Published by CIHE (London: July 1997) For further information click here.

To view PDF version click here. This reports describes participation in literacy or numeracy courses under the government's basic skills programme, 'Skills for Life': personal characteristics, previous education and qualifications, economic activity, attitudes, motivations and the courses. It...

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Published by the Policy Studies Institute (London:1997) For further information click here.

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As the costs of higher education in the UK have moved increasingly from the state to students (and their parents), more university students have term-time jobs. Based on a survey of students in four universities, this paper identifies the pattern of term-time working, its effects on studying and...

British Academy of Management Conference 2007, University of Warwick, Coventry.

In spite of legislation aimed at securing equal pay and equal employment opportunities for men and women, the gender pay gap has persisted into the twenty-first century. This study sought to clarify the causes of the gender pay gap and to assess their relative importance, so that the driving...

International Labour Organisation Conference `Regulating for Decent Work à Innovative labour regulation in a turbulent world«. Geneva, 10 July 2009.