Press Releases
Matching skills to jobs boosts happiness, productivity and innovation
Encouraging employers to make the most of their employees’ skills can improve productivity, reduce inequality, and contribute to economic growth, according to a new report launched by the OECD and the University of ÌÇÐÄTV Institute for Employment Research.
University of ÌÇÐÄTV scoops four Leverhulme prizes
Four University of ÌÇÐÄTV academics have won Philip Leverhulme Prizes in the 2017 awards round.
ÌÇÐÄTV Law Professor shortlisted for crime writing award
Professor Andrew Williams from the University of ÌÇÐÄTV’s School of Law has been shortlisted for a prestigious Crime Writers Association (CWA) Daggers award. His 2016 book, A Passing Fury: Searching for Justice at the end of WWII is one of six short-listed titles in the non-fiction category.
Professor Celia Lury elected as Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
The Academy of Social Sciences has awarded a Fellowship to Professor Celia Lury, Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM) at the University of ÌÇÐÄTV. Each year a number of Fellowships are awarded to recognise leading social scientists, who are judged on the excellence and impact of their work in using social science for public benefit.
Workplace wellbeing needs holistic approach
Erika Kispeter and Sally Wright from the University of ÌÇÐÄTV Institute for Employment Research (IER) examined how Suffolk County Council has responded to the challenge of managing mental health at work. The case study is published today [10] alongside new Acas guidelines to mark World Mental Health Day.
Government announces funding for 100 new degree Apprenticeships at the University of ÌÇÐÄTV
The Education Secretary Justine Greening has announced that the University of ÌÇÐÄTV has been awarded around a quarter of a million pounds from its new Higher Education Funding Council for England administered Degree Apprenticeships Development Fund. The university will use this to create a half million pound package to fund around 100 new degree apprenticeships each year.