dr Martin O’Neill delivered presentations at this year’s Eisteddfod on Thursday 8th August in Denbighshire. As part of Cardiff University’s presence at the event, WISERD researchers took part in the Discuss Cardiff space.  This provided an opportunity to showcase the…

Urban Rhythms: Mobilities, Space and Interaction in the Contemporary City will be launched on Tuesday 6th August at Cardiff University.   The book is a Sociological Review Monograph, an edited collection which brings together a range of scholars working in a global range of cities. The chapters of the book, based in cities from Rio…