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Devolution – no strings attached?

Devolution – no strings attached?

Posted on 19 December 2016 by WISERD

The Sheffield City Region (SCR) faces considerable problems in terms of economic and social inequality. As the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) emphasises, there has been a marked decline in […]

Reflecting on the Diamond Review

Reflecting on the Diamond Review

Posted on 12 October 2016 by WISERD

As Professor Sir Ian Diamond says in his introduction to The Review of Higher Education Funding and Student Finance Arrangements in Wales “in times of austerity it is easy for society […]

Where does the money go when your local authority pays more than £500 per week for a care home bed?

Where does the money go when your local authority pays more than £500 per week for a care home bed?

Posted on 8 March 2016 by WISERD

Joe Earle, Research Fellow, Queen Mary and Westfield, London.  Everyone’s agreed that there is a crisis in adult social care and the sector needs more money but no one has […]

Social science is facing a rapidly changing world…

Posted on 8 April 2014 by Jill Wilmott-Doran

By Professor Ian Rees Jones, WISERD Director. This is my first blog as Director of WISERD and I’m fortunate to have joined just at a time when we are celebrating […]