Stephen is Professor of Adult and Vocational Education in the School of Education and Professional Studies at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.
He is a National Teaching Fellow and Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences, a Fulbright scholar, who holds honorary doctorates (honoris causa) from the University of Jyvaskala, Finland and University of Geneva, Switzerlnd. In addition to his Honorary Research Fellowship at Oxford, he holds visiting professorships at the University of Stavanger and University West in Sweden. He currently leads research projects in Australia, Finland, Singapore and Norway. He is a member of the Australian Research Councils’ College of Experts and performs a similar role for the Belgium national granting authority, as well as being a specialist reviewer for the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Netherlands equivalent as well as for regional agencies and governments and conducts program evaluations in a range of countries.
After a career in garment manufacturing, Stephen has worked as a vocational educator, educational administrator, teacher educator, professional development practitioner and policy developer in the Australian vocational education system and as a teacher and researcher at Griffith University. Since 1992, he has researched learning through and for work and has published widely in fields of learning of occupations, workplace learning, work and conceptual accounts of learning for vocational purposes. His sole authored books include Learning through work: Strategies for effective practice (Allen and Unwin 2001); Work, change and workers (Springer 2006) Vocational Education (Springer 2011) and Mimetic learning at Work (2014) and Integrating Practice-based Learning in Higher Education Programs (Springer 2015).
He is the founding and Editor in Chief of Vocations and learning: Studies in vocational and professional education (Springer) and lead editor of the book series Professional and practice-based learning (Springer) the International Handbook of Research in Professional and Practice-based Learning (2014) with colleagues from Germany. He was a Fulbright Professional Scholar in 1999, awarded a 2009-2010 Australian Learning and Teaching Council National Teaching Fellowship that identified principles and practices to effectively integrate learning experiences in practice and academic settings. His four-year Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (2015-2018) on learning through practice identified a curriculum and pedagogy of practice, and his Office of Learning and Teaching Development national grant (2015-2018) examined higher education students’ post-practicum experiences. In August 2013, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Jyvasksla University (Finland) for his contributions to educational science and elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia in 2015, and in 2020 was awarded his second honorary doctorate by the University of Geneva. His current research projects in Australia, Norway, Singapore and Finland are on learning across working life, confronting changes in working life, supporting adults learning across working life and the status and standing of occupations and provisions of tertiary education.
Publications
Major works of reference
Billett, S., Harteis, C & Gruber, H (2014) International Handbook on Research in Professional and Practice-based Learning, Springer international, Dordrecht, Netherlands ISBN 978-94-017-8902-8
Single authored books
Billett, S. (2015) Integrating practice-based learning experiences into higher education programs, Springer; Dordrecht, The Netherlands ISBN 978-94-017-7229-7
Billett, S. (2014) Mimetic learning at work: Learning in the circumstances of practice, Springer; Dordrecht, The Netherlands ISBN 978-3-319-09276-8
Billett, S. (2011) Vocational Education: Purposes, traditions and prospects, Springer; Dordrecht, The Netherlands ISBN 978-94-007-1953-8
Billett, S. (2006) Work, change and workers. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands 1-4020-4643-x
Billett, S. (2001) Learning in the workplace: Strategies for effective practice, Allen and Unwin, Sydney
Recent edited books
Billett, S., Newton, J.M., Rogers, G.D. & Noble, C (2019) (eds) Augmenting health and social care students’ clinical learning experiences: Outcomes and processes, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
de Bruijn, E., Billett, S & Onstenk, J (2017) (eds) Enhancing teaching and learning in the Dutch vocational education system: Reforms enacted Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands ISBN 978-3-319-50732-3.
