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Public employment policy events hosted by IES

Whither welfare-to-work? The IES annual policy conference 2009

A one-day conference exploring the future of welfare to work

12 November 2009, London

How should welfare-to-work policies adjust to higher unemployment? Where will this leave harder-to-help groups? What lessons can be learned from previous economic cycles or from abroad? And looking ahead to years of austerity imposed by the public finances: where does welfare-to-work go from here?

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Previous conferences and seminars

Invitation seminar: 29 October 2009, London
Tackling the NEET problem: re-engaging young people not in employment, education or training

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40th Anniversary seminar: 4 February 2009 (Employment Equality)
Women and gender equity in employment: patterns, progress and challenges, Professor Diane Perrons, London School of Economics

• download working paper: Women and Gender Equity in Employment (pdf)
• download the main presentation (pdf)

40th Anniversary seminar: 5 December 2008 (Human Resource Management)
Delivering HRM: Changing Focus and Responsibilities, Professor Mick Marchington, University of Manchester

• download working paper: ‘Where Next for HRM?’, Mick Marchington, University of Manchester (pdf)
• download working paper: ‘OD – past, present and future’, Valerie Garrow, IES (pdf)
• download the main presentation (pdf)

40th Anniversary seminar: 23 October 2008 (Employment Relations)
Britain and the european social model: capitalism against capitalism?, Professor Richard Hyman, London School of Economics

• download the introduction, Ann Denvir, IES (pdf)
• download the main presentation (pdf)

40th Anniversary seminar: 10 October 2008 (Work, Health and Well-being)
How can job design improve worker well-being and workplace performance?, Professor Frank Bond, Goldsmiths College, University of London

• presentation (pdf)
• download presentation: ‘Recent interventions and implications’, Sally Wilson and Dan Lucy, IES (pdf)

40th Anniversary seminar: 6 October 2008 (Learning and Skills)
From Competence and Competition to the Leitch Review, Professor Ewart Keep, Director of SKOPE, Cardiff University

• presentation (pdf)
• download the working paper (pdf)

IES Annual Policy Conference: 19 November 2008, London
Managing migration and its impacts

• Event review with presentations

IES Annual Policy Conference: 6 November 2007, London
A demand-led approach to skills: one year on from Leitch

• Event review with presentations

IES Annual Policy Conference: 9 November 2006, London
Still working? The labour market and older people

• Event review with presentations