🌍 Ageing Workforce & Sustainable Care at GSA 2025 Professor Philip Taylor from Warwick’s Institute for Employment Research represented the UK at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston. Read more here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/n... #EmploymentResearch

🌍 Green Transition & the Future of Work At the @cipd.bsky.social Conference, Peter Dickinson @cipd.bsky.social shared key insights on how the green transition is reshaping jobs and skills. Read more here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/n... #GreenTransition #FutureOfWork #EmploymentResearch

Our October 2025 Newsletter is now available here: mailchi.mp/bef62dbed6d6/sk4...

👉Research presentation in Barbados! 📊 Dr Jamelia Harris & Dexnell Peter presented some of the main ideas and early findings from the research project "Colonial Legacies and the Labour Market in the English-speaking Caribbean." Read more here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/n...

👉Join us for an online event about skills policy and the future of work – 2 December, 2:30-3:00 Read more and register here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/n...

🎓💼 New research from Warwick IER reveals that not all degrees lead to better job quality. Graduates gain autonomy & prospects—but face similar pressures as non-grads. Read more here: 🔗 warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/n... #HigherEd #GraduateJobs #IERWarwick #JobQuality

Warwick IER visited Islamabad to boost global collaboration on employment research! Insights on job quality, skills & inclusive labour markets coming soon. 🔗 warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/n... #IERWarwick #GlobalEmployment #PakistanUK

Question Time: The Future of Work Join us for a Question Time-style event to explore the future of work. Our experts from the Faculty of Social Sciences, including the IER, will answer your questions on all things work More details are available here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/n...

Memorandum of Understanding between IER and the Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development Read more here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/n...

Congratulations to Hilda Ragnarsdottir on her IAS Early Career Fellowship Read more here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/n...

The current IER Newsletter is now available here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/n...

📢 Explore the Latest Infographic Series on Skills Development These visuals offer an overview of developments in digital media, education, and workforce capabilities. 🔗 Access the infographic series here: 👉 www.skills2capabilities.eu/... #skills2capabilities

📢 At IER, we’re constantly exploring the evolving world of work — from skills ecosystems and labour market transitions to inclusive employment policy and productivity. 🔗 Visit our news page to explore warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/n... #EmploymentResearch

📢 The latest updates from the #Skills2Capabilities Horizon Europe project offer a deep dive into how national skills strategies are evolving to meet the challenges of digitalisation, green transitions, and labour market shifts. 🔗 Read more: www.skills2capabilities.eu/...

🚀 How can we build a future-ready workforce? The Global Employment Policy Review 2025 has answers At IER, we’re spotlighting the chapter on skills ecosystems 📘 Read the full report here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/r... #SkillsEcosystems #FutureOfWork

🚀 Ready to rethink skills for the future? Join us at the #Skills2Capabilities Conference 2025 — where innovation meets impact in vocational education and training across Europe! 🌍 🔗 Register now: lnkd.in/eRPRChpX #FutureOfWork #VET #LifelongLearning

Something we have been working on: Skills for productivity in an era of economic and social transformations Read the full report here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/r...

Dr Sangwoo Lee on the Latest ONS Employment Statistics: The latest UK labour market data confirms the transformation anticipated in previous quarters, with modest headline improvements obscuring significant structural changes. Read more here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/n...

Our July 2025 Newsletter is now available here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/n...

IER's Chris Warhurst presented the paper based on projects funded by Deloitte and the National Institute for Health and Care Research. The paper addresses a seemingly simple question: what would a healthy job look like? #ReWAGE #Healthyjobs Read more here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/r...

🚀 Join us at the Skills2Capabilities Conference 2025! Top EU experts on VET, career guidance & future skills. 🔗 skills2capabilities.eu/conf... #Skills2Capabilities #VET #FutureOfWork #LifelongLearning

Our June 2025 Newsletter is now available here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/n... #EmploymentResearch #GoodWork

Prof. Chris Warhurst joins SOM panel on linking work & health data to build healthier jobs. www.som.org.uk/occupational... #OccHealth2025 #healthyjobs

IER estimates the impact of new technology on jobs and skills in agriculture! Information on the study findings, recommendations and the executive summary has been published Read more here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/n... #AgricultureCareers #WorkforceDevelopment #employmentresearch

