Jim Hillage

Former employee

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An article in The Daily Mail quotes Jim Hillage on the latest labour market statistics

Cycling to work generates benefits all round

Is the historic labour market boom coming to an end?

The difference managers can make to workplace health

Managers need to do more to create a happy, healthy workplace

End of the jobs boom?

Evaluation of the 2010–13 Fit for Work Service pilots now published

New research: Managers need to do more to create a happy, healthy workplace

Lost in the labour market: good jobs news masks growing concern for young unemployed

Labour market continues to tighten with early signs of supply constraints re-emerging

Getting people fit for work

Improving access to work

Whither Welfare-to-Work? IES policy conference report

Healthy Workplaces Milton Keynes

The Work Programme - Learning from the Past

Protecting the health of the working age population

The future for education and skills: the three 'A's

Jobcentre Plus and ethnic minority customers

Work, health and well-being research

Fit for work? Securing the health of the working-age population

Tackling child poverty through increasing employability for parents

Getting people fit for work

Leadership and worker involvement on the Olympic Park

Insights into sector skills needs

Fit note study indicates rise of mental health disorders

IES examines take-up of business support by rural employers

Reaction to the Budget

Weak employment data a cause for concern

NEET figures: comment from the Institute for Employment Studies

DWP publication of the Evaluation of Fit for Work Service Pilots

Olympics cast a golden glow on the labour market

Policy conference - Just who does Higher Education work for?

The rise of the older worker

UK labour market: further improvement but longer-term concerns

Employment up again as private sector jobs grow on the back of real wage cuts

Budget boosts for the labour market, but will they cut unemployment?

Number of older workers tops one million as labour market continues to stagnate

New study finds GPs need more training to make better use of fit note

Evaluation of the 18-21 Work Skills Pilot 1, Becci Newton, Jim Hillage, Jonathan Buzzeo, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Sep 2018

Fit for Work: Scoping the feasibility of an impact evaluation, Private: Francisco Gonzalez Carreras, Private: Stefan Speckesser, Jim Hillage, ies, Jun 2018

Student income and expenditure survey 2014 to 2015: English report, Emma Pollard, Matthew Williams, Jim Hillage, Clare Huxley, Institute for Employment Studies, Mar 2018

Student Income and Expenditure Survey 2014/15: Welsh-domiciled students, Emma Pollard, Matthew Williams, Jim Hillage, Clare Huxley, ies, Jun 2017

Student Income and Expenditure Survey 2014/15: Welsh-domiciled students: Interim executive summary, Emma Pollard, Matthew Williams, Jim Hillage, Clare Huxley, ies, Jun 2017

The impact of Brexit on the world of employment, Jim Hillage, IES, Sep 2016

Impact of the Cycle to Work Scheme, Jim Hillage, Sam Swift, Vahé Nafilyan, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), Jun 2016

Understanding mature entrants’ transitions to postgraduate taught study, Emma Pollard, Rosie Gloster, Jim Hillage, Jonathan Buzzeo, Rosa Marvell, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), May 2016

The effectiveness and cost effectiveness of methods of protecting and promoting the health of older workers, Private: Annette Cox, Jim Hillage, Rosa Marvell, Sally Wilson, Zofia Bajorek, Sam Swift, IES, Sep 2015

The effectiveness and cost effectiveness of ways to help older workers plan and prepare for retirement, Private: Annette Cox, Jim Hillage, Rosa Marvell, Zofia Bajorek, Sam Swift, IES, Sep 2015

Factors facilitating or constraining interventions to protect and promote health of older workers and to help plan and prepare for retirement, Private: Annette Cox, Jim Hillage, Rosa Marvell, Zofia Bajorek, Sam Swift, National Institute for health and Care Excellence (NICE), Sep 2015

Exploring the value of an O*NET resource for the UK, Jim Hillage, Public Health England (PHE), Aug 2015

Evaluation of the 2010–13 Fit for Work Service pilots: final report, Jim Hillage, Matthew Williams, Rosa Marvell, other, Jun 2015

Summary: Evaluation of the 2010–13 Fit for Work Service pilots: final report, Jim Hillage, Matthew Williams, Rosa Marvell, Department for Work and Pensions, Jun 2015

