Publications

This Data Insight uses linked administrative data to explore the levels of fluency in the Welsh language among different groups of young people in Wales at both compulsory and non compulsory stages of education. Forty percent of those children recorded as having no Welsh skills in the 2011 Census are recorded as being able to…

This Data Insight provides new insights on the intergenerational transmission of the Welsh language available through the use of administrative data. It explores how attendance at either English or Welsh medium schools contributes to the intergenerational loss or gain in Welsh language skills. Based upon the self-reported language skills of young adults, rates of intergenerational…

The Census is used as the key source of data for tracking progress towards the Cymraeg 2050 target of reaching one million Welsh speakers by 2050. Different data sources, however, show very different levels of Welsh language skills. This Data Insight demonstrates the contribution that administrative data can make in terms of validating alternative measures…

This article provides a spatial analysis of working at home. It makes distinctions according to the extent to which the boundaries of work and home spatially overlap. Using this conceptual lens, it deploys data from Britain′s Skills and Employment Survey to track the trends and patterns of homeworking and hybrid working over the last two…

This briefing is from the project ‘Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Civil Society Action against Language Death and Cultural Oppression: Evidence and Lessons from India’ funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences. The research explores the issues, challenges and lessons that emerge from civil society action to support indigenous languages and cultures. Specifically, we focus on…

This is the second briefing from the project ‘Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Civil Society Action’ funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences. Our research explores the issues, challenges and lessons that emerge from civil society action to support indigenous languages and cultures. Here we focus on the Irula tribe of Kerala. They are one of…

The NI report is broadly structured to mirror the dimensions of work quality laid out in the Carnegie Framework. This report concentrates on the non-pay aspects of job quality. Information on pay and benefits is not included as official published data on these areas is regarded as more comprehensive and reliable. The report covers the…

While young people express interest in science at school, many do not pursue science beyond compulsory education, threatening the scientific literacy that is demanded of citizens by an increasingly technology and scientifically driven world. This study presents a large-scale analysis of science subject choices in Wales; a bilingual nation undergoing curriculum reform. Using administrative data…

This is an Open Access document downloaded from ORCA, Cardiff University’s institutional repository: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/182732/ Citation for final published version: Bridgeman, J (2025) Examining Social Procurement Policy: Progress, Gaps and Future Directions, In: Thomson, C and Neilson, C J (Eds) Proceedings of the 41st Annual ARCOM Conference, 1-3 September 2025, Abertay University, Dundee, UK, Association of…

An intuitive and interactive open-source web tool for measuring access to services via public transport is described. The application allows policymakers to analyse and compare the impacts that alternative network configurations may have upon access to services. The application facilitates interactive analyses to support decision-makers in making better informed choices. The study addresses key technical…