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Mother and daughter

New study proves the success of support for parents who have children taken into care

8 February 2019

Research shows a newly developed service is having a ‘positive impact’

Family out walking

CASCADE to work with local authorities in England to reduce need for children to enter care

25 January 2019

What Works Centre announces six partners to work on pilot projects

Brazil symposium at Cardiff University School of Social Sciences

Symposium on Inequality and Social Science: Perspectives from Brazil and the UK

20 December 2018

International gathering of scholars in the School of Social Sciences

HateLab logo

Rise in Brexit related hate crime to be focus of new research lab

13 December 2018

New technology will be developed to help authorities spot triggers for hate crime

Group of friends

Friendship among young people in Wales

19 November 2018

A good sense of humour is more important in a friend than being good looking, fashionable or popular, research with young people in Wales reveals

Coal mining plant in South Africa

Developing countries’ miners face “substantial risk inequality”

7 November 2018

Research into safety of workers

Container ship at sea

Training resource for ship operators

6 November 2018

Increasing knowledge of the lives of seafarers

Data innovation

‘Embrace technology for a better Wales’

5 November 2018

Digital innovation review calls for evidence

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Festival of Social Science

31 October 2018

Week of events to raise awareness of pioneering research

Holding hands

Child welfare inequalities in the UK

30 October 2018

Wales could take lessons from Northern Ireland, experts conclude

Hacker

How online technologies are transforming transnational organised crime

24 October 2018

Academics to analyse evolving methods of serious cyber-crime via £450,000 ESRC grant

Worldwide connections

From Minutes to Months

24 October 2018

Leading counter-terrorism experts offer new communications guidance for authorities to better manage the impacts of terror attacks.

WISERD 10 years

Changing Wales

18 October 2018

National research centre marks tenth anniversary

Port Talbot steelworks

€4M funding awarded to drive skills in steel industry

5 October 2018

Cardiff University research aims to secure the future of a changing workforce

Emmajane Milton

Emerald Literati Award 2018

4 October 2018

Excellence award for research on education mentors

Office workers

Harder work and less say – British workers under pressure

1 October 2018

British survey examines the changing nature of work today

Professor Alan Felstead

Cardiff University academic to support Welsh Government’s Fair Work Commission

27 September 2018

Professor Alan Felstead has been appointed as Independent Expert Advisor

Welsh Bacc Conference

University supports Welsh Bacc

25 September 2018

Conference helps equip teachers to deliver research skills to pupils

Emmajane Milton

National Teaching Fellowship 2018

12 September 2018

Outstanding achievements helping to improve education