Centre for Employment Studies Research news

New report on discrimination and lack of diversity in airline training

Faculty of Business and Law attracts regional business leaders to new advisory team

Donna Whitehead, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean at UWE Bristol's, Faculty of Business and Law has unveiled an impressive new advisory team of 21 regional business leaders.

Financing British Companies: evolution or revolution?

Sir Howard Davies, Chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland, sets out his thoughts on the financing of British Companies at UWE Bristol's Exhibition and Conference Centre, on Wednesday 9 March 2016.

'Immigration sanctions do not work' – new research

Tough sanctions against companies who take on undocumented migrants do not stop the exploitation of foreign workers, according to new research.

Professor Sonia McKay, from the University of West of England (UWE Bristol), and Professor Alice Bloch, a sociologist at The University of Manchester, say that the government fails to recognise that for most migrants there is 'no going back' – and that penalties are not enough to stop them seeking and taking on low paid or exploitative work.

Bristol Distinguished Address Series:The Rt Hon Sir Richard Needham, The Earl of Kilmorey, is latest guest speaker

'A tale of two cities Bristol and Belfast past, present and future, is the theme of the next lecture in the Bristol Distinguished Address Series, delivered by The Rt Hon Sir Richard Needham, The Earl of Kilmorey, at UWE Bristol's Exhibition and Conference Centre, on Thursday 12 November 2015.

UWE's world-leading research increases by 170%

The volume of world-leading research at UWE Bristol (the University of the West of England, Bristol) has gone up by 170%, according to the results of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 out today.