Skills and Employment Survey 2023: Continuity and Change
Lead Research Organisation:
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
Department Name: School of Social Sciences
Abstract
SES2023 will be the eighth in a series of surveys of workers stretching back over 35 years. The OECD has stated that 'there is a strong policy need for better measures of job quality' to improve workers' well-being, increase productivity and competitiveness, and boost societal welfare. The UK government has gone further by agreeing to 'report annually on the quality of work in the UK economy and hold ourselves to account'. Yet, official data on job quality remains thin on the ground.
To help plug this gap, a group set-up by the Carnegie Trust/RSA suggested that 32 new questions be added to the Labour Force Survey. However, in response, only two questions on career progression and employee involvement in decision-making have been added. This provides an inadequate response to the scale of the challenge and makes it difficult to paint a picture of the quality of working life in Britain today.
Furthermore, the UK's data infrastructure in this area is particularly weak in comparison with countries where monitoring job quality is better resourced, such as Germany, France, Italy, Finland and the US. The withdrawal of the UK from the EU also means data from European surveys will not be available to plug the gap.
Given recent societal and policy changes, the UK faces an increased need to know how the world of work has changed combined with a weakening evidence base on which to do so. There is an urgent need for the SES series to be extended to address this gap, provide data to meet user needs and secure the long-term foundation for research in this area. It will also address ESRC strategic research objectives, such as connecting with the UK policy agenda, and ensuring that data collection is resilient and responsive to change.
The 2023 survey will collect data face-to-face from workers aged 20-65 as well as from similar aged workers who take part in an online/telephone version of the same survey. Respondents will be drawn from randomly created samples. Comparisons will be made between the two samples to determine the extent to which the mode of interview influences the responses given. The survey will collect data from around 4,300 workers, 2,835 of whom will be interviewed face-to-face and around 1,500 will take part online or on the phone if they do not have internet access.
The proposal has the financial support of the Department for Education, and the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service. It also has the support of 17 stakeholders. These include the Department for Work and Pensions, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Office for National Statistics, the Trades Union Congress, and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Furthermore, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Department for the Economy are keen to explore funding boosts for their geographical areas.
To help plug this gap, a group set-up by the Carnegie Trust/RSA suggested that 32 new questions be added to the Labour Force Survey. However, in response, only two questions on career progression and employee involvement in decision-making have been added. This provides an inadequate response to the scale of the challenge and makes it difficult to paint a picture of the quality of working life in Britain today.
Furthermore, the UK's data infrastructure in this area is particularly weak in comparison with countries where monitoring job quality is better resourced, such as Germany, France, Italy, Finland and the US. The withdrawal of the UK from the EU also means data from European surveys will not be available to plug the gap.
Given recent societal and policy changes, the UK faces an increased need to know how the world of work has changed combined with a weakening evidence base on which to do so. There is an urgent need for the SES series to be extended to address this gap, provide data to meet user needs and secure the long-term foundation for research in this area. It will also address ESRC strategic research objectives, such as connecting with the UK policy agenda, and ensuring that data collection is resilient and responsive to change.
The 2023 survey will collect data face-to-face from workers aged 20-65 as well as from similar aged workers who take part in an online/telephone version of the same survey. Respondents will be drawn from randomly created samples. Comparisons will be made between the two samples to determine the extent to which the mode of interview influences the responses given. The survey will collect data from around 4,300 workers, 2,835 of whom will be interviewed face-to-face and around 1,500 will take part online or on the phone if they do not have internet access.
The proposal has the financial support of the Department for Education, and the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service. It also has the support of 17 stakeholders. These include the Department for Work and Pensions, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Office for National Statistics, the Trades Union Congress, and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Furthermore, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Department for the Economy are keen to explore funding boosts for their geographical areas.
