Feeding your baby on demand ‘may contribute to higher IQ’ suggests study
Schedule-fed babies go on to perform less well at school than their demand-fed peers says research out today.
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Winners and losers in welfare reform
Preliminary analysis of the new welfare programme says it will give rise to both winners and losers.
Survey paints a portrait of the UK
Understanding Society: Findings 2012 published and available to download now.
A nation of frustrated home-movers
Between 2009 and 2010 only 10 to 14 per cent of people who wished to move actually achieved their desire
Does your mother know?
New research shows that regularly staying out late without telling their parents where they are is symptomatic of a young person with underlying problems
A healthy teenager is a happy teenager
12-13 is a catalyst age when young people turn away from the healthy habits of their younger years
Young people face double penalty in a slow job market
Young people suffering in recession, says new research
Middle class benefit the most from post-1992 university expansion
Initiatives to provide better access to higher education for young people from less-privileged backgrounds have failed says new research
Longitudinal research now possible with new data release
Interim release of _Understanding Society_ Wave 2
Death of Professor Tony Coxon
Sadness at death of "man of great energy, enthusiasm, warmth and humour".
UK is a nation of supportive partners
Partners provide a vital source of positive emotional support for the vast majority of people in the UK
ISER sponsors longitudinal journal
ISER sponsors Longitudinal and Life Course Studies Journal and announces that Amanda Sacker will join the editorial committee.