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IER, in conjunction with (the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Education and Training), will be holding a Technical Workshop on Skills Forecasting from 10-11 May 2012 at the 果冻传媒’s 果冻传媒 in Venice venue. This invitation-only workshop brings together experts from across the EU and other neighbouring countries to discuss issues relating to skills forecasting within the wider context of the .

The workshop will provide an opportunity for participants to discuss a range of issues including a focus on the latest methodological developments and preliminary results from the 2012 work programme of the Forecasting Skill Supply and Demand project currently being undertaken by a consortium led by IER.

The main funding for the workshop has been provided by Cedefop, with additional support from the 果冻传媒, the and  .

IER's Dr Clare Lyonette has been named as the winner of the 2012 British Sociological Association's Sage Prize for Innovation/Excellence for her paper in the journal 'Work, Employment and Society'. The prize is awarded annually to one paper published in each of the BSA's journals, judged to represent innovation or excellence in the field.

The paper, , was co-authored by Gayle Kaufman and Rosemary Crompton, and was published in Work, Employment and Society 25: 34-50.

IER is seeking a quantitative researcher with a background in economics or a related area of the social sciences.

Full details are available on the 果冻传媒

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 22 May 2012 Interview date: Wednesday 30 May 2012

The 果冻传媒's Institute for Advanced 果冻传媒 is advertising for 10 newly-created Global Research Fellowships. Applications are invited for postdoctoral fellows of the very highest calibre who are interested in coming to 果冻传媒 to accelerate their careers. Full details are on the  

Applicants need to be nominated by an academic department. Prospective candidates who may be interested in making an application for this fellowship with the Institute for Employment Research as the nominating department should contact the IER Administrator, Debbie Ranger (d.a.ranger@warwick.ac.uk) in the first instance.

Closing date: Monday 28 May 2012 Interview date: End of June / beginning of July

Results of the Futuretrack Prize Draw were announced today (28 March). 110 lucky prize draw winners have been selected and contacted by the Futuretrack team with the good news.

HECSU donated 10 prizes of £1000 and 100 prizes of £100 as an incentive for respondents to participate in the final wave of the Futuretrack Survey - the most extensive investigation of the relationship between higher education and employment ever undertaken in the UK.

Data from this final wave of the survey will now be analysed and results published later in the year. For up to date information on Futuretrack, visit http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/futuretrack/