Publications
Butt, S
(2025)
Skills and Employment Survey 2024: Technical Report
Davies R
(2023)
Is job quality better or worse? Insights from quiz data collected before and after the pandemic
in Industrial Relations Journal
Felstead A
(2026)
The Spatial Anatomy of Working at Home: Concepts, Measures and Types of Spaces Used
in Industrial Relations Journal
Felstead, A
(2025)
Is the Office Dying? Findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2024
| Description | The Skills and Employment Survey 2024 collected data from over 5,850 workers aged 20-65 in the UK. It is the eighth surveys in a series stretching back to 1986. The surveys collect data on people's working lives. The 2024 survey offers some good news, bad news and some mixed news. • One piece of good news is that very few workers regard their jobs as having no value. So-called 'bullshit jobs' are rare. Nearly 70% reported their jobs gave them a sense of achievement either always or most of the time, and three-quarters said that their work was useful. • Work is becoming more skilled. In 2024, almost half of workers (46%) reported that they would need a graduate level qualification if they were to apply for their current job today. This is up from around one in five in 1986. • The job quality gender gap is narrowing. The pay gap has fallen steadily, but in addition the gap in the physical environment of work, in working time quality, and in job skills has narrowed. • However, all is not well in the world of work. Workplace abuse is common. More than one in seven (14%) of UK workers experienced bullying, violence or sexual harassment at work. The risk of abuse is much higher for women, LGBTQ+ workers, nurses, teachers and those who work at night. • One of the most striking findings of the survey is the large fall in the ability of employees to take decisions about their immediate job tasks. In 2024, around a third (34%) of employees had 'a great deal of influence' over what tasks they did, how they did them and how hard they worked. This is down from 62% in 1992. • Unsurprisingly, the survey shows that many workers use the home used as a place of work. However, the growth of hybrid working started in 2006, well before the term became fashionable. However, less than half (45%) work in a home office; the rest have to make do with the kitchen table, the sofa or the corner of a room. • After years of decline, trade union membership has plateaued, and rates of union presence in the workplace and union influence over pay has increased. Furthermore, a rising proportion of trade union members say that their union has an influence on how work is organised - up from 42% in 2001 to 51% in 2024. • In 2024 digital technologies played a role in nearly all jobs, with four out of five (78%) of workers considering computers 'essential' or 'very important', 33 percentage points up on the 1997 figure. The share of AI users surged during the period of data collection, indicating its rapid adoption. However, there are few signs that it is displacing workers, at least for the time being. These results demonstrate the value of regular and robust surveys if we are to accurately assess how the world of work is changing and for policy makers to respond accordingly. |
| Exploitation Route | The results have generated considerable interest among policy makers (see narrative report) and the data are being offered to the UK Data Service so that other users can explore the data. |
| Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy Education Financial Services and Management Consultancy Government Democracy and Justice |
| URL | http://www.wiserd.ac.uk/ses/ses2024 |
| Description | Launch Events Two launch events were held in Broadway House, Tothill Street in Westminster - on 2 April and 19 May 2025. Eight short reports were produced using a common format. Each addressed a particular academic/policy question. • How Common is Workplace Abuse? • What is Happening to Participation at Work? • Has the Tide Turned for Trade Unions? • What Makes Work Meaningful? • What Drives AI and Robot adoption? • Are Skill Requirements on the Rise? • Is the Job Quality Gender Gap Narrowing? • Is the Office Dying? Printed and electronic copies were produced, and all were made available on the project website (www.wiserd.ac.uk/ses/ses2024). Both events were widely publicised. The event page for the first launch attracted 1,930 views and the sign-up page for the second event was viewed 2,495 times. A total of 256 people registered to attend the first event (98 in-person and 158 online) and 296 registered for the second event (97 in-person and 199 online). Around 190 of those registering for the second event had not registered for the first. This suggests that the two-event strategy was successful in reaching a larger audience than relying on one launch event. All those registering to attend were sent electronic copies of the reports. In total, over 550 emails were sent. Recordings of both the April and May 2025 events were uploaded onto YouTube. From April to June 2025, the project web site was visited over 3,000 times with the highest number of page views on the day of the April event. Many registered attendees were from outside academia. For example, two-thirds of those registered for the second event were from a range of organisations such as government departments, charities, employers, councils, local authorities, think tanks, parliamentarians, devolved governments and trade unions. Also, both events were chaired by non-academics. The first by Kate Bell, Assistant General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress and the second by Sarah O'Connor, Associate Editor of the Financial Times. The events were well received as the following anonymised comments demonstrate. • 'What a great series of presentations - you wouldn't have thought the survey could get more interesting, but it does!' • 'Perfect in every detail. Had previous experience of being a facilitator and this event ran really smoothly and flowed really well'. • 'The streamlined format [of the reports] is good and I have no doubt more people will be inclined to read all of the reports in that format'. • 'I really enjoyed the launch of the latest SES. It was very interesting to see some of the new directions It really is an invaluable contribution'. • 'Thank you for organising such an interesting event - it really demonstrated the value of the SES'. • 'I'd like to say how fantastic the event was. I was really impressed by the level of the interest and engagement from the audience and with the really interesting and very policy relevant report findings. The lunch was very good too! • 'It was excellent