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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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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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