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24 October 2023
ADR UK is supporting 22 PhD studentships hosted by supervisors at Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs) across the UK. These PhD studentships will use ADR UK’s new linked flagship datasets to answer policy-relevant research questions.
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22 September 2023
This ADR Wales research agenda will cover inequalities in health outcomes, treatment, accessibility to services, opportunities, and education for the population of Wales. It will utilise linked anonymised, individual-level, population-scale data that is routinely collected. This includes demographic, health, environmental, administrative and social data.
The ADR Wales Mental Health research programme will focus on the matters of anxiety, depression and suicide and self-harm prevention. This is in line with the Welsh Government’s commitment to invest in mental health by redesigning services to “improve prevention, tackle stigma and promote a no-wrong door approach to mental health support”.
This innovative programme will continue to work with education partners in Wales to better understand the barriers individuals face in finding meaningful work and accessing the skills and training needed to compete. The programme will address questions of low skills levels in Wales, and the progression from education and training to meaningful jobs against a backdrop of Brexit and the pandemic.
14 September 2023
To address currently identified and new emerging priority areas for government, ADR Wales has created a Major Societal Challenges work stream. This will monitor, evaluate and research the impacts of major societal challenges over time and across generations for the whole population.
How do we make a Wales where homelessness is rare, brief and unrepeated? This important question drives ADR Wales research under this thematic area. It will explore opportunities for more timely interventions, and produce an evidence base on what works to prevent homelessness, for whom, and in what context.
8 September 2023
The ADR Wales Education research programme has been developed in line with the Welsh Government’s ambition to deliver a long-term programme of education reform and ensure educational inequalities narrow and standards rise. This is furthered by the commitment that no pupil is ‘left behind’ after the Covid-19 pandemic.
Combining expertise from backgrounds in early years, child health, mental health and education to name just a few, the ADR Wales Early Years research team brings together this knowledge to deliver well-rounded policy-informing research. This is needed to help all children - particularly those from deprived backgrounds.
1 September 2023
ADR UK is funding six Research Fellows for 18 months to conduct research and analysis demonstrating the policy impact potential of ADR England flagship datasets. This was the first fellowship opportunity of its kind by ADR UK that...
14 July 2023
The project will study how the disadvantages suffered by certain groups can vary over their life course or change in relation to factors such as household circumstances and geographical context. These groups have been identified by health and disability status, caring responsibilities, migrant status, and ethnicity. The project team will analyse the impact of different forms of disadvantage on labour market outcomes, measured by receipt of benefits related to non-working status.
