Tag Archives: Michael Donnelly
Let’s not forget rural communities…
The current piece of research I am leading at the Bevan Foundation is looking into the impact of changes and reductions to the benefits system on people in Wales. Central to this is ensuring that the research…
Feeding yourself on £5 per week?
Could you feed yourself for £5 a week? This is about 70p a day – just about covering the cost of a loaf of bread. Emerging findings from a Bevan Foundation study into the Social…
How much does a baby cost?
Some time ago the UK Government made the decision to change the Maternity Grant, which means you now only receive the £500 one-off grant for your first child, and not for any children you may later have. …
Cutting crisis loans
Cuts Watch Cymru is a coalition of third sector organisations in Wales who are concerned with the impact of the spending cuts on people in Wales. There are almost 700,000 people in Wales already living beneath the…
An alternative route
I highlighted back in November that the fall in Welsh domiciled university applicants can be seen as unexpected, given that the changes in tuition fees for English students does not affect young people living in Wales. Welsh domiciled university…
Inequalities in Higher Education Still Exist
I attended the Social Research in Higher Education conference inNewportyesterday. After reflecting on the conference this reinforced to me significance of inequalities in higher education, and in particular, those slightly more ‘hidden’ inequalities in access to the universities considered…
All’s fair… or is it?
A sense of fairness underlies issues of social justice – what is deemed to be ‘fair’ within society reflects the allocation of education, jobs, money between different social groups. When we examine any issues within society it is clear…
Equality Impact Assessments
In gathering the data for the first Cuts Watch Cymru report (due out in January) we have been looking at the Equality Impact Assessments for the planned and already implemented welfare reforms. These reports are published for policy changes initiated by…
What makes a good school?
The Welsh Government has proposed wide ranging reforms to our schools in their recent White paper. They acknowledge that the introduction of this Bill is likely to increase the number of interventions in schools ‘causing concern’. This…
Do Welsh University applicants know the facts?
Figures out from UCAS this week show that the number of people from the UK applying to go to university next September is down by 11.9% from the same period last year. The figures cover…
