Microcredentials are short, modular programs or courses that focus on developing skills and competencies to help students enter the labour market quickly.
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Recognizing and accrediting students’ prior learning and competencies is one way universities can tweak business-as-usual approaches.
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Study shows that so-called “socio-cultural attitudes” are not a plausible explanation for the Muslim penalty.
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A new study looks at data from thousands of people across the UK.
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A new paper discusses the causes of, and potential solutions to, the ethnic pay gap in British workplaces.
Will it stand up?
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Many trials are taking place, but they need a reality check.
In theory, a universal job guarantee could help stabilize inflation by providing stable, full-time employment, addressing unemployment, enhancing economic productivity and reinforcing price stability.
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Instead of a guaranteed fixed income, a universal job guarantee policy provides jobs — and wages — to people who aren’t able to find work on their own.
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New Zealand has reached the lowest unemployment rate in decades but low wage workers may still struggle to negotiate an increase in wages.
Refugees take shelter in front of the UN refugee centre in South Africa.
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Most refugees rarely gain citizenship in host countries and the work that is available to them is informal, irregular and precarious.
Employees are more likely to put in long hours when they’re passionate about their work.
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A sociologist took a critical look at the cherished career advice to ‘follow your passion.’ What she found is that this advice often brings unintended consequences.
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Most women are not working full-time during most of their working lives, which holds them back from management positions and accentuates the pay gap with men, according to data released on Monday.
A permanent rise in telecommuting might spur more companies to relocate to city centers.
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Urban economics experts are creating simulated cities to forecast the effect that permanent telecommuting could have on city centers and housing.
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After holding the shadow portfolios, it is expected Tony Burke will be sworn in as minister for the arts and minister for industrial relations.
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Research shows there can be profound business benefits to hiring people living with intellectual disability.
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Inflation, a slowdown in China and recessions in the US and elsewhere are big risks. Labor’s mandate is limited. It needs to build the case for an expanded one now.
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On many dimensions, Millennials aged 25-35 are better off than were Boomers, with housing and the environment the big exceptions.
Minimum wage is no match for rising cost of living.
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With a monthly minimum wage of 30,000 Naira (US$72), the average Nigerian worker is groaning under the weight of the rising cost of living.
Gone for good?
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300,000 more workers in this age group in UK are now economically inactive, pointing to a major challenge for the government.
The pandemic and the aging population are both partially responsible for the current labour shortage.
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With employers struggling to hire enough workers, reliance on automation is becoming more of a necessity than just a source of competitive advantage.
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Challenges in evidence, long-term planning and public understanding mean that universal basic income has become easier said than done.
Emphasis on innovation and entrepreneurialism in Nigeria has shifted responsibility for creating employment from employers to unemployed youths.
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Nigerian youth have increasingly been resisting and expressing their dissatisfaction with toxic workplaces.