Have football fans become more representative of the population?

Have football fans become more representative of the population?

Almost 30 years on from the launch of the Premier League in English football, we’ve seen huge changes to the game at the elite level in particular, driven by revenues flowing in from TV rights.  The sport’s authorities will be happy that interest in the game has grown...
Phyllis Macfarlane is awarded the MRS Gold Medal

Phyllis Macfarlane is awarded the MRS Gold Medal

Phyllis Macfarlane, AMSR Trustee and Chairman of its Contents Committee, has been awarded the Market Research Society’s highest accolade, its prestigious Gold Medal. The award has been made in recognition of her outstanding contribution to market and social research...
The AMSR Specialist Collections

The AMSR Specialist Collections

Until now we have focused mainly on the collection of paper based material since this was at the greatest danger of being lost. We now, however, wish to move on to safeguard the future of the Archive by establishing Modern Collections, and we propose starting with...
Is the Census a good thing?

Is the Census a good thing?

With the census in England & Wales recently completed and having generated a number of controversies in its development and execution, it is worth bearing in mind that such debate and dispute is nothing new, nor is it confined to Britain. Typically, controversy...
e-Book review by Paul Edwards

e-Book review by Paul Edwards

Don’t be put off by the rather clinical title.  This little e-Book is actually 12 essays providing a tour d’horizon of Research written by 12 genuine luminaries of the research firmament.  For older readers it will be a waterfall of memories and half remembered...