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British Election Study in The Guardian Newspaper
Severin Carrell of the Guardian referred to the British Election Study’s analysis of the Scottish independence as an “exciting aspect” of the ESRC’s Future of UK and Scotland initiative, of which the British Election Study #indyref study is part. Carrell wrote, “In addition the British Election…
Cardiff BES consultation event
What Welsh Voters Think and How They Behave in Elections: A Consultation on the British Election Study Internet Panel The British Election Study team organised a seminar on the afternoon of Friday 10th January 2014 at which they set out its plans for analysing Welsh voters’ attitudes…
British Election Study appoints Stakeholder Group
The British Election Study will benefit from the insights and experience of members of a new British Election Stakeholder Group. This group was invited by the BES team to ensure that BES data represents and reaches a broad range of users outside of academia, as…
Edinburgh BES consultation event
Consultation on the British Election Study of What Voters Think and How They Behave in the 2014 Independence Referendum – and Afterwards The British Election Study Team – together with the Future of UK and Scotland Initiative – hosted a seminar on the afternoon of…
British Election Study wins Political Studies Association Judge’s Award
The British Election Study was awarded the prestigious Judge’s Award in 2013 from the Political Studies Association. To mark the occasion, Professor Ed Fieldhouse (University of Manchester) reflected on the history of election studies and also outlined some of the new features of the new…
Online data collection contract awarded to YouGov
The contract for the online data collection component of the British Election Study was awarded to YouGov following an open competitive tender process. YouGov will have responsibility for gathering the online internet panel sample of respondents between 2014 and 2017, ensuring maximum wave-on-wave retention rates…
Analysing the Effects of Individual Level Registration: BES Partnership with the Electoral...
The British Election Study is partnering with the Electoral Commission to analyse the impact of the switch to individual electoral registration (IER) which is being rolled out from Summer 2014. The partnership will involve two streams of work. (i) Individual level analyses explaining the determinants…
British Election Study Mapping Project Collaboration
As part of the successful Manchester-Oxford-Nottingham bid to run the 2015 British Election Study, the BES will include an innovative ‘mapping project’ designed by international BES collaborators Professor Cara Wong and Professor Jake Bowers (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA) and Professor Daniel Rubenson…
About the BES Internet Panel Study
The new BES team is continuing in the footsteps of its predecessors by collecting data via a large online panel study. This BES Internet Panel (BESIP) will follow the same respondents as well as adding to their number to replace those who drop out of…
British Election Study plans presented at Elections, Public Opinion and Parties annual...
Professor Ed Fieldhouse, together with the rest of the 2015 BES team, presented plans of the new 2015 British Election Study at the Elections, Public Opinion and Parties annual conference, hosted by David Denver (pictured left), at the University of Lancaster on 14 September 2013. The slides can…