The Lords Amendments – What do voters want MPs to do?
Tomorrow and Wednesday, the House of Commons will consider the 15 amendments that the House of Lords made to the EU Withdrawal Bill against the government’s wishes.
View ArticleHow we tested tools designed to help homeless people with gambling addiction
At the National Centre for Social Research, it’s important to us that our work has a positive impact on society – to ensure that social research can really help to improve lives.
View ArticleTaking a positive view on ageing: making the most of the latest data on the...
‘Ageing’ is never far from the news. There is regular commentary about the need to challenge ageism in our society and prepare for additional costs on the welfare state. However, we know vanishingly...
View ArticleLooking for a career in social research? Here's my advice
I was recently invited to join a panel of alumni speakers at the University of Surrey to talk about my career as a social researcher; the event was designed for us to talk about how we got into our...
View ArticleThe personal is statistical: Pride of my life
Over the last year, I’ve talked a lot about one particular graph - British views on same-sex relationships. It’s the clearest example of a wider trend towards more liberal social values. It’s also one...
View ArticleThe personal is statistical: SATs and stress
Interim results data published this week show that a higher proportion of 10-11 year olds have achieved the national standards in maths and literacy than in previous years.
View ArticleWhy are young people driving less than previous generations?
Big changes are occurring among young people’s travel behaviour, and what this means for the future has again been highlighted today.
View ArticleThe Personal is Statistical: ‘Breast is best’ but support for mothers is what...
In our monthly series, The Personal is Statistical, we'll be talking about where statistics have interacted with our personal lives. As part of World Breastfeeding Week, Tahmineh Hendron reflects on...
View ArticleA Level results: are academic education routes still making the grade?
Thousands of young people across the country are now making important decisions about their future. Many will go onto university but apprenticeships and other vocational routes have become more...
View ArticleInterviewing people who have been bereaved by death from unnatural causes
Today we published our report, 'Personal narratives of serious incidents at sea and on the coast' for the RNLI about the experiences of people who have survived an incident at sea, or witnessed one...
View ArticleWhy do some children miss out on early education?
The expansion of free part-time early education is at the heart of the government’s childcare reforms, responding to strong evidence that early education promotes the cognitive, social and emotional...
View ArticleWellbeing mental health and drinking in the context of gambling
On 6 September 2019 the Gambling Commission published the latest version of their Gambling behaviour in Great Britain report. The report uses data collected in 2016 as part of the Health Survey for...
View ArticleThe fall and rise of Britishness and Englishness
Following the creation of the Scottish Parliament in 1999, UK politicians were quick to warn of the threat of English nationalism to the existence of the Union. Jack Straw, the former Labour MP, went...
View ArticleWellbeing mental health and drinking in the context of gambling
On 6th September 2018 the Gambling Commission published the Gambling behaviour in Great Britain report. It uses data collected in 2016 as part of the Health Survey for England, the Scottish Health...
View Article‘Perhaps It’ll All be OK in the End?’ The Contrast in Perceptions of the...
One of the persistent findings of the polling on attitudes towards Brexit – both before and since the referendum itself – has been that voters are more likely to think that Brexit will be bad for...
View ArticleNational Hate Crime Awareness Week - Why victims of hate crime don't report it?
Why is it that many victims of these incidents do not report their experiences to the authorities? What can be done to properly support those who do come forward? Our report on the experiences of...
View ArticleDaylight savings: is it time for a change?
Changing the clocks by an hour every spring and autumn under current EU summertime arrangements (daylight saving time) could end following a continent-wide open public consultation arranged by the...
View ArticleThe future of policing - Increasing diversity
Why is it so important for the police to be representative of the community it serves? To inform the future diversity agenda, the Police Transformation Fund Team commissioned us to review the evidence...
View ArticleDo people really want to pay more tax?
The long history of pre-election tax cuts, a British political tradition as venerable as back-bench braying, is based on a simple assumption: people don’t like paying taxes and reward politicians who...
View ArticleWhat can social media tell us about society?
For the last three years NatCen have hosted an event at Twitter UK as part of the ESRC’s Festival of Social Science, focusing on how social media data can be used in research for the benefit of society.
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