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Skills and Employment Survey featured in The Guardian

“Working from home? It’s so much nicer if you’re a man” writes Emma Beddington in a column for The Guardian, which mentions that “60% of men had a dedicated room for work at home and only 40% of women”, according to the latest findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2024. (The Guardian, 01/06/25)

Skills and Employment Survey featured in the Financial Times

“Professionals are losing control of their work,” writes Sarah O’Connor in a column for the Financial Times, which explores the findings of the Skills and Employment Survey led by WISERD’s Professor Alan Felstead of Cardiff University. (Financial Times, 27/05/25)

Bringing work home: Dining room tables among the places doubling up as office desks for half of workers

Half of people working at home are doing so in the kitchen, on a dining table or in the corner of a room used for other purposes. This is one of the results from the Skills and Employment Survey 2024, the longest-running and most detailed academic study exploring UK workers’ experiences. Bringing together academics from Cardiff…