Posted By
Charles Levy
28 June 2012
Data out today from the Higher Education Statistics Agency confirms just how well our graduates are faring in our labour market compared to those without degrees.
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Posted By
Dr Neil Lee
27 June 2012
Youth unemployment is one of the most important issues facing the UK, and it is highly spatially uneven – we’ve repeatedly warned about hotspots of youth unemployment. To address this, Nick Clegg will today announce extra help for young people in 20 youth unemployment troublespots. In places like Hartlepool, Birmingham and Middlesborough, the Youth Contract will be speeded up: eligibility will begin at 6 months rather than the usual 9.
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Posted By
Gavin Edwards National Officer at UNISON
26 June 2012
In recent years the rhetoric from conservative politicians and commentators seems intent on driving a wedge between public and private sector workers. The truth is that economic hardships are not confined to either public or private sector.
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Posted By
Steve Bevan
26 June 2012
The challenge of mental illness in the UK workforce is, slowly but surely, emerging from the shadows. The recent debate in Parliament and the willingness of a growing number of high-profile public figures disclosing their own battles with depression are evidence of this. Yesterday at The Work Foundation Health Minister Earl Howe launched the latest Public Health Responsibility Deal pledge on mental health at work. The focus of the pledge, and the guidance material for employers which accompanies it, is the need to make simple adjustments at work for people with mental illness.
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Posted By
Charles Levy
20 June 2012
Today’s labour market statistics were welcome news, but there may be a sting in the tail. Rising employment, falling unemployment and strong private sector job creation should always be welcomed, but it is surprising when the output numbers tell us we were entering a recession at exactly the same time.
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Posted By
Haiyan Zhang, Design Lead, OpenIDEO
19 June 2012
Seventy-five million young people are unemployed globally and in the UK alone over one million 16 to 24 year-olds are looking for work. In order to explore this problem and begin to develop solutions to tackle it, Barclays and The Work Foundation sponsored a challenge on OpenIDEO.com.
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Posted By
Katy Jones
19 June 2012
Any period of unemployment while young can have a lasting negative impact on labour market experiences for a lifetime. But for the quarter of a million young people in the UK who have been out of work for more than a year the problem is even more serious. The longer a young person is out of work, education or training, the worse the long-term consequences for the individual and the economy.
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Posted By
Steve Bevan
15 June 2012
In 1998 Kjell Magne Bondevik, the then Prime Minister of Norway, took several weeks away from work to receive respite and treatment for depression. Back then his public admission of having a condition that we know 1 in 6 workers also have, was greeting with a mixed reaction.
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Posted By
Spencer Thompson
13 June 2012
Design is extremely important to innovation. Often it acts as the key link between a piece of technology and the user, with good design helping exciting new inventions find a market. Design is also being used in new and exciting ways to transform how services are delivered. We were recently commissioned by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) to look at the international aspects of the UK design industry, and assess whether there is any support policy can offer the industry. The results of our research are being given their first airing at an event at the Big Innovation Centre this evening.
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Posted By
Stephen Bevan
01 June 2012
Earlier this week I spoke at the Societal Impact of Pain conference in Copenhagen, under the auspices of the Danish Presidency of the EU. This is a major event bringing together clinicians, patient organisations and researchers who are working on issues arising from the growing burden of chronic pain in Europe’s population.
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Posted By
Umair Haque
30 May 2012
To illustrate why I ask, consider this set of questions: How's your house price doing? Where would your 401K be, if central banks withdrew life support for banks?
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Posted By
Laurence Hopkins
30 May 2012
A public letter to the Prime Minister sent today and signed by 68 chancellors, governors and university presidents warns the government that its approach towards student visas is damaging the financial wellbeing of universities in the UK.
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Posted By
Paul Farmer, Chief Executive, Mind
30 May 2012
No-one likes Red Tape. The very thought of being wrapped up in it induces a sense of frustration at the ‘bureaucrats’ who force this nonsense upon us. It is seen by many as stifling innovation and holding back businesses who need to grow to create economic growth for the country.
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Posted By
Prof Stephen Bevan
30 May 2012
How often do HR professionals in the UK get asked to brief their senior teams about the impact of the European social model on their business? Unless they have operations in the EU, or have European Works Councils, my guess would be not very often.
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Posted By
Annie Peate
29 May 2012
Fewer than a third of the UK's most influential jobs are held by women, figures compiled by BBC News demonstrate today.
Disappointing indeed but sadly, not a new story.
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