Careers professional, lecturer, education & employment researcher @mmu_decentwork, parent, Fellow of @InstCareer & @theRSAorg
Joined February 2011
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30 Jun 2022
Summary of recent research/recommendations for future. The impact of Covid-19 on Young Workers in England: Young people navigating insecure work in Greater Manchester during the Covid-19 pandemic. @mmu_decentwork @adeleexplores
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22 Nov 2024
Are you a woman aged 23-29 working in Education & Childcare, Fashion & Beauty or Health & Social Care? Do you want to receive a £20 voucher?
We are looking for volunteers to take part in a 90-minute interview. You can sign up via this link: forms.office.com/Pages/Respo…
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Dr Fiona Christie retweeted
5 Jan 2025
Despite all of the challenges - legal and meteorological - we did it!
After 40 years of damaging deregulation, Greater Manchester has this morning successfully retaken control of the whole of its bus network. 🙌🏻
ALT The first yellow Bee Network service pulls out of a snowy Altrincham Interchange in the early hours of this morning.
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Dr Fiona Christie retweeted
8 Oct 2024
Our annual @theCDI At The Cutting Edge collaboration will soon be here!
Free for both CDI and NICEC members, join us online on the 14th November for Making Sense of Good Work for Careers Practice
Register: thecdi.net/training-and-even…
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A special day out for Centre researchers today as we attended the @GoodEmpCharter #goodemployment conference and @ProfJuliaRouse did the keynote speech.
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Dr Fiona Christie retweeted
1 Oct 2024
Open Call - The Spring 2025 NICEC Journal is seeking submissions
Articles may be submitted on any topic relevant to career development. All the details >
nicec.org/articles/open-call…
@FCChristie
ALT Front cover of Spring 2024 NICEC Journal
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Dr Fiona Christie retweeted
18 Sep 2024
The Final Report of the Commission on Employment Support was launched today. Recognition that career support has a key role to play in the lives of adults, and in economic growth. @theCDI @InstCareer Report here: employment-studies.co.uk/res…
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Dr Fiona Christie retweeted
16 Sep 2024
I'm keen to chat with anyone interested in doing a PhD with us @mmu_decentwork focused on Active labour market policy/welfare conditionality, vocational education and training, employment and skills transitions, work and the welfare state
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New PhD studentship opportunity!
We welcome proposals on:
✅Labour market transitions
✅Health & well-being at work
✅Adult social care workforce
✅Creating decent & productive work
✅Industrial relations/trade unions
✅Work equalities
More info >
mmu.ac.uk/study/postgraduate…
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Dr Fiona Christie retweeted
20 Aug 2024
Our next online event is less than a month away!
Work Experience in Career Development - 16th September 2pm
Book your place here: nicec.org/events/network-mee…
ALT Online Event - Network Meeting Work Experience in Career Development 16th September 2024
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22 Aug 2024
Really pleased to see our article about peer learning and employability published today. @CiaranBurkeSoc @RieThomsen @MLAllen8 @mmu_decentwork thanks to @TeachinginHE reviewers and editors
22 Aug 2024
New publication alert! 🚨
An exploration of the impact of different peer learning activities utilised to develop student employability
By @FCChristie, Maria Allen, Ciaran Burke and Rie Thomsen
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
#HigherEd #Employability #PeerLearning
ALT A screenshot of the first page of the article from the journal Teaching in Higher Education: Critical Perspectives titled: An exploration of the impact of different peer learning activities utilised to develop student employability by Fiona Christie, Maria Allen, Ciaran Burke and Rie Thomsen. The screenshot includes the abstract of the article (available via the link).
ALT A screenshot of the cover of the journal Teaching in Higher Education: Critical Perspecitives. The cover is red with a black band on the edge.
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Dr Fiona Christie retweeted
30 Jul 2024
We strongly support this call by the TUC to scrap discriminatory minimum wage age bands. Younger workers should not get paid less for doing the same work as their older colleagues.
28 Jul 2024
NEW 🚨 | 7 in 10 voters support scrapping minimum wage age bands that see younger workers paid less than older colleagues for doing the same work.
Here's why:
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Dr Fiona Christie retweeted
24 Jul 2024
A pro-worker Labour Government must scrap the "any jobs" approach to welfare policy
I am cautiously optimistic!
📢New article from me for @futures_of_work > futuresofwork.co.uk/2024/07/…
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Dr Fiona Christie retweeted
19 Jul 2024
This award is an incredible honour and is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our entire team @mmu_decentwork We look forward to continuing our efforts to advance health, wellbeing, and equality in the workplace
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@mmu_decentwork won Partner of the Year at the #GoodEmpAwards!
Discover what this award means to them and their commitment to promoting excellent employment practices in their latest blog.
Read more:
ow.ly/zZzg50SF4cN.
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Dr Fiona Christie retweeted
2 Jul 2024
Absolutely phenomenal news! I am so proud of all our @mmu_decentwork researchers for their commitment to @GoodEmpCharter - a hugely important partner 👏👏👏 x.com/GoodEmpCharter/status/…
🏆 The Winner for ‘Partner of the Year’, sponsored by @CIPD, at the GM #GoodEmpAwards is… @mmu_decentwork
@mmu_decentwork has exceptional commitments to supporting good employment, partnering with the Charter on many occasions to create positive changes in workplaces across GM.
ALT The Winner for Partner of the Year, sponsored by CIPD, at the Greater Manchester Good Employment Awards is The Centre for Decent Work and Productivity at MMU.
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29 Jun 2024
In this post for @HEPI_news we explore different meanings of sustainability and why it matters for students, graduates, universities and the planet! @mmu_decentwork - all to be discussed more @InstCareer conference.
29 Jun 2024
With just a few days to go until #NICEC24 Career and Sustainability conference @FCChristie @GillFrigerio and Emma Pollard @iesResearch blog @hepi_news
hepi.ac.uk/2024/06/29/weeken…
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An insightful collection of @mcrmetropolis blogs ahead of next week's general election. Including from our @ProfCarolA @DanBaileyPolEco & Kevin Albertson #socialcare #justtransition #growth > mcrmetropolis.uk/metropolis-…
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Dr Fiona Christie retweeted
Introducing the Manchester Met MBA!
The MBA for responsible leaders
🌍Future focused
👩🦰People centred
📊Research enhanced
More details (including on scholarships) here >
mmu.ac.uk/study/postgraduate…
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Dr Fiona Christie retweeted
24 Jun 2024
Should Job Centres provide career guidance? A guest post on my blog from @DrPeteRobertson adventuresincareerdevelopmen…
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22 Jun 2024
Depressingly funny news clip from #spalding the safest Tory seat.
21 Jun 2024
“We just can’t shake Sir John!”
We spent an hour being tailed by the local MP in the 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵 Tory seat as @lewis_goodall tried to find anyone who’ll be voting for him…
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🚨Brilliant opportunity alert!
@ProfJuliaRouse is recruiting a KTP Associate to develop BOOST: an industry-first programme facilitating cultural & organisational change so that ethnically diverse colleagues can progress & thrive in leadership roles 👇
manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/va…
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Dr Fiona Christie retweeted
Why the next government needs to urgently address the UK’s adult social care recruitment and retention crisis
Important new @mcrmetropolis blog from @ProfCarolA 👇
mcrmetropolis.uk/why-the-nex…
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