Employability and Labour Market Policy in International Perspective

APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING

Colleagues are welcome to attend the second seminar of the Regional Studies Association Working Group on “Employability and Labour Market Policy in International Perspective”. The one-day seminar will be held at Universidad Complutense, Madrid on Friday 7th March. The programme is below. Â

Attendance is free. Please note that a small number of travel expenses bursaries (up to a maximum value of €150) are available for research students who wish to attend. Please register by e-mailing: c.lindsay@napier.ac.uk   Â

REGIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION WORKING GROUP
EMPLOYABILITY AND LABOUR MARKET POLICY IN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE


SEMINAR AT FACULTY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES,
 UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE, MADRID, SPAIN


Friday 7th March 2008



1000-1045

Melina Young

Independent Researcher, Toronto, Canada

Labour market integration of high-skilled immigrants: maximising knowledge

spill-over in Toronto, Canada



1045-1130

David Etherington

Centre for Enterprise and Economic Development Research, Middlesex University, UK

Martin Jones

Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Aberystwyth, UK

World class skills? Governance geographies and the delivery of lifelong learning



1145-1230

Michael Anyadike-Danes

Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Belfast, UK

What is the problem, exactly? Investigating the distribution of Incapacity Benefit claimants’ conditions across British regions



1230-1315

Colin Lindsay

Employment Research Institute, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK

Developing services to tackle health-related barriers to employability: reflections on the UK experience



Lunch 1315-1415



1415-1500

Almudena Moreno and Enrique Crespo
Departamento de Sociología y Trabajo Social, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
Employment and social exclusion of women and young people in Spain



1500-1545

Ron McQuaid, Vanesa Fuertes and Sue Bond

Employment Research Institute, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK

Working for Families: Tackling barriers to employability among parents in Scotland



1600-1645

Maria Paz Martin Martin

Faculty of Political Sciences and Sociology, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

The social construction of employability at the local level