Our research is often mentioned in newspapers and other publications. During December 2011 there were a total of 865 ESRC-related stories in the media. ESRC received coverage on the BBC World Service, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Wales and on the BBC News, Daily Telegraph and Guardian websites. The ESRC also received a good deal of overseas coverage including mentions in CBC/Radio Canada, Al Watan Daily (Kuwait), Business Daily Africa, Folket i Bild (Sweden), Hindustan Times (India), the Irish Independent, Newsroom America, Scoop (Italy), Sueddeutsche (Germany) and The Nation Pakistan.

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December 2011

• Does birdsong help people's wellbeing? (BBC News Science website, 21 December 2011)
  
• The problem of servants (The Economist, 17 December 2011)
• The community's hidden community groups (The Guardian, 16 December 2011)
  
• Shift workers and seniors socially excluded (CBC - Radio-Canada, 14 December 2012)
• British companies not employing apprentices (BBC News website, 14 December 2011)
  
• The high cost of youth employment in a recession (BBC News website, 14 December 2011)
  
• The Banks rule Britain (The Guardian, 13 December 2011)
  
• Police must earn back public trust (The Guardian, 12 December 2011)
• Two groups to compile Kenyan business directories (Business Daily Kenya, 12 December 2011)
  
• Scientists developing ‘smart underwear’ for incontinence sufferers (The Engineer, 07 December 2011)
  
• MPs told UK Census 'a historical treasure trove' (BBC News website, 07 December 2011)
  
• UK road death map (BBC News website, 07 December 2011)
  
• Measuring social impact can win friends and influence people (The Guardian, 05 December 2011)
• 50th Anniversary of the contraceptive pill (BBC News website, 04 December 2011)
• Football tournaments dent boy's GCSE grades (The Guardian, 02 December 2011)
  
• Discrimination against disabled children still widespread, study finds (Children and Young People Now, 02 December 2011)
  
• The era of feel-good politics begins (The Independent, 02 December 2011)
• We should make more use of public data (ESDS, 01 December 2011)
  

November 2011

• 80 Billion Euros from European Commission for research (Nature, 30 November 2011)
  
• Reform of the UK's counter-terrorism strategies (Professional Security Magazine, 29 November 2011)
  
• In Sub-Saharan Africa, School-In-A-Bag Reduces Drop-Out Rates (Zimbabwe Star, 29 November 2011)
  
• Lonely Hearts fraudsters sought by police (The Sunday Times, 27 November 2011)
  
• Who are the squeezed middle or the 1%? (AOL Money, 27 November 2011)
• Bangladeshi community explored in photography exhibition (BBC Wales Arts, 25 November 2011)
  
• What does the term 'rich' mean? (BBC News Magazine website, 24 November 2011)
  
• Mothers fear of 'cliques' at playgroups (BBC News website, 24 November 2011)
  
• Pensioners learning how to play instruments are happier (The Telegraph, 24 November 2011)
  
• Human diginity explored at film festival (stv, 16 November 2011)
  
• Decline in British manufacturing over the last 30 years (The Guardian, 16 November 2011)
  
• Other options are available for fiscal stimulus (Financial Times, 14 November 2011)
  
• Family giving bigger than corporate and individual donations (Civil Society, 14 November 2011)
  
• University of Essex economist receives 1million Euros grant to study the economics of social networks (The Guardian, 08 November)
  
• Why you are tired all the time (Daily Mail, 08 November 2011)
  
• Adult health is directly related to childhood nutrition (The Observer, 06 November 2011)
  
• Half of workers are ill-treated Cardiff research finds - (BBC News website, 02 November 2011)
  
• Why do summer babies lag behind? - (BBC Radio 4 Today programme, 01 November 2011)
  

October 2011

• Which countries are more successful - Protestant or Catholic? (The Guardian, 31 October 2011)
• Britain worst in Europe to grow old (Daily Mail, 30 October 2011)
  
• Policymakers advised to look for the facts (The Guardian, 28 October 2011)
  
• Toddlers learn from 'joking and pretending' (BBC News website, 27 October 2011)
  
• Young People express their views on racism (The Guardian, 24 October 2011)
  
• The audience receive a makeover at the Salon Project (BBC News website, 11 October 2011)
  