to see such a high turnout'. A launch event for the Northern Ireland results was held on 4 December 2025 in Belfast. The event was organised by the Department for the Economy Northern Ireland. Over 60 delegates registered for the event, which was chaired by Victor Dukelow, Chief Economist at the Department for the Economy and opened by Dr Caoimhe Archibald MLA, Economy Minister. The Minister said on the record that: 'The survey provides valuable insights into skills and employment issues and so informs my Good Jobs agenda' and added that 'The results will provide a crucial step in building the evidence base that will guide and influence future decisions on skills and employment policy'. Professor John Geary of University College Dublin and Dr Lisa Wilson of the Nevin Economic Research Institute offered their reflections on the report referring to the report as 'the international benchmark study of job quality in Northern Ireland'. Local press coverage, too, referred to the report as of 'such great quality that it needs to be talked about and become the platform basis for taking action'. The results were also the focal point of a podcast produced by the Labour Relations Agency in Northern Ireland in which Mark McAllister, the Agency's Chief Executive, and Dr Lisa Wilson, the Minister's Good Jobs Adviser, discussed the Northern Ireland report. Publicity and Impact Results of the survey were carried in reports published in national media outlets such as The Guardian, The Times, the Financial Times, the Conversation, the Big Issue on two occasions, Nation Cymru and BBC Five Live. The survey has also featured in practitioner publications such as Personnel Today, Financial Accountant, Computer Weekly and PolicyMogul. In addition, it has featured in newsletters such as the IPA Newsletter, the Future of Work Hub Newsletter, the Edge Foundation's Skills Shortage Bulletin, and in university and think-tank blogs. Various members of the research team have been also invited to produce podcasts for, among others, the Future of Work Hub and Evolve (see below). The Skills and Employment Survey results are feeding into national and international policy discussions which helps to demonstrate the 'contribution that excellent research makes to society and the economy' (ESRC, 2025). The survey is having the following economic and social impact. • Some of evidence to support measures contained in the Employment Rights Bill to regularise hours of work draws on SES findings. The Bill is currently going through Parliament and will become law in 2026. • Results on the insecurity of working hours have also been used to contextualise the Resolution Foundation's Low Pay Britain 2025 report, which praises the new government for 'taking action where successive previous governments did not'. • SES results have also fed into the former Deputy Prime Minister's response to the Office for Budget Responsibility's initial assessment that the Employment Rights Bill will have a negative impact on productivity. • Similarly, we have responded to a written request from the Department for Business and Trade to provide more detail on the potential demand for unionisation. This is another feature of the Employment Rights Bill. • Policy facing seminars based on the results of the survey have been given to groups such as the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. • The survey findings have also formed part of the TUC Education Leading Change programme with team members contributing to a session on 'Organising Unions in a Changing World' held at the University of Warwick. • Research results have also been sent, on request, to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) who are reworking their existing guide on trade unions for employers. • The survey results on trends in the location of work and where within the home work is carried out have formed part of both oral and written evidence given to the House of Lords Committee on Home Based Working in the UK. This evidence was quoted or cited by the final report 35 times, making it the second most frequently used source of evidence. • The team was also invited to give written and verbal evidence based on the survey to the National Economic and Social Council, an Advisory Body to the Taoiseach (PM) and Irish Government. This forms part of the Council's investigation into remote working and the Irish Government's response to the shift of work into the home. • The survey results have been used by the Resolution Foundation in evidence to the newly formed Adult Care Negotiating Body. The evidence highlights the need to improve the lives of care workers in order to avert a recruitment and retention crisis in adult social care. According to the authors of the report, the SES findings 'drove a lot of what we concluded on the care workforce!' • Four podcasts have publicised some of the results of the survey. Two have been produced by Evolve Workplace Wellbeing and have focused on the location of work and meaningfulness of work, a general overview has been aired by the Future of Work Hub and another is part of the Business of Being Brilliant series. All have an employer focus and outline what employers can do to make a difference. • In addition, results of the survey have been presented to regional policy events such as the Surrey Skills Conference hosted by Surrey County Council in partnership with the Surrey Chambers of Commerce. • Furthermore, SES results have contributed to strategic thinking by organisations such Acas which is reshaping the organisation's 2025-2030 plan. Contributions have also been made to the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD)'s Call for Evidence on the Future of Work. • We have also received invitations to give specific advice on the development of data instruments. For example, we offered the Department of Education advice on the inclusion of job quality questions taken from SES2024 in its Working Lives of Leaders and Teachers survey. • Internationally, too, the project is having impact. Some of the results will be presented at a Eurofound event celebrating five decades of contributing to EU social, employment, and work-related policy in November 2025. • Members of the team have also given advice to Eurofound on the design of the 2024 European Working Conditions Survey (covering 30+ European countries) with recommendations and suggestions followed. Similarly, team members have advised researchers developing the Working in Ireland Survey. • Also research based contributions have been made to three European Union workshops on job quality in the context of the global transition and the development of funding priorities for the 