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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

Container ship

Working with industry to reduce the dangers faced by seafarers

13 August 2018

Hopes funding will raise standards for workers

Secondary pupils in classroom

Huge variance found in aspirations of school-leavers, depending on where they study

8 August 2018

Teachers should not just focus on levels of attainment, experts say

student writing

Does Welsh-medium education affect aspirations?

1 August 2018

‘One of the findings of this research was that there were differences’

Turning down radiator

Finding innovative solutions to fuel poverty

1 August 2018

Research into what makes people vulnerable

Students from Beijing Normal University standing outside Glamorgan Building, Cardiff University

Social Work exchange with Beijing Normal University

30 July 2018

Summer school exchange with Cardiff University and Beijing Normal University

Female student writing essay

Social Work student wins national essay prize

20 July 2018

First year student wins for her essay on tackling austerity

Person working at laptop

Most employees can work smarter, given the chance

19 July 2018

British survey lifts the lid on working conditions today