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On Wednesday 7th October, the TUC hosted the workshop 'Practical Steps for Ending Sexual Harassment in the Workplace' for union reps, facilitated by the Workers Policy Project. Dr Ruth Beresford and co-author Dr Bob Jeffrey (Sheffield Hallam University) presented early findings from their latest research, outlining the barriers to talking about and reporting workplace sexual harassment, the risk factors that increase vulnerability to harassment, and union campaigning and activism to challenge it.

The event was opened by Kate Bell, Assistant General Secretary of the TUC, and closing speeches were delivered by John McDonnell MP and Ian Hodson (President of the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union). Further information on the event is available .

IER's Dr Jamelia Harris shared work from the project "Help or hindrance? Exploring the impact of foreign aid on local skills" at the . The presentation explored the many ways in which foreign aid can impact on skills development in developing countries, analysing direct, indirect and unintentional consequences of the aid-skills nexus.

At the , Dr Harris presented work from the project "Colonial legacies and the labour market in the English-speaking Caribbean". Focusing on the methodological design of the interdisciplinary project, the paper argues for the practice of mixed methods research to understand questions that span lengthy time periods and for which contextualisation is critical.

Whilst many have been focused on the Westminster budget this week, IER's Dr Jamelia Harris provided expert analysis on Trinidad and Tobago's.

Jamelia was part of a panel of experts which analysed the Trinidad and Tobago national budget immediately after its reading on 12 October. As well as expert opinion on the budget itself, Dr Harris offered analysis on broad-based economic development, the need to boost labour force participation and create meaningful jobs, and transform systems of collective bargaining for public sector workers.

The full recording is available on

Each year the Economic and Social Research Council invites universities to showcase some of their research in the social sciences.

On November 7th the 91Ó°ÊÓÆƽâ°æ will host a programme that demonstrates the range and diversity of its research work in the social sciences. Within this programme Peter Elias will be presenting on 'Navigating Skills, Jobs and Careers', in which he will describe his work leading a team of researchers who have created the UK Standard Skills Classification.

The in-person session will be open to the general public and can be booked .

Industrial relations is both a field of practice and a field of study, with a central focus on social relations at work.

Our latest opinion piece, by Gill Dix, Trine P. Larsen and Chris Warhurst, addresses the UK Government’s call ‘to build a modern industrial relations framework, fashioned on the principle of social partnership - that consent and consensus replace disputes and conflict.’ It seeks a re-invigorated collaborative approach, initiated by conversation in Warwick, in which academics, government and social partners come together to explore what a new industrial relations framework might look like.

Read the full article here. Join in the conversation on .