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  How Can We Manage Work-Related Stress?

  Thomson L | Feb 2002 | Institute for Employment Studies

  Over the past decade, organisations have become increasingly aware of the need to manage stress. There have been two drivers for this. The first is the need for a motivated and productive workforce, where the negative effects of stress on attendance, performance, job satisfaction and commitment are minimised. The second is an organisation's legal responsibilities for the care of their employees.

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  The Value of eLearning

  How Can you Tell?

  Kerrin M | Jan 2002 | Institute for Employment Studies

  There is widespread evidence from both organisational reports and academic literature of the increase in the use of eLearning as part of a portfolio of training options available to HR managers. This paper addresses some of the challenges in this area for training and HR professionals and outlines some solutions for the future.

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  January 2002 Graduate Salaries and Vacancies

  Barber L, Perryman S | Dec 2001 | Association of Graduate Recruiters

  The twice-yearly survey for the Association of Graduate Recruiters Members.

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  Partnership Under Pressure: How Does it Survive?

  Reilly P | Dec 2001 | Institute for Employment Studies

  Management/union partnership is the right approach to employee relations according to many politicians, trade unionists and business people. Management benefits by employees accepting the organisation's business goals. Employees benefit through their employer tackling issues of importance to them, including: equal opportunities, reward, work/life balance, training, health and safety, and work organisation.

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  An Assessment of Skill Needs in Information and Communications Technology

  Connor H, Hillage J, Millar J, Willison R | Dec 2001 | Department for Education and Skills

  This is the report of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Skills Dialogue undertaken by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), the Department for Trade and Industry (DTI) and the sector National Training Organisations (e-skills NTO, EMTA and Skillset).

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  Skill Needs in Electronics

  Hillage J, Cummings J, Lain D, Jagger N | Dec 2001 | EMTA, The National Training Organisation for Engineering Manufacturing

  The electronics sector was one of the most vibrant parts of the UK manufacturing sector in 2002. However, there had been increasing reports that the future growth of the sector was being constrained by an endemic skill shortage. To clarify the extent and nature of skill needs in the sector and examine the barriers to meeting those needs EMTA, the National Training Organisation for Engineering Manufacture an in-depth research study. This publication is no longer available.

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  Statistical Indicators of eWork

  Huws U | Nov 2001 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This discussion paper arises from the EMERGENCE project, which, with core funding from the European Commission's Information Society Technologies Programme, aims to measure and map ICT-related employment relocation at a global level. It discusses the value and relevance of monitoring eWork, and the difficulties with existing classification systems. This paper draws on two earlier outputs from the project (a global review and analysis of existing literature and statistics, and an 18-country survey of employers' use of eWork) to discuss the implications of the results for the identification and capture of statistical indicators of eWork. The paper makes recommendations for future collection and analysis of statistics on the information economy.

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  Evaluation of New Deal 50 plus - Qualitative Evidence from Clients: Third phase

  Aston J, Willison R, Kodz J | Nov 2001 | Employment Service

  This publication is no longer available. This research was based on 30 in-depth interviews with participants of the programme. It follows two earlier phases of qualitative research and its aim was to evaluate the longer term outcomes of the programme. All respondents had also participated in at least one of these two previous phases of the research.

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  Women in ITEC Courses and Careers

  Millar J, Jagger N | Oct 2001 | Department for Education and Skills

  This report represents the first systematic review and analysis of the participation of women in Information Technology, Electronics and Communications (ITEC)-related courses and careers internationally. The project focused on six countries: the UK, the US, Canada, Ireland, Taiwan and Spain. It drew on an evidence base of empirical data, literature and insights from interviews with key informants in the selected countries.

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  Right Choice?

  A follow-up to 'Making the Right Choice'

  Connor H, Pearson R, Pollard E, Tyers C, Willison R | Oct 2001 | Universities UK

  In 1999 IES reported on a large-scale national study on student choice and decision making about higher education: 'Making the Right Choice'. Two and half years on, the 1998/99 survey participants were re-contacted by IES to find out how their earlier choices had worked out and, with the benefit of hindsight, what improvements they felt could be made to the information and guidance provided to potential students.