PSI news release index

2002 News Releases
2001 News Releases
2000 News Releases
1999 News Releases
1998 News Releases
1997 News Releases
1996 News Releases

2003 News Releases

• Experiencing Jobcentre Plus Pathfinders: overview of early evaluation evidence - 18 February 2003
• Rapid change in British Families - 27 January 2003
• Ministers launch Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership - 16 January 2003

2002 News Releases

• Call for more integrated research on sustainable development and social inclusion - 9 December 2002
• New Book Explores Historical Background And Fundamental Principles Of Sustainable Development - 9 December 2002
• Marching on together? Recent trends in union membership - 2 December 2002
• Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership website goes live - 29 November 2002
• What can we reasonably expect from a minimum wage? Chairman of Low Pay commission speaks at PSI lunch seminar - 29 November 2002
• Businesses want clear commitment from Government on carbon taxation - 08 November 2002
• Planning for retirement is not just about money, says new research - 02 October 2002
• Excessive formality blamed as young turn backs on live classical music - 29 August 2002
• Government employment programme for young people 'is good for their health' - 09 July 2002
• Findings from the Macro Evaluation of the New Deal for Young People - 30 May 2002
• Partnership boost for businesses in struggling markets - 17 May 2002
• Survival of schools television 'at risk' as BBC cuts output in dash for digital - 15 May 2002
• Minister Welcomes New Agenda for UK Sustainable Development Research - 2 May 2002
• Private sector foots half the bill for today's archaeology - 15 February 2002

2001 News Releases

• Lack of confidence constrains unemployed young - 05 December 2001
• Social Care and Health - a New Deal? - 19 November 2001
• UK's research community pays tribute to leading environmentalist - 12/10/2001
• London's music industry hits the right note - 10/10/2001
• First national database of Britain's parks "tells story of devastating decline" - 23/8/2001
• New study casts doubt on the value of state support for the arts - 24/7/2001
• Higher Education Institutes' cultural contribution: counting the cost - 24/7/2001
• New study reveals rapid growth in cultural employment - 24/7/2001
• New report challenges the assumption that subsidy leads to innovation in the theatre - 24/7/2001
• Well Enough to Work? - 19/7/2001
• Trades union impact on pay and jobs 'in long-term decline' - 27/06/2001
• Sisters under stress - 13/06/2001
• Willing Slaves? Employment in Britain in the 21st Century - 11/06/2001
• New Sustainable Development Research Network established - 09/04/2001
• Jobless young risk downward spiral of poor health and unemployment - 29/03/2001
• 'Warning bell' sounds for UK museums - 19/03/2001
• Persisting hardship a serious challenge to new work incentives - 15/03/2001

2000 News Releases

• Public 'well served' by religious broadcasting - 05/12/2000
• The handling of complaints by the GMC - 02/08/2000
• British theatre faces three 'imminent dangers' - 29/5/2000
• Seaside tradition faces final curtain - 29/5/2000
• Research uncovers reasons for further union decline in the 1990s - 13/5/2000
• Older people and post-hospital care: What you get depends on who you see and where you live - 29/3/2000

1999 News Releases

• Employment Relations Act 1999 may affect union role in workplace industrial relations - 02/12/99
  
• Historic buildings closing their doors on the public - 30/8/99
  
• Report highlights need for action on ethnic equality in higher education - 18/6/99
  
• The Long-Playing Record now 'A Historical Curiousity' - 28/5/99
  
• Study finds one in five Bangladeshis live in overcrowded housing - 8/4/99
  
• British film: from Ealing greats to £3.3 billion 'small business' - 12/3/99
  
• Major new study calls for policy re-think - 11/2/99
  
• Direct payments to disabled people must focus on independent living, says guide - 10/2/99
  

1998 News Releases

• Teenage Mothers : Decisions and Outcomes - Provides a unique review of how teenage mothers think - 30/10/98
  
• New Age brings search for the spiritual - 29/10/98
  
• Direct communication benefits small firms - 28/10/98
  
• Lone Mothers Caught in Cigarette Trap - 24/09/98
  
• New Method for Predicting Danger to Children - 17/09/98
  
• Professor Jim Skea appointed as new Director for PSI - 17/08/98
  
• Largest survey of Nurses uncovers major gender inequalities - 06/08/98
  
• 'Flexible jobs' cut unemployment - but do not often lead to permanent, full-time work - 18/05/98
  
• Health Declines for Lone Parents and Their Children - 16/04/98
  
• Survey finds one in five households without home contents insurance - 28/03/98
  
• New Research identifies plight of Northern Ireland’s Lone Mothers - 12/03/98
  
• Benchmark research uncovers the reality of life for UK’s 1.7 million lone parent - 11/03/98
  
• Access to financial support for students in further education is no better than a lottery. 12/01/98
  
• PSI announces partnership with the University of Westminster 12/01/98
  
• New Circus in UK ‘No Match’ for International Rivals 12/01/98
  

1997 News Releases

• Women’s Skills Under-Valued and Under-Used in the Workplace 29/12/97
• The fair employment system in Northern Ireland is failing to satisfy the victims of discrimination, 12/12/97
• Employee Involvement May Boost Economic Performance of Small Firms, 3/12/97
• Lottery money awarded to museums and galleries may make admission charges inevitable, according to the latest issue of Cultural Trends, 1/12/97
• Residential care is a taboo subject for adult children and their parents, according to new research 27/11/97
• Loans important to many disadvantaged students but women and Asians still reluctant to borrow 23/10/1997
• Reformed police authorities 'more active and influential', 23/10/1997
• Caribbeans at no greater risk of severe mental illness., 30/09/1997
• Questions remain about conditional legal fees., 24/09/1997
• Poverty at root of ethnic inequalities in health., 05/08/1997
• Why Dearing isn't enough to help working class teenagers into university., 01/08/1997
• Two thirds of mothers now return to work after having a baby., 30/07/1997
• Price variations swallow up to a fifth of benefit paytments, 28/07/1997
• Raw deal for average consumer as London sweeps up arts funding, 25/07/1997
• PSI research commissioned for Dearing Report into higher education., 23/07/1997
• Welfare to work programmes are of greater benefit to women, 16/07/1997
• Money Matters: approaches to money management and bill paying, 12/07/1997
• Choosing Tomorrow's Doctors, 12/06/1997
• Nine-to-five job survives, but in name only, 29/05/1997
• Landmark ethnic minorities survey shows mix of poverty and progress, 21/05/1997
• Voters denied information they need on May 1st, 10/04/1997
• Nation not satisfied with soundbite culture, 27/03/1997
• CSA makes slow headway - but could transform lone parents' lives, 19/02/1997
• A leading role for midwives?, 14/02/1997
• Fate of historic buildings rests with local communities, 14/02/1997
• Reading habits unchanged by advent of new media, 02/01/1997
  

1996 News Releases

• New research shows who pays for the arts, 17/12/1996
• Childcare alone not enough to get lone parents back to work, 03/12/1996
• Today's students are better off - but at a price, 22/11/1996
• Culture and religion can be as important as economics in business, 19/11/1996
• Jobless men now biggest recruits to self-employment, 07/11/1996
• Young people swap vocational training for academic study, 25/10/1996
• Ethnic minorities find own solutions to urgent credit problems, 23/10/1996
• Report identifies those at risk from long-term unemployment, 16/10/1996