Workplace policy and management practices to improve the health of employees: Evidence Review 1, Jim Hillage, Jenny Holmes, Catherine Rickard, Rosa Marvell, Zofia Bajorek, Stephen Bevan, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Jun 2015

Workplace policy and management practices to improve the health of employees: Evidence Review 2, Jim Hillage, Jenny Holmes, Catherine Rickard, Rosa Marvell, Zofia Bajorek, Stephen Bevan, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Jun 2015

Workplace policy and management practices to improve the health of employees: Evidence Review 3, Jim Hillage, Jenny Holmes, Catherine Rickard, Rosa Marvell, Zofia Bajorek, Stephen Bevan, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Jun 2015

Exploring future GP referral to Fit for Work, Jim Hillage, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), Oct 2014

Student Income and Expenditure Survey 2011/12: Welsh-domiciled Students, Emma Pollard, Matthew Williams, Jim Hillage, Department for Education and Employment, Mar 2014

Qualitative post-test evaluation of ESENER: Substantive findings, Jim Hillage, Department for Work and Pensions, Jan 2014

An assessment of the degree to which rural businesses access national mainstream employer skills and government business support programmes, Emma Pollard, Jim Hillage, Department for Employment and Learning, Sep 2013

An assessment of the degree to which businesses access national mainstream employer skills and government business support programmes, Jim Hillage, Emma Pollard, Department for Education (DFE), Sep 2013

Evaluation of the Statement of Fitness for Work (fit note): quantitative survey of fit notes, Jim Hillage, Emma Pollard, Department for Work and Pensions, Jun 2013

Student Income and Expenditure Survey 2011/12: English-domiciled Students, Emma Pollard, Jim Hillage, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, May 2013

Employment, Partnership and Skills, Jim Hillage, Department for Work and Pensions and Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Feb 2013

National Strategic Skills Audit for Wales 2012, Private: Annette Cox, Jim Hillage, British Tourist Authority and the Employment Department, Jan 2013

Slides: The value of higher education, Jim Hillage, University of Warwick, Nov 2012

Jobcentre Plus Employer Satisfaction and Experience Survey 2012, Emma Pollard, Jim Hillage, Private: Stefan Speckesser, Department for Work and Pensions, Aug 2012

Jobcentre Plus Employer Satisfaction and Experience Survey 2012: Research Summary, Emma Pollard, Jim Hillage, Private: Stefan Speckesser, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), Aug 2012

Sector Skills Insights: Digital and Creative, Matthew Williams, Jim Hillage, UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES), Jul 2012

Sector Skills Insights: Energy, Private: Stefan Speckesser, Jim Hillage, UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES), Jul 2012

Expanding and Improving Part-time Higher Education, Emma Pollard, Becci Newton, Jim Hillage, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Jun 2012

Evaluation of the Fit for Work Service pilots, Jim Hillage, Department for Work and Pensions, Mar 2012

Evaluation of National Skills Academies - Synthesis Report, Jim Hillage, NESTA, Jul 2011

Skills Priorities Statement for the South East of England 2011-2012, Jim Hillage, Private: Annette Cox, South East England Development Agency (SEEDA), Sep 2010

Employment and Skills: six critical priorities for the next government, Nigel Meager, Jim Hillage, Institute for Employment Studies, Mar 2010

Evaluation of National Skills Academies - Year 1 Synthesis Report, Jim Hillage, Learning and Skills Council, Jan 2010

Qualitative Evaluation of Integrated Employment and Skills Trials: Implementation Report, Jim Hillage, DWP, Nov 2009

Review of Employer Collective Measures: Policy Review, Private: Annette Cox, Jim Hillage, UK Commission for Employment and Skills, Oct 2009

Learning to be Healthier, Jim Hillage, Dan Lucy, UK Commission for Employment and Skills / Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Jun 2009

Train to Gain Learner Evaluation: Report from Wave 4 Research, Jim Hillage, Learning and Skills Council, May 2009

Evaluation of the Adult Learner Account Trials, Jim Hillage, Learning and Skills Council, Apr 2009

Student Income and Expenditure Survey 2007/2008: English-domiciled students, Emma Pollard, Jim Hillage, Department for Children, Schools and Families, Mar 2009

Student Income and Expenditure Survey 2007/2008: Welsh-domiciled students, Emma Pollard, Jim Hillage, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Mar 2009

