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News Articles 17 April 2024
Barriers and opportunities to Wales reaching net zero
WCPP’s final evidence papers for the WNZ 2035 Challenge Group show that Wales is behind its current 2050 net zero ambitions in transport and residential buildings
Commentary 11 October 2023
Fair’s fair? Equality, equity and access to tertiary education
As the new Commission for Tertiary Education and Research gears up, Jack Price explores what more can be done to create a fairer system for...
Publications 6 December 2022
International approaches to a Just Transition
The Wales Centre for Public Policy (WCPP) was commissioned by the Welsh Government to conduct a review of international approaches to a just transition to...
Commentary 18 August 2022
Finding a path to university as a mature student
It wasn’t until I came to the conclusion that I was miserable in my job that I first heard the monkey on my back...
Commentary 13 June 2022
Expanding post-compulsory education: what we’ve learned
On the 5th of May, we hosted our first in-person event since March 2020, and our first in our new home in sbarc|spark. We were...
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Policy interventions to support participation in post-compulsory education
5 May 2022
Join us for our first in-person event at our brand new home in sbarc|spark on 5th May.   The event will bring together and...
Commentary 3 February 2022
Should the age of participation in education or training be raised to 18 in Wales?
Dr Matt Dickson is Reader in Public Policy at the Institute for Policy Research (IPR) at the University of Bath. Sue Maguire is an Honorary...
Publications 10 January 2022
Education recovery: Responding to the Coronavirus pandemic
Coronavirus-related school closures have resulted in significant disruption to children and young people’s learning in schools and colleges in Wales, as elsewhere. In the...