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WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study

Start date:
October 2012  
Funder(s):
Welsh Government 
Status:
Current 
Click here for full details about this project

Research team

WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
Chris Taylor
Academic Director, SPARK
Cardiff University
WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
Laura Arman
Research Associate
Cardiff University
WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
Rhian Barrance
Director (WMCS)
Cardiff University
WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
Sally Power
WISERD Co-Director
Cardiff University

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Growing up in Wales: the pandemic and beyond | Evidence from the WISERD Education Multi-Cohort Study

   

Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study | March 2022
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Life in Lockdown: Evidence from the 2020 WISERD Education Multi-Cohort Study

We surveyed young people in Years 7-12 about their home learning experiences during summer 2020, what they missed and whether they should be allowed to see friends. In addition to asking about resources for schoolwork, time spent learning and going to school during lockdown, we asked young people about their worries, how they had been…

Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study | February 2021
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Growing up in Wales: school students’ perspectives and experiences

We’ve gathered young people’s views on their teachers, school trips, why they’ve been asked to leave the classroom and why they’ve been given a detention. We also asked about the GCSE subjects they’ve chosen and their awareness of vocational education. We’ve also asked them about growing up in Wales more generally, including their awareness of…

Education, Localities | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study | November 2019
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Changing Wales: WISERD at 10

A new publication showcasing just some of WISERD’s pioneering research that has taken place over the last ten years, and also an insight into some on the ongoing projects that will continue to address some of society’s most pressing issues.

Civil Society, Data & Methods, Education, Health, Wellbeing & Social Care, Inequalities, Localities, Research Networks, Work and Labour Markets | Beth Nawr Survey on children’s rights in Wales: Children’s Commissioner for Wales, Building Trust? Institutions and interactions of multi-level governance in the UK Germany and France, Evaluating the Foundation Phase, Evaluation of the Pupil Deprivation Grant, GLOBAL-RURAL, Integrative Mechanisms for Addressing Spatial Justice and Territorial Inequalities in Europe (IMAJINE), KLiC: Local Knowledge Spatial Practice and Urban Patrol, Labour Market Implications of Changes in the Public Sector: Public Sector Pay, Migrants, Minorities and Engagement in Local Civil Society, Rapid Review of Gender Equality, Rural-Urban Outlooks: Unlocking Synergies (ROBUST), The intergenerational transmission of ‘civic virtues’: the role of the family in civil society engagement, Understanding and supporting the Effectiveness of Labour Market Interventions in Wales, WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study, Young People and Brexit | October 2018
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Journal Articles
The mainstreaming of charities in schools

This paper focuses on the ‘mainstreaming’ of charities into schools. There have been growing concerns about the permeation of business and business values in education, but relatively little attention has been paid to the ways in which schools are increasingly engaged in the ‘business’ of fundraising for charities. Drawing on survey data from the WISERDEducation…

Civil Society, Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study | March 2018
WISERD Education: Changing the landscape of educational research in Wales Welsh Cover
Reports and Briefings
WISERD Education: Changing the landscape of educational research in Wales

WISERD Education was launched in 2012 in order to change the landscape of educational research in Wales. The main aims of the Programme were: to enhance the capacity to carry out high quality educational research within the higher education sector in Wales; •    to undertake research activities designed to improve the quality of learning and…

Education, Localities | WISERD Education, WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study | March 2018
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Journal Articles
Inequalities and the curriculum: Young people’s views on choice and fairness through their experiences of curriculum as examination specifications at GCSE

This paper presents data that consider ways in which young people experience the curriculum through the lens of subject examination syllabuses (for GCSEs), their associated assessment techniques and structures, and educational policies at national and school level concerning subject choice. Drawing upon an original qualitative dataset from a mixed-methods study of students’ views and experiences…

Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study | February 2018
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Sleepless in school? The social dimensions of young people’s bedtime rest and routines

There are increasing concerns that social pressures, such as family changes and social media, are ‘invading’ the sanctuary of the bedroom with the result that students arrive at school tired and stressed. This paper seeks to examine whether these concerns are justified and contribute to the growing literature on the social dimensions of sleep through…

