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Progress of the reform programme: issues raised by the Apprenticeship Trailblazers
5 May 2016The Apprenticeship Trailblazers are the government's key response to the Richard Review, putting employers at the heart of developments in order to increase trust in and uptake of Apprenticeships. IES was involved in tracking the process and experiences of the earliest employer networks that took forward the design of the new Apprenticeship standards.
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Older worker health - a looming crisis?
22 Apr 2016Stephen Bevan discusses what employers can do to tackle the looming problem of older worker health and how our European counterparts are approaching this issue.
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Moving the mountain. Can HR open minds to unlock learning?
18 Apr 2016Amanda Callen debates why employers are reticent to embrace the benefits that adopting a growth mindset can bring.
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Time for employers to take up the social mobility baton from HE
15 Apr 2016As new research confirms that the social mobility gap remains ten years after graduating, Emma Pollard outlines why employers are not doing enough to tackle the problem.
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More apprenticeships, but some are locked out
17 Mar 2016During National Apprenticeships Week, Jonathan Buzzeo discusses the evidence from IES's new research for Centrepoint and whether government policy changes will help the hardest-to-reach young people.
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Gender pay gap reporting: Let's get on with it
8 Mar 2016On International Women's Day, Duncan Brown considers the reactions to the gender pay reporting requirements, and asks why we're not getting started already.