Research & Policy

We have contributed to include the following:

Welsh Parliament

Area of Research Interest: Disability employment gap

The Equality and Social Justice Committee’s has published an Area of Research Interest (ARI) on the Disability Employment Gap. The Committee was interested in exploring what action government and employers can take to increase employment opportunities for disabled people and reduce the disability pay and employment gaps. In particular the Committee was interested to see examples of successful interventions or best practice that could be applied in Wales to increase participation and narrow the disability employment gap.

Response to the Public Services Committee inquiry: The transition from education to employment for young disabled people

Along with our research partners at the Universities of Coventry and Sussex we were invited to give evidence to the House of Lords Public Services Committee’s Call for Evidence: Transition from education to employment for young disabled people.

The inquiry examined young disabled people’s experiences of the transition from education to employment. This included career and employment support and advice young disabled people receive throughout this transition; how far public services demonstrate best practice on employing young disabled people; support for employers; and enforcement of the rights of young disabled people in the workplace.

We are part of an active network of academics and policy researchers working in the field.

Academic Research Partnerships and Projects we work with include: 

Disability, neurodiversity, and remote e- working: Promoting the creation of an inclusive workplace. ‘Remote for All’ (R4All), funded by the Digital Futures at Work Research Centre, University of Sussex.

The project aims to fill a gap in understanding the impact of remote e-working for Disabled and Neurodivergent Workers. This group of workers, 20% of the working population, might be overlooked by employers, therefore becoming invisible and unable to work in a way that best supports their needs and capabilities.

Through interviews with Disabled and Neurodivergent Workers, employers and other stakeholders this project begins to fill a gap in the academic understanding of the experiences facing disabled and neurodivergent people at work.