Education, Health, Wellbeing & Social Care | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study | January 2017
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Private tutoring in Wales: patterns of private investment and public provision

This paper seeks to contribute to the growing research base about the extent and significance of ‘shadow education’ through drawing on data from a national survey of over 1000 key stage 2, 3 and 4 pupils in Wales and over 200 of their parents. Wales provides an important lens to look at shadow education because…

Education, Inequalities | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study | January 2017
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Heroes’ and ‘villains’ in the lives of children and young people

This paper explores the responses of nearly 1200 children and young people in Wales who were asked to identify which three famous people they most admired and which three they most disliked. Analysis of these young people’s responses reveals a number of sociological and educational issues. Their selections confirm other research which has highlighted the…

Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study | January 2016
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Giving, Saving, Spending: What Would Children Do with £1 Million?

This article explores children’s responses to a single question: ‘If someone gave you £1 million today, what would you do with it?’ Although such an exploration might seem trivial, we argue that their responses provide important insights into children’s values and priorities. One-third intend to spend it all, one quarter to save it. But the…

Civil Society, Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study | June 2015
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Podcast
WISERD Podcast #2: WISERDEducation

A brief overview of the WISERDEducation research project.

Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study | September 2013
Blog
Welsh teachers lose hundreds of working hours acting as translators
7th December 2022 | Laura Arman

Hundreds of working hours are wasted due to schoolteachers lacking a centrally shared language resource. Despite recent developments in use of the virtual learning platforms like Hwb (available to Welsh schools for free since 2012), teachers lacking Welsh-language resources for their classroom are unable to access translations of other resources. Under the current system, if…

Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
News
20th Anniversary of the ESRC Festival of Social Science
28th November 2022 | Laura Arman, Martina Feilzer, Rhian Barrance, Robin Mann, Sally Power, Samuel Jones, Scott Orford

To celebrate 20 years of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Festival of Social Science, WISERD hosted two events at this year’s Festival, which aimed to highlight one of our ongoing education research projects and a useful data tool that helps us to better understand our towns and local areas. We began with a…

Civil Society, Data & Methods, Education | Understanding Welsh Places, WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
Blog
Discussing and dealing with issues of race and racism: WMCS survey reveals wide variations between schools in Wales
18th November 2022 | Sally Power

In October 2022, the Welsh Government announced that anti-racist professional learning would be mandatary for all school teachers in Wales as part of its Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan. Evidence from the latest sweep of the WISERD Education Multi-Cohort Study (WMCS) suggests that such universal and compulsory training is badly needed. In the summer of 2022,…

Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
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Poverty in the classroom: School pupils in Wales are acutely aware of hardships experienced by their classmates
9th November 2022 | Sally Power

There is widespread and growing concern that the increasing cost of living will severely impact on the poorest families and communities this winter. Things were pretty bad last winter. A report by the Bevan Foundation revealed that nearly four in 10 Welsh households struggled to make ends meet. The Bevan Foundation’s Snapshot of Poverty this…

Education | WISERD Education, WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
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The pandemic and beyond – latest findings from the WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
18th March 2022 | Catherine Foster, Laura Arman, Sally Power

Latest data gathered as part of the WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study (WMCS) reveal the heightened levels of anxiety experienced by young people during lockdown and the ongoing effects of growing up in Wales post-pandemic. Nearly all (93%) of pupils felt the pandemic had affected their learning and over half (57%) think Covid will reduce…

Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
Blog
More opportunities but same standard of living: young people’s perceptions of generational differences
5th November 2021 | Catherine Foster

The news often paints a rather grim future for Gen Z, the generation born between the late 1990s and early 2010s. There is low perceived job security, housing costs continue to rise relative to wages, and the 2012 tuition fee increase means that many now graduate with more debt than previous generations. The ongoing impacts…

Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
Blog
Do young people trust COVID-19 vaccines?
20th September 2021 | Catherine Foster

