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Press Releases - 2009

This is the archive of ESRC press releases from 2009.

December

Now where was I again? - 7th December 2009
International partnerships assist in the creation of the new Abu Dhabi Economics Research Agency - 9th December 2009
Government overseas aid is no bar to individual giving - 13th December 2009
Value of volunteering more than economic - 14th December 2009
Police service faces unprecedented challenges amid global recession - 21st December 2009

November

Today's children decide their school and career path early - 15th November 2009
New council member appointed - 16th November 2009
How green is your house? Recycling favourite activity among Brits, says new survey - 23rd November 2009
Workplace literacy schemes are too short to improve skills - 25th November 2009
Deciding to have a baby is an easier step for public sector workers - 29th November 2009

October

Performance reviews are raising council standards, say researchers - 18th October 2009
School children could lead the way on sustainability - 21st October 2009
Third sector still innovating despite hard times - 26th October 2009

September

New Council members appointed - 7th September 2009
Shop around key to a smaller food bill - 8th September 2009
New approaches to capturing the value of culture, media and sport - 10th September 2009
Recession Britain: New ESRC report on the impact of recession on people's jobs, businesses and daily lives - 17th September 2009
Classroom behaviour: why it's hard to be good - 20th September 2009
Social background weighs heavily on teenage diet - 25th September 2009
Security versus privacy: how do we get the balance right? - 29th September 2009

August

Words matter in public health - 7th August 2009
Reshaping the UK through innovation - 11th August 2009
Coordination needed to support green fingered youths - 13th August 2009

July

The most effective teachers are in a class of their own - 8th July 2009
Economic and social science community addressing the challenges ahead for the UK - 21st July 2009
A combination of education methods could be the key for some students aiming for higher education - 24th July 2009

June

Scottish public sector - new leadership needed for new times says ESRC report - 4th June 2009
Research supports World Blood Donor Day message on blood safety - 14th June 2009
Stricter controls for direct-to-consumer genetic testing? - 17th June 2009
Economic crisis heightens financial fallout for bereaved - 21st June 2009
Anxiety's hidden cost - 23rd June 2009

May

Health and well-being in old age: it's still money that counts - 7th May 2009
Mum's the word: the secret to building children's social skills - 13th May 2009
Experts debate personal genetic data - 13th May 2009
Global Uncertainties Fellowships announced - 14th May 2009
The ESRC announces a new national postgraduate training framework - 21st May 2009

April

Who do you think you are: family albums - 1st April 2009
New Management and Business Development Fellowship Scheme launched - 2nd April 2009
Experts Discuss Disease-Fight Dollars for Developing World - 6th April 2009
Greening existing homes - a herculean task says report - 14th April 2009
AIM press release: Improving the Practice of Management - 15th April 2009
Saving the economy and saving the planet - 21st April 2009
China can achieve low carbon growth - 29th April 2009

March

ESRC Festival of Social Science 2009: the wider picture - 2nd March 2009
The youth of today: yobs or future leaders? - 3rd March 2009
Uncovering the links between sport and society - 3rd March 2009
Everything you ever wanted to know about going green but never thought to ask... - 4th March 2009
Sussex youths debate solutions to climate change - 4th March 2009
ESRC Genomics Forum - Media Calling Notice: UK science policy: who decides? - 4th March 2009
£7.75m for a sustainable transport future - 5th March 2009
Michael Young Prize winners announced - 5th March 2009
School students investigate climate change in the Peak District - 6th March 2009
If plants could talk, what would they say? - 6th March 2009
It's your funeral: The eco burial movement gathers ground - 9th March 2009
Why we hate politics - 9th March 2009
School kids digest the future of food - 9th March 2009
ESRC Genomics Network celebrates Festival of Social Science - 10th March 2009
High skills, low wages: global auction for brainpower - 10th March 2009
Lincoln and Darwin: live for one night only - 10th March 2009
Don't follow us, we're lost too - 11th March 2009
UK science policy: who decides? - 11th March 2009
Options for a new Britain: A report card for Britain - 12th March 2009
Livening up the environmental debate - 12th March 2009
Global poverty is still a priority - 18th March 2009
Third sector gears up to meet the challenge of personal budgets - 31st March 2009

February

Multilingualism brings communities closer together - 10th February 2009
Money may not buy happiness but neither does poverty - 24th February 2009
Plants are political hot potatoes - 25th February 2009
Economic Research receives further funding boost - 26th February 2009

January

Macro-Economic Opportunities announced - 2nd January 2009
Biodiversity passes the taste test and is healthier too - 14th January 2009
Is it possible to eradicate homelessness? - 29th January 2009

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