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2012

In the news: A parent's redundancy has a 'significant' impact on a child's exam results

A study led by an academic at the ESRC funded Centre for Market and Public Organisation at the University of Bristol found that a child’s educational achievements can be harmed when a father loses his job. The research found that children whose fathers lost their jobs during the 1980s recession obtained an average of half a GCSE or O-level grade less than children whose fathers remained in employment.

The full story can be found on the Daily Telegraph website on 5 May 2012

 

In the news: Link between school and happiness is rejected

A new study has found that those teenagers who were made to stay in education until they were 15 after the leaving age rose in the 1940s had a better memory later in life. The authors suggest that those who stayed in school for an additional year were more likely to have better job prospects and more mentally demanding professions which could benefit their mental abilities later on

The full story can be found on The Guardian website on 5 May 2012

 

Press release: Not all today's students are 'tech-savvy'

A small minority of today's university students don't use email and others are confused by the array of technologies available at universities

Further information can be found in the ESRC press release issued on 23 April 2012.



Press release: Raising the School leaving - while learning from another age

As the UK prepares to raise the 'education participation age' to 17 in 2013 and to 18 in 2015, new research reveals that the transitions of 1947 and 1972 met with more controversy and difficulty than previously thought.  

Further information can be found in the ESRC press release issued on 2 April 2012.

Press release: Does your mother know

Do your parents know where you are at night? According to 36 per cent of 15 year old boys and nearly a quarter of 15 year old girls the answer to that question, at least once a month, is no.

Further information can be found in the ESRC press release issued on 5 March 2012.


 

Press release: A healthy teenager is a happy teenager

Teenagers who turn their backs on a healthy lifestyle and turn to drink, cigarettes and junk food are significantly unhappier than their healthier peers.

Further information can be found in the ESRC press release issued on 2 March 2012.

 

Press release: Middle class benefit the most from post-1992 university expansion

Initiatives by successive governments to provide better access to higher education for young people from less-privileged backgrounds have failed according to Understanding Society, the world’s largest longitudinal study.

Further information can be found in the ESRC press release issued on 28 February 2012.

 

In the news: Professor Cathy Pharaoh comments on Facebook flotation

The Channel 4 News website has recently posted a news article covering Facebook's flotation on the stock market.  In the article, ESRC funded Professor Cathy Pharaoh of Cass Business School comments on the story, stating "The new space between economic and social value is still developing, and it is not always going to be easy to separate motives out." 

The full story can be found on the Channel 4 News website.

 

Press release: Technology boost for maths skills

There is an ever increasing demand for employees skilled and confident in using quantitative methods.  The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), in partnership with Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and the British Academy, are delighted to announce twenty new and innovative projects that aim to develop skills in this area.

Further information can be found in the ESRC press release issued on 12 January 2012.



ESRC feature: Counting without the census

With a more mobile population and more complex households and ways people live, it becomes more difficult to capture changes in society with the traditional census. New methods for collecting population information are now being considered.

Read more in the ESRC Feature: Counting without the census.  



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