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10 April 2025
In this blog, Dr Claire Hargreaves, an ADR UK Research Fellow based at Lancaster University, explains why understanding the farming household is so essential to creating good agricultural policy.
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8 April 2025
ADR UK Research Fellow Dr Daniel Derbyshire discusses his research project on the disability pay gap, and why this topic is on the political agenda.
26 March 2025
This blog by Kathryn Fair, an ADR UK Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow at The Alan Turing Institute, discusses her project on the relationship between hiring discrimination and the skills landscape in the UK. It highlights how systemic biases in hiring practices not only affect individual workers but also have far-reaching consequences for industries and the broader economy.
31 January 2025
This blog by ADR UK Research Fellow Golo Henseke explores the challenges and opportunities surrounding inclusive access to high-skill STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) careers in the UK. It introduces his project, which aims to identify and address the barriers to participation.
13 December 2024
In Northern Ireland, pay disparities across sectors and groups are a key focus for government departments and public sector organisations. Addressing these gaps is important for promoting equality in the workplace. John Hughes, a researcher at the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (part of ADR Northern Ireland), shares how recent administrative data research on gender and disability pay gaps is influencing policies in Northern Ireland to create a more equitable workforce.