'Humanities in the European Research Area (HERA)' network. In addition, the survey is having an academic impact by 'shifting understanding and advancing scientific method, theory and application' (ESRC, 2025). For example, the SES team presented a symposium of five papers to the International Working Party on Labour Market Segmentation conference in Utrecht University in September 2025. Members of the team have also made presentations to the Edge Foundation, Maison Francaise d'Oxford, the Cardiff Informing Policy webinar series and at special events such as the Arthur Priest Memorial Lecture organised by the Manchester Industrial Relations Society-Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. We are also analysing the data in detail and producing academic papers as a result. • A paper outlining a new way of measuring the exposure of jobs in the UK to AI has been published by arxiv.org. It has been cited in several outlets, including the Institute for the Future of Work Newsletter and shorter versions of the paper have been published in blogs for Luminate and the Institute of Student Employers. This paper is now under review for the journal Technological Forecasting & Social Change and it has been offered as a paper for the Royal Economic Society conference in July 2026. • A technical paper outlining the mode effects of collecting SES data face-to-face versus online has been published on the project website and has been presented to the 2025 European Survey Research Association Conference. • A paper analysing the extent to which work and home spatially overlap when work is done at home has been submitted to the Industrial Relations Journal and has been accepted for publication. It has also been presented as written and verbal evidence to the Irish National Economic and Social Council investigation into remote working. • A chapter on job quality will be published early in 2026. It draws on some of the data from the 2024 survey as well as others in the series. • A paper focused on the pleasure and meaning of work will be presented at the annual conference of the European Consortium for Sociological Research in June 2026. This will form the basis of a paper submitted to a refereed journal. • Other papers are currently being drafted on the motivation to join a trade union, the quality of working time, and employee involvement at work. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2025 |
| Sector | Government, Democracy and Justice |
| Impact Types | Societal Economic |
| Description | Discussion with Northern Ireland Executive civil servants |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
| URL | https://www.nisra.gov.uk/publications/work-quality-july2021-june2022 |
| Description | Verbal and written contributions to the National Economic and Social Council, an Advisory Body to the Taoiseach (PM) and Irish Government, inquiry into remote and hybrid working |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://www.nesc.ie/work-programme/facilitate-and-support-policy-making-and-societal-engagement-stra... |
| Description | Written evidence given to the House of Lords living Select Committee on Home Based Working in the UK |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | http://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/140285/pdf/ |
| Description | Contribution funding to the Skills and Employment Survey 2023 |
| Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Description | Contribution funding to the Skills and Employment Survey 2023 |
| Amount | £150,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department for Education |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2023 |
| End | 03/2025 |
| Description | Extension funding for the Skills and Employment Survey 2023 |
| Amount | £149,230 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2023 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Description | '"Much more stressful': women less likely than men to have an 'appropriate' work at home space', by Lottie Elton, Big Issue, 23 April 2025 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Publicise the survey and its results. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.bigissue.com/news/employment/work-at-home-space-women-office-kitchen-table/ |
| Description | 'How working lives are changing in in the UK', Nation Cymru, 4 May 2025 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Publiciise survey and its results |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://nation.cymru/feature/how-working-lives-are-changing-in-the-uk/ |
| Description | 'In conversation with Professor Alan Felstead', Future of Work Hub Podcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Podcast broadcast and publicised widely. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.lewissilkin.com/our-thinking/future-of-work-hub/insights/2025/09/23/in-conversation-with... |
| Description | 'Professionals are losing control of their work', by Sarah O'Connor, Financial Times, 27 May 2025 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Publicise survey |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.ft.com/content/45260941-711b-4742-999a-f17eeb4b5a15 |
| Description | 'Survey highlights: key trends shaping the future of work', by Swinburne Maddison, 15 April 2025 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Publicise the survey and its results |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.swinburnemaddison.co.uk/insights/article/survey-highlights-key-trends-shaping-the-future... |
| Description | 'TUC responds to Cardiff University report on the changing world of work', PolicyMogul, 2 April 2025 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Publicise the survey and its results. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://policymogul.com/key-updates/43876/tuc-responds-to-cardiff-university-report-on-the-changing-... |
| Description | 'The ability to work from home does not just benefit the elite' by Sarah O'Connor, Financial Times, 9 May 2023, p15 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Published results of quiz reported in national press. Benchmark based on SES results. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.ft.com/content/44e81232-9b25-4f4a-91ab-4462978dc204 |
| Description | 'The changing location of work and how it influences workplace wellbeing', Evolve Workplace Wellbeing Podcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Podcast broadcast as part of series. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.buzzsprout.com/2109567/episodes/17500610 |
