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Not just any job, good jobs! Youth voices from across the UK
25 Nov 2021Cristiana Orlando summarises findings from her recent research on the impacts of Covid-19 on youth employment and finds that despite falls in unemployment, the pandemic has seen significant deteriorations in working conditions, access to training and mental health for young people.
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Wage boost for low-paid workers: Let’s not forget young people
4 Nov 2021Cristiana Orlando looks at the impact of the national minimum and national living wage increase, and questions whether the increase goes far enough in achieving any positive outcomes for young people.
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‘High wage, high skills, high productivity!’ Is progression in employment high enough on the employer agenda?
14 Oct 2021With the 'levelling up' agenda central to government economic policy, Zofia Bajorek considers what can be done to open up employment progression opportunities for those at risk of being trapped in a low pay, low skill equilibrium.
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Lifting the lid on the return to workplace toolkit
16 Sep 2021Zofia Bajorek details the latest output from the PURPOSE programme, a toolkit for employers to establish a return-to-workplace plan for employees living with obesity.
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Research during a pandemic 2: How has our research in pre-16 education gone this summer?
2 Sep 2021With the onset of a new academic year, Anneka Dawson reflects on the progress made with early years research projects undertaken during a succession of lockdowns, and details how the adaptation of evaluation methods can help research be more resilient in the future.
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Why ‘i-deals’ may not be idyllic for managing hybrid work
23 Aug 2021With hybrid working and the desire for greater workplace autonomy becoming more commonplace, Zofia Bajorek considers the use of idiosyncratic deals (i-deals), where special conditions of employment are offered to individual workers.
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How to make values grow and flourish as a meaningful part of the business
18 Aug 2021Beth Mason digs deep, drawing on horticultural references to demonstrate how organisational values can be successfully embedded and grown within the business.
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Inequality and in-work poverty: The new priorities for HR?
4 Aug 2021Duncan Brown highlights the issue of ‘excessive inequality’, cited as ‘one of the major challenges of our time’, and considers how organisations and employers can help in addressing the problem of poverty and poor financial wellbeing.
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Living and working with obesity: Employers must break the cycle of workplace discrimination
16 Jul 2021Zofia Bajorek details the legal, moral and business cases for employers to prioritise workplace health programmes for staff living with overweight and obesity.
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How can speech and language therapists help nurseries catch up this year?
28 Jun 2021The ongoing pandemic has created many challenges for nurseries and speech and language therapy teams. With their research, Anneka Dawson & Clare Huxley are working to highlight which interventions are having the greatest impact in helping children learn how to communicate and interact with their peers and adults.