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The IDEAL study: finding strategies to live well with dementia

The IDEAL study: finding strategies to live well with dementia

Posted on 25 January 2017 by WISERD

Finding strategies to live well with dementia is increasingly a focus of UK government policy.  But, we know relatively about what living well with dementia means to the people and […]

An analysis of the effect of compulsory voting on youth political apathy

An analysis of the effect of compulsory voting on youth political apathy

Posted on 15 November 2016 by WISERD

Recent findings by WISERD have found that Millennials are the most politically disinterested generation in the history of British survey research. WISERD research examining youth political engagement in Wales has […]

Short films and research engagement: Young People and the EU Referendum

Short films and research engagement: Young People and the EU Referendum

Posted on 28 September 2016 by WISERD

Since February 2016 we at WISERD have been running a small project on Young People and the EU Referendum in partnership with Youth Cymru, the Council for Wales of Voluntary […]

Religion and the EU Referendum: After the Poll

Religion and the EU Referendum: After the Poll

Posted on 11 July 2016 by WISERD

Before the referendum our post on ‘Religion and the EU Referendum’ examined how preferences for the UK’s membership of the European Union were affected by the religious affiliations of Christian […]

Social media as connective action: how young people learnt about the EU referendum campaigns

Social media as connective action: how young people learnt about the EU referendum campaigns

Posted on 7 July 2016 by WISERD

Bennett and Segerburg write about connective action, personalised content sharing across media networks, which is different from but can be combined with the more traditional collective action or the formation […]

Why did Wales Brexit through the gift shop?

Why did Wales Brexit through the gift shop?

Posted on 4 July 2016 by WISERD

On 25th June, just two days after Britain voted to leave the EU, the small Welsh valleys town of Ebbw Vale hit the headlines (Town showered with EU cash votes […]

Regional variations in voting patterns among under-30s: post-referendum reflections

Regional variations in voting patterns among under-30s: post-referendum reflections

Posted on 30 June 2016 by WISERD

In the weeks, months and years following 23rd June 2016, the long-term consequences of a majority Brexit vote will slowly unfold. Regardless of whether the British economy continues in freefall […]

Young People and the EU Referendum: 5 Key Lessons from Polling Day

Young People and the EU Referendum: 5 Key Lessons from Polling Day

Posted on 27 June 2016 by WISERD

It is now four days since the UK took the most momentous political decision of this generation, and the dramatic consequences have dominated the weekend news: the Prime Minister has […]

Foundation Phase Practitioner Conference

Foundation Phase Practitioner Conference

Posted on 14 June 2016 by WISERD

On Monday, May 23rd, WISERD held a one day practitioner conference to disseminate key findings and recommendations in relation to the three year independent evaluation of the Foundation Phase early […]

Public Engagement: a liberating experience

Public Engagement: a liberating experience

Posted on 1 June 2016 by WISERD

Public engagement used to be something I shied away from but in the past month I have taken part in two public engagement events to present the work of the […]