ESRC in the news January to April
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April 2012
- Public backs plain cigarette packets (The Observer, 14 April 2012)
- For the Tudors, summer was dangerous (BBC website, 4 April 2012)
- Coffee, Coke and Sugar - the rise of office drugs (Stylist, 4 April 2012)
- The bankers and the Euro crises (The Guardian, 2 April 2012)
- European attitudes vary on wealth (The Economist, 2 April 2012)
March 2012
- Let the government know if you're happy (Washington Post, 30 March 2012)
- Minimum alcohol pricing won't stop binge drinking (Daily Mail, 27 March 2012)
- Ofsted failures prompt schools to improve (BBC News, 27 March 2012)
- Poll finds British voters opposed to Scot's independence (The Guardian, 23 March 2012)
- Nicotine patches and councelling don't help smokers quit (Daily Mail, 23 March 2012)
- IFS Verdict on the Chancellor's Budget (The Spectator, 22 March 2012)
- Grandparents better than nurseries in child's development (Daily Telegraph, 20 March 2012)
- Breastfed babies are smarter (Channel 4 news, 18 March 2012)
- Researchers claim home owners can't move home (FT Adviser, 15 March 2012)
- Failure of UN Carbon Trade (Daily Mail, 14 March 2012)
- Researcher's film on Tesco's USA launch (Retail Times, 14 March 2012)
- British Sign Language Corpus Project (BSL Broadcast Trust, 12 March 2012)
- Public less concerned about GM Foods (The Guardian, 9 March 2012)
- Fruit and veg consumption affects your skin tone (Medical News Today, 9 March 2012)
- Children of migrant families consider themselves 'white British' (Daily Mail, 8 March 2012)
- We feel more British say ethnic minorities (Daily Telegraph, 7 March 2012)
- Young unemployed find it hard to get jobs (The Guardian, 7 March 2012)
- Campaign calls for increase in tobacco duty (BBC News website, 3 March 2012)
February 2012
- Businesses should support apprenticeships (The Scotsman, 29 February 2012)
- Professional services and HE - What are the parallels? (The Guardian, 29 February 2012)
- Poorer students still not getting to University (BBC News, 29 February 2012)
- Expansion of university places not helping the poor (Daily Telegraph, 28 February 2012)
- Pregnant mothers offered up to £400 to quit smoking (Herald Scotland, 23 February 2012)
- Michael Young Prize Winner - Oscar Winner? (The Guardian, 22 February 2012)
- Being an only child (The Times, 20 February 2012)
- Goodbye Mr Capello (Vital Football, 17 February 2012)
- Boys get lower marks from female teachers (The Independent, 16 February 2012)
- Researchers say school inspections help schools improve (BBC News website, 16 February 2012)
- Who you know gives rich rewards (Daily Telegraph, 15 February 2012)
- Survey says families come first (The Cooperative Magazine, 15 February 2012)
- We need our partners in time of need more than our friends (Daily Mail, 15 February 2012)
- Poles ARE polite people (Daily Mail, 14 February 2012)
- The Unstable Iranian Economy (The Voice of Russia, 9 February 2012)
- Britain is the home of multiculturalism (Daily Telegraph, 7 February 2012)
- Problems at home mean 25 per cent of children perform poorly (The Guardian, 7 February 2012)
- Facebook flotation (Channel 4 News website, 2 February 2012)
- The truth about workless families (The Guardian, 2 February 2012)
- Jobs in deprived areas are created by grants for small businesses (Daily Telegraph, 1 February 2012)
January 2012
- Reforms on public sector pensions squeeze a myth say IFS (Daily Mail, 31 January 2012)
- Restoring religious belief in public life (The Tablet, 28 January 2012)
- Social techniques can help us change our energy consumption (The Guardian, 27 January 2012)
- Government advisor warns of repeat of summer riots (Daily Mail, 27 January 2012)
- Conservatives won't regret benefits battle (The Guardian, 26 January 2012)
- More Information need on Work Programme says TSRC (The Guardian, 26 January 2012)
- Researchers urged to help fill growing democratic deficit (Times Higher Education, 26 January 2012)
- Kids are driven to celebrity culture (Times of India, 26 January 2012)
- Reducing the risk of E coli O157 (Farm Business, 24 January 2012)
- The force that binds communities together is faith (London Evening Standard, 23 January 2012)
- A first-class infrastructure behind every breakthrough (The Independent, 19 January 2012)
- Employees going to work ill because they fear for their jobs (Daily Mirror, 18 January 2012)
- Can the government legislate for happiness? (BBC Radio 4 Today programme, 16 January 2012)
- Oxford University announce new study on unemployment in India (The Hindu, 12 January 2012)
- No long term benefits using nicotine replacements (The Guardian, 9 January 2012)
- Women at work and why it's important (The Guardian, 6 January 2012)
- Royal Patronage (BBC News website, 5 January 2012)
- Celebrity Science Report (The Guardian, 2 January 2012)