On September 13th, the UK’s four chief medical officers concluded that children aged 12 and over can be offered one dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination. There has been much debate about whether all children and younger teenagers should be offered vaccinations, with discussion about the safety of vaccines, consent from children and the need…

Data & Methods, Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
Blog
Young people’s views on their future in Wales
20th July 2021 | Catherine Foster

Like many European countries, Wales has an ageing population. If a younger workforce is not developed, the burden of health and social care will continue to rise, and economic development will stall. Limitations on freedom of movement due to Brexit and the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic add to the challenges for the Welsh…

Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
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Young people and political engagement in Wales
14th July 2021 | Catherine Foster

Media coverage over the past few years has shown young people around the world come together to protest for Black Lives Matter, the climate emergency and exam results among other issues. Growing support for Welsh independence and membership of YesCymru is also anecdotally linked to support from the younger generations. While this suggests young people…

Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
Media
Professor Sally Power shares WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study findings in a BBC Wales Radio interview
18th March 2021

Professor Sally Power shares WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study findings in a BBC Wales Radio interview highlighting the impact of lockdown on young people’s learning. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000t6bz (From minute 37:16)

Civil Society, Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
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Covid: Schools warned against overloading pupils
18th March 2021 | Catherine Foster

Cardiff University researcher Dr Catherine Foster (WISERD) said children from disadvantaged backgrounds more likely to have fallen behind while learning from home. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56423630

Civil Society, Education | WISERD Education Data Lab, WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
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The true impact of the coronavirus on a generation of Welsh children
10th March 2021 | Catherine Foster, Jennifer May Hampton

On an Wales Online interview, Dr Catherine Foster said life had “changed dramatically” for many young people who suffered from effects such as loneliness and loss of routine. She said: “Although some children have been able to continue going to school at least part of the time, most have lost the organization and structure that…

Civil Society, Data & Methods, Education | WISERD Education Data Lab, WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
News
Life in Lockdown: Evidence from the 2020 WISERD Education Multi-Cohort Study
25th February 2021 | Catherine Foster, Esther Muddiman, Sally Power

WISERD surveyed young people in Years 7-12 about their home learning experiences during summer 2020, what they missed and whether they should be allowed to see friends. In addition to asking about resources for schoolwork, time spent learning and going to school during lockdown, we asked young people about their worries, how they had been helping…

Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
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Young people and COVID: Part of the solution rather than part of the problem?
19th November 2020 | Esther Muddiman

One of our key priorities at WISERD this year has been to understand the impact of COVID-19 on children and young people in Wales. This is especially important as infection rates continue to rise as we head into winter. In addition to our recent seminar and blogs on home learning during a pandemic, here we…

Civil Society, Data & Methods, Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
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The impact of COVID-19 on children’s learning in Wales
6th October 2020 | Chris Taylor

Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on children is one of the most important issues researchers and policy-makers currently face. Through our pre-existing links with schools across Wales, we have been able to gather data from over 500 children about their experience of education through lockdown. The children told us about their attendance at school, the…

Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
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Professor Chris Taylor quoted in WalesOnline article about Year Six students in lockdown
7th June 2020 | Chris Taylor

WalesOnline, 7th June 2020 Read the full article. Professor Chris Taylor is quoted in the article: “Much of the research on transitions says that it is the familiarisation with high school that is important – knowing where to go, who the teachers are, how work is organised, how much homework there will be, will they get…

Data & Methods, Education | WISERD DataPortal, WISERD Education, WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
News
WISERD Director awarded Hugh Owen Medal for education research
21st May 2020 | Sally Power

WISERD Director, Professor Sally Power, has won the Learned Society of Wales’ Hugh Owen Medal 2020 for her outstanding educational research. Professor Power is a leading education researcher, with a broad focus on policy and inequality. She plays a significant role in supporting education research throughout Wales. The WISERD Education Multi-Cohort Study (WMCS), directed by…