| Description | 'The decline of employee participation in Britain', by Duncan Gallie, IPA Newsletter, April 2025 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Publicise the survey and its results |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.ipa-involve.com/news/the-decline-of-employee-participation-in-britain |
| Description | 'Unions are getting "more powerful" as young, LGBTQ+ and disabled people eye up membership', by Lottie Elton, Big Issue, 26 April 2025 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Publicise the survey and its resutls |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.bigissue.com/news/employment/trade-unions-power-young-people-lgbtq-disabled/ |
| Description | 'Who's thriving, who's struggling and who's stuck at the kitchen table: how working lives are changing in the UK', by Alan Felstead, Financial Accountant, 29 April 2025 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Publicise the survey and its results |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://financialaccountant.co.uk/news/working-lives-employees/ |
| Description | 'Why it's high time workers rediscovered the tea break', by Harry Wallop, The Times, 11 April 2025 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Publicise the survey and its results. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.thetimes.com/article/175ea463-de85-416d-95f0-971f097680a4?shareToken=6886e73fba827f96dbd... |
| Description | 'Workers are better placed than bosses to improve productivity', by Harry Wallop, The Times, 3 May 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interviewed for piece in national newspaper |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/workers-are-better-placed-than-bosses-to-improve-productivity-0z5... |
| Description | 'Working from home? It's so much nicer if you're a man', by Emma Beddington, The Guardian, 2 June 2025 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Publicise survey |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/01/working-from-home-its-so-much-nicer-if-youre-a... |
| Description | Advising Eurofound on the design of the European Working Conditions Survey |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Prof Ying Zhou advised Agnes Parent-Thirion (Senior Research Manager of Eurofound) on the design of the European Working Conditions Survey based on the 2023 UK Skills and Employment Survey. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Employment rights bill and fair work: some new research evidence |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Part of Cardiff Informing Policy Seminar Series directed specifically at policy makers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/impact-and-innovation/informing-policy-webinar-series |
| Description | Hackathon with employers in Belfast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk to employers about the outcomes and possible impact of the SES series. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://wiserd.ac.uk/news/propel-hub-hackathons-help-managers-take-action-to-improve-job-quality/ |
| Description | Hackathon with employers in Sheffield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Up to 100 employers heard the results of the SES series plus use of www.howgoodismyjob.com |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://wiserd.ac.uk/news/propel-hub-hackathons-help-managers-take-action-to-improve-job-quality/ |
| Description | Hackathon with employers in Sheffield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Over 40 employers attended - they discussed how survey results might influence their practice in making work better for workers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-propel-hub-people-management-hackathon-1-february-2024-tickets-76... |
| Description | Moving an employment survey from a face-to-face design with a fresh sample to an online panel: Evidence from a parallel run in the UK - Curtis Jessop, Sarah Butt, Simon Moss and Jo D'Ardenne |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Communicate findings to an academic audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conf2025/progGlance.php?sess=243#266 |
| Description | Oral Evidence to House of Lords Select Committee |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited to give oral evidence in the opening session of the House of Lords Select Committed on Home Based Working in the UK. Evidence was presented on previous research on homeworking, hybrid working and remote working supported by the ESRC. This included drawing on past and emerging evidence from the Skills and Employment Survey. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/29e165b5-b094-4fe5-a11c-cfd92af4a888 |
| Description | Participation at Work in Britain - Trends and Implications |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presented results of survey to audience of French sociologists |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.mfo.ac.uk/event/international-and-interdisciplinary-workshop-worlds-work-crossed-perspec... |
| Description | Skills, Technology and the Changing Nature of Work: Findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2024, 19 May 2025 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 296 registered for this event (97 in-person and 199 online). From April to June 2025, the project web site was visited over 3,000 times. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5-azs3fEtk |
| Description | Using quizzes to drive engagement and widen the reach of survey research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Online webinar |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Work and Well-being: Findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2024, 2 April 2025 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A total of 256 people registered to attend this event (98 in-person and 158 online). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojvqXZ0iX1M |
| Description | advising on the design of a survey of employers in Ireland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Prof Alan Felstead advised Prof Helen Russell (Head of Social Research Division at the Economic and Social Research Institute in Ireland) on the design of a survey of employers in the finance sector in Ireland based on the 2023 UK Skills and Employment Survey. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | advising on the design of the Austrian Socio-Economic Panel (ASEP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Prof Ying Zhou advised Prof Nadia Steiber (Head of Sociology Department at the University of Vienna) on the design of the Austrian Socio-Economic Panel (ASEP) based on the 2023 UK Skills and Employment Survey. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |