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ESRC blog | Shaping Society
3y ago
by Heidi Hinder This week I’ve been looking back at comments from the judging panels in previous rounds of ESRC’s Celebrating Impact Prize to see what the most successful applications share in common. There are a few common themes, each of which answers a different question. I’m hoping capturing and sharing these will provide useful ..read more
ESRC blog | Shaping Society
3y ago
By Rick Hamilton Back in February, at the start of the researchfish submission period, we released an overview of our researchfish data alongside a refresh of our reporting webpage. Today, we are publishing the latest analysis of our researchfish data following the 2019 submission period. During February and March this year our researchers, fellows and ..read more
ESRC blog | Shaping Society
3y ago
by Aly Sizer This week ITV viewers have been catching up with a group of people who represent half a century of social change in England – the cast of the Up documentary series, which has followed these 14 people since 1964. The aim of the series is to test the validity of the old Jesuit ..read more
ESRC blog | Shaping Society
3y ago
by Elyse Couch Anne’s body was tilting further and further forwards. I could see her nose getting closer to the stage in front of her, and I wasn’t the only one who had noticed. Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan, who were on stage talking about Richard’s new book, were eyeing her nervously. Eventually, I realised ..read more
ESRC blog | Shaping Society
3y ago
by Clarissa Giebel Young-onset dementia (YOD) affects approximately 40,000 people in the UK alone. If someone has a diagnosis of dementia, and is below 65 years of age, they are diagnosed with YOD. But that doesn’t mean it only happens to people in their 60s. There are people diagnosed with YOD at all ages, including ..read more
ESRC blog | Shaping Society
3y ago
By Helen Beckett, Debra Allnock and Camille Warrington The importance of young people’s involvement in research is increasingly recognised in relation to many areas of their lives. However, there is still hesitance around involving them in research on sexual abuse. This is particularly true of those who are known to have experienced such abuse, who ..read more
ESRC blog | Shaping Society
3y ago
by Abby Dunn My son rolled around on the floor kicking the door with all his might – considerable for a person less than a metre in height. At two years old he was hell-bent on ruling the family. As he exerted his will with fierce determination (to eat lollies for breakfast, to not wear ..read more
ESRC blog | Shaping Society
3y ago
by Clare Downing and Tina Fawcett An estimated 2,000 school pupils and their supporters joined in a growing world-wide movement by holding a ‘climate strike’ in the centre of Oxford on 15 February, and there were similar events in other cities across the UK. A month later, and the youth climate strikes were even bigger ..read more
ESRC blog | Shaping Society
3y ago
by Lorraine Whitmarsh There have been stark warnings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the UK Committee on Climate Change that rapid, society-wide decarbonisation is needed, and that we need to work harder if we are to avoid devastating climate change. We may have as little as a decade in which to significantly ..read more
ESRC blog | Shaping Society
3y ago
by Simonetta Longhi In the UK, as in many other countries, ethnic minorities are paid on average less than the white British majority. Although the exact magnitude of the difference varies across studies due to the use of different data and methodology, the patterns are rather consistent. However, there are important differences in labour market ..read more