https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/news/ The latest from Institute for Employment Research » IER News & blogs (tag [industrial relations]) en-GB (C) 2026 University of Warwick Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:00:13 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss SiteBuilder2, University of Warwick, http://go.warwick.ac.uk/sitebuilder accolade adult education adult learning ageing aging apprenticeship apprenticeships army artificial intelligence Athena SWAN automotive sector awards BIS blog budget career career adaptability career choices career development career practitioner careers careers guidance CASCOT child labour cities construction cooperative Covid-19 data sources decent work development digitalisation distance learning doctoral programme earnings economic growth economics economy education elderly care employability employer investment employers employer-surveys employment engineering equality esrc ethnic diversity EurOccupations Europe European Union evaluation events Expertise Faculty of Social Sciences families family-friendly workplace pollicies flexible working arrangements food industry forecasting further education future of work Futuretrack gender gender pay gap geo-spatial government graduates Greece green industry health health sector higher education Homepage honour HRM IAG ICT impact india industrial relations industrie 4.0 Industry 5.0 informal care innnovation international in-work progression ISCO job job quality labour market labour market geographies labour market information learning LMI LMI for all local economy lowed skilled methods migrants migration military mobility mothers museum NAS neighbourhood news ngrf occupation older women older workers online social networks part-time work pathways pay pensions phd platform work podcast policy policy brief postgraduate poverty precarious work productivity profiling projections public policy public procurement race refugees regional remote working renewables Research research collaboration retirement schools science sector study Select Committee self-employed skills SOC2010 SOC2020 social care social class social distancing social economy social inclusion social justice social mobility Socialsciences STEM students studentship teacher technology training transition unemployment vacancy VET Visiting Fellow vocational education and training Wales welfare well-being West Midlands women work work experience working conditions working futures worklessness work-life balance workplace learning young people Untagged https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/news/?newsItem=8a17841b5aae7b5e015ab443687b32c8 <p><img src="https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/edit-contents/edwards-paul-cropped-230x230.jpg" border="0" alt="edwards-paul-cropped-230x230.jpg" style="margin: 5px; float: left;" />Professor Paul Edwards will be joining IER as an Honorary Professor. His 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. Current research is focusing on small firms and their employment practices, with a particular emphasis on firms run by new migrant to the UK.</p> industrial relations Expertise work Thu, 09 Mar 2017 18:10:00 GMT 8a17841b5aae7b5e015ab443687b32c8 https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/news/?newsItem=094d43f5468af86d0146a9041fa91a0e <p><img style="margin: 10px; border: 0px currentColor; float: right;" alt="ray-markey.jpg" src="https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/news/ray-markey.jpg?maxWidth=125" border="0" /><a href="http://www.businessandeconomics.mq.edu.au/contact_the_faculty/all_fbe_staff/markey,_ray">Professor Ray Markey</a>, Director of the Centre for Workforce Futures of Macquarie University, from Sydney in Australia is visting IER for the next few weeks. Professor Markey is an industrial relations expert and comes to us on an Institute of Advanced Study (IAS) fellowship joint with the Industrial Relations Research Unit (IRRU).</p> <p>Professor Markey will be giving two talks, one of which will be about possible collaborative research projects between his centre and IER. The other talk will be on climate change and the workplace.</p> industrial relations Tue, 17 Jun 2014 08:49:18 GMT 094d43f5468af86d0146a9041fa91a0e