IER News & blogs
New IER project starts on digital and green skills for Industry 5.0
In January, IER鈥檚 new collaborative project 鈥楤ridges 5.0鈥� kicked off with a launch in Brussels attended by officials from the European Commission. The project seeks to identify the digital and green skills needed to support Industry 5.0 and then develop training pathways for companies to acquire these skills. The project is led by TNO in the Netherlands and involves 21 partners including high profile companies as well as other universities and, within Warwick, Warwick Manufacturing Group. For further details contact Chris Warhurst: c.warhurst@warwick.ac.uk
Announcement of the first metro line and its impact on housing prices in Bogot谩
This, co-authored by IER鈥檚 Dr Jeisson Cardenas-Rubio, analyses the impact of the First Metro Line's announcement on housing prices in Bogot谩, Colombia. It combines innovative databases, web scraping and Google Maps with administrative records—such as the Bogot谩 Urban Development Institute (IDU) databases—to assess how the announcement of the metro construction impacts on the rental or sales market prices for the houses surrounding the infrastructure projects.
The future鈥檚 bright(er)
This past year has been good for IER, and not just because the lockdowns are disappearing in the rear-view mirror. With the pandemic receding and the economy opening up, Warwick loosened recruitment constraints and IER appointed a clutch of excellent new researchers: Professor Joe Sakshaug, Dr Eva Katharina Sarter and Dr Emily Erickson. These appointments will boost IER鈥檚 research capacity in Big Data, migration and public services.
Terence Hogarth, IER鈥檚 skills expert, presents at international events
Terence Hogarth made presentations on the role of employers skills surveys to the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization (ITCILO) training course on 2nd December and on 鈥楧elivering VET – The Way Forward鈥� at Cedefop鈥檚 Future of VET conference on 6th December.
Praise for new IER report on measuring green jobs in Scotland
A from IER on defining and measuring green jobs for Skills Development Scotland has won praise. At the recent launch of the report, the Scottish Government was congratulated for adopting the ideas proposed by the IER team, which was led by Dr Jeisson Cardenas RubioLink opens in a new window and included colleagues from Strathclyde University.