Civil Society, Education, Inequalities | WISERD Education, WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
News
Growing up in Wales: school students’ perspectives and experiences
6th December 2019 | Chris Taylor, Rhian Barrance, Sally Power

Our recent event, Growing up in Wales: school students’ perspectives and experiences, explored the latest findings to come out of the WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study (WMCS) survey data.  Over the past seven years, the WMCS has made an important contribution to understanding the lives of young people in Wales, by conducting an annual survey…

Education, Localities | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
News
WISERD researchers secure places at the 2019 GW4 Crucible
12th February 2019 | Constantino Dumangane Jr, Ian Thomas, Wil Chivers

Three WISERD researchers – Constantino Dumangane, Wil Chivers and Ian Thomas – have successfully secured places on the 2019 GW4 Crucible. The GW4 Crucible is a competitive annual programme that seeks to promote interdisciplinary collaboration between early career researchers from Cardiff, Bristol, Bath and Exeter universities. This year’s programme comprises three two-day residential labs. 30…

Civil Society, Education, Health, Wellbeing & Social Care, Research Networks, Work and Labour Markets | Trade unions and social media, WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study, Young People and Housing: Identifying Policy Challenges and Solutions for 2020
News
Growing up in Wales: Evidence from the WISERD Education Multi-Cohort Study
2nd January 2019 | Chris Taylor, Constantino Dumangane Jr, Jennifer May Hampton, Rhian Barrance, Sally Power

Over the past six years, the WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study (WMCS) has made an important contribution to understanding the lives of young people in Wales, by conducting an annual survey of over 1,000 young people, aged eight to 18-years-old. A key part of the data we’ve been gathering is around our young people’s educational…

Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
News
Friendship among young people in Wales
29th November 2018 | Constantino Dumangane Jr

A good sense of humour is more important in a friend than being good looking, fashionable or popular, WISERD research has revealed. The research, part of the WISERD Education multi-cohort study, asked young people to choose the most important qualities an ideal friend should possess, out of a potential 11 options (see figure 1). A…

Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
Blog
Young people value diversity, humour and honesty in their friendships – new research
26th November 2018 | Constantino Dumangane Jr

Friendships made in school play a special part in young people’s development. They are more than just moral support, friends help them learn key social skills, and serve as a source of social support. Close school friends also help young people develop a sense of importance, trust, acceptance and belonging within their school. Young people…

Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
News
ESRC Festival of Social Science 2018
15th November 2018 | WISERD

From sharing our latest research findings and hosting expert panel discussions, to providing practical workshops and networking opportunities, WISERD ran four events as part of this year’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Festival of Social Sciences. We began the week by visiting a local secondary school and sharing some of the latest findings from…

Civil Society, Data & Methods, Education, Inequalities, Localities, Research Networks, Work and Labour Markets | Migrants, Minorities and Engagement in Local Civil Society, Trade unions and social media, WISERD DataPortal, WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
Blog
Teachers in Wales
27th July 2018 | Chris Taylor

For the past six years WISERD Education has been following the lives of children and young people in Wales. This has involved an annual survey of over 1,000 young people each year, following them all from the beginning of secondary school in Year 7 to when they leave school (from Years 11 to 13). The…

Education, Localities | Evaluating the Foundation Phase, WISERD Education, WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
Blog
WISERD Education’s most interesting findings
14th May 2018 | Rhian Barrance

For the last six years, WISERD Education have been giving surveys about their lives to over a thousand children (8-18) across Wales every year. Here are some of our most interesting findings about children in Wales: 1. Girls are better than boys at school, but are less happy While girls tend to do better academically,…

Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
Blog
Charities are playing a growing role in schools – but is that a good thing?
11th April 2018 | Sally Power

WISERD Education Director, Professor Sally Power, explores the situation in this blog post. While there have been growing concerns about the permeation of business in education, relatively little attention has been paid to how schools are increasingly engaged in the “business” of fundraising for charities. At WISERD Education, we have been examining the increasingly close…

Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
Blog
What do young people in Wales think about their school environments?
15th February 2018 | Constantino Dumangane Jr, Kevin Smith

