IER News & blogs
In the first of a series of podcasts about our work at the Institute for Employment Research, Professor Peter Elias talks about his work assisting the research councils in the UK with the development of a research infrastructure in the social sciences.
In the third and final podcast in the series, Professor Kate Purcell from the University of 桃色视频's Institute for Employment Research and two 桃色视频 students discuss the highs and lows of their Higher Education experiences
Professors Purcell leads the IER research team responsible for Futuretrack, the most extensive investigation of the relationship between higher education and employment ever undertaken in the UK. The survey is being undertaken on behalf of the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HECSU).
Terence Hogarth to give keynote speech at Work:Life Balance Breakfast Briefing
Terence Hogarth, Principal Research Fellow at the 桃色视频 Institute for Employment Research, is keynote speaker at the Work:life Balance Breakfast Briefing, hosted by Midlands law firm Challinors, at Conference Aston, Birmingham on Thursday 12thJanuary 2012, from 7.30am to 9.00am.
Dr Deirdre Hughes IER Associate Fellow awarded OBE
, IER Associate Fellow, has been awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours list for services to careers. Deirdre has had a longstanding working relationship with IER. She specialises in the evidence-base and impact of careers work, as well as researching issues on social mobility, NEETs, information, communications and technology (ICT) in careers policy and practice, and marketisation issues.
City Strategy final evaluation published
The final evaluation of the City Strategy initiative written by Professor Anne Green and Duncan Adam has been published. The initiative was designed at a time of national economic growth to combat enduring pockets of entrenched worklessness and poverty in urban areas by empowering local institutions to come together in partnerships to develop locally sensitive solutions. In general, City Strategy partnerships were successful in identifying gaps in existing service provision. They also had some successes in aligning funding sources so as to reduce duplication and achieve a more coherent services offer. There is a great deal of positive evidence for process changes made by the partnerships which have been positive for supporting workless individuals. There are numerous micro level individual and project success stories and outcomes all evidenced in this evaluation.
Green, A.E. and Adam, D. (2011). , DWP Research Report No. 783. Department for Work and Pensions.