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Implications for Energy

Understanding the implications of climate change for business

05 Sep 2014

A new online resource, which summarises the implications of climate change for specific sectors of the economy, has been produced and made freely...

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Women’s professional self-identity impacts on childcare balance, but not men’s

17 Jul 2014

Research shows that a mother’s self-identity impacts on the amount of time her partner spends on childcare – with strong professional identity in...

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Zero-hours contracts are ‘tip of the iceberg’ of damaging shift work, say researchers

18 Apr 2014

New report shows that zero-hours contracts are only one of a wide number of flexible employment practices that are abused by managers - leading to...

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Mind the Gap – Exploring New Dimensions of Inequality

18 Dec 2012

A new study of gender and employment has found that women’s status in the workforce is rising faster than men’s, but men on average still earn more...

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Keynes comes home to Cambridge

08 Nov 2012

A five-year project to publish the collected works of pioneering British economist John Maynard Keynes, is today unveiled by Cambridge University...

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Tick, tick, tick: the demographic time bomb

03 Nov 2012

By 2032 a quarter of the British population will be over the age of 65. On November 3, a panel of economists, businessmen and social scientists will...

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The State of the Unions

11 Nov 2011

Don’t write off the unions yet – a new study reveals how trade unions are adapting to 21st century pressures in an effort to reclaim the hearts and...

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1984 Port Talbot Miners Strike

Brave New World?

17 Sep 2009

British trade unionism was not undermined by Margaret Thatcher, but by the dawn of a new, brutally competitive age that weakened it dramatically in...

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Gender equality in modern times

01 Apr 2009

The largest multidisciplinary research network of its kind in the UK is investigating why gender equality is still a pressing social issue in the...

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Men hit harder by credit crunch stress

06 Mar 2009

Men who think they may lose their jobs are likely to become more depressed and anxious than women, even though they claim to be less concerned, new...

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