For the past 30 years there has been substantial focus in the UK on the issues related to the physical size and condition of schools, and how it may affect pupils’ academic progress, achievement and overall school experience. Young people’s perspectives of their environments are reflected through cultures and organisation, as well as physical structures…

Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
Blog
Wales’s schools urgently need political participation lessons
12th December 2017

Dr Dan Evans uses WISERD research to examine young people’s apathy with the Welsh political process This article was originally published on The Conversation. Click to read the original article. After 20 years of devolved politics, one would assume that Wales’s government and parliament would have solidified its place in the country, and the people of…

Civil Society, Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
News
Hay Festival 2017: ‘Mind the Gap: Young People, Brexit and the Generational Divide’
2nd June 2017 | Daniel Evans, Esther Muddiman, Sioned Pearce, Stuart Fox

WISERD researchers presented our work on young people, education and politics, as part of this year’s exciting line-up at the 30th anniversary Hay Festival. ‘Mind the gap’ formed part of the Cardiff Series, presented by Dr Dan Evans, Dr Esther Muddiman, Dr Stuart Fox and Dr Sioned Pearce, which considered the striking divisions revealed between…

Civil Society, Education | The intergenerational transmission of ‘civic virtues’: the role of the family in civil society engagement, WISERD Education, WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study, Young People and Brexit
News
WISERD colleagues elected as Learned Society of Wales Fellows
2nd May 2017 | Michael Woods, Sally Power

Two WISERD colleagues, Professor Sally Power and Professor Mike Woods, are among the newly elected fellows of The Learned Society of Wales. The Learned Society of Wales was established in 2010 in the absence of a national society of learning in Wales. Its aims are to contribute to advancing and promoting excellence in all scholarly…

Education, Localities | Integrative Mechanisms for Addressing Spatial Justice and Territorial Inequalities in Europe (IMAJINE), WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
Media
‘Climate change and poverty are as much of a threat as terrorism for many young people’ – The Conversation
10th April 2017 | Rhian Barrance

Dr Rhian Barrance argued that many schoolchildren today believe climate change and poverty are just as much a threat as terrorism. A link to the article, published by The Conversation, can be found below. https://theconversation.com/climate-change-and-poverty-are-as-much-of-a-threat-as-terrorism-for-many-young-people-74218

Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
Blog
Climate change and poverty are as much of a threat as terrorism for many young people
27th March 2017 | Rhian Barrance

It will probably come as little surprise that recent surveys have found the majority of adults in Europe think that international terrorism is the most pressing threat to the continent.  Though this is valuable information about what adults think, little is known about what children and young people perceive as the greatest threats to life and democracy…

Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
Blog
Young people and Brexit: will Brexit spark young people’s interest in devolved Welsh politics?
7th March 2017 | Rhian Barrance

Brexit in Scotland and Wales A majority 64% of young people voted in the UK referendum on EU membership last June, but 70% of them were disappointed. Media coverage brought this disappointment home with wide coverage of the generational divide, depicting a young generation forced to live with the consequences of a decision made by…

Civil Society, Education, Localities | WISERD Education Data Lab, WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study, Young People and Brexit, Young People and the EU Referendum
Media
Interview by BBC’s ‘Good Morning Wales’ regarding WISERD Education’s report to HEFCW – Access to Higher Education in Wales
24th September 2015 | Chris Taylor
Civil Society, Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
Media
Significant media coverage on WISERD Education’s report to HEFCW – Access to Higher Education in Wales 
24th May 2015 | WISERD

The release of the WISERD Education’s report to HEFCW – Access to Higher Education in Wales received widespread media coverage.   The Times Higher Education –https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/university-access-wales-depends-school-attended-study-finds BBC News – http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074hk3 Wales Online – https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/education/school-pupils-chances-getting-university-10121310?service=responsive Research Professional – http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/141953-catchment-22-school-and-local-authority-impact-university-chances

Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
News
WISERD Education asks pupils: If someone gave you £1 million today, what would you do with it?
23rd September 2014 | Sally Power

