Education and Skills

publication 29 February 2016
Promoting Emotional Health, Well-being and Resilience in Primary Schools
Professor Robin Banerjee and Professor Colleen McLaughlin

What works in building emotional resilience of children in Welsh primary schools?

publication 26 February 2017
Harnessing Growth Sectors for Poverty Reduction
Professor Anne Green, Dr Paul Sissons and Dr Neil Lee

This report considers how growth sectors can reduce poverty by providing high quality jobs and opportunities for career progression. Based on research funded by the...

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Publications 14 January 2019
Integrated Early Years Systems
A review of international evidence
Publications 14 November 2018
Promoting Teacher Engagement with Research Evidence
The Centre was asked by the Cabinet Secretary for Education to review the evidence on how best to support teacher engagement with research. Working with...
Publications 13 November 2018
Maximising Universities’ Civic Contribution
This report understand universities’ civic mission as their commitment to bettering the local and regional communities of which they are part. A civic mission is...
Press Releases 13 November 2018
Report says universities must play their part to improve Welsh society
Universities should find new ways of connecting with the communities around them
Publications 6 November 2018
Promoting Job Progression in Low Pay Sectors
Today, being stuck in low-pay work is a real risk for many. In Wales, about 459,000 workers are employed in low-paying occupations, and almost two-thirds of...
Publications 2 November 2018
Legislating to Prohibit Parental Physical Punishment of Children
This report explores what might be learnt from countries which have introduced legislation to prohibit parental physical punishment of children. Based on a review of...
past event
Maximising universities’ civic contribution
13 November 2018
The Wales Centre for Public Policy are hosting an event to present and discuss a forthcoming expert report, by Professor John Goddard and Professor Ellen...
Projects
What works in supplementing the teaching of second languages
The aim of this project is to explore the available evidence on what works – and what may not – to supplement the class-based teaching of second...