IER News & blogs
New projections of occupational employment published on the Skillsbase website
The projections are the latest in a long series, previously funded by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). They are based on the use of a multi-sectoral, regional macroeconomic model, combined with occupational and replacement demand modules. The main projection period covered is 2002 to 2012.
Chinese delegation visits IER
A high-ranking delegation of officials from China's Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MOLSS) are visiting the University's Institute of Employment Research to research policies and measures adopted in recent years to promote employment in the UK.
"Working Futures: New Projections of Occupational Employment by Sector and Region, 2002-2012"
The survey, published for the Learning and Skills Council, found that 22 per cent of employers said there were "skills gaps" - staff who were not fully proficient to do their jobs - in their workforce. The council commissioned IFF Research and the University of Warwick Institute for Employment Research to undertake the survey in the middle of last year.
"Severe shortages of skills act as drag on economy" - Financial Times 2nd Feb 2004
"Severe shortages of skills act as drag on economy" - Financial Times 2nd Feb 2004
The Low Skills Equilibrium
This research looked at business hotels and food processing in the East and West Midlands and provides the first hard evidence for the existence of what economists a decade ago labelled the "low skills equilibrium".
Women in science, engineering and technology
Bulletin No. 71 published