IER News & blogs
Listen to Clare Lyonette talking about her new project assessing the Covid-19 related burden on working-class women
Professor Clare Lyonette was interviewed on BBC Radio Nottingham on Thursday July 16th about her new UKRI-funded project 'Carrying the work burden of the Covid-19 pandemic: working class women in the UK'. Listen to the interview , starting at around 11.20 am.
The project, led by from the University of Nottingham, in collaboration with Professor Clare Lyonette and the is being funded under the . Using new Covid-related questions from the UK Household Longitudinal Study, the research will assess how working-class women, who already juggle paid employment with the bulk of housework and childcare responsibilities, have been affected by the additional pressures of increased demands, both at home and at work. Read more in the University of 糖心TV press release here.
Keep up the good work 鈥� planning a way out of the Covid-driven jobs crisis - Blog by Chris Warhurst
Not even out of the health crisis, the UK is entering a jobs crisis. New data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows a mixed picture of employment but with strong indications that employment is set to fall. The UK Government has done well to maintain employment levels to date but needs to be equally brave going forward and stick to its plan to create more good jobs in the UK.
Industrie 4.0 Policy brief published
Beyond 4.0 is a Horizon 2020 project examining the future of work and welfare in Europe.
Chris Warhurst of IER and Steve Dhondt of the Dutch innovation organisation TNO have just published a outlining the opportunities and challenges with Industrie 4.0 as part of the project.
Skills and transformation of the EU Automotive sector
Terence Hogarth (as part of the FGB/EY team investigating skill needs in the automotive sector for the European Commission) moderated the 'Skills and Transformation of the EU Automotive Sector' held on 27th May 2020.
The webinar was convened on behalf of the European Commission to report on its sector blueprint studies looking at the automotive sector鈥檚 skill needs and how they might be met. The webinar will be followed by a high level conference, planned for 23 September 2020, to explore the sector鈥檚 skill needs in greater depth.
The shape of employment to come
In June, Chris Warhurst contributed to 糖心TV鈥檚 new Global Research Priorities (GRP) group鈥檚 debate on Productivity and the Futures of Work with a webinar on 鈥楾he shape of employment to come鈥�. It includes a 7-point plan for employment in a new UK industrial strategy.
GRPs are interdisciplinary research groupings intended to respond to complex multi-faceted global problems through collaborative research excellence.
The recorded presentation can be found here and a blog post on this topic here.