Social mobility
How we can fix the apprenticeship levy
Employers have an opportunity to shape the future of apprenticeships when the government publishes a consultation on the apprenticeship levy’s...
MPs demand action to improve apprenticeship quality
Apprenticeships do not offer sufficiently high quality training and too many disadvantaged people are missing out, claims a damning Education...
Civil service to boost diversity through apprenticeship
The civil service is looking to hire its first wave of apprentice economists, including school leavers, in a bid to...
Apprenticeships vital to improving prospects for disadvantaged people
Apprenticeships and other “earn and learn” programmes are key to improving social mobility and addressing the UK’s productivity gap, a...
Army recruitment disproportionately targets poor people
The British army has been criticised for explicitly targeting young people from poor, working class backgrounds in its latest recruitment...
Legal and consulting firms dominate top employers for social mobility
Consulting and professional services company KPMG has topped a list of 50 UK employers to have taken action on social...
Equality and inclusion winners celebrate at the enei 2018 Awards
Croydon Council and ISS UK and Ireland received the overall winner prizes for their inclusion policies at this evening’s 2018...
Hundreds of BBC staff demand full pay transparency
Hundreds of BBC staff, including stars such as Mariella Frostrup, Victoria Derbyshire and Rev Richard Coles, have written to the...
Which names attract the highest and lowest pay?
Being a man called Ed could be the key to maximising your pay, earning you more than three times the...
Grant Thornton tops Government’s new social mobility index
The Government has published its first ever list of the top 50 employers to have promoted social mobility at work....
Tory manifesto: National retraining, NI holidays and more gap reporting
Theresa May launched the Conservative Party’s 2017 election manifesto today, and for HR and employers there are no big surprises....
Eight ways to ensure diversity initiatives are fair
After a BBC radio presenter claimed he was sacked for being a white man, is positive discrimination a fair solution...
Gamification in recruitment: psychometric selection for more diverse talent
As companies endeavour to attract candidates with the right skills, Cath Everett looks at how gamification is helping recruiters select...
Penguin Random House HRD: “Degrees are a lazy sifting tool”
Penguin Random House this year joined a select group of employers to remove the requirement for a degree for new...
Name-blind recruitment for NHS and civil service by 2020
The announcement by the Cabinet Office follows David Cameron’s pledge at October’s Conservative party conference to remove bias in recruitment...
