Environment and Net Zero Stijn Broecke discusses the OECD’s research into the Future of Work November 1, 2017 by cuwpadmin Stijn Broecke, Senior Economist in Employment, Labour and Social Affairs at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), talks about the OECD’s programme of research into the future of work, at our Future of Work in Wales event, held on 1st November 2017. Read more »
Environment and Net Zero Matthew Taylor talks about the Future of Work November 1, 2017 by cuwpadmin Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), discusses the RSA's programme for the Future of Work, at our Future of Work in Wales event, on 1st November 2017. Read more »
Environment and Net Zero First Minister Opens the Future of Work in Wales Event November 1, 2017 by cuwpadmin The First Minister of Wales, The Right Honourable Carwyn Jones AM, delivers the opening remarks at the inaugural event of the Wales Centre for Public Policy - The Future of Work in Wales. The event took place on 1st November 2017, with speaker including Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Arts, and […] Read more »
Uncategorized Brexit and Wales: Understanding the Reasons Behind the Welsh Vote April 6, 2017 by cuwpadmin On Thursday 30th March, 2017, the PPIW and Knowledge and Analytical Services welcomed colleagues to an evidence symposium which aimed to understand the reasons behind the Welsh vote in 2016's referendum on EU membership. The event featured expert speakers from UK universities and research centres, providing a mix of short presentations with a broader discussion with […] Read more »
Governance and Implementation How Wales is Understood in the UK is a Problem March 23, 2017 by cuwpadmin It was recently announced that a new BBC TV channel will broadcast in Scotland from 2018. It will have a budget of £30m, roughly equivalent to that of BBC Four. Alongside that, Scotland will receive more money to make UK-wide programmes. Perhaps the most interesting development is that, included in the new channel’s scheduling is an hour-long […] Read more »
Uncategorized What will Brexit mean for Wales? July 28, 2016 by cuwpadmin On 23 June, the UK voted to leave the European Union. The process for leaving and the implications for Wales are uncertain, but broadly speaking there are three forms that Brexit could take: Soft Brexit: Retain membership of the single market through the European Economic Area (EEA). The closest type of relationship the UK could have with […] Read more »
Environment and Net Zero Tackling Rural Poverty – Identifying the Causes July 21, 2016 by cuwpadmin On a visit to Beijing in 2015 I met the Chinese Vice-Minister for Rural Development. A jovial man, who looked back fondly on the two years he had spent living in Cardiff, he seemed unperturbed by his charge of lifting 36 million Chinese rural residents out of extreme poverty. In comparison, the challenge of addressing […] Read more »
Uncategorized Rethinking Food Policy as Public Policy in Wales – Now Needed More Than Ever with ‘Brexeat’? July 19, 2016 by cuwpadmin It's hard to focus after a political earthquake. The vote to leave the European Union is a political earthquake of the highest magnitude. We are still in a period of many after-shocks. So what to make of this report about Welsh food policy from the Public Policy Institute for Wales that was published just after […] Read more »
Tackling Inequalities Why We Need Evidence on Poverty March 24, 2016 by cuwpadmin Poverty is a long-standing and apparently intractable problem in Wales. Around 23% of population, some 700,000 people, live on household incomes of less than 60% of the median. Poverty casts a long shadow over educational attainment, relationships, employment, health, and life expectancy to name but a few, and it is also a significant cost to […] Read more »