Train to Gain Learner Evaluation: Report from Wave 2 Research, Becci Newton, Jim Hillage, Learning and Skills Council, Feb 2009

Train to Gain Learner Evaluation: Report from Wave 3 Research, Jim Hillage, Learning and Skills Council, Feb 2009

Learning Agreement Pilots Evaluation, Jim Hillage, Department for Education and Employment, Dec 2008

Activity Agreements Evaluation, Jim Hillage, Becci Newton, Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), Oct 2008

Modelling the cost effectiveness of interventions, strategies, programmes and policies to reduce the number of employees on sickness absence, Jim Hillage, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, Sep 2008

What Works in Delivering Improved Health and Safety Outcomes, Private: Annette Cox, Andrea Broughton, Jim Hillage, Health and Safety Executive, Aug 2008

Quality of Working Life in the UK, Jim Hillage, Private: Annette Cox, IES, Apr 2008

Train to Gain Learner Evaluation: Report from Wave 1 Research, Becci Newton, Jim Hillage, Learning and Skills Council, Apr 2008

Responses to the Evidence Consultation on Long-term Sickness and Incapacity, Jim Hillage, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, Apr 2008

Review of the Effectiveness & Cost Effectiveness of Interventions, Strategies, Programmes & Policies to reduce the number of employees who move from short-term to long-term sickness absence & to help employees on long-term sickness absence return to work, Jim Hillage, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, Apr 2008

Review of the Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness of Interventions, Strategies, Programmes and Policies to reduce the number of employees who take long-term sickness absence on a recurring basis, Jim Hillage, The Further Education Funding Council / The Stationery Office, Apr 2008

Review of the Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness of Interventions, Strategies, Programmes and Policies to Help Recipients of Incapacity Benefits Return to Employment (Paid and Unpaid), Jim Hillage, IES, Apr 2008

Evaluation of the Activity and Learning Agreement Pilot, Jim Hillage, Becci Newton, Department for Education and Skills, Jan 2008

Activity and Learning Agreement Pilots - Programme Theory Evaluation (Working Paper 1), Becci Newton, Jim Hillage, Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), Jan 2008

Higher Education and ESF Objective 3, Jim Hillage, IES, Feb 2007

An Evaluation of the UfI/learndirect Telephone Guidance Trial, Becci Newton, Jim Hillage, Department for Children, Schools and Families, Jan 2007

The Impact of Learning on Unemployed, Low-qualified Adults, Jim Hillage, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), Jul 2006

Employer Training Pilots, Jim Hillage, Becci Newton, Private: Penny Tamkin, Department for Education and Skills, Jun 2006

Carers in the Workplace, Jim Hillage, IES, Mar 2006

Student Income and Expenditure Survey 2004/05, Jim Hillage, Emma Pollard, Department for Education and Skills, Feb 2006

Vocational Education and Training in the UK, Jim Hillage, Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), Dec 2005

Learning at Work: Strategies for Widening Adult Participation in Learning Below Level 2 via the Workplace, Jim Hillage, The Employability Forum, Sep 2005

Good Practice in Assess-Train-Assess Approaches to Workforce Development, Jim Hillage, Department for Education and Skills, Apr 2005

Platform for Progression: Employer Training Pilots, Jim Hillage, Becci Newton, Private: Penny Tamkin, European Commission, Mar 2005

Graduate Employment Choices in the East Midlands, Emma Pollard, Matthew Williams, Jim Hillage, Engineering Training Authority, Jan 2005

Skills Pay, Private: Penny Tamkin, Jim Hillage, Sector Skills Development Agency, Aug 2004

Why the Difference?, Jim Hillage, Department for Education and Skills, Jun 2004

Evaluation of Employer Training Pilots, Jim Hillage, Department for Education and Skills, Dec 2003

New Learners, New Learning, Private: Penny Tamkin, Jim Hillage, Department for Education and Skills, May 2003

Choices and Transitions, Emma Pollard, Jim Hillage, Linda Barber, Sussex Learning and Skills Council, Feb 2003

Education Business Link Clusters Evaluation, Jim Hillage, Department for Education and Skills, Oct 2002

Employers Skill Survey 2002, Jim Hillage, Department for Education and Skills, Aug 2002

Indicators of Management Capability: Developing a Framework, Private: Penny Tamkin, Jim Hillage, Higher Education Staff Development Agency, Apr 2002

An Assessment of Skill Needs in Information and Communications Technology, Jim Hillage, IES, Dec 2001

Skill Needs in Electronics, Jim Hillage, Department of Trade and Industry, Dec 2001

Developing the University for Industry Concept - An Evaluation of ADAPT Round 3 Projects, Jim Hillage, Department for Education and Skills, Sep 2001

Developing the University for Industry Concept - An Evaluation of ADAPT Round 3 Projects, Case Studies, Jim Hillage, Department for Education and Skills, Sep 2001

Attracting New Learners: a Literature Review, Jim Hillage, HM Treasury, Jun 2001

Exploring e-Learning, Emma Pollard, Jim Hillage, IES, Apr 2001

Pre-16 Work Experience Practice in England: an Evaluation, Jim Hillage, Department for Education and Skills, Apr 2001

The Skills Implications of Electronic Retailing, Jim Hillage, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Sep 2000

Employers Skill Survey: Case Study - Food Manufacturing Sector, Jim Hillage, Peter Reilly, South West Regional Employment Forum, Aug 2000

Employers Skill Survey: Case Study - Local and Central Government, Private: Penny Tamkin, Wendy Hirsh, Jim Hillage, Routledge, Aug 2000

Workplace Consultation on Health and Safety, Jim Hillage, Health and Safety Executive, May 2000

Adult Learning in England: a Review, Jim Hillage, DfEE/OECD, Apr 2000

Doing Business Better. The Long Term Impact of Investors in People, Private: Penny Tamkin, Jim Hillage, Linda Barber, Department of Trade and Industry / Small Business Service, Feb 2000

Employability and Employers: the missing piece of the jigsaw, Private: Penny Tamkin, Jim Hillage, Evaluation of the  Fair Cities Pilots 2007, Oct 1999

Employability: developing a framework for policy analysis, Jim Hillage, Emma Pollard, Equal Opportunities Commission, Oct 1998

Excellence in Research on Schools, Jim Hillage, Private: Penny Tamkin, Department of Social Security, Social Research Branch, Jul 1998

Employers' Training of Young People, Jim Hillage, Scottish Government, Jul 1998

Evaluation of Access to Work, Jim Hillage, Matthew Williams, Emma Pollard, Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, Jul 1998

Workplace trauma and its management, Jim Hillage, Quality Improvement Agency for Lifelong Learning, Apr 1998

Individual Commitment to Learning: Motivation and Rewards, Private: Penny Tamkin, Jim Hillage, Institute of Personnel and Development, Nov 1997

Stress: Big Issue, but what are the Problems?, Jim Hillage, IES, Jun 1997

Employers' Use of the National Record of Achievement, Jim Hillage, DfEE, Jan 1997

The Costs and Benefits of the Noise at Work Regulations 1989, Jim Hillage, Employment Service, Jan 1997

Evaluation of the Display Screen Equipment Regulations 1992, Jim Hillage, Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Jan 1997

Pre-16 Work Experience in England and Wales, Jim Hillage, DfEE, Oct 1996

The Return on Investors, Jim Hillage, DfEE, Sep 1996

Health Surveillance in Great Britain, Jim Hillage, Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), Sep 1996

Contemporary Issues in Industrial Relations: Implications for WIRS, Jim Hillage, DfEE, Dec 1995

Evaluation of Investors in People in England and Wales, 1994-1995, Jim Hillage, Employment Department, Jul 1995

Employers’ Views of Education Business Links, Jim Hillage, Employment Department, Apr 1995

The Role of Job Evaluation, Jim Hillage, IES, Jul 1994

Employers’ Policies and Attitudes Towards Check-Off, Jim Hillage, Employment Department, Jul 1994

Careers and Training in Dance and Drama, Jim Hillage, IES, May 1994

Evaluation of Investors in People in England and Wales, Jim Hillage, Nigel Meager, Employment Department, Jan 1994

Measuring Satisfaction with the Careers Service, Jim Hillage, Careers Service, Nov 1993

The Costs of Getting a Job, Jim Hillage, Employment Department, Jun 1993

Family Friendly Working: Hope or Hype?, Jim Hillage, IES, Jun 1992

Employers’ Requirements of the Careers Service, Jim Hillage, Employment Department, Nov 1991

