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Apprenticeships: how to address gender and ethnicity pay gaps
10 Jan 2019Becci Newton reflects on IES analysis of data relating to gender and ethnicity in apprenticeships, and how pay gaps exist even from this early stage of labour market entry.
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Could pausing Universal Credit create the opportunity we need to fix it?
9 Jan 2019The latest pause to Universal Credit may not be all it seems – but could it create the opportunity that we need to fix it? Tony Wilson, Institute Director, reports in his latest blog.
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Workforce planning remains a missing link in the NHS long term plan
7 Jan 2019Stephen Bevan, IES Director of Employer Research and Consultancy looks at the new NHS 10-year plan and sets out the key workforce strategy issues which will also need to be addressed.
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IES at 50: half a century in Brighton & Hove, our local labour market
21 Dec 2018Our analysis of Brighton and Hove's labour market and employment trends in the 50 years since IES' foundation. Matthew Williams and Tony Wilson delve into the available datasets.
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IES response to the UK Government's Good Work Plan
17 Dec 2018Our Director, Tony Wilson, responds to the government's Good Work Plan, announced by Business Secretary, Greg Clark.
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Revisiting the spirit, wisdom and relevance of workforce planning pioneers
13 Dec 2018What developments have we seen in workforce planning since IES' foundation in the 1960s? Wendy Hirsh considers the need to ensure that workforce planning is re-positioned as a central part of effective people management.
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UK labour market statistics: Good news to end the year, but reasons to be cautious
11 Dec 2018Tony Wilson, IES Director, comments on the December 2018 release of labour market statistics from the Office for National Statistics.
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Industry placements and T Levels - stepping up to meet the skills challenge
6 Dec 2018With the publication of IES' evaluation of the Industry Placements Pilot, which has been testing the work placements integral to the government's new T Level programmes, we discuss the evaluation's findings and implications for T Levels going forward.
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The productivity puzzle: are we looking in the right place?
6 Dec 2018Stephen Bevan discusses how reductions in sickness absence may be masking increases in 'presenteeism' - in turn contributing to the UK's productivity problems.
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Using data to improve employment support for refugee communities
28 Nov 2018We discuss how nationally-available data has been used to improve the targeting of employment support for refugee communities.