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Muslim Women Wearing Veils
An exclusive poll by Ipsos for ITV's Tonight Show shows that the British public believe Muslim women have a right to wear a veil - but not in the classroom, on television or on the beat.
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Happy Families?
Television parenting programmes are having a powerful influence on parenting techniques in Great Britain, research by Ipsos reveals. But the research — for the National Family and Parenting Institute — also shows a large proportion of those who view such programmes (37%) believe that such programmes sensationalise family problems for public entertainment.
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Parties For The Public Good
Research conducted by Ipsos for the Young Foundation shows that the British public believe political parties have an important role to play in democracy. Half the public (49%) say that political parties in Britain enable the people to have a voice; and a similar number also disagree that Britain would be better off if political parties did not exist and all politicians were independent. At the same time, fewer than a quarter believe that parties are open and transparent, and the most popular approaches to making parties more appealing would be for them to involve people more in local decision making and for them to listen more to the public.
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Public Sceptical About The Future Of Public Services
The British public are increasingly sceptical of the Government's ability to improve public services, according to the latest Ipsos Government Delivery Index - our regular 'health check' on government performance and public expectations. This scepticism is particularly apparent with the NHS, for which public expectations have reached a record low.
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Europe 2006: Getting Into The Minds Of Europe's Top Business People
Europe's top business people are travelling more, earning more, spending more on the internet, have a liking for high tech gadgets; and have a massive thirst for business news in print, on TV and on the internet.
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Teachers' Views On GCSE Coursework
The survey found overall support for GCSE coursework, particularly among teachers of typically coursework-instensive subjects such as English, Music and Geography. Benefits cited by teachers include "helping students to gain experience build some skills in the subject" (29%) and "encouraging independent learning" (25%). Other perceived benefits relate to a student-friendly assessment method, for example being "less stressful than exams" (23%).
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Five-Year Report: An analysis of Youth Survey Data
Read our latest work for the Youth Justice board. We have conducted Youth Surveys for the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (YJB) since 1999. The overall aim of the research has been to examine the experiences of crime, of both offenders and victims, among 11- 16-year-old young people in mainstream education.
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Communicating Poverty
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation's Public Interest in Poverty Issues programme (PiPi) aims to secure and strengthen public support for alleviating poverty in the UK. This research project informed the programme through two stages of qualitative research. The first involved an evaluation of existing public attitudes to UK poverty, and the second employed a more creative approach to identify messages which might resonate with the public on the issue and thereby generate a more favourable climate of opinion for anti-poverty policies.
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Three Score Years and When?
New Ipsos research undertaken for BUPA explores attitudes and opinions about an aging population and workforce, among the general public and senior HR executives.
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Majority Support In Parliament For Replacement Nuclear Plants
Research by Ipsos among British MPs this Summer has shown a major boost to the acceptability of building replacement nuclear power stations. Sixty-one percent of MPs now support this; up 16 points since Summer 2005. Within this, the most notable change is the growth in support among Labour MPs: up 22 points to 60%. There is a sense this support is a little reluctant — just 44% are actually favourable towards nuclear energy — but it is sustained by a feeling there is no real alternative, given the need for limiting carbon emissions.