IER News & blogs
Workshop on Learning Disabilities
IER co-hosted a day-long workshop entitled "People with learning Disabilities: Promoting Health and Real Jobs" with the Institute of Health at Warwick. The workshop, led by Dr Carol Robinson, a leader in the field of research in this area, reviewed research on health inequalities and barriers to employment for people with learning disabilities. It also looked at policy and practice designed to improve health and to increase the chances of real jobs. IER's Professor Robert Lindley chaired the afternoon session on Employment.
Podcast from Terence Hogarth on the current economy and investment in education and training
In the second of a series of podcasts about our work at the Institute for Employment Research, Terence Hogarth talks about his research work on the economy and investment in education and training to support recovery.
Unemployment figures set to rise
Professor Peter Elias discussed what the effects of the current financial crisis will be on UK businesses with Brendan Barber, general secretary of the TUC on Radio 4's Today programme