Work and Employment Relations Department

Our researchers operate at the cutting edge of academic research in the area of work and employment. We are committed to producing agenda-setting work of recognised international excellence that informs, develops and interests academics, policy makers and businesses alike.

We specialise in: regulation of employment and labour market change, trade union renewal, diversity and equality at work, work organisation and non-standard employment, training and skills, labour-management cooperation, industrial relations and performance, the future of work, restructuring and the policies and practices of human resource management (HRM).

Work and Employment Relations Divisional staff

Our research

The central objective of the Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change (CERIC) is to contribute through high quality research, teaching and knowledge transfer to contemporary national and international debates around the changing dynamics and future of work, employment and labour markets. CERIC is home to researchers that produce analytically rigorous research of genuine relevance to policy and practitioner concerns.

Our teaching

Our Department provides students with a rich, research-informed learning experience that ensures innovative learning opportunities.

BA Human Resource Management

BA Business Management and the Human Resource

MA Human Resource Management

MSc Management Consulting

Research degrees

We supervise many research students and have an established track record of producing new researchers in the area of work and employment relations: one Chair, one Associate Professor, two Senior Lecturers and a Research Fellow in our department are products of our doctoral programme. Other graduates of the programme have gone on to academic and policy positions in the UK and beyond. Read more about research degrees, or visit our CERIC Doctoral Academy.