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Professor Emilia Del Bono awarded Fellowship to Academy of Social Sciences
President of the Academy, Will Hutton, praises new cohort of Fellows for furthering our “understanding in tackling a wide range of societal challenges”
President of the Academy, Will Hutton, praises new cohort of Fellows for furthering our “understanding in tackling a wide range of societal challenges”
Findings show benefits of youth provision on physical health and wellbeing, pro-social behaviours and education
New study finds increasing numbers of international students have had no detrimental effects on the economic outcomes of British students.
Study led by Professor Donald Hirsch uses Understanding Society data to reveal the situation for middle third in income distribution
Targeted early years programmes can have significant benefits for children's development; however, there are many examples of early interventions that have failed to live up to their promise, particularly when delivered at scale. Understanding the inputs into a successful early years programme is therefore essential to reform existing interventions and...
Presented by: Christine Farquharson, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Venue: In person - to join us online, please contact the seminar series organisers at iserseminars@essex.ac.uk.
New MiSoC research looked at health and educational outcomes for children in four London boroughs piloting free meals for all primary school children
Launch event – including new MiSoC study of intergenerational transmission of political engagement in immigrant families – presents a plethora of the latest UK evidence using Understanding Society data
Governments around the world are investing heavily in early childhood development, however it is still not clear what skills early childhood development policies should target or how they are best implemented. In this paper I evaluate the effects of an extended play-based learning policy for early childhood in Wales -...
Presented by: Hettie Burn
Venue: 2N2.4.16 (to join us online, please contact the seminar series organisers at iserseminars@essex.ac.uk)
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