IER News & blogs

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.

IER is delighted to introduce its two new Research Fellows – Dr Emily Erickson and Dr Katharina Sarter. Both joined IER this month.

Prior to joining IER, Dr Emily Erickson was an Assistant Professor of Urban Planning at Alabama A&M University where she taught in the graduate and undergraduate planning programs. While in Alabama, Emily carried out a survey of workplace experiences, job quality, and racial equity in manufacturing facilities located in the American South.

Professor Terence Hogarth and Peter Dickinson will present their report ‘Apprenticeships, Reforms and COVID-19 Findings’ from IER’s research on vocational education and training to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Apprenticeships on Tuesday, 17 May, 3.00 to 4.00 pm.

Discover more about the event and how to register here.

As part of the Business & Management Unit of Assessment, Warwick Institute for Employment Research (IER) has been ranked 5^th in the country for its research by the Times Higher Education after it analysed the UK’s Research Excellence Framework results.

The Research Excellence Framework (REF) is the country’s system of assessing the quality of research undertaken by universities, with 128 higher education institutions having been assessed.

Erika Kispeter was invited to present research on workforce digital skills to the All- Party Parliamentary Group on Digital Skills on 26^th April. The virtual meeting focused on the topic of ‘Digital skills and work: The role of national government’.

Drawing from the evidence review on current and future digital skills needs of the UK economy she had conducted with Sally-Anne Barnes, as well as from other relevant projects, in particular, Beyond 4.0, and One by One, Erika spoke to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Digital Skills on Tuesday about the challenges public policy makers face and the need for a design framework when planning public policy for digital skills provision.