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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Hybrid Working: Culture and wellbeing in the “new normal”

Embracing a hybrid working model; this event explored the impact this has on organisational culture and employee wellbeing.

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Topic: Personal Development

Are graduates ready for work? New CMI research

A new CMI report identifies the key ‘ready-for-hire’ skills that graduates need to boost their employability

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Topic: Employability

Work-Ready Graduates: Building Employability Skills for a Hybrid World

Learn how to become a work ready graduate and candidate of choice in a 21st century workplace.

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Diversity and inclusion: 5 actions organisations should take right now

Helen Gordon CCMI shares The Science Council’s latest benchmarking report findings about diversity in STEM

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Topic: Personal Development

The skills that employers want in the modern workplace

Focus on these employability skills during your studies – and talk about them in interviews – to land yourself a great job

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Want to be a more Human leader? Do less

What the CEO of Parkrun can teach us about more authentic leadership styles

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Topic: Productivity

Productivity – are we measuring it correctly?

Measuring productivity just on output isn’t useful for managers – you should measure by value and impact too

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Topic: Disability

Four ways to boost your organisation’s disability strategy

People with disabilities are held back by misconceptions among employers. Flipping these takes a few straightforward changes

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Topic: Productivity

Stop your regular catch-up meetings going stale

The secret to keeping your regular meetings fresh? A touch of unorthodoxy – and pizza

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Topic: Employability

Building Employability Skills

Only 22% of employers think that graduates entering the workplace are equipped with key employability skills.

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Topic: Personal Development

A vision for post-pandemic education and training

There’s big plans in Barnsley for delivering lifelong learning in the community and the skills that local organisations need

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Topic: Trust

Transforming Relationships

Exploring the wellbeing aspects of how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected us as individuals, as well as teams.

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