Publications: Employment, Education, and Social Policy
2012
Impact and the Research Excellence Framework: New challenges for universities — 2012
The ImpactFinder provides an overview of research impact and a basis for more detailed examination of the 'why and how' of research translation. The tool is implemented as a web questionnaire and collects information across a range of social, cultural and economic impacts. It was developed to meet the need of the UK's new framework for research funding but potentially has wider application.
Impact of the Recession on Age Management Policies: Case Study: KPN, the Netherlands — 2012
In the Netherlands employers were encouraged to invest more in education and training instead of preferential age-related benefits, as part of efforts to make employing older staff more attractive to companies.
Impact of the Recession on Age Management Policies: Case Study: BARCO, Belgium — 2012
According to representatives of the company interviewed for this case study, there has been a greater willingness to recruit people aged 50 or more during the economic cycle of the past two to three years, but this is cyclical.
Impact of the Recession on Age Management Policies: Case Study: DHV, the Netherlands — 2012
DHV, a company reliant on the knowledge and personal skills of people, has placed strong emphasis on training and development, on promoting a healthy workforce, as well as on new ways of working, all of which provide more freedom for workers to choose the means to do their work.
Impact of the Recession on Age Management Policies: Case Study: Vienna General Hospital (AKH Wien), Austria — 2012
Vienna General Hospital sees the importance of the tackling the issue of ageing in terms of organisational strategy, organisational culture, personal development, organisation of work, and individual health of employees.
Impact of the Recession on Age Management Policies: Case Study: Abengoa, Spain — 2012
Abengoa has HR practices and policies that promote the employability and mobility of all workers regardless of age. The organisation also has specific age management policies including partial retirement policies.
Impact of the Recession on Age Management Policies: Case Study: Ford, Spain — 2012
In Spain, the Ford Collective Agreement has some specific policies aimed at older workers that affect seniority bonuses and retirement practices.
Impact of the Recession on Age Management Policies: Case Study: Borealis Agrolinz Melamine GmbH, Austria — 2012
While age management at the Borealis Group has always made use of generous regulations for early retirement there has also been a movement to maintain older workers in the workplace by creating sustainable work processes and adapting work practices to take into account employees' needs.
Impact of the Recession on Age Management Policies: Case Study: Cambridgeshire County Council, United Kingdom — 2012
Cambridgeshire County Council's 2006-2010 people strategy sets priorities and limits on age management of employees.
Impact of the Recession on Age Management Policies: Case Study: BT, United Kingdom — 2012
BT has an 'age neutral' approach to promoting diversity and equality among age groups in its workforce.
Impact of the Recession on Age Management Policies: United Kingdom — 2012
Explores the age management practices of companies in nine European Union (EU) Member States, in light of restructuring undergone during the recession.
Impact of the Recession on Age Management Policies: Case Study: Made in Inox, Belgium — 2012
The experience of Made in Inox shows that micro-businesses are unlikely to have a dedicated human resources policy.
Management of Occupational Safety and Health: Analysis of Data from the European Survey : European Risk Observatory Report — 2012
This report focuses on management of safety and health at work, examining how practices vary across Europe depending on, for example, establishment size, location and sector.
2011
Assessing Policy and Practice Impacts of Social Science Research: The Application of the Payback Framework to Assess the Future of Work Programme — 2011
The Payback Framework is a conceptual approach previously used to evaluate impacts from health research. We tested its applicability to social sciences by using an adapted version to assess the impacts of the Future of Work (FoW) programme.
Assessing the illegal trade in cultural property from a public policy perspective — 2011
The aim of this research is to explore new ways of curtailing the illegal trade in cultural property.
Higher Education Collaborations:: Implications for Leadership, Management and Governance: Final Report — 2011
UK higher education institutions (HEIs) have been developing collaborative relationships with organisations outside the education sector for many generations. However, the scale and range of these activities have changed significantly. RAND Europe and the LFHE have analysed recent collaborations of this kind to provide insight and recommendations on how to structure leadership, management and governance in order to effectively set up and implement emerging innovative relationships.
How can Europe promote labour force participation and reduce income inequality? — 2011
Improving labour force participation and reducing income inequality require social investment in the groups at risk. This study identifies challenges and suggests ideas for policymakers to improve the situation.
Life after Lisbon: Europe's Challenges to Promote Labour Force Participation and Reduce Income Inequality — 2011
The economic crisis of 2008 has undone much of the progress on improving employment and growth in Europe. The review concludes that policy makers should focus on enabling social policy that allows individuals to achieve their productive potential.
Testing the Police Workforce Resilience Hypothesis: An application of labour economics to policing management — 2011
This study clarifies key concepts in policing workforce management and by employing an innovative and novel econometric approach, quantifies the relationship between police force human resource levels and composition and demand for policing.
2010
Assessing the impact of arts and humanities research at the University of Cambridge — 2010
Project for the University of Cambridge and the Arts and Humanities Research Council showing the broad range of impacts of University of Cambridge arts and humanities research. Continued efforts to maintain and increase these benefits are worthwhile.
Capturing Research Impacts: A review of international practice — 2010
An international review of approaches to assessing the wider impact of research carried out for the Higher Education Funding Council for England. Examines Australian RQF, UK RAISS, US PART and Dutch ERiC framework.
2009
Care to Care? Assessing the challenges of integrating migrant women into Europe's labour force — 2009
This study aims to increase the understanding of the labour market outcomes of migrant women in the EU given European economic and social agendas for growth, equality and social cohesion, and to examine the impact of policies on these outcomes.
Embracing the future: Embedding digital repositories in higher education institutions — 2009
Aims to clarify the different motivations to use and invest in digital repositories for higher education institutions, examining ways to address challenges in embedding digital repositories in institutional strategies and daily operations.
Health and wellbeing at work in the United Kingdom — 2009
The report presents the findings of a study undertaken for the English Department of Health in 2009 on whether health workplace interventions could improve the levels of health and wellbeing in British workplaces and the NHS in England.
Language matters: The supply of and demand for UK born and educated academic researchers with skills in languages other than English — 2009
This report discussed concerns that the future of the UK's world class research base might be threatened by the decline in modern language learning and calls for a series of measures by Universities and Government bodies to address this danger.
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