The role of wages and other factors in recent Scottish Migration Flows, Nigel Meager, Jim Hillage, Matthew Williams, IES, Nov 1991

Winning Words, Jim Hillage, Employment Service, Nov 1991

Estimating the impact of cycling to work

Occupational Route Map for T Levels

'Prevent in Further Education' data analysis

SME lending and competition: an international comparison of markets

Expert workshop on the use of O*NET occupational database resource in the UK

Seminars on long-term sickness absence, on behalf of Eversheds

Research to inform GP referral to the health and work assessment and advisory service

Evidence review of the effect of workplace policies and management practices on employees' health and wellbeing

ILO retreat contribution

Expert input to the OECD Post Secondary VET Study for England

Small Business Survey 2012

Evaluation of the outcomes for employers participating in the Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards

Jobcentre Plus National Employer Satisfaction & Experience Survey (2011)

Well-being Through Work Project Evaluation

London 2012: Approaches to Management of Health and Safety

Evaluation of New Medical Statement

Evaluation of Working Neighbourhoods Fund

Evaluating Fit for Work Service Pilots

Long-term Unemployment and Worklessness in Newham

Compliance with the Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act (1969)

Scientific, Technical, Engineering and Mathematical Technicians

Health Benefits of Post-compulsory Education, Training and Lifelong Learning

Assessment of Business Link Health Checks

Evaluating Integrated Employment and Skills (IES) Trials

Socially Excluded Adults Public Service Agreement (PSA 16)

Evaluation of a Dual Local Authority and HSE-Staffed Occupational Health Support Service for SMEs

Evaluation of National Skills Academies

Impact of Learning on Employability

Evaluating the Duty to Manage Asbestos

UK Skills: Key Themes, Policy Issues and Priorities

Going into HE: Interaction of Elements of Financial Support and Other Factors

Workplace Health Gets a Boost for SMEs in Wales

Response of Employers to an Ageing Workforce

Learning with Train to Gain

Further Evaluation of Learner Support Funds

Evaluating Workplace Health Connect

Constructing Better Health

The issue of 'long-term' fit notes for depression in the UK: patient, GP and general practice variation, Gabbay M, Shiels C, Hillage J, Journal of Mental Health, Taylor & Francis, [Online], July 2017

Recurrence of sickness absence episodes certified by general practitioners in the UK, Shiels C, Gabbay M and Hillage J, The European Journal of General Practice, Taylor and Francis, DOI: 10.3109/13814788.2016.1156083, April 2016

Sickness certification for common mental disorders and GP return-to-work advice, Shiels C, Gabbay M and Hillage J , Primary Health Care Research and Development, March 2016, Cambridge University Press, DOI: 10.1017/S1463423616000074 , March 2016

How will the main parties provide jobs for young people?, edquarter, April 2015

How will the main parties provide jobs for young people?, Hillage J, University Business, April 2015

Factors associated with the length of fit note-certified sickness episodes in the UK, Gabbay M, Shiels C, Hillage J, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, BMJ Publishing Group, February 2015

Factors associated with prevalence and types of ‘may be fit’ advice on fit notes: a cross-sectional primary care analysis, Shiels C, Gabbay M, Hillage J, British Journal of General Practice, Royal College of General Practitioners, Vol. 64 No. 620, March 2014

Who does higher education work for?, Hillage J, Higher Education Network, The Guardian, November 2012

Can apprenticeships secure higher growth?, Hillage J, House Magazine, Dods, April 2011

Make apprentices work, Hillage J, Human Resources, online, March 2011

NICE guidance on long-term sickness and incapacity, Hillage J, British Journal of General Practice, The Royal College of General Physicians, Vol. 61, No. 584, March 2011

Workplace involvement improves return to work rates among employees with back pain on long-term sick leave: a systematic review of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of interventions, Carroll C, Rick J, Pilgrim H, Cameron J, Hillage J, Disability and Rehabilitation, 32(8): 607–621, Spring March, 2010

Workplace involvement improves return to work rates among employees with back pain on long-term sick leave: a systematic review of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of interventions, Carroll C, Rick J, Pilgrim H, Cameron J, Hillage J, Disability and Rehabilitation, Informa Healthcare, September 2009

