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Making it easier for workers to do the right thing
21 Sep 2020Ed Griffin highlights the issues and challenges facing the adult social care workforce and stresses the importance of creating an overarching workforce plan, that will build, develop and support the workers providing this critical service.
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Nursery closures will hurt disadvantaged children the most - targeted funding and a long-term Early Years strategy are needed now
26 Aug 2020With as many as one third of nurseries in disadvantaged areas facing closure, Anneka Dawson and Helena Takala highlight the long lasting impact this will have on widening social inequalities and urge the government to deliver targeted support to save the early years sector.
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A mothers’ many roles: how childcare impacts young women’s employment opportunities
25 Aug 2020In the final in a series of blogs, Beth Mason speaks to Young Women's Trust about the difficulties young women face in accessing adequate childcare, and the impact this has on their ability to find, and to stay in work.
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Have HR shared services centres just caught a cold (or Covid-19)?
18 Aug 2020With home and remote working now normalised for many, Peter Reilly questions whether there will be any fundamental changes to HR shared services centres in larger, physically dispersed organisations.
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Unemployment, debt, and food banks: young women facing financial insecurity
18 Aug 2020In the second in a series of blogs, Beth Mason speaks to Young Women's Trust about the financial impacts of Covid-19 on young women, who are amongst those worst affected by the crisis.
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Supporting A level students into higher education in 2020 – some rays of light and an idea to ponder?
17 Aug 2020Emma Pollard considers what the higher education sector could do to help mitigate the fallout from the emergency A level awarding system and proposes a transfer system for students at risk of falling through the cracks.
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This A Level scoring system is running counter to long standing policy aims: are we increasing the scarring that the Covid 2020 generation will experience?
14 Aug 2020Becci Newton argues that this year's controversial A Level scoring system is running counter to the long standing policy aims of the qualification.
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Getting Kickstart working will take more than a pot of cash for businesses
12 Aug 2020In this guest blog, Tracy Fishwick outlines the importance of intermediaries in assisting employers navigate the Kickstart scheme, a government initiative designed to match jobs to young people at the highest risk of long-term unemployment.
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Isolation, childcare and shortage of support: The impact of Covid-19 on young women’s mental health
10 Aug 2020In the first in a series of blogs, Beth Mason speaks to Young Women's Trust about how Covid-19 and lockdown has affected young women’s mental health, financial stability, and access to employment.
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It might pay to move out, but for who?
5 Aug 2020Jonathan Buzzeo reflects on our research for the Social Mobility Commission and highlights that not everyone who moves out to move on enjoys the same economic benefits.