Rob Davies is Public Affairs Manager for CLOSER, the UK longitudinal studies consortium funded by the ESRC and the Medical Research Council. CLOSER brings together eight biomedical and social longitudinal studies, with participants born as early as the 1930s to…
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Disadvantage and worklessness: a longitudinal perspective
Tagged with: CLOSER, longitudinal studies, Rob Davies
Posted in Evidence-based policy, Social sciences and social policy
Posted in Evidence-based policy, Social sciences and social policy
Researchers need to learn political skills if they want to make a difference
Titus Alexander. This week the government published its much postponed childhood obesity strategy, to a chorus of criticism from experts in public health. Doctors, health charities, and cancer and diabetes specialists have warned that the measures can’t stop the growing…
Tagged with: childhood obesity, CLOSER, politics, REF, Titus Alexander
Posted in Evidence-based policy, Further higher and lifelong education, Social sciences and social policy
Posted in Evidence-based policy, Further higher and lifelong education, Social sciences and social policy
