ReWAGE is fortunate in having some of the UK’s foremost thinkers on its Expert Group, drawn from leading universities and research organisations from across the UK. Between them they have a huge breadth of knowledge, covering such subjects as the labour market, job quality, employment relations and the changing nature of work.

This week we are turning the spotlight onto ReWAGE expert Tom Baum who is Professor of Tourism Employment in the Strathclyde Business School, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

Background:

Tom has over 40 years of experience in vocational and higher education and specialises in workforce planning, curriculum development, programme design and assessment. He has many years of experience as a public sector manager, teacher, researcher, and consultant in over 40 countries.

Tom holds or has held visiting appointments to universities in Australia, Estonia, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland and Wales.

ReWAGE’s new report, The future of flexible working, says that remote working is here to stay, but even for those able to work remotely there are many unresolved issues that need to be addressed. More importantly, opportunities for flexible working need to be expanded for the majority of the workforce who cannot work remotely if we are to avoid widening inequality. The report is supported by a short policy brief. The paper was commissioned and funded by Deloitte.

ReWAGE is fortunate in having some of the UK’s foremost thinkers on its Expert Group, drawn from leading universities and research organisations from across the UK. Between them they have a huge breadth of knowledge, covering such subjects as the labour market, job quality, employment relations and the changing nature of work.

This week we are turning the spotlight onto ReWAGE expert Paul Edwards, Emeritus Professor of Employment Relations in the Department of Management at Birmingham Business School.

Background:

Paul joined Birmingham Business School in April 2011; he was Head of the Department of Management for three years. He was at Warwick Business School for over 30 years, where he was Director of the Industrial Relations Research Unit and held several Associate Dean positions. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and has served as the chair of the Academy’s Social Science Group. He has served on three sub-panels for business and management for the Research Excellence Framework (formerly the Research Assessment Exercise).

Paul’s research career began with the study of workplace industrial relations and industrial conflict. He has subsequently studied new management practices in the workplace and managerial careers, both in the UK and in international comparison. Research projects include the first representative survey of the human resource management practices of multinational companies in the UK, a survey that was emulated in several other countries through the INTREPID network.