What would you do with £1 million if handed it today? Remarkably, half of young people would give at least a large part of it away, with a quarter saying they would keep none of it for themselves, a new study from WISERD Education has found. And while some pupils, perhaps predictably, dream of fast…

Education | WISERD Education, WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
News
Launch of WISERD Education
20th November 2012 | Sally Power

WISERD has secured a £1M investment into the development of education research in Wales with the establishment of WISERD EDUCATION. This Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) funded project has the potential to change the landscape of education research in Wales and will put Wales at the forefront of research capacity building developments in…

Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
News
WISERD Awarded One Million Pound to Advance Education Research in Wales
3rd July 2012 | Sally Power

WISERD has successfully secured a £1m investment into the development of education research in Wales with the establishment of WISERDEDUCATION. The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) funded programme has the potential to change the landscape of education research in Wales and will put Wales at the forefront of research capacity building developments in…

Education | WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study
Seminar WISERD
ESRC Festival of Social Science 2022 – Celebrating 10 years of the WISERD Education Multi-Cohort Study: perspectives and experiences of young people in Wales
3rd November 2022 | Online

What’s it about? This webinar will introduce the WISERD Education Multi-Cohort Study, a longitudinal study of the changing perceptions of secondary school pupils over the last 10 years, and will provide an insight into how we work with schools and policy makers. Some of the topics covered: – How we conduct the study. – The…

WISERD Online Lunchtime Seminar
The Effectiveness of Careers Guidance in Supporting Participation in Post Compulsory Education and Training
12th October 2021

Presented by Rhys Davies This presentation explores the provision of careers guidance among 2 cohorts of Key Stage 4 children in Wales and its impact on the transitions subsequently made by Year 11 pupils into Post-Compulsory Education and Training (PCET). Analysis reveals that having a one-to-one careers guidance session in Year 10 or 11 is…

WISERD Online Lunchtime Seminar
Findings from the latest sweep of the WISERDEducation Multi-Cohort Study
5th October 2021

Presented by Catherine Foster and Laura Arman This seminar will present the latest findings from Sweep 9 of the WISERDEducation Multi-Cohort Study (WMCS). During the summer team of 2021, nearly 1000 young people in Welsh secondary schools responded to a wide range of questions, including their experience of schooling during COVID-19, their political awareness and…

Seminar
Growing up in Wales 2: school students’ perspectives and experiences
22nd November 2019 | Cardiff

Last year we celebrated six years of the WISERD Education Multi-Cohort Study (WMCS) with a brief presentation on some of the key issues that are facing young people in Wales. The interest in that event was such that we think it would be a good idea to hold an annual update of our key findings….

Seminar
Growing up in Wales: young people’s perspectives and prospects
28th November 2018 | Cardiff

Over the past six years, the WISERDEducation Multi Cohort Study (WMCS) has made an important contribution to understanding the lives of young people in Wales, by conducting an annual survey of over 1,000 young people, aged eight to 18-years-old. A key part of the data we’ve been gathering is around our young people’s educational experiences…

Conference
ESRC Festival of Social Science 2018: What do young people value about their friendships?
5th November 2018 | Cardiff

What traits do you look for in a friend? It might be a shared interest, such as a love of football. Alternatively it could be a good sense of humour, a similar outlook on life, or a shared experience – such as growing up in the same village. Other traits that you might value include…

Seminar
Five interesting things about young people in Wales – WISERD Education at the Eisteddfod
4th August 2018 | Cardiff

Hosted by WISERD Education researcher Dr Rhian Barrance. This talk will present findings on young people’s lives from the WISERDEducation Multi-Cohort Study, which has been undertaking research with children in Wales over the last six years. From young people’s views on Brexit to the effect of social media on their sleep, we reveal some of…

Cardiff Lunchtime Seminar
Growing up in “post-colonial” Wales: findings from the WMCS
24th October 2017 | Cardiff

Presented by Sally Power and Dan Evans, Cardiff University


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