• How British are you? (The Guardian, 07 October 2011)
• Multiracial Britain (BBC News website, 06 October 2011)
  
• Charities not recognising non-cash opportunities (The Guardian, 04 October 2011)
  
• Women voters 'turned off by Coalition (The Guardian, 02 October 2011)
• National Well-Being, six timely points (Wall Street Journal, 02 October 2011) 
• PM asked to explain his 'true values' (The Observer, 02 October 2011)
  

September 2011

• Dining together makes healthy, happy teens (The Independent, 26 September 2011)
  
• Your gender and lack of higher education may stop people earning more (The Guardian, 23 September 2011)
  
• UK productivity still lagging behind (The Guardian, 20 September 2011)
  
• Poorer areas have fewer charities and voluntary groups (The Guardian, 20 September 2011)
  
• Facebook drinks deal raises concerns about teenager's health (The Guardian, 20 September 2011)
  
• Film smoking 'encourages teens' to smoke (BBC News website, 20 September 2011)
  
• Brands and logos are very important for some children (Express India, 17 September 2011)
  
• Personal taste drives charity giving (The Guardian, 15 September 2011)
  
• The Homelessness lead chaotic lives (The Independent, 12 September 2011)
• Maths 'principals' not facts best for children (The Guardian, 12 September 2011)
• Business Schools need to wake up to the shift to the Service Sector (Financial Times, 11September 2011)
  
• Pupils perform better when 'playing' with language (Times Educational Supplement, 09 September 2011)
  
• Behind the riots (The Guardian, 6 September 2011)
• Does your family tree hold killers? (Daily Mail, 6 September 2011)
• Free Schools - Are they any good? (Public Finance, 5 September 2011)
• Politicians partly to blame for recent riots say researchers (Braintree & Witham Times, 2 September 2011)
• Reports rise questions about the management of public services (Guardian online, 1 September 2011)

August 2011

• Staying married is more of a challenge than ever (The Telegraph, 31 August 2011)
• Report says lack of trust in politicians was significant factor behind the riots (The Independent, 30 August 2011)
  
• London 2012 can still be derailed by uncertainties (Professional Security, 26 August 2011)
  
• Cutting net migration harder than ever (The Independent, 25 August 2011)
  
• Commuting is more stressful for woman than men (Daily Mail online, 23 August 2011)
  
• Technology of today solving tomorrow's problems (The Telegraph online, 19 August 2011)
  
• Who joins the Orange Order in Ulster society (Belfast Telegraph, 16 August 2011)
  
• The Secret Life of Buildings (Channel 4, 15 August 2011)
• Professor Paul Gregg on BBC Radio 4 programme, More or Less (BBC Radio 4, 12 August 2011)
• Teenage pregnancy is 'contagious' (BBC, 9 August 2011)
• Science: From Cradle to Grave (BBC Radio 4, 4 August 2011)
  
• Big Society: new research to map the foundations (Charity Times, 2 August 2011)
  
• Research into how we spend our time (Medical Xpress, 1 August 2011)

July 2011

• The quality of British psychological research is very high (British Psychological Society, 27 July 2011)
  
• New mothers told it's better to go back to work (The Telegraph, 22 July 2011)
  
• Mums who work don't harm their children (ITV News, 22 July 2011)
• Schools must do more on sickle cell disease (Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2011)
  
• People love festivals (The Guardian, 18 July 2011)
  
• Why UK patients go for infertility treatment abroad (International Medical Travel Journal, 16 July 2011)
  
• Cardiff researchers produce film to examine seafarer's fatigue (BBC News, 7 July 2011)

June 2011

• Bullied by Siblings (The Guardian, 26 June 2011)
  
• Sustainable lifestyles, meaningful leisure (The Guardian 21 June 2011)
• Financial strain 'could put brakes on shared parenting' (Working Mums 20 June 2011)
• One in six pupils streamed aged seven - survey (BBC 15 June 2011)
  
• New Generation of grandparents (Mail Online, 13 June 2011)
• ESRC study of accidental deaths in Tudor England  (Channel 4 News, 8 June 2011)

