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IN BRIEF


BENEFIT SANCTIONS If benefit claimants fail to meet conditions placed on their benefits (such as Jobseeker’s Allowance) they can be sanctioned, ie, their benefits are stopped for a period. A new study will explore whether sanctions encourage claimants to return to employment more quickly and whether benefit sanctions lead to claimants having worse physical or mental health, or making greater use of health services. ESRC grant number ES/R005729/1


DIGITAL EVIDENCE Digital evidence is increasingly used in the investigation of homicides, sex crimes, missing persons, child sexual abuse, drug dealing, fraud and civil disputes. Law enforcement agencies are struggling to address the growing number of cases requiring digital forensic analysis. New research will explore how current practices can be improved and the usefulness of digital evidence in crime detection maximised. ESRC grant number ES/R00742X/1


TEACHER SHORTAGES The current teacher supply ‘crisis’ is expected to worsen. New research will explore why teacher supply is insufficient to meet demand and why modelling has failed to predict accurately the number of teachers needed. Drawing on sources ranging from official teacher data to a survey of undergraduate plans and motivations, researchers aim to clarify the complex determinants of teacher demand and supply.


ESRC grant number ES/R007349/1 6 SOCIETY NOW SUMMER 2011 SOCIETY NOW AUTUMN 2018


Increasing inclusive schooling in China


WHILE NEARLY HALF of China’s designated disabled children are still placed in segregated special schools, progress has been made to enrol these students into mainstream schools. But ‘included’ children are still experiencing marginalisation and exclusion, says the recent project ‘Counting Every Child In’ (CECI). In the last year, CECI researchers have worked with key stakeholders in China to increase understanding of how to support disabled children’s access to inclusive and quality education. CECI recommendations include the need for greater clarity in the conceptualisation


of inclusive education, better teacher education, bringing children’s voices into the development of more responsive, enabling and inclusive practice, and a collaboration to overcome deep- rooted barriers to inclusive schooling. n


i Contact Dr Yuchen Wang, University


of Edinburgh Email yuchen.wang@ed.ac.uk Telephone 0131 651 6336 Web www.yuchenwanguk.wixsite.com/ ceciproject


ESRC Grant Number ES/P009670/1 Flexibility not helping workers


report into work autonomy, flexibility and work-life balance across Europe. “The outcome of flexible working


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hugely depends on the context in which it is being used,” explains researcher Dr Heejung Chung. For example, flexibility in the boundaries between work and family can actually lead to an expansion of work. One reason flexible working can


make work spill over into family life is that workers worry about work when not working. Employees may also work longer hours, encroaching into family time. Some workers also appear to work harder to compensate for a potential negative stigma for working flexibly. In addition, flexible working may not always lead to better work- family balance because it increases the potential for women to work after childbirth, when previously they may have stopped working altogether.


LEXIBLE WORKING IS not necessarily helping workers to relieve their work-family conflict, suggests a recent


“While flexible working can allow women to maintain their labour market positions because they can meet both work and family demands, it means more conflict,” says Dr Chung. Businesses and governments must address these challenges so that good flexible working practices can be developed. Dr Chung says: “Work culture needs to change the image of the ‘ideal worker’ from someone who only works, and only thinks of work, to that of someone who is able to manage both work and other aspects of life, enabling a more productive and happier society overall.” A step forward would be to ensure a ‘right to flexible work’ rather than the ‘right to request flexible work’. This would ensure flexible working arrangements are available for all workers and not only the few. n


i Contact Dr Heejung Chung, University of Kent


Email h.chung@kent.ac.uk Telephone 01227 823624 Web www.wafproject.org ESRC Grant Number ES/K009699/1


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