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About Centre for Employment Research

WHO WE ARE

The Centre for Employment Research (CER) was founded in 2004 to provide cutting-edge research on labour markets, education and skills, policy evaluation and employment relations. We specialise in the analyses of large administrative and survey datasets, and the design and analyses of Randomised Control Trials.

What We Do

OUR PROJECTS

The CER team work on a variety of projects including topics in labour, education, social mobility, employment relations and public policy.

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Education

Exclusion

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The impact of exclusion on peers’ education and labour market outcomes

Studies have found that excluding a pupil from school harms their education and employment prospects and increases their chance of engaging in criminal activity. However, evidence from other countries shows that the presence of disruptive children at school can have a negative impact on their peers’ achievement, for example by increasing misbehaviour in the classroom....

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Employment Relations

Skilled Managers – Productive Workplaces

The Skilled Managers project builds on the evidence from recent studies that demonstrate a clear link between conflict, wellbeing and productivity in the contexts of the UK (Carnegie UK Trust 2020; Saundry and Urwin 2021). The documented deficit in interpersonal skills and conflict management training among line managers across various organisations (CIPD 2012) is studied...

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Education

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Post 16 Pathways

Post-16 pathways to the labour market for lower attaining learners at Key Stage 4

This project uses the Longitudinal Educational Outcomes (LEO) data to explore the post-16 educational pathways taken by learners who achieve grade 3 (D) or below in Maths and/or English at Key Stage 4 (KS4). Despite many initiatives aiming to support learners gaining the qualifications they need to progress to Level 3 study, in 2018 55%...

Ministry of Justice Evaluation of New Prisons Programme

The prison population has increased significantly in the 2020s, prompting the Prison Capacity Portfolio (PCP) to aim for 20,000 additional prison places during the decade. This initiative not only...

Out of sight: missing school and life outcomes for young people

In partnership with FFT Education Datalab, CER researchers have been awarded a new grant from the Nuffield Foundation. The CER research team includes Richard Dorsett, Veruska Oppedisano, Gerda Buchmueller...

SAFE project

The SAFE (Support, Attend, Fulfil, Exceed) Taskforces project is a new programme introduced in the 2022/23 academic year by the Department of Education. It aims to protect young people...

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15 March 2024 | Emma Gorman

New report: Post-16 pathways to employment for lower attaining pupils – are they working?

This new report lead by CER Professor Peter Urwin, together with Westminster colleagues and collaborators at FFT Datalab, summarises new research shedding light on the educational experiences of lower...

28 June 2024 | Emma Gorman

New grant: missing school and life outcomes for young people

In partnership with FFT Education Datalab, CER researchers have been awarded a new grant from the Nuffield Foundation. The CER research team includes Richard...

15 March 2024 | Emma Gorman

New report: Post-16 pathways to employment for lower attaining pupils – are they working?

This new report lead by CER Professor Peter Urwin, together with Westminster colleagues and collaborators at FFT Datalab, summarises new research shedding light on...

5 January 2024 | Emma Gorman

Dr Emma Gorman receives new grant to study social mobility in Britain

Dr Emma Gorman, a Principal Research Fellow in the Centre for Employment Research, has received a significant grant to study the chances of moving...

8 December 2023 | Emma Gorman

CER awarded significant grant to advance the use of administrative data for the public good

As part of a consortium of cross-disciplinary experts, CER Professor Peter Urwin has been awarded a significant grant from Administrative Data Research UK (ADR...

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