All entries for Friday 05 June 2009

Impact of the Recession and the Longer–term Demand for Skills

As part of the Festival the Warwick Institute for Employment Research (IER) has produced an extended Bulletin drawing together recent research to examine various aspects of the recession.  It has been produced by a multi-disciplinary team of researchers at IER.  The Bulletin starts by outlining how unemployment is measured in order to compare the current crisis with past recessions. It discusses who are the most likely to be affected by the crisis, and what might be done to mitigate this. Finally it takes a longer term perspective, drawing on the findings of IER’s most recent Working Futures employment projections.  Let us know what you think....

Sally-Anne Barnes : 05 Jun 2009 15:17 |  Comments (2) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Welcome to the Festival of Social Sciences

Writing about web page http://www.warwick.ac.uk/go/socscifestival

Welcome to the blog of the Festival of Social Sciences. The Festival is designed to celebrate the research, teaching and learning that colleagues and students are engaged in here at Warwick.  We do hope you enjoy the Festival and we are looking forward to receiving your thoughts and comments on the events being held.  Do keep in touch with the web pages, especially as they develop over the next couple of weeks.  best wishes Christina (Chair of the Festival Organising Committee). 

Christina Hughes : 05 Jun 2009 14:58 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem