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The UK’s Productivity Puzzle and Public Sector Working Conditions

Blog

28 Mar 2019

Vishal Wilde

Productivity growth determines real wage growth; the contemporary 'productivity puzzle' is on track to cause Britain’s worst real-wage squeeze in modern history, but what exactly is the 'productivity puzzle'?

How do we ensure that the digital economy doesn’t leave people behind?

Blog

27 Mar 2019

Matthew Taylor Payal Dalal

Change is coming – but how do we ensure that technology and the digital economy doesn’t leave many of us behind?

Straws in the wind… which future of work are we heading for?

Blog

22 Mar 2019

Rich Mason

As we launch our Four Futures of Work report, Rich Mason considers the seeds for each future scenario we can see in the world today, and the clues for which future economy we may be headed for.

Building a movement to tackle economic insecurity

Blog

26 Feb 2019

Asheem Singh

We are supporting a cohort of promising projects that promote good work and robustly support economic security in the UK.

Why We Need a Physical Centre for the Future of Work

Blog

25 Feb 2019

Jane Barrett FRSA Alison Edmonds FRSA

In the UK, we have various centres dedicated to education such as The Eden Project and more recently, The National Centre for Writing. Why don’t we have a similar centre for Careers? Surely, we should prepare our children effectively for the world of work?

Beyond Bootcamps: Three Trends Shaping the Future of Skills and Training

Blog

06 Feb 2019

Elvis Wong

Elvis Wong from Social Capital Partners on the three bootcamp models making training more accessible.

4 key takeaways from Future Work Awards 2019

Blog

06 Feb 2019

Fabian Wallace-Stephens

After 9 months of research we identified over 400 applicants for our inaugural Future Work Awards. Today we announce our winners.

Hermes and the GMB - the taxman cometh?

Blog

04 Feb 2019

Matthew Taylor

The Hermes case strengthens the argument for the long-term direction set out in the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices.

RSA JFN: Japanese Returnees, agents of change

Fellowship news

09 Jan 2019

In December, RSA JFN Fellows and friends met to explore the issues and opportunities presented by Japanese returnees - people who have studied or worked abroad and returned to live in Japan. Tania Coke FRSA and Japan Ambassador reports.