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Latest Education Policy Group newsletter

This edition of the of the Education Policy Group newsletter focuses on the Children’s Plan one year on, in particular parenting policy and the work that BMRB do in this area.  You can find articles on two of the major research projects BMRB have been commissioned to carry out in this area, the ...

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Published on: May 4th 2009 in Social | Comments (0)

Help find the answers to society’s big questions - opportunities at BMRB Social Research

Competitive salary in line with experience, plus excellent benefits package ...

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Published on: Feb 11th 2009 in Social | Comments (0)

Parents pay £1,200 a year to send child to state school

Polly Curtis writes: The cost of sending a child to a state secondary has risen to nearly £1,200 a year, as the price of uniforms, school trips and lunches has rocketed, according to government research. Read more on the Guardian web ...

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Published on: Feb 3rd 2009 in Social | Comments (0)

Michelle Harrison appointed as Managing Director for Government and Public Affairs at BMRB

BMRB has appointed Dr Michelle Harrison to lead its public sector research and insight division. Michelle joins BMRB having previously held the position of Head of Public Sector consultancy at BMRB’s sister company, The Futures Company (formerly The Henley Centre). In 2007 Michelle launched ...

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Published on: Jan 9th 2009 in Social | Comments (0)

Trust in top politicians ‘falls’

Public trust in senior politicians has fallen in the last two years, according to a survey carried out for the Committee on Standards in Public Life. The survey suggests 22% of people think government ministers tell the truth - down from 27% in the 2006 survey. Committee chair Sir Christopher ...

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Published on: Nov 10th 2008 in Social | Comments (0)

BMRB Wins Child Obesity Evaluation Contract

BMRB has been commissioned by the Central Office of Information (COI) and Department of Health to evaluate the forthcoming ‘Change4Life’ campaign. The campaign aims to work with multiple partners across the private, voluntary, and public sectors in order to tackle rising childhood obesity. The ...

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Published on: Nov 10th 2008 in Social | Comments (0)

NSPCC appoints BMRB for largest study of child maltreatment in UK

BMRB has been commissioned by the NSPCC to undertake the largest study of child maltreatment ever conducted in the UK. The Survey of Children's Safety and Victimisation will interview 6000 respondents during 2009, and will focus on young people aged up to 24, with parents responding on behalf of ...

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Published on: Oct 24th 2008 in Social | Comments (0)

Qualitative recruitment: If it’s based on the wrong people, it’s all futile!

Working in social research brings diverse subject matter, often involving challenging and very niche respondent groups – in other words they are hard to reach! Nowhere is this more true than in qualitative research. We’d like to take the opportunity to shine the spotlight on our recruitment ...

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Published on: Oct 13th 2008 in Social, Newsletters, Aspects | Comments (0)

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