A new survey from Ipsos in the UK, in partnership with The Royal Foundation for Early Years, reveals that while 95% of the public believe early childhood is crucial in shaping a person's future, many parents struggle with modern challenges with 61% of parents of 0-5s saying there isn't enough support available.
Just under two-thirds of social workers feel that they do not have sufficient time to work effectively with the children and young people that are on their workload, according to an Ipsos survey for Ofsted.
v, the national youth volunteering charity, commissioned Ipsos to undertake qualitative and quantitative research among young people aged 16-25 in England, to explore their views and experiences of volunteering, and specifically full-time volunteering placements.
The latest Ipsos Schools omnibus looks at the extent to which young people feel they are being listened to and understood for The Office of the Children's Commissioner (OCC).
Ipsos research, conducted on behalf of Disney and O2, reveals that parents of children aged between 8 and 16 believe the overall advantages of a child using a mobile phone outweigh the overall disadvantages. A majority would welcome a mobile phone package especially designed for use by families with children.
Some of the key national findings from the Dispatches programme are taken from a survey with 1,001 adults across Great Britain in March 2006. Other findings relating to specific local authority areas relate to analysis of BVPI (Best Value Performance Indicator) data from 2003/04.
Ipsos analysed local and national press for all mentions of children and young people during the week 1-7 August 2005. This project was designed to update similar research carried out in 2004 between 2-8 August. A mix of 17 tabloid, broadsheet and local papers carried a total of 684 "youth" — related articles (in 2004 there were 603). Newspapers studied were: The Sun, The Mirror, The Mail, The Express, The News of the World, The Telegraph, The Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Evening Standard, The Manchester Evening News, The Glasgow Herald, The Yorkshire Evening Post, The Western Mail, The Birmingham Post, The Eastern Daily Press and The Belfast Telegraph.
The Student Experience Report 2006 is the most comprehensive in-depth study of the attitudes, concerns and aspirations of today's full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students in the UK.
This report contains findings from a benchmark wave of quantitative and qualitative research among young people across the UK in 2005 on behalf of Ofcom and the ASA. The study has been designed to assess the impact of regulatory changes in alcohol advertising rules aimed at reducing the appeal of some alcohol advertising to young people under the age of 18 years.
