What is "decent work" and how do you measure it? bit.ly/38zvswO

We are excited to open the application portal for the fourth annual Oxford Summer School in Economic Networks, to take place June 22-26 maths.ox.ac.uk/events/summer-…

"We can get into a whole range of issues that I think go beyond the traditional economic approach." Tim Besley explains what makes #Inequality: The IFS Deaton Review different. Read our introductory report: ifs.org.uk/inequality/cha…

6 Women to Honor This International Holocaust Remembrance Day bit.ly/2GqhXTU

To mark #HolocaustRemembranceDay, Prof Mary Fulbrook, (@UCL_AHSHS Dean) will give a free UCLLunchHourLectures lecture on Thursday on her prize-winning book, Reckonings, & approaches by post-war states to the persecution of European Jews & other victim groups: eventbrite.co.uk/e/lunch-hour-l… #HMD2020

'If economic narratives have to be convincing, how do people start – and stop – believing in them? How do they get convinced? And which narratives stick with economic actors?' - review of Uncertain Futures Oxford Academic ow.ly/8uWi30nKCSe

UCL Eugenics Inquiry: Town Hall meeting and inquiry report launch on 28 February 2020 for UCL staff & students ucl.ac.uk/news/2020/feb/…

What does academic policy engagement mean? Who is it engaging with and how? How can it be done better?🎓🏛️ Register for the Bartlett Policy Exchange workshop on 23rd March to explore these questions with those who work in policy. More below👇@BartlettUCL ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/event…

Today we launch the Skills Commission's latest report! England's #SkillsPuzzle looks at the skills ecosystem and pieces together #training #education and #skills. Many thanks to Tes magazine for this great write-up ahead of the launch tes.com/news/employers…

What does our new Gender Social Norms Index of data from across 75 countries reveal about the perceptions that prevent more women from gaining leadership roles? #CheckYourBias at: bit.ly/38dI784 #IWD2020 #GenerationEquality #InternationalWomensDay

Today we propose a new Statutory Retention Pay (SRP) scheme so people who don’t have to work stay formally employed by their firm, with a significant amount of their pay covered by the state. Critical for those in sectors directly affected by the shutdown resolutionfoundation.org/publications/d…

Dr Duncan Hay, Peter Guillery & Prof Laura Vaughan, with artist/writer Rachel Lichtenstein have launched a new digital resource documenting the history of the Jewish East End of London. Muhammad Nauman Prof Laura Vaughan UCL Space Syntax Survey of London UCL CASA bit.ly/TheMemoryMap

📆📌Don't miss the opportunity to win a grant of 50K to implement your idea. The ILO Skills Challenge Innovation Call is still open. Apply now! bit.ly/342LeiG

NEW: We've published the latest update of our assessment of the current economic crisis. The labour market continues to worsen but at a slower pace; UC claims rose 250k in the past week compared to 500k at the end of March. And searches for unemployment-related terms have fallen.

Building on the latest figures from the OBR, CPP finds that the economic impact of #coronavirusuk will vary significantly across the country. Estimated decline in GVA for the top/bottom 10 and median performing local authority districts in the UK. progressive-policy.net/publications/w…

#BartlettHacks: Climate solutions in a time of pandemic. Find a team. Work on a solution. Make a change in the world. The best solution wins a prize of £1,000. 24 – 26 June. bartletthacks.com

.Neave O'Clery, Dario Diodato & Frank Neffke dissect the industry space: Why do industries collocate? It depends: services to share workers, manufacturing to be close to their value chain. But over time, sharing workers increasingly dominates. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… (11/22)

Thanks for the invite to take part - great to see so many interesting policy proposals for levelling up presented by BSP students!

⏳ Only two weeks to go before our next session! 🎟You can still register to receive online access details: eventbrite.co.uk/e/urban-models…