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Shifting power to people with disability in codesigned research

I. Burton-Clark
This paper explores tensions navigated by researchers and project leaders when involving people with disability as experts in co-design and in the core team. Part of an evaluation aiming to improve paid employment of people with intellectual disability is used to consider this work.
Report

Caught between obligation and exclusion: the plight of mature age jobseekers in Australia’s employment services system


This report offers evidence-based insights crucial for policy reform and service delivery in Australia's employment services. The authors hope it serves as a catalyst for future research, and encourages stakeholders from policy domains, academia and industry to engage in rigorous, collaborative intervention studies aimed at finding innovative solutions that address mature age unemployment.
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Mutual investment for mutual benefit: activating employers to shift young people’s career trajectories


This report takes a systems perspective on employer engagement and activation. It draws on systems theory to consider the ways in which the employment services system facilitates or constrains active employer development of young jobseekers.
Discussion paper

Cracks in the foundation: exploring barriers to successful sectoral programs for young workers


The chances of young people accessing decent work with good prospects are significantly lower for those who have not completed secondary school or are not at university or other higher education. This paper reports on interviews with executives and managers in the rapidly expanding IT sector, who are struggling to find the talent they need...
Report

The Platinum Pound: boosting employment among older workers


This research shows that government policy will be more effective if it focuses on practical, as well as financial solutions, including addressing the reasons older workers are leaving the workforce.