IER in partnership with Connexions Kent & Medway won the award for ‘research by an organisation’ at the National Career Awards 2009 held in Blackpool.  The event was organised by the Institute of Careers Guidance. The award was in recognition of the innovative research carried out by IER across Kent on careers education, information, advice and guidance delivered in local schools and colleges.  The research findings identified the important role that high quality labour market information plays in helping young people make informed and realistic decisions about their learning and careers.  As a result of this research a range of LMI resources and teaching materials called ‘Work for Tomorrow’ was developed.

A Careers Award film montage is available.

Discussion paper entitled “Wage Returns to University Disciplines in Greece: Are Greek Higher Education Degrees Trojan Horses?”  is now available online as an IZA Discussion Paper. This paper examines the wage returns to qualifications and academic disciplines in the Greek labour market using micro-data from recently available waves (2002-2003) of the Greek Labour Force Survey (LFS). The results show considerable variation in wage premiums across the fields of study, with lower returns for those that have a marginal role to play in an economy with a rising services/shrinking public sector.