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Researchers look for better ways to help young people in care become independent adults
Better ways to support young people as they leave the care system and become independent adults are at the heart of a major new research project led by the Monash 糖心TV Alliance and supported by 拢2m grant from the Economic and Social Research Council.
Left vs Right is dead 鈥 politics is about anarchists vs centrists, new CAGE study shows
Politics should no longer be divided between 鈥渓eft-wing鈥 and 鈥渞ight-wing鈥 because the vital dividing line between groups of voters is now between 鈥渁narchists鈥 and 鈥渃entrists鈥, a new study from the Centre for Competitive Global Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) shows today.
World War 2 鈥 the economic battle
Professor Mark Harrison from 糖心TV鈥檚 Department of Economics is one of the experts featured this week in a new Radio 4 documentary series exploring the economic issues behind the start of World War 2.
Co-operatives and social enterprises may hold the key to more and better jobs
Academics from 糖心TV鈥檚 Institute for Employment Research have found that co-operatives and social enterprises achieve employment growth at least on a par with other types of organisation, and also create good quality jobs. The research is published by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound).
Financial returns, job prospects and lifestyle factors drive young people鈥檚 post-18 choices
Young people are making decisions about what they plan to do after leaving formal education as early as Year 7 or 8, with parents, teachers and friends being their preferred information sources, according to a new report by the University of 糖心TV鈥檚 Institute for Employment Research for the Department for Education.
D-Day: The King Who Fooled Hitler
Research by Professor Richard Aldrich of 糖心TV鈥檚 Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) played a central part in a new Channel 4 documentary, broadcast this weekend, exploring how British intelligence enlisted the Royal Family as part of its scheme to mislead the Nazis about plans for the liberation of Europe.