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Transnational Policy Learning: A comparative study of OECD and EU education p...
Many scholars of education policy have drawn attention to the emergence of a global education policy agenda, driven by the need for increased competitiveness, skill development... -
Precarious lives: Asylum seekers and refugees' experiences of forced labour.
The overall aim of this research is to gain an in-depth understanding of the experiences of forced labour among asylum seekers and refugees (AS/R) based in England. This new... -
The politics of island regions: A framework for comparative research
Islands have developed some of the most innovative forms of sovereignty in the world. Being typically small and insular, islands such as Åland, Prince Edward Island (PEI) and... -
SynergyNet: Supporting Collaborative Learning in an Immersive Environment
This interdisciplinary work will develop software to run and evaluate an exciting and innovative 'Interactive Immersive Classroom' called 'SynergyNet'. Critically, whilst... -
Reasoning skills and reasoning strategies in developmental dyscalculia
Educational neuroscience is an interdisciplinary field, informed by educational theory and neuroscience. Educational neuroscientists employ electrophysiological and brain... -
SUS-IT: : Sustaining IT use by older people to promote autonomy and independence
Older people who are confident and empowered users of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) stand to gain significant benefits for the full duration of their old... -
Retirement planning and retirement resources among ethnic minority groups in ...
With an increasingly diverse, ageing population in Britain, this research seeks to investigate the complexities of retirement behaviour and pensions in relation to ethnicity.... -
Human well-being and the 'Industrious Revolution': Consumption, gender and so...
How do consumption, production and reproduction interact to improve human well-being? This project addresses this question by exploring the theory of the ‘Industrious... -
Being and Becoming Ethnic in Europe and Africa: State and the Politics of Rec...
The fellowship examines how state institutions in Africa and Western Europe generate identity discourses and political behaviours among young people from minority groups. First... -
Integrating macro and micro perspectives in cross-national comparison: Dynami...
Comparative research exploits variation in the attributes of macro-social units to understand the characteristics of, and relationships between, micro units nested within them.... -
Design for ageing well: Improving the quality of life for the ageing populati...
Traditionally clothing, textiles and electronics markets have been separate with current technological advances not readily accepted by the older user due to badly designed... -
The effects of liking bias on eyewitness identifications
Eyewitness identification evidence is less reliable than it could be. This project investigates one potential source of eyewitness error - a witness' spontaneous tendency to... -
Elucidating environmental links between socioeconomic position and heart disease
While there is consensus that deprivation increases one's risk of heart disease, considerable debate remains as to why. This research has the potential to make an important... -
Dual process models of sequence learning and serial reaction time tasks
How do we learn sequences? In some cases people may be aware of the rules that determine a sequence (eg traffic lights), in others not (eg as the current song on a CD ends,... -
Literacy attainment, data and discourse from the mid-19th century to the pres...
Literacy Attainment Data and Discourse is an ESRC Fellowship which will collect literacy attainment data from three contrasting historical periods and explore variations in... -
Bilateral (Hong Kong): Innovative management practices and firm performance: ...
The project will study "high performance work systems" and company performance in the plants of a large Chinese food/noodle manufacturing firm. The principal investigators are... -
Sexualisation, nuisance and safety: Sexual Entertainment Venues and the manag...
In the last decade, around 300 dedicated clubs have opened in England and Wales where the live display of nudity is regularly offered. Such venues have been accused of offering... -
Language within your reach? Investigating the mapping between spatial and non...
Communication involves a combination of speech and gestures which afford joint attention between speaker and hearer. In this grant the mapping between language and the vision... -
Multiple environmental deprivation and physical activity
Although the drivers of rising health inequalities in the UK are likely to be multi-factorial, it is plausible that the local physical environment plays an important role in... -
Looking back on becoming a mother: longitudinal perspectives on maternity car...
This research is a long-term follow-up of the study 'Becoming a Mother' carried out in 1974-6 by Professor Ann Oakley, which explored the experiences of first-time mothers in...