Use it or lose it, Hillage J, Vision 2020: climbing the work ladder (UfI), UfI, February 2008

Student Income and Expenditure: Key Results from the 2004/05 Survey, Hillage J, Labour Market Bulletin 20, Department for Employment and Learning, December 2006

The regional implementation of the Employer Training Pilots in the United Kingdom, Tamkin P, Hillage J, Gerova V, Skills Upgrading: New Policy Perspectives, OECD, June 2006

Known knowns and known unknowns: What can evaluation tell us about labour market impact? John Killeen Commemorative Lecture 2005, Hillage J, Career Research and Development, The NICEC Journal, Spring March, 2006

Response to call for evidence, Leitch Review of Skills, Hillage J, Skills in the UK: The long-term challenge. Interim report, HM Treasury, December 2005

Policies and Strategies for Workforce Development: encouraging a customised approach, Miller L, Hillage J, Newton B, Jagger N, Research in Post-Compulsory Education, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 287-304, November 2005

Investing in People, Hillage J, Modern Management, Institute for Supervision and Management, Vol. 10, No. 1, February 1996

The role of evidence in policy-making: informing, influencing or impacting?

Institute of Education, University of Wolverhampton, 2015/16 public lecture and seminar series, Wolverhampton, March 2016

Update on the UK graduate labour market

Training Day for the South East and South West, Higher Education Liaison Officers Association, Winchester, December 2014

Young people and the labour market: today and tomorrow

Be inspired by labour market Information, Cambridgeshire County Council, Cambridge, July 2014

Advice and training: rural access to national employer skills and government business support programmes

Rural Enterprise Support Workshop, Enterprise Research Centre, Aston University, February 2014

The labour market for young people

Young People: Their Future Choices, Norfolk County Council, March 2013

The labour market for school leavers and HE graduates

Northamptonshire Annual CEIAG Conference 2013, February 2013

Chair

Employment, Skills and Enterprise Summit: Investing in the Workforce, Supporting Business, Delivering Growth, Westminster Briefing, London, December 2012

Fit for purpose? Do policies to reduce long-term sickness absence work?

Disability and Social Inclusion seminar series, Cetre for Disability and Social Inclusion, Cuty University, London, July 2012

Expanding and Improving Part-time Higher Education

Higher Education Seminar, Department for Business, Inmovation and Skills, London, June 2012

Where are the jobs for young people?

Future Skill Needs, Schools to Work Commission, House of Commons, London, May 2012

Chair

Developing Valued, Accessible and Effective Apprenticeships: Investigating the Detail of Government Plans, Westminster Briefing, London, June 2011

The Challenge - Integrating Employment and Skills Policy and Delivery

Employment and Skills Summit 2010: Building a 21st Century Workforce, House Magazine, London, October 2010

Education for employment and life

British Education Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference, BERA, Warwick, September 2010

Unlocking learning? Towards evidence-informed policy and practice in education

British Education Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference, BERA, Warwick, September 2010

Integrating employment and skills

UK Commission for Employment and Skills: Skills, Jobs, Growth Convention, Neil Stewart Associates, London, February 2010

Skills Investment to Accelerate Recovery: the future demand for jobs and skills

Economic Development Association Scotland, Road to Recovery Series, Economic Development Association Scotland, Edinburgh, June 2009

The economics of education and skills

Research and Policy Conference: The shape of things to come, Learning and Skills Network, London, April 2009

Rowing with or against the tide? The demand for part-time HE

Success through partnership: Lifelong learning in higher education, Universities Association for Lifelong Learning, Brighton, March 2009

The barriers holding people back

Life chances: supporting people to get on in the labour market, DIUS/DWP Analytical Seminar, London, June 2008

Developing a new national measure of quality of working life

Quality of Working Life: The W/O Psychology Contribution to Conceptualisation and Measurement, ENOP Symposium 2008, European Network of Political Foundations (ENOP), Paris, March 2008

Activity and Learning Agreements

Provision for the bottom 20 per cent and the learning leaving age, Campaign for Learning, London, March 2008

Role of research in the new employment and skills arena

Continuous Professional Development Conference, SSDA, York, December 2007

Education and Employment

The Coming Year in Parliament, House Magazine, Westminster, December 2007

Employability - use it or lose it!

