25th March 2020
The shift to online teaching is happening incredibly fast. Some university teachers have simply been asked to convert everything they do to PDFs and/or synchronous video lectures - while others have the benefit of learning technologists and educational technologists at hand to help them redesign their modules. How about your institution - what is it doing? What are the expectations in your own academic community…
Read more18th December 2010
A quick post today, providing an insight into the approaches that the public sector is expected to take over the next few years: Rebalancing the Public Finances: the end of the beginning... (more…)
Read more3rd December 2010
This article is the second in a series, aimed at helping you cope with redundancy before, during and after it happens – whatever role you hold now. Last week, I urged you to take time for yourself. To realise that you are not alone. To remember that it is the post - not you - that is no longer needed. And to find someone to talk to - who…
Read more14th August 2010
At a recent Hampshire Economic Partnership seminar, the theme repeated around the room was uncertainty. As organisations look for new ways to sustain their activity, increasing numbers of employees are facing an uncertain future. I was interested to read the Labour Market Outlook from CIPD/KPMG and want to share it with you. The tough news is that a third of employers expect to cut jobs during…
Read more9th March 2009
"Better to save a unit of energy than create a new one, however you create it" (Rt. Hon. John Denham, MP) A great afternoon at the University of Southampton on Friday. Who was there? The Rt. Hon. John Denham, Secretary of State for for Innovation, Universities & Skills and MP for Southampton Itchen Professor Debra Humphris, Pro Vice-Chancellor Education Academics, business people, support agencies and…
Read more2nd February 2009
Being able to engage your employees really can give you an edge over your competitors, research suggests. A study by consultancy Towers Perrin has concluded that organisations with higher levels of employee engagement outperform their competitors in terms of profitability. (more…)
Read more22nd January 2009
A great day at the Arts Institute at Bournemouth's Enterprise Pavilion. Fifty people focused on supporting small and new businesses, particularly those in the cultural and creative industries. Much discussion on entrepeneurialism, peer learning, mentoring, training, encouraging creativity and innovation, developing leadership skills, understanding markets, building networks... It seems that highly personalised learning experiences are invaluable in giving startups and those considering self-employment the confidence…
Read more8th January 2009
Businesses looking to enhance creativity and productivity during turbulent times could find the answer in coaching. Addressing meaning and purpose in coaching sessions helps people to be more creative, more productive and reach their full potential, suggests a survey of more than 1,000 coaches carried out by Coaching at Work and the Association for Coaching. Top of the benefits cited were: increased work productivity (20…
Read more29th December 2008
The CIPD's annual barometer forecast is that the UK economy will shed at least 600,000 jobs in 2009. Overall, the 18-month period from the start of the recession in mid-2008 until the end of 2009 will witness the loss of around three quarters of a million jobs, equivalent to the total net rise in employment in the preceding three years. Mr Philpott said job losses…
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