The Cathartic Nature of Clearing One’s Desk…
One of the joys of changing jobs is the cathartic nature of clearing one’s desk: ripping out the contents of notebooks for recycling, stumbling across…
Kirsty McHugh
Let’s close the race and ethnic employment gap: Taking that knowledge and drive into my next role
Some of you might have picked up that I am finally, after eight years, moving jobs. I’ve had a fabulous time at ERSA and I’m…
Do you fancy a challenge?
Do you fancy a challenge? These were the words which launched the Government’s new Challenge Fund and it appears the answer from a lot of…
Celebrate the good times
June is most definitely the month to celebrate in ERSA-land. Not only do we have national Employability Day looming on 29 June, where employment support…
Even now, Mental Health is still an underdog issue
We’re awash with ‘weeks’ nowadays – celebratory or educational. Often, at ERSA, we’re asked to support these events and we do so, where we can,…
A party and a weeping chairman: ERSA Awards open for entries!
Once a year my chairman sits in front of me and cries. This is not entirely my fault, in case you are wondering, rather the…
Carry on regardless
Sometimes working with central Government feels akin to a carry on film. Now, to be clear, I’m not suggesting that any ministers are engaged in…
Podcast with ERSA’s Kirsty McHugh
We have a chat with ERSA Chief Executive Kirsty McHugh at the ERSA annual conference. Kirsty takes time out to chat about what is happening…
What matters is what works
Since taking the reins at ERSA in 2010, I have been struck by the wealth of information and evidence that exists within ERSA members, but…
If Brexit means Brexit, what does it mean for the labour market?
Today marks a significant moment in UK history with Theresa May formally firing the starting gun for the process of the UK leaving the EU…