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Five things we learned about the Gender Pay Gap in the UK Public Sector

Five things we learned about the Gender Pay Gap in the UK Public Sector

Posted on 27 November 2019 by Melanie Jones

In our latest post, Professor Melanie Jones and Dr Ezgi Kaya share some findings from their project for the Office of Manpower Economics (OME) which examined the gender pay gap […]

NHS Wales: what one sector’s fate after Brexit might mean for whole country

NHS Wales: what one sector’s fate after Brexit might mean for whole country

Posted on 20 September 2019 by Laura Reynolds

Brexit may be stuck in a waiting room, but what might its implications mean for healthcare in Wales? In our latest blog, Dr Laura Reynolds and her Welsh Economy Research […]

Ford Bridgend closure

Ford Bridgend closure

Posted on 20 June 2019 by Professor Calvin Jones

In our latest post, Professor Calvin Jones and Dr Gavin Harper explain how the UK’s car industry could stage a revival by recycling rare earths. The intended closure of Ford’s Bridgend engine […]

Fashion – an Industry of Gross Exploitation

Fashion – an Industry of Gross Exploitation

Posted on 13 June 2019 by Jonathan Rees

On Tuesday 28th May, Dr Jean Jenkins presented her research on employment rights at one of the world’s best-known literature festivals. Her talk explored the history of a sector once described as […]

Sleeping-in at Cardiff Business School

Sleeping-in at Cardiff Business School

Posted on 11 June 2019 by Sophie Lison

Cardiff Business School sleep-in 2019 built on last year’s successes and once again raised awareness and money for Llamau, the School’s official charity partner. In our latest post, Sophie Lison, […]

Broadband, productivity and the Welsh Economy

Broadband, productivity and the Welsh Economy

Posted on 13 May 2019 by Dylan Henderson

Digital technology is one way for Welsh businesses to respond to ongoing economic uncertainties; to become more productive through new ways of working, reaching customers and offering new services. In […]

Wonderful and unique: Our CUROP experience at the National Eisteddfod of Wales

Wonderful and unique: Our CUROP experience at the National Eisteddfod of Wales

Posted on 25 April 2019 by Jonathan Rees

CUROP 2018 graduates Sioned Murphy and Math Emyr. In our latest post, we caught up with CUROP 2018 graduates Sioned Murphy and Math Emyr. They told us all about their […]

New focus on the foundations of the UK’s economy might help poorest regions post-Brexit

New focus on the foundations of the UK’s economy might help poorest regions post-Brexit

Posted on 27 March 2019 by Dylan Henderson

Known as the foundational economy, these “basics” are all the goods and services that provide the social and material infrastructure for society . In our latest post, Dr Dylan Henderson […]

Is Theresa May’s £1.6 billion fund for English towns enough to rebalance Britain’s skewed economy?

Is Theresa May’s £1.6 billion fund for English towns enough to rebalance Britain’s skewed economy?

Posted on 27 March 2019 by Professor Calvin Jones

Critics have described the fund as a bribe, a rescue attempt and another opportunity to slip further behind In our latest post, Professor Calvin Jones considers the merits of the […]

Can we teach entrepreneurship?

Posted on 21 February 2019 by Shumaila Yousafzai

Our classrooms are the perfect incubators for budding entrepreneurs. In our latest blog post, Dr Shumaila Yousafzai argues for a new approach to teaching entrepreneurship, which calls for action, practice […]