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Storied Lands

Posted on 14 April 2015 by Home of Innovation Blog

Our lives, and the landscapes in which we live in, are storied in nature. These stories come in many different forms: from policy materials, census data, media reports, official documents […]

Introducing the Administrative Data Research Centre Wales (ADRC-W)

Posted on 7 April 2015 by Home of Innovation Blog

On Monday 23rd March, 2015,  Jane Hutt AM, Minister for Finance and Government Business, officially launched the Administrative Data Research Centre Wales at an event at Swansea University. The Administrative […]

Assembling Newtown and Everyday Globalization

Posted on 31 March 2015 by Home of Innovation Blog

This week the WISERD blog is delighted to host a guest blog relating to the ‘Global Countryside: Rural Change and Development in Globalization (GLOBAL-RURAL)’ - a major research project funded […]

Giving, saving, spending: What would Welsh children do with £1 million?

Posted on 24 March 2015 by Home of Innovation Blog

WISERD Education has been exploring 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 […]

Politically Engaged but Unrepresented? Attitudes to Politics Among the Voters of Tomorrow

Posted on 17 March 2015 by Home of Innovation Blog

With just 50 days until the UK general election the opinions of young people are becoming ever more important to politicians. However research suggests that young people are becoming increasingly disengaged from […]

Living well with dementia

Posted on 13 March 2015 by Home of Innovation Blog

Today the heart breaking news of the death of best-selling author Sir Terry Pratchett weighs heavily on my mind. Sir Terry died on Thursday 12th March, 2015, following an 8 […]

WISERD New Starters – Part 3

Posted on 10 March 2015 by Home of Innovation Blog

In the last few of months, we have welcomed several new members of staff to WISERD, to work on a variety of new and existing projects. This week we’ll be focusing on a Bangor based […]

WISERD New Starters – Part 2

Posted on 3 March 2015 by Home of Innovation Blog

In the last few of months, we have welcomed several new members of staff to WISERD, to work on a variety of new and existing projects. This week we'll be focusing on two Cardiff based […]

WISERD New Starters – Part 1

Posted on 24 February 2015 by Home of Innovation Blog

In the last few of months, we have welcomed several new members of staff to WISERD, to work on a variety of new and existing projects. This week we'll be focusing on two Cardiff […]

Is Education Wasted on the Young?

Posted on 19 February 2015 by Home of Innovation Blog

The following discussion provided the basis of some opening remarks Professor Chris Taylor was invited to give at the launch of the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, led by NIACE Cymru […]