Efforts to boost social mobility must move away escapist “helicopter” policies, experts warn
Efforts to boost social mobility must move away from “helicopter” policies designed to encourage some chosen few children to “escape”...
Kerra Maddern
Keir Starmer’s reputation as “Mr Rules” reflects the growing “juridifcation” of politics, study shows
Keir Starmer’s efforts to be “Mr Rules” and his focus on calling for probes and inquiries reflects the growing “juridification”...
Access to gardens and citizen science helps encourage conservation among children, study shows
Access to gardens and citizen science projects at school can help promote pro-conservation behaviour among pupils, a new study shows....
Democratic nations should rely on international law to tackle growing ‘hybrid’ and ‘grey zone’ security threats, research shows
Democratic countries should rely on international law and improve their legal resilience to tackle the grave security threats caused by...
Experts at the University of Exeter’s new Centre for Computational Social Science using data science to understand our world
Experts at the University of Exeter’s new Centre for Computational Social Science are using statistics AI, big data and machine...
Major new website launched to monitor the use of lethal force by the police around the world
A major new research project and website to monitor the use of lethal force by police officers around the world...
Innovative specialist maths schools around the UK praised by Ofsted
Innovative specialist maths schools around the UK have been praised by Ofsted for their pioneering work, which is boosting the...
Pupils graduate as part of special ceremony to mark University of Exeter’s innovative tutoring scheme
Pupils have taken part in a special ceremony to mark their graduation from an innovative University of Exeter tutoring scheme...
Areas with more illegal market opportunities more likely to be targeted by organised crime, study shows
Communities with higher-than-average illegal market opportunities (proxied by drug-related activities) are more likely to be targeted by organised crime groups,...