Careers professional, lecturer, education & employment researcher @mmu_decentwork, parent, Fellow of @InstCareer & @theRSAorg
Manchester, England
Joined February 2011
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Summary of recent research/recommendations for future. The impact of Covid-19 on Young Workers in England: Young people navigating insecure work in Greater Manchester during the Covid-19 pandemic. @mmu_decentwork @adeleexplores
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Despite all of the challenges - legal and meteorological - we did it!
After 40 years of damaging deregulation, Greater Manchester has this morning successfully retaken control of the whole of its bus network. 🙌🏻
ALT The first yellow Bee Network service pulls out of a snowy Altrincham Interchange in the early hours of this morning.
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Our annual @theCDI At The Cutting Edge collaboration will soon be here!
Free for both CDI and NICEC members, join us online on the 14th November for Making Sense of Good Work for Careers Practice
Register: thecdi.net/training-and-even…
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A special day out for Centre researchers today as we attended the @GoodEmpCharter #goodemployment conference and @ProfJuliaRouse did the keynote speech.
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Open Call - The Spring 2025 NICEC Journal is seeking submissions
Articles may be submitted on any topic relevant to career development. All the details >
nicec.org/articles/open-call…
@FCChristie
ALT Front cover of Spring 2024 NICEC Journal
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The Final Report of the Commission on Employment Support was launched today. Recognition that career support has a key role to play in the lives of adults, and in economic growth. @theCDI @InstCareer Report here: employment-studies.co.uk/res…
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I'm keen to chat with anyone interested in doing a PhD with us @mmu_decentwork focused on Active labour market policy/welfare conditionality, vocational education and training, employment and skills transitions, work and the welfare state
teapawt.net/mmu_decentwork/status/…
New PhD studentship opportunity!
We welcome proposals on:
✅Labour market transitions
✅Health & well-being at work
✅Adult social care workforce
✅Creating decent & productive work
✅Industrial relations/trade unions
✅Work equalities
More info >
mmu.ac.uk/study/postgraduate…
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Our next online event is less than a month away!
Work Experience in Career Development - 16th September 2pm
Book your place here: nicec.org/events/network-mee…
ALT Online Event - Network Meeting Work Experience in Career Development 16th September 2024
Really pleased to see our article about peer learning and employability published today. @CiaranBurkeSoc @RieThomsen @MLAllen8 @mmu_decentwork thanks to @TeachinginHE reviewers and editors
New publication alert! 🚨
An exploration of the impact of different peer learning activities utilised to develop student employability
By @FCChristie, Maria Allen, Ciaran Burke and Rie Thomsen
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
#HigherEd #Employability #PeerLearning
ALT A screenshot of the first page of the article from the journal Teaching in Higher Education: Critical Perspectives titled: An exploration of the impact of different peer learning activities utilised to develop student employability by Fiona Christie, Maria Allen, Ciaran Burke and Rie Thomsen. The screenshot includes the abstract of the article (available via the link).
ALT A screenshot of the cover of the journal Teaching in Higher Education: Critical Perspecitives. The cover is red with a black band on the edge.
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A pro-worker Labour Government must scrap the "any jobs" approach to welfare policy
I am cautiously optimistic!
📢New article from me for @futures_of_work > futuresofwork.co.uk/2024/07/…
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This award is an incredible honour and is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our entire team @mmu_decentwork We look forward to continuing our efforts to advance health, wellbeing, and equality in the workplace
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Absolutely phenomenal news! I am so proud of all our @mmu_decentwork researchers for their commitment to @GoodEmpCharter - a hugely important partner 👏👏👏 teapawt.net/GoodEmpCharter/status/…
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In this post for @HEPI_news we explore different meanings of sustainability and why it matters for students, graduates, universities and the planet! @mmu_decentwork - all to be discussed more @InstCareer conference.
With just a few days to go until #NICEC24 Career and Sustainability conference @FCChristie @GillFrigerio and Emma Pollard @iesResearch blog @hepi_news
hepi.ac.uk/2024/06/29/weeken…
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An insightful collection of @mcrmetropolis blogs ahead of next week's general election. Including from our @ProfCarolA @DanBaileyPolEco & Kevin Albertson #socialcare #justtransition #growth > mcrmetropolis.uk/metropolis-…
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Introducing the Manchester Met MBA!
The MBA for responsible leaders
🌍Future focused
👩🦰People centred
📊Research enhanced
More details (including on scholarships) here >
mmu.ac.uk/study/postgraduate…
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Should Job Centres provide career guidance? A guest post on my blog from @DrPeteRobertson adventuresincareerdevelopmen…
Depressingly funny news clip from #spalding the safest Tory seat.
“We just can’t shake Sir John!”
We spent an hour being tailed by the local MP in the 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵 Tory seat as @lewis_goodall tried to find anyone who’ll be voting for him…
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🚨Brilliant opportunity alert!
@ProfJuliaRouse is recruiting a KTP Associate to develop BOOST: an industry-first programme facilitating cultural & organisational change so that ethnically diverse colleagues can progress & thrive in leadership roles 👇
manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/va…
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Why the next government needs to urgently address the UK’s adult social care recruitment and retention crisis
Important new @mcrmetropolis blog from @ProfCarolA 👇
mcrmetropolis.uk/why-the-nex…
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What does the Labour manifesto mean for careers? adventuresincareerdevelopmen…
