IER News & blogs
Inclusive Futures for Europe BEYOND 4.0
IER's Dr Sally WrightLink opens in a new window recently attended a work package meeting in San Sebastian for the Horizon Europe BEYOND 4.0Link opens in a new window project on the impact of new technologies of the jobs, business models and welfare.
Led by Dr Michael Kohlgrüber from Technische Universität Dortmund, Sozialforschungsstelle Dortmund (TUDO) in Germany, the work package aims to progress the skills debate by providing new insights for better understanding of the skills needed for future workplaces. The meeting was hosted by Prof. Egoitz Pomares from Sinnergiak Social Innovation at the University of the Basque Country. Following on from the meeting, a working paper will be published on the project website later in the year
Event: The Midlands Good Work Charter Conference
Run by Acas and its collaborative partners, the event will launch the Midlands Good Work Charter, an initiative which could improve organisations' productivity, raise staff retention levels, lower absence rates and improve well-being among may other benefits.
Hosted by Keele Business School, confirmed speakers include the Department for Work and Pensions, Martin Traynor OBE, HS2, Greater Manchester Good Employer Charter, TUC Midlands, local authorities in the Midlands and the Warwick University's Institute for Employment Research (IER).
The online and in person event will be held on Wednesday 29th June from 10.30am to 3.30 pm. Please register via the Eventbrite website.
Jobs: Research Fellow post at IER
The IER is seeking to appoint an outstanding Research Fellow with strong quantitative research skills.
Full details are available at the University of Warwick website.
Closing date is 12 August 2022.
We look forward to welcoming the successful applicant to join our highly skilled and experienced staff.
Event run by ReWAGE: Six changes in public policy that would help the low-paid
Hosted by Will Hutton, the online event will discuss the 6 recommendations made in the recently-published policy briefing: Beyond the National Living Wage: further proposals for addressing low pay.
Speakers from ReWAGE’s Expert Group include Professor Edmund Heery (Cardiff University) and Professor Irena Grugulis (Leeds University).
Register for the open event, taking place on Friday 17 June, 1pm – 2pm, on the Eventbrite page.
The recording is now available here.
Event: Online workshop presenting research on international labour market information systems
IER is undertaking research for the UK Department for Education examining international labour market information systems (LMIS) to investigate practice around gathering, processing, analysing and disseminating labour market intelligence (LMI), and how it is used to identify skills supply and demand – and mismatches – in both the present and future. We have been doing a review of seven national LMIS, including Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Scotland and Sweden. An eighth case study drawing together practice around using big data in national LMIS has also been undertaken.
If you would like to hear some of our initial findings and join the discussions, we are organising an online workshop on 14 June. Please register your interest via the IER website.