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Christmas Gifts From Pupils
New MORI research, conducted on behalf of the Times Educational Supplement, reveals that around four in five teachers (82%) received at least one present from their pupils last Christmas. Primary school teachers were more likely than their colleagues in secondary schools to benefit from pupils' largesse: almost all primary school teachers received at least one gift last year (97%) compared to seven in 10 (68%) secondary school teachers.
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NUS Year of Change
National Union of Students commissioned qualitative research as part of their Year of Change programme. This research explores the views of a wide variety of stakeholders; their feelings about the overarching role and remit of the organisation as well as their beliefs and expectations about how NUS should deliver its services, and how it should be funded. A series of options for change, arising from this report, will be put before the NUS Conference.
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Pfizer/MORI Health Choice Index - Public Opinions On Choice In Out Of Hospital Care
The inaugural Pfizer/MORI Health Choice Index provides encouraging findings for the Government's policies relating to the introduction of more choice and contestability in healthcare.
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Britons As Spontaneous In Love As With Money
MORI research, informing part of Vodafone's new 'Now' campaign, reveals that Brits feel they are as spontaneous with their financial affairs (9%), as they are in their love lives (11%). It appears that spontaneity is suffering in the UK as a result of constraints on time. The study reveals that over 70% of the population wish they had more time. One in five (20%) workers in the UK seldom or never takes their full annual leave entitlement.
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Deloitte / Government Delivery Index
The latest Deloitte / Ipsos Government Delivery Index provides little Christmas cheer for the Government at the end of 2005. Although voters have becoming slightly more optimistic about the economy, they are still negative overall about the long term prospects for the economy and public services, and expectations of the NHS are now at their lowest level since 2002.
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Growing Dissatisfaction Amongst Public Sector Workers
Public sector workers are nearly three times as likely to be critics of the services they provide as private sector workers — and public sector dissatisfaction has increased over the course of 2005.
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MORI 'Use Of Animals In Medical Research' Survey 2005
Findings of a MORI research study on behalf of the Coalition for Medical Progress (CMP) show that 75% of the GB population can accept animal experimentation so long as it is for medical purposes. A similar proportion (76%) can accept animal experimentation as long as there is no unnecessary suffering to the animals. 72% of adults agree with animal experimentation for all types of medical research where there is no alternative, and 53% can accept animal research only for life-threatening diseases. 89% of those surveyed agreed with one or more of these four statements.
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Attitudes To Nuclear Energy
Research among the British general public on behalf of the Nuclear Industry Association shows that most (59%) now expect nuclear energy to be part of the future mix of energy sources.
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Ipsos Political Monitor November
More of the British public is satisfied (49%) with the way that Gordon Brown is doing his job as Chancellor of the Exchequer than is dissatisfied (35%), giving a net satisfaction score of +14%. With the exception of the Autumn of 2000, during the petrol crisis, MORI's surveys have consistently shown that, on balance, the public is satisfied with the Chancellor's performance. In contrast, over half the public is dissatisfied (55%) with Tony Blair's performance as Prime Minister, with less than two in five (37%) expressing dissatisfaction.
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One In Four British Workers Feel Failed By Their Managers
British businesses are being held back by managers who fail to get the best out of their staff, according to the latest Workers' Index published by MORI and The Work Foundation. Almost one in four employees (24%) say that they are not inspired by their bosses and just over a quarter (27%) say that senior managers fail to provide them with a clear vision.