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National Inclusion Week: can we build trust without agreeing?
Can organisations build trust and collaboration among people who do not share the same beliefs and values?
Universities and student mental health: how are universities coping with soaring demand?
On the eve of World Mental Health Day, Matthew Williams and Emma Pollard outline IES findings of universities' support for students with mental health problems.
It’s the job, stupid!
Peter Reilly considers the important factors behind employee motivation, and the role of HR in fostering a motivating working environment.
Work-life balance – a win-win situation
How can employers and individuals foster good work-life balance? Andrea Broughton considers the challenge set by National Work Life Week.
HR Business Partners: Yes, please? No thanks? …or somewhere just-right in-between?
Duncan Brown revisits the debate on the role of HR business partners and where they fit in today's organisation structures.
Will EU rhetoric be a match for the reality of youth unemployment?
On International Youth Day 2015, Kari Hadjivassiliou looks at whether EU policy initiatives can rise to the challenges of youth unemployment.
Organisation Design without the drama
Sharon Varney offers valuable tips for working on organisation design, as an introduction to her new paper in the HR Essentials series.
Work experience key to improving skills and reducing youth unemployment
Stefan Speckesser explains the vital role that high quality work experience needs to play in improving young people’s skills.
Will scrapping maintenance grants deter poorer students?
Jim Hillage and Emma Pollard consider the impact of the Chancellor's Budget announcement that student maintenance grants will be scrapped.
The heat is on: new uptake figures say it’s time to make up our minds on the agenda for Apprenticeships
Becci Newton reviews the latest Apprenticeship figures against the current reform agenda.
How are our graduates faring?
Emma Pollard digs into the latest data on graduate destinations to find out what is happening after students finish their degrees.