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Our research and consultancy expertise covers a wide range of employment and human resource management topics.
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Education and the path to employment
Compulsory and pre-16 education to post-16 choices, plus transitions to employment.
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Employee engagement
Employee motivation and commitment, and their relationship with performance and wellbeing.
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Employee relations and employment conditions
The employer/employee relationship and the changing nature of work and the workplace.
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Equality and diversity
Disadvantage and inequality in the labour market and in the workplace.
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Health, work and wellbeing
What makes the workplace healthier and safer and contributes to employee wellbeing?
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Higher education and graduates
The student experience, the graduate labour market and the future of higher education.
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The HR function
The HR function - its structure, capability and effectiveness in changing times.
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In-company learning and development
Individual and collective learning and development programmes in workplaces.
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Leadership
Management and leadership development and what makes leaders outstanding.
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Organisational change-readiness
Managing change and change-readiness for the future.
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Pay and reward
How people are remunerated and the links to organisational performance.
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Performance management
Strategies and processes to develop and manage employee performance.
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Skill demand and utilisation
The skills people and organisations need at work and how they can be deployed.
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Talent, succession and careers
Talent management, career development and succession planning.
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Unemployment and welfare
Active labour market policies to reduce unemployment and economic inactivity.
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Workforce planning and labour market change
The future workforce and labour supply and the importance of forecasting.