IER News & blogs

World Youth Skills Day recognises the strategic importance of providing young people around the world with the necessary skills for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship. July 15th was first declared World Youth Skills Day by the United Nations General Assembly in 2014 and has been celebrated each year since. This year, the theme centres on “Skilling teachers, trainers and youth for a transformative future.”

In early July, Dr Katharina Sarter gave two presentations at the annual conference of the Social Policy Association, held at the University of Nottingham, one focusing on the meaning and definition of 'equality' in public procurement and the other one on challenges for public services with a focus on their implication for resilience and vulnerability.

Associate Professor Deirdre Hughes OBE Link opens in a new windowhas been appointedLink opens in a new window Vice-President of the International Association of Education and Vocational Guidance (IAEVG).

On 28th June 2023, she presented her latest research 'Career Development: Tidal Waves, Turbulence and Transformation'Link opens in a new window at the IAEVG conference in The Hague.

Successfully integrating social and equality aspects that can help address social inequities into procurement requires dedicated knowledge. Yet, while crucial for effective practices, this knowledge is not always easily available.

A new book chapter written by Dr Katharina Sarter considers different ways of gathering and distributing knowledge.

Dr Jamelia Harris published an article as part of the NORRAG Special Issue NSI 08 : The Education-Training-Work Continuums: Pathways to SocioProfessional Inclusion for Youth and Adults.

The Special Issue is part of a collaboration with the ILO and focuses on the discontinuities that currently exist between education, training and decent work, arguing that existing discontinuities between these three fields create and reinforce exclusions and inequalities for already marginalised groups.