Commentary

Commentary 6 November 2024

More data and earlier focus key to tackling post-16 tertiary education inequalities

The creation of Medr, the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research, represents a step change in the organisation of post-16 education and training in Wales....

Commentary 5 November 2024

Widening participation and transforming lives: What works?

The wicked problem of widening participation. Despite years of increasing and widening participation strategies, there is evidence of widening inequality gaps and growing divergences in...

Commentary 4 November 2024

Equity in Tertiary Education in Wales – an adult perspective

Understanding inequity in tertiary education. Here, Joshua Miles, of the Learning and Work Institute, gives his perspective on the data analysis undertaken by ADR Wales...

Commentary 10 September 2024

Working together to tackle poverty stigma in Wales – five key insights

Amanda Hill-Dixon sets out five insights gained by the Wales Centre for Public Policy from its exploration of how to prevent and tackle poverty stigma,...

Commentary 4 September 2024

Shining a light on poverty stigma

The devastating impact of the stigma of poverty has been long established. It is known to worsen people’s mental health, leads to people not...

Commentary 14 August 2024

‘Framing’ not blaming

I’ll never forget one mum’s comment on the Early Years support she had received – ‘You make me feel rich.’ It’s the kind...

Commentary 3 June 2024

Hidden poverty in Welsh communities

Poverty is sometimes depicted as a primarily urban phenomenon but there is financial hardship in all regions and geographies in Wales. One in five (21%) of...

Commentary 31 May 2024

Navigating farming futures

How can farmers go ‘Green’ if they are in the ‘Red'?