IER News & blogs
Online research methods workshop delivered as part of an ESRC project
As part of the ESRC Global Challenges Research Funded project 鈥�Inequalities and skills acquisition in young people鈥�, the IER research team has designed and delivered research methods training to students working towards a Post Graduate Diploma in (Rural) Management at the in Ranchi, India.
The three online workshops took place on 17-18th August with more than 50 students participating.
As a follow-up to the training sessions students are invited to enrol on a University of 糖心TV Moodle, where they can access relevant resources and work on a group assignment to practise what they have learnt in the workshops.
Working Futures projections for Wales Economic Regions published
Working Futures 2017-2027 projections for the Economic Regions of Wales are now available. Read the report, published by the Welsh government, here and access the Excel workbooks from the sub-regional projections link here.
Please note that these projections were created when it was expected there would be a negotiated Brexit and before the Covid-19 pandemic, which may result in considerable disruption to the UK and world economic system.
New book on aesthetic labour
A new by IER鈥檚 Chris Warhurst and his co-author of Strathclyde University has now been published by Sage.
Drawing on research by the authors, the book examines the hiring and management of workers based on their looks and the consequence for workers who fail companies鈥� looks policies.
Workplace innovations in the UK social care and Swedish health sectors
Dr Sally Wright co-authored a journal article about workplace innovations in the UK social care and Swedish health sectors. The , based on case studies completed for the European Commission's Horizon 2020 Quality of Jobs and Innovation-generated Employment Outcomes (QuInnE) project, was recently published in the .
Mathieu, C., Wright, S., Boethius, S. and Green, A. (2020). '', European Journal of Workplace Innovation, 5(2): 4-30.
New study on the impact of Covid-19 on job quality in the Australian hospitality industry
The hospitality sector has been hit hardest by Covid-19 in Australia. Sally Wright and Chris Warhurst of IER will be working with of Sydney University to develop a new measure of the impact of Covid-19 on job quality in the Australian hospitality industry. The aim is to help government develop policies to ensure a sustainable recovery for the sector.