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An infographic illustrating the implementation and process evaluation (IPE) of the Sutton Trust Coaching Early Conversation Interaction and Language (CECIL) project funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, and the Lindsell Foundation.
This report covers the implementation and process evaluation of the Coaching Early Conversation Interaction and Language (CECIL) project, supporting early years practitioners in Private, Voluntary, Independent (PVI) settings with the aim of improving staff practice and child outcomes around language and communication for two-year-olds.
The Work After Lockdown project has completed three waves of research, relating to distinct phases of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions introduced in the UK. This report presents insights from the waves of data collection and summarises the learnings and implications for employers and policy makers.
HR functions have played a key role in the corporate responses to the pandemic, this paper highlights four shifts underway in HR’s role and response to this human crisis.
This report covers evidence from the development, implementation and early evaluation of a new soft skills learning package aimed at helping learners better understand the importance of soft skills and how they are demonstrated during the job interview process.
Claire Campbell and Zofia Bajorek's slides from the HR Network event: What are we learning about managing a hybrid workforce?
This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 15 February 2022.
In this survey of over 1200 people living with cancer, we explore the factors which make a successful, sustainable and fulfilling return to work more likely, and consider the barriers which remain for those returning to work during or after treatment.
This report aims to understand how creative education in secondary schools is seeking to meet the skills requirements of creative industries and the impact of the pandemic on such endeavours.
The construction industry experiences recruitment difficulties and skills shortages and has a relative lack of workforce diversity. It is therefore considering ways to both increase the volume and the diversity of its talent pipeline.
