Uncategorized Prevention better than cure for youth homelessness, finds new report Ending youth homelessness depends on supporting young people at risk through Wales’ schools, hospitals, care services and criminal justice system, according to a new report from the Wales Centre for Public Policy. Responding to the First Minister’s call to eradicate youth homelessness in Wales within the decade, the Centre has worked with homelessness experts from […] Read more »
Governance and Implementation What does it take to lead an evidence intermediary organisation? December 16, 2024 by cuwpadmin Professor Steve Martin, Director of the Wales Centre for Public Policy for the centre’s first ten years, sheds some early light on his research into what it takes to lead these organisations – and how this learning could be used to help future leaders of academic-policy engagement initiatives. There is growing recognition of the key […] Read more »
Environment and Net Zero Overcoming the challenges of financing retrofit in the UK: A pathway to net zero December 12, 2024 by cuwpadmin Wales and the UK face a significant challenge in ramping up retrofit delivery to meet net zero, fuel poverty and health goals. Currently, across the UK, we retrofit around 250,000 homes per year, but to meet our targets, we need to increase this to 1.5 million homes annually by 2035. This sixfold increase is critical […] Read more »
Tackling Inequalities More data and earlier focus key to tackling post-16 tertiary education inequalities November 6, 2024 by cuwpadmin The creation of Medr, the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research, represents a step change in the organisation of post-16 education and training in Wales. This blog discusses some of the main challenges facing policy makers on post-16 education and training in Wales. This includes relatively low levels of higher education participation, lower levels of […] Read more » Diversity and inclusion Education inequalities Poverty and social exclusion
Tackling Inequalities Widening participation and transforming lives: What works? November 5, 2024 by cuwpadmin The wicked problem of widening participation. Despite years of increasing and widening participation strategies, there is evidence of widening inequality gaps and growing divergences in educational opportunities and outcomes across countries. In every country where data is available, participation in higher levels of education continues to be unequal from a social background perspective. A recent […] Read more »
Tackling Inequalities Equity in Tertiary Education in Wales - an adult perspective November 4, 2024 by cuwpadmin Understanding inequity in tertiary education. Here, Joshua Miles, of the Learning and Work Institute, gives his perspective on the data analysis undertaken by ADR Wales and the findings of WCPP's evidence review. A key role and opportunity for Medr The introduction of Medr, the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research has the potential to dramatically […] Read more »
Uncategorized Tackling inequity in tertiary education October 25, 2024 by cuwpadmin Responding to WCPP’s latest publications on Understanding Inequity in Tertiary Education, in a series of thinkpieces, leading education experts have called for action to reduce inequalities during compulsory education; further assessment of the potential of contextualised admissions; and for Medr to take a whole sector leadership role in valuing all facets of tertiary education including […] Read more »
Governance and Implementation Understanding impact across the UK's What Works Network October 7, 2024 by cuwpadmin All What Works Centres (WWCs) aim to have impact by getting evidence into policy and/or practice. However, because every Centre has different aims, practices, audiences, funding models, staffing levels and size, their understanding of impact, and how they measure and communicate their impact, can differ. Our preliminary research based on interviews with WWCs and their […] Read more »
Uncategorized Research partner needed to support our place-based poverty stigma project As part of our work on tackling poverty stigma, we are delivering a project aimed at finding local solutions to poverty stigma in Swansea. This project is being run in partnership with Swansea Council (Tackling Poverty team), and Swansea Poverty Truth Commissioners (the project ‘Design Team’). The goal of this project is to help partners […] Read more »
Tackling Inequalities Working together to tackle poverty stigma in Wales – five key insights September 10, 2024 by cuwpadmin Over the last 12 months, the Wales Centre for Public Policy (WCPP) has been exploring what poverty stigma is, where it comes from, why it matters, what works to address it and, what we at WCPP can do to enable decision makers to access evidence that informs their actions to prevent and address poverty stigma, […] Read more » Lived experience Local government Poverty and social exclusion