Working Futures: Five decades of trying to anticipate changing skills needs In June, Prof. Rob Wilson presented ‘Working Futures: Five Decades of Trying to Anticipate Changing Skills Needs.’ Read more here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/n... #skillsneeds #workingfutures

The latest UK labour market presents a mixed but increasingly concerning picture as structural pressures intensify Dr Sangwoo Lee @warwickier.bsky.social on the latest ONS Employment Statistics: Read more here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/... #UKLabourMarket #ONSdata

Our May 2025 Newsletter is now available here: mailchi.mp/251cd34dc9f2/sk4...

📢 Creating Healthy Jobs research project gets underway A new project that seeks to improve UK working age health, by fixing the jobs that make workers ill, was launched this week. Read more here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/... #CreatingHealthyJobs

Yesterday, I presented our Skills2Capabilities research on skills in VET curricula at the Belgian Day for Labour Economists. With Ziyue Zhu, Melline Somers and Barbara Belfi, we show that curricula updates are conducive to better labour market outcomes. skills2capabilities.eu/results.html

Professor Philip Taylor gave evidence to the 'Preparing for an Ageing Society’ inquiry Read more here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/n...

IER's Dr E.K. Sarter provides insights into possibilities and approaches of strategically leveraging public spending for goods, works, and services as a tool for promoting gender equality. Read more here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/n...

Professor Trine Larsen of IER presents research on how gig workers protect their health at work at the Creating Sustainable Work Conference in Stockholm. Read more here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/p... ki.se/en/imm/csw2025

Professor Trine Larsen of IER presents research on how gig workers protect their health at work at the Creating Sustainable Work Conference in Stockholm. Read more here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/p... ki.se/en/imm/csw2025

Professor Trine Larsen of IER presents research on how gig workers protect their health at work at the Creating Sustainable Work Conference in Stockholm. Read more here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/p... ki.se/en/imm/csw2025

Our April 2025 Newsletter is now available here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/...

Dr Sangwoo Lee presents research on job quality in gig work at the sustainable work conference in Stockholm @ki.se ki.se/en/imm/csw2025

The IER April 2025 Newsletter is now available here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/n...

Peer review prize for IER academic! IER's Dr Jamelia Harris has been awarded the 2024 Development in Practice Reviewer Prize for her outstanding contribution to academic peer review. Read more here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/n...

Social dialogue is a cornerstone of the EU’s social market economy. A strong partnership between representatives of employers and employees is key to better working conditions, growth, and sustainability in Europe.

Today, Terence Hogarth and Emily Erickson, present research on skills mismatch to Skills England. Terence and Emily will present evidence from two research projects (#SkillsPULSE & #Skills2Capabilities) on the causes and implications of skills mismatches. warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/r...

Co-designing an all-age careers framework in County Durham Evidence based research on co-designing an all-age careers framework in County Durham, has just been published. Read more here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/n...

📃New article explores the origins of social value! Public procurement is an important market and a key area of public spending. Read more here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/n...

Our March 2025 Newsletter is now available here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/...

Could you inspire the next generation? The Big Bang Fair is returning 17 to 19 June, and we need your help! www.engineeringuk.com/latest-news/...

🎥 LIVE SOON: Join us for an insightful webinar on lifelong guidance! 🌍📚 In a world of rapid change, quality #lifelongguidance is key to helping individuals navigate #learning, #careers, and transitions. 🔄✨ 📍Join us here - we start at 11:15 CET: www.youtube.com/live/f3fEWFW...

"We signed the Age-friendly Employer Pledge to show our commitment to an inclusive workplace that values employees of all ages." Says Nicole Basra, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) Director for UK & Ireland at dentsu. Read more in our Age-friendly Employer Pledge case study:

We're pleased to announce the successful delivery of our @popres-uk.bsky.social Skills Development for Managing Longitudinal Data for Sharing project. You can read more about the project and access key resources at our website:

This coming Monday our CEO Dr Dora-Olivia Vicol will be speaking at the @resfoundation.bsky.social to discuss how labour market policy can better protect foreign-born workers to avoid a ‘race to the bottom’ in standards. Join us in person or online www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/the-c...