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Press Releases - 2008

This is the archive of ESRC press releases from 2008.

December

The UK's next step towards an innovation nation - 4th December 2008
The smart way to beat travel chaos over the festive season - 15th December 2008
Professorial Fellowships announced - 18th December 2008
'Tis the season to be jolly? - 28th December 2008
New study calls for global project finance reform - 28th December 2008

November

Community support wins 'ghost' migrant cleaners a living wage - 4th November 2008
Lessons from the past can clarify banking crisis - 14th November 2008
Effective Global Regulation - A Gargantuan Task - 17th November 2008
UK Economics Research: Findings of the International Benchmarking Review - 20th November 2008
Teaching the Teachers - 23rd November 2008
Major teaching and learning research programme draws conclusions - 23rd November 2008
Prescription for patient safety - 30th November 2008

October

Biological alternatives to chemical pesticides - 8th October 2008
Sixties generation is heading for conventional old age - 9th October 2008
World's largest household longitudinal study launches - 13th October 2008
Capacity building in business research and engagement - 14th October 2008
Third sector research centre launches - 23rd October 2008
Credit crunch threatens new medicines - 27th October 2008

September

Interactivity means more activity for students - 4th September 2008
Technology plus pupil participation equals interactive learning - 9th September 2008
Why some peacekeeping operations are better than others - 21st September 2008

August

Hope: an overlooked tool in the battle against HIV/AIDS - 8th August 2008

July

Birmingham University to lead new Third Sector Research Centre - 9th July 2008
Standards in stem cell research - 18th July 2008
Latest large grant announcement - 18th July 2008
Diversity in primary schools promotes harmony - 24th July 2008
£28.5 million investment for groundbreaking new research facility - 24th July 2008

June

Knowing looks: using gaze aversion to tell when children are learning - 2nd June 2008
Lost in translation: language barrier adds confusion to pre-natal testing - 9th June 2008
Engaging teachers means engaged students - 23rd June 2008
Understanding the desire for 'freshness' - a first step towards saving water - 26th June 2008
Wake-up call to business: tighten up on information security - 30th June 2008

May

Is divorce bad for the parents? - 11th May 2008
£3 million investment for future of science and mathematics education - 12th May 2008
Maths plus 'geeky' images equals deterred students - 12th May 2008
Risky rainy days: who plans for their financial future? - 12th May 2008
Closing the productivity gap in Northern Ireland - 13th May 2008
Fear of crime or anxiety about a rapidly changing society? - 19th May 2008

April

New Council members appointed - 10th April 2008

March

The challenges and opportunities in China and India - 3rd March 2008
Southampton youths debate climate change with experts - 3rd March 2008
How to be a better partner - 4th March 2008
The future of low wage work in Europe - 4th March 2008
You and your lifestyle: Britain's cultural tastes revealed - 4th March 2008
School kids get arty with genes - 5th March 2008
Artists and scientists see eye to eye at Exeter art gallery - 5th March 2008
Calling all brothers and sisters - 6th March 2008
Creating wealth from knowledge - 6th March 2008
Harnessing the power of the 'new' worldwide Web - 6th March 2008
Students learning in harmony - 7th March 2008
Is overseas development oppressive? Have your say - 7th March 2008
What's holding women back? - 12th March 2008
A report card for the UK: Options for Britain II - 17th March 2008

February

Limited childcare options for working class mums - 15th February 2008
What farmers think about GM crops - 24th February 2008
When Free Trade was Fair Trade - 25th February 2008
ESRC supports new research into Population Change and Climate Change - 26th February 2008
ESRC Festival of Social Science 2008: the wider picture - 29th February 2008

January

Proposals sought for new centre for third sector research - 4th January 2008
New research centre to look at spatial differences in economic prosperity - 14th January 2008
Multinationals in emerging China should stick to their own ways of managing - 18th January 2008
Going Global - is the future bright? - 18th January 2008
£20 million invested in research to improve the nation's health - 23rd January 2008

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