Closing the Employment Inequality Gap in Brighton and Hove, Equal Brighton and Hove, Brighton, November 2007

Role of research in development of public employment and training policy

Dynamics of knowledge production between academic research and the practice of public services management, ESRC, King's Fund, June 2007

The graduate labour market: supply and demand of high level skills

Education and Skills Committee, House of Commons, House of Commons, February 2007

Evaluation of Activity and Learning Agreements

DfES Annual Research Conference, Department for Education and Skills, London, November 2006

Student Income Survey 2004/2005

DfES Annual Research Conference, Department for Education and Skills, London, November 2006

UK High Level HE Policy

High Level Policy Forum, European Association of Institutions in HE, Brussels, November 2006

Skills training and employability

Home International Funding Conference, Belfast, June 2006

Student income and expenditure in Northern Ireland

Department for Education and Learning, Northern Ireland Seminar, Department of Education & Learning Northern Ireland, Belfast, June 2006

The Impact of Employer Training Pilots

Adult learning - What role for choice and personalisation?, IPPR, London, November 2005

Known knowns and known unknowns: what can evaluation tell us about labour market impact?

John Killeen Commemorative Lecture 2005, NICEC, RIBA, London, October 2005

ETP and the skill strategy in England

DYSG’s annual policy and research conference, DYSG (Learning & Skills Development Agency for Wales), Marriott Hotel, Cardiff, February 2005

Lessons from ETP

National Conference - Developing the Individual and Employer Offer, Learning & Skills Council, by video presentation (actual conference Solihull), February 2005

ETP Evaluation: Issues for Colleges

Employer Skills Task Group Meeting, Learning & Skills Council, LSC Offices, 8-10 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W, January 2005

Brokerage: the lessons from ETP

Learning Brokerage: Building Bridges between Learners and Providers. A seminar for LSC and DfES staff, Learning & Skills Council and LSDA, LSC National Office, Coventry, January 2005

Learning the Lessons from ETP

NETP Acceleration Event, Learning & Skills Council, Jury’s Inn Hotel, Birmingham, January 2005

Employer Training Pilots : A platform for progression?

DfES Research Conference, DfES, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, November 2004

Member of Strategic Group

National Guidance Research Forum seminar, National Guidance Research Forum, Winchester, May 2004

Basic skills in the workplace - lessons for ETP

Adult Basic Skills: Findings from UK and OECD reviews, National Research Development Centre, NRDC, London, April 2004

IES and policy issues

DfES seminar, DfES, London, March 2004

Advice on proposals from the National Education Research Forum - peer review

consultation, DfES, London, December 2003

Minority Ethnic Students in HE

DfES seminar, DfES, London, October 2003

Briefing for UK representative on EU Employment Task Force about Employer Training Pilots

DfES briefing, DfES, LSE, October 2003

Discussion about the lesson for the new level 2 entitlement from Employer Training Pilots

DfES briefing, DfES, Sheffield, September 2003

Latest progress on Employer Training Pilots

CBI Education & Training Affairs Committee, CBI, London, June 2003

Impact of E-commerce on Employment in the Financial Sector

Alliance for Finance Conference 2002, Alliance for Finance, TUC, Congress House, London, March 2002

Panel member: Challenges Ahead for Education and Skills Research Over the Next Five Years

DfES Research Conference, DfES, Institute of Civil Engineers, London, December 2001

Are we all Going Soft?

Research Making an Impact on Policy and Practice: the fifth annual conference of the Learning and Skills Research Network, LSDA, Robinson College, Cambridge, December 2001

Exploring e-Learning

Event on e-learning, ALG, ALG, London, October 2001

The Impact of the HSE on Health and Safety Outcomes

Chief Scientist’s Seminar, HSE, London, July 2001

Work Experience 2000: latest evidence on practice

Work Experience of the 21st century, Centre for Education & Industry, Grantham, November 2000

Skill Implications of e-commerce

DTI e-Commerce Task Force seminar, DTI e-Commerce Task Force, DTI Conference Centre, London, August 2000

Employers’ Approaches to Workforce Development

Skills and Enterprise Network National Conference 2000, DfEE, Nottingham, June 2000