May 2011

• UK-US higher education, science, and innovation collaboration (Number10.gov.uk, 25 May 2011)
• Women to continue doing all the house work till 2050 (The Telegraph, 20 May 2011)
• Cambridge University to study on literacy and digital technologies (Nursery World, 18 May 2011)
• Technology Enhanced Learning Research Programme supporting the new National Curriculum for schools in England (Fenews, 11 May 2011)
• ESRC student asks ‘what’s the cost of a smile?’ (Belfast Telegraph, 10 May 2011)
• Fifty years on, UK betting shops lure new breed of punters (HeraldScotland, 9 May 2010)
• A collaborative study into the impact of neuroscience on economics, marketing and philosophy (Research-live.com, 5 May 2011)

April 2011

• Digging into Data Challenge (Times Higher Education, 28 April 2011)
• The UK is a nation of happy couples (Mydaily, 28 April 2011)
• IFS on the EMA supporting social mobility (The Independent, 14 April 2011)
• Professor Joyce Tait comments on biofuels (BBC, 13 April 2011)
• ESRC Religion and Society Programme to fund study to explore partnership between counter-terrorism policing and Muslim communities (info4security, 12 April 2011)
• New ESRC initiative to foster better engagement between academics and South West businesses (Swindon Advertiser, 7 April 2011)
• Mum’s the word when it comes to children’s happiness (Daily Mail, 4 April 2011)

March 2011

• ESRC researcher conduct ageing survey (BBC Wales, 29 March 2011)
• Multiculturalism hasn’t failed (Asian Image, 28 March 2011)
• Religion, Youth and Sexuality, a multi-faith exploration (Guardian, 21 March 2011)
• Red Nose Day leads the way for future giving (Boots Web MD, 20 March 2011)
• Digging into Data Challenges (USpolitics, 17 March 2011)
• Study says breastfeeding makes babies ‘more intelligent’ (Irish Independent, 15 March 2011)
• Professor Mike Sharples on computers in schools (Chem.info, 9 March 2011)
• Professor Phil Levy (The Independent, 9 March 2011)
• Dispatches: ‘Should Britain sell off its ‘family silver’ to pay its debt? (channel4.com, 8 March 2011)
• Polly Toynbee celebrates birth cohorts (Guardian, 7 March 2011)
• Impact on Men of partner's snoring (Indiareport.com, 6 March 2011)
• Many Britons taking medication for a good night's sleep (Daily Mail, 4 March 2011)
• Large numbers taking sleep medication (BBC, 4 March 2011)
• High incidence of sleep medication (The Times, 4 March 2011, subscribers only)
• UK Birth Cohort Studies announcement  as it CUTS child benefits and school funding (Daily Mail, 2 March 2011)
• UK Birth Cohort Studies announcement (Financial Times, 1 March 2011, subscribers only)
• UK Birth Cohort Studies announcement (Nature.com, 1 March 2011)

February 2011

• Married with no kids have the best relationships (The New York Times, 28 February 2011)
• Childless most likely to enjoy marital bliss (The China Post, 28 February 2011)
• Unromantic husbands lead to dissatisfied wives (Daily Mail online, 28 February 2011)
• Understanding Society: Newly married, young, childless, that's happiness (The Observer, 27 February 2011)
• Divorcing parents' impact on a child's happiness (Daily Mail online, 27 February 2011)
• Students turn to lap dancing to pay off debts (Guardian, 15 February 2011)
• Researchers to study people’s addiction to technology (Guardian, 14 February 2011)
• Childless most likely to enjoy marital bliss (Mirror, 14 February 2011)
• Wedded happier than cohabitors (Times Higher Education, 14 February 2011)
• Researchers reveal that junk food lowers kids IQ (Daily Mail online, 8 February 2011)

January 2011

• CEP queries NHS Reforms (Public Finance, 31 January 2011)
• More people being hit by higher rate tax say IFS (BBC, 31 January 2011)
• Our Forests must be protected (Guardian, 30 January 2011)
• Conference discusses British media coverage of the Iraq invasion (BioScienceTechnology, 27 January 2011)
• What ‘class’ you are determines your hobbies (Guardian, 26 January 2011)
• The Olympics and its impact on local communities to be studied by professor (BBC, 26 January 2011)
• Proposed tobacco display legislature should be revealed (The Grocer, 21 January 2011)
• South West Doctoral Training Centre (SWDTC) to become a hub of world-class social sciences research (Press Trust, 20 January 2011)
• Beautiful people can be clever (Daily Mail online, 17 January 2011)