As part of a national dementia initiative, ESRC and the National Institute for Health Research will be working together to support social science research on dementia with up to £13m funding available.

An update for ESRC grant holders on our Open Access policy and current developments in this area.

We have produced a set of five new social mobility evidence briefings. The briefings cover education, health inequalities, parenting style, child poverty and employment.

Research Councils UK have prepared a draft Welsh Language Scheme in accordance with the Welsh Language Act 1993. The public consultation commences on 21 February and will end on 1 May.

Mae Cynghorau Ymchwil y DU wedi paratoi Cynllun Iaith Gymraeg drafft yn unol â Deddf yr Iaith Gymraeg 1993. Bydd yr ymgynghoriad yn dechrau ar 21 Chewefror a daw i ben ar 1 Mai.

Professor Tony Coxon, founding director of the British Household Panel Study, passed away on 7 January.

A number of prominent social scientists and ESRC award recipients have been honoured in the New Year Honours list.

Professor Sir Roger Jowell, co-director of the British Election Studies programme and co-founder of the European Social Survey, passed away on 25 December aged 69.

Season's greetings and Christmas holiday closing times.

As the Understanding Society survey’s first 'full wave' of information has been deposited with the UK Data Archive, interviews from the world's largest household panel survey are for the first time accessible for research analysis.