Employability as a policy framework in the UK

EU Joint Employment Observatory Conference, IAS, Marseilles, June 1999

Education Research: Ways Forward

University of Brighton Research Centre seminar, University of Brighton Research Centre, University of Brighton, April 1999

Employability in the Modern Labour Market

CfBT West London Careers seminar, CfBT West London Careers, West London TEC, April 1999

Employability and well-being in the modern labour market

Employability: A new era in workplace health and safety, Health & Safety Authority, Eire, Dublin Castle, Eire, March 1999

Excellence in Research on Schools

Research Synthesis to inform public policy, School of Public Policy, London, January 1999

Future of Educational Research - the way forward

Future of Educational Research - the way forward, University of Birmingham, University of Birmingham, January 1999

Education Research: a way forward

Excellence in Research on Schools, University of Sheffield, University of Sheffield, December 1998

Employability: issues for public policy

Skills Task Force Meeting, DfEE, Kingsley Thistle Hotel, London, November 1998

Employability in practice

Do you fit the bill? Exploring Employability - Work and Learning Network Conference, University of Warwick, University of Warwick, November 1998

Employability: issues for further education

FEFC Strategy Meeting, FEFC, London, November 1998

Investors in context

Achieving IiP, IRS Training, RAC Club, London, October 1998

What makes good quality work experience

Building on Achievement, Work Experience, NYBEP (North Yorkshire Business & Education Partnership), York, March 1998

Turning Labour Market Information into Intelligence

What is Working, East Anglian Training Consortium, Cambridge, February 1998

The Implications of Current Employment Trends for Careers in the New Millennium

EATC Regional Conference for Independent Schools, East Anglian Training Consortium and Bedfordshire Careers Centre, Cambridge, January 1998

The Labour Market Future for Young People

Current Careers Education and Guidance Developments for Headteachers, Principals and Senior Managers, Norfolk Careers Services, Norfolk, January 1998

Chairperson

EOC Conference on Gender and Skills, IES/EOC, London, January 1998

Health Surveillance in Practice

Health Surveillance Workshop, HSE/IRS, October 1997

Evaluation, Building on Investors

Hillage J (with Hazel Kirkham, Training & Dev. HDL), People Potential and Performance, Cabinet Office (OPS), Britannia International Hotel, London, September 1997

The Case for Investors in People

IIP Success - Ensuring a Payback, Industrial Relations Services Training, Harrington Hall, London, July 1997

Evaluation of Investors in the Civil Service

Human Resource Strategy Network Meeting, Cabinet Office, Church House, Croydon, July 1997

Changing work patterns: looking ahead to the 21st century

Enfield Careers Conference, NFER - Nelson Education, Enfield, March 1997

The Management and Organisation of Work in the 21st Century

Future of Work, Templeton College, Oxford, Templeton College, Oxford, February 1997

Changing Work Patterns

Careers Education and Guidance: Maintaining the Momentum, CRAC, Commonwealth Conference and Events Centre, London, December 1996

Changing Context for Careers Education and Guidance

Surrey Careers Service Annual Conference, Surrey Careers Service, Glynn House, Ewell, Surrey, December 1996

Work Experience: Where are we now?

Work Experience in the 21st Century, Devon Education Business Partnership, Southgate Hotel, Exeter, November 1996

Where are we now? Work Experience in 1996

Work Experience for the 21st Century, University of Warwick/Trident, Stoke Rochford Hall, Grantham, October 1996

Changing Work Patterns: the Implications for Careers Education and Guidance

Schools and Careers Services: The Changing Nature of Careers Education and Guidance, NICEC/CRAC, Stoke Rochford Hall, Lincs, May 1996

Developments in the Provision of Work Experience: a National Perspective

Croydon Education Business Partnership conference, Croydon Education Business Partnership, Bromley Education Development Centre, March 1996

Employers’ Perspectives on Education Business Links

Education Business Links in a Climate of Change, South West Education Industry Group, Langshire Cliff Hotel, Dawlish Warren, Devon, February 1996

The Role of Job Evaluation Today

Flexible Grading Systems, IRST, RAC Club, London, February 1996

Employers’ Views of Education Business Links

BABSIP Winter Conference, British Association for Business Studies Industrial Placements, J Sainsbury Management Centre, Ware, January 1996