Our research is often mentioned in newspapers and other publications. During April 2012 there were a total of 1339 ESRC-related stories in the media, boosted by major national coverage of the Institute for Fiscal Studies' evaluation and reports on household finances at the start of the new financial year. These were reported on all the major TV and radio channels such as the BBC, ITV,Channel 4 and Five, as well as Sky and in many national and regional publications and radio stations. The ESRC received coverage in the Independent, Daily Telegraph and the Metro, on the BBC website and overseas coverage in the Times of India, Top News India and Evening Herald (Ireland) and Irish World websites

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May 2012

• Bad news on retirement (Herald Scotland, 20 May 2012)
• Britain’s undocumented children (The Economist, 19 May 2012)
• Research finds that redundancy has 'significant' impact on child's exam results (Daily Telegraph, 16 May 2012)
• IFS - There is a compelling case for UK road charging (BBC website, 15 May 2012)
• In death, ritual still counts (The Guardian, 14 May 2012)
• To avoid NHS waiting lists eastern Europeans fly back home (Daily Telegraph, 10 May 2012)
• Eastern European immigrants say British schools fail their children (Daily Mail, 09 May 2012)
• The Euro Crises - A better Solution (Forbes, 07 May 2012)
• Rio+20 is not just for the towns and cities (The Guardian, 04 May 2012)
  

April 2012

• Public backs plain cigarette packets (The Observer, 14 April 2012)
• For the Tudors, summer was dangerous (BBC website, 04 April 2012)
• Coffee, Coke and Sugar - the rise of office drugs (Stylist, 04 April 2012)
• The bankers and the Euro crises (The Guardian, 02 April 2012)
• European attitudes vary on wealth (The Economist, 02 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, 09 March 2012)
  
• Fruit and veg consumption affects your skin tone (Medical News Today, 09 March 2012)
  
• Children of migrant families consider themselves 'white British' (Daily Mail, 08 March 2012)
• We feel more British say ethnic minorities (Daily Telegraph, 07 March 2012)
• Young unemployed find it hard to get jobs (The Guardian, 07 March 2012)
• Campaign calls for increase in tobacco duty (BBC News website, 03 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, 09 February 2012)
  
• Britain is the home of multiculturalism (Daily Telegraph, 07 February 2012)
  
• Problems at home mean 25% of children perform poorly (The Guardian, 07 February 2012)
• Facebook flotation (Channel 4 News website, 02 February 2012)
• The truth about workless families (The Guardian, 02 February 2012)
  
• Jobs in deprived areas are created by grants for small businesses (Daily Telegraph, 01 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, 09 January 2012)
  
• Women at work and why it's important (The Guardian, 06 January 2012)
  
• Royal Patronage (BBC News website, 05 January 2012)
  
• Celebrity Science Report (The Guardian, 02 January 2012)