IER News & blogs

To celebrate the publication of the book Understanding Public Services. A Contemporary Introduction, edited by IER’s Dr Katharina Sarter and Dr Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey from the University of York, IER will be hosting an online event on public services with Evan Davis on 22nd September, 12:00-13:00 hours.

Starting with an introduction to public services and their importance and role by Evan Davis, this event will feature a presentation of the book, a discussion between Evan Davis and the book editors and an open Q&A. Please register via eventbrite.

Professor Shereen Hussein, Professor of Health and Social Care Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, will present key findings from the three-year Retention and Sustainability of the Social Care Workforce (RESSCW) study, highlighting the impact of the pandemic on working conditions of the social care workforce and in particular those of workers from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Hosted by IER, the online event will take place on the 11th of September, 11:00 am to 12 noon. Please email Lynne Marston (l.marston@warwick.ac.uk) to receive the Teams link.

New research by IER and Ecorys for the Department for Education (DfE) finds that recruitment and retention issues and rising numbers of Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) contribute to a vicious cycle of unmet demand for Educational Psychology Services.

The research examined various potential solutions to these issues, concluding that purely supply-side interventions designed to increase the size of the Educational Psychology workforce were unlikely to address these issues alone and that they needed to be combined with demand focused interventions to ensure the sustainability of the system.

Since being launched in July 2021 ReWAGE has been incredibly productive – our experts have produced 40 evidence papers and policy briefings and responded to 8 major consultations.

The group’s outputs have been covered in the national, regional and specialist media, and its co-chairs and experts have presented at national conferences and forums, and to government ministers at a wide range of meetings, including all-party parliamentary groups.

Find out more about what we’ve been up to in our news story, also featuring a large-sized version of this infographic.

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.”