"Practitioners have experience-based knowledge and context-based problems." Prof Julia Rouse sets the scene and kicks off the two day #engagedscholarship festival by Good Employment Learning Lab, ISBE, Economic and Social Research Council and British Academy of Management hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University Business School

Colin Lindsay reflects on all our fantastic Economic and Social Research Council PrOPEL Hub team efforts to coproduce, collaborate and make a difference by building synergies with different stakeholders at the Good Employment Learning Lab #engagedscholarship festival this morning.

Delighted to have the opportunity to discuss why #engagedscholarship is important to British Academy of Management as part of the opening plenary for the Economic and Social Research Council Engaged Scholarship Festival today. A subject close to my own heart PrOPEL Hub Good Employment Learning Lab

Train disruptions haven’t been able to stop us today! #EngagedScholarship

GELL team members Prof Ben Lupton Prof Carol Atkinson reflect on the genesis of the project, building on our strong partnerships with policymakers & practitioners in Greater Manchester and the social care sector #engagedscholarship Good Employment Learning Lab

Prof Monder Ram leading this afternoon's workshop on #cocreation at Good Employment Learning Lab's #engagedscholarship festival

Kevin Daniels is the next colleague representing PrOPEL Hub at the #EngagedScholarship Festival from the Good Employment Learning Lab. He shares the excellent Evolve Workplace Wellbeing toolkit, which provides evidence based resources for organisation at any stage of their wellbeing journey

Shifting the dial on work and well-being - great "cathartic" final plenary of the day from Prof Kevin Daniels #engagedscholarship Good Employment Learning Lab

How to improve workplace #wellbeing? First and foremost, practise good management - rather than offering pilates, yoga, mindfulness or fruity Fridays! Great talk by Prof Kevin Daniels at the Good Employment Learning Lab Festival of #EngagedScholarship. Decent Work and Productivity at Manchester Met Uni

We had a great time yesterday hearing all the speakers, exploring ideas in workshops, and listening to Helen Pankhurst talk about her grandmother’s legacy in #EngagedScholarship before a lovely dinner. Bring on day 2!

Brilliant video summary of the excellent work of Decent Work and Productivity at Manchester Met Uni Good Employment Learning Lab. Important research into what works for line manager development 👏 youtu.be/1BlYVl2B-CA

Article | The number of vacancies in the adult social care sector has soared by 55,000 (52%) since 2020/21 😢. Sarah Acton FCIPD Project Fellow Good Employment Learning Lab explains how improved approaches to #recruitment & #retention can help attract/retain talent 👇. ow.ly/2yU650KC68E

Come hear about values-based recruitment and how it can improve retention and engagement!

Read about our findings on recruitment and retention in adult social care from one of our Project Fellows, Sarah Acton.

📅 The Good Employment Learning Lab at Manchester Metropolitan Uni have an upcoming management event! This event will be of interest to all who support and develop line managers with #GoodEmployment in mind 🤔 Please follow this link to book your ticket: ow.ly/r9Ei50LgGL3

Interested in #goodemployment and to that end, better #linemanagement? There's a fantastic event coming up with insights from Good Employment Learning Lab Prof Julia Rouse Decent Work and Productivity at Manchester Met Uni (and it's free!) x.com/goodempcharter…

In Manchester next Tuesday? Interested in debates about #goodwork #productivity #employmentsupport #skills #transport #childcare? Join us Manchester Metropolitan University Business School to hear about our new book "Idleness" Ashwin Kumar Agenda Publishing More info & tickets here > bit.ly/3eWi1Qr

The Good Employment Learning Lab have developed research based on data from over 350+ line managers in GM! They're exploring how best to develop people skills of line managers. Sign up to their event now, to learn more: ow.ly/GJ5I50LhoSe #GoodEmployment

Just three weeks until our interactive event showcasing practical tips to develop line managers. Sign up now!

Does your organisation know what it takes to be a good line manager? Would you like to know how to make a great one? Join us for this free event to find out more and don't worry we've done our research! Decent Work and Productivity at Manchester Met Uni The CIPD Branch in Manchester GMCA Work and Skills GM Chamber Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter