{"id":6005,"date":"2014-05-20T06:31:24","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T06:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/?p=6005"},"modified":"2014-05-20T06:31:24","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T06:31:24","slug":"newdealforwork-butisitthinkingaboutsustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/2014\/05\/20\/newdealforwork-butisitthinkingaboutsustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"#NewDealforWork \u2013 #butisitthinkingaboutsustainability?"},"content":{"rendered":"

To coincide with celebrations for International Workers\u2019 Day, NUS recently launched a Commission<\/a> on the Future of Work which is a call for evidence from students and stakeholders from across the private, public and not for profit sectors on the challenges and solutions to student and study-leaver employment issues. \u00a0NUS President Toni Pearce says:<\/p>\n

\u201cAt a time when the cost of studying is steadily rising, and being educated at post-compulsory level no longer offers the long-term employment guarantees it once did, many students and study-leavers across the UK are understandably anxious about the future they face. \u00a0In response, and in the build up to the 2015 general election, NUS will be placing an increasing emphasis on student and study-leaver employment issues and the need for a #NewDealForWork for the next generation.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Commission on the Future of Work seeks evidence on the key challenges facing students and study-leavers, employers, educational bodies and other stakeholders, as well as proven solutions as well as aspirational ideas for solutions. \u00a0It will investigate the experience of students working while studying; the experiences of study-leavers in labour market after they have finished studying; and the relationship between working while studying and working after finishing studying.<\/p>\n

It will explore issues around the job market for students and study-leavers within the following three themes \u2026<\/p>\n