Really enjoyed doing this yesterday - received lots of great (and challenging) questions from colleagues

New The Conversation article on job vacancies, unemployment, inactivity and levelling-up. By Donald Houston (University of Portsmouth) and me. UBDC University of Wolverhampton Business School

Great piece by Paul Sissons & Donald Houston (University of Portsmouth) on their research into the struggle to fill job vacancies👇 They have been using Adzuna data from us, which you can find out more about in our #EmploymentData User Group webinar next week: ubdc.ac.uk/education-and-…

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Top priorities for voters when asked what they would like to fix about their working lives: 💷 Higher pay ⏱ Fewer working hours 💪 More flexibility 🔐 Job security 🥱 Being about to switch off from work Opinium #FutureOfWork #CostOfLivingCrisis futuresofwork.co.uk/2022/05/26/the…

NEW ISSUE: Articles on cost of living crisis, politics of work, living wage, modern slavery, labour shortages, green transition, Labour Party & more. Edited by Frederick Harry Pitts & Huw Thomas and feat. Andrew Pakes MP Alex J. Wood Anna Barford Paul Sissons & others: futuresofwork.co.uk

Hello Twitter Universe! I am delighted to have worked on the The Work Foundation Insecure Work Index which was launched yesterday! 📈 (1/8)

New policies and ideas are required to increase opportunities for good work and quality jobs across UK regions.

Heads in the Sand: the Absence of Employers in New Developments in UK Active Labour Market Policy New @politicalquarterly.bsky.social article from project lead Katy Jones drawing on early pilot work for this study! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

Over 50s in the Labour Market Anne E Green discusses the fall in labour market participation for the over-50s in the UK and the #WestMidlands, the barriers they face accessing learning and #employment and how we can help them back into the workforce. bit.ly/3tU9qli

Sociology of work folks, we are seeking new editorial board members for Work, Employment & Society! Details here - you can self-nominate or recommend a colleague: mi-nomination.com/britsoc Deadline for applications is October 6th Work, Employment & Society The BSA

It’s Publication Day! ‘Employer engagement: Making active labour market policies work’ 🇬🇧 bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/employer-engag… 🇦🇺 bit.ly/3G4nizT Contributors incl: Paul Stevens Bristol Uni Press Patrick McGurk Jay Wiggan Flemming larsen David Etherington JOIN A TRADE UNION martin jones Paul Sissons

Pleased to contribute a chapter with Paul Sissons in this volume edited by Prof Jo Ingold and Patrick McGurk on Employer engagement: Making active labour market policies work’ 🇬🇧 bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/employer-engag…

❓ What is the state of the UK’s labour market? 🍟 Join us for our latest Lunch Hour with an expert panel. ⏰ Tuesday 31st @ 1pm ⭐️ Catherine Barnard ⭐️Paul Sissons ⭐️ Donald Houston ⭐️Nicola Smith Sign up NOW 👇🏼 ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice-l…

What the UK government’s back to work plan covers: The plan focuses on both health- and unemployment-related support by boosting four existing programmes. Policy expert explains. theconversation.com/what-the-uk-go…

Join us at next week's Institute of Employability Professionals webinar, to launch Issue 10 of the IEP Journal, focusing on 'Supporting people into good jobs, not just any jobs', guest edited by our Katy Jones ⏰12th Dec, 9am For more info and sign up details, follow this link > myiep.uk/blogpost/12462…

It’s out! It was a total honour to guest edit Institute of Employability Professionals journal special issue on "supporting people into good jobs not just any jobs" 🙏Huge thanks to all our amazing contributors! 📒Read the journal here > bit.ly/41lg0kh 🧵A brief thread on their fantastic pieces 👇

Delighted to contribute with Paul Sissons to Chapter 3 in this collection on Universal Credit and Good Jobs: What Role for Employer Engagement. Thanks to Katy Jones for pulling this @IEPInfo journal special issue together