Billett, S., Dymock, D. & Choy, S (2016). Supporting learning across working life: Models, processes and practices. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands ISBN 978-3-319-29017-1
Ortoleva, G., Betrancourt, M & Billett, S (Eds) (2016) Writing for professional development. Koninklijke Brill nv, Leiden, The Netherlands ISBN 978-90-04-26482-3
Filliettaz, L. & Billett, S. (Ed.) (2015). Francophone perspectives on learning through work: Conceptions, traditions and practices. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Kennedy, M., Billett, S., Gherardi, S & Grealish, L. (2015) Practice-based learning in higher education: Jostling cultures (eds). Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands ISBN 978-94-017-9501-2
Higgs, J., Barnett, R. Billett, S. Hutchings, M. Trede, F (2012) (eds) Practice-based Education: Perspectives and Strategies, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 978-94-6209-126-9
Billett, S., & Henderson, A (2011) (eds) Developing Learning Professionals: Integrating experiences in university and practice settings, Springer; Dordrecht, The Netherlands, ISBN 978-90-481-3736-1
Recent book chapter (2015 onwards)
Billett, S (2019) Vocational Education and the Individual, in Unwin, L. & Guile, D. (eds) Handbook of Vocational Education and Training, (pp. 41-62) Wiley, United Kingdom ISBN 978-1-119-09859-1
Billett, S (2019) Securing Occupational Capacities through Workplace Experiences: Premises, Conceptions and Practices, in Bahl, A & Dietzen, A (eds) in Work–based Learning as a Pathway to Competence-based Education, (pp.25-43) UNEVOC Network Contribution, Bonn, Germany ISBN 978-3-8474-2292-1
Billett, S (2019) Augmenting post-practicum experiences: purposes and practices, in Billett, S., Newton, J.M, Rogers, G., & Noble, C. (eds) in Augmenting Health and Social Care Students’ Clinical Learning Experiences (pp. 3-25) Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, ISBN 978-3-030-05559-2
Cain, M., Le, L., Billett, S (2019) Student preferences for purposes and processes of post practicum interventions, in Billett, S., Newton, J.M, Rogers, G., & Noble, C. (eds) in Augmenting Health and Social Care Students’ Clinical Learning Experiences (pp 27-53) Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, ISBN 978-3-030-05559-2
Billett, S (2019) Curriculum and pedagogies principles and practices for implementing post-practicum experiences, in Billett, S., Newton, J.M, Rogers, G., & Noble, C. (eds) in Augmenting Health and Social Care Students’ Clinical Learning Experiences (pp. 333-362) Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, ISBN 978-3-030-05559-2
Billett, S & Sweet, L (2018) Understanding and appraising medical students’ learning through clinical experiences: Participatory practices at work, In Sai Loo (ed) Multi Dimensions of Teaching and Learning for Occupational Practices. Abingdon: Routledge ISBN 9781138585713
Billett, S. Noble, C & Sweet, L (2018) Pedagogically-rich activities in hospital work: Handovers, ward rounds and team meetings, In Clare Delany and Liz Molloy (eds) ‘A Practical Guide for Learning and Teaching in a Clinical Context’ (pp. 207-220) Elsevier Australia.
Billett, S., Harteis, C, & Gruber, H. (2018) Developing occupational expertise through everyday work activities and interactions, in Ericsson, K A., Hoffman, R R., and Kozbelt, Aaron (eds) Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (2nd Edition), (pp. 105-126) Cambridge University Press, New York ISBN 9781316502617
Billett, S (2018) Student readiness and the integration of experiences in practice and education settings, in Choy, S., Warvik, G-B.,Berglund, I & Kindberg,.V (eds) Integration of vocational education and training experiences: Purposes, practices and principles, (pp. 9-40). Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Billett, S., Warvik, G-B & Choy, S. (2018). Concepts, Purposes and Practices of Integration Across National Curriculum, in Choy, S., Warvik, G-B.,Berglund, I & Kindberg (eds),.V (eds) Integration of vocational education and training experiences: Purposes, practices and principles, (pp. 327-344) Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Billett, S (2018 in press) Vocational Education and the Individual, in Unwin, L. & Guile, D. (eds) Handbook of Vocational Education and Training, Wiley, United Kingdom (accepted 28th July 2016)
Billett, S (2018) Accessing and securing conceptual and symbolic knowledge required for digital era work in Harteis, C (Ed) The impact of digitization in the workplace – An educational view (pp.197-212), Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
Billett S. (2018) The Unanticipated Outcomes of Research: Learning and Development at Work. In: Wegener C., Meier N., Maslo E. (eds) Cultivating Creativity in Methodology and Research (pp.119-130). Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
Palesy, D. & Billett, S (2017) Learning occupational practice in the absence of expert guidance: The agentic action of Australian home care workers, in Agency at work: An agentic perspective on professional learning and development (eds Goller, M & Paloniemi, S) (pp. 271-289)-Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
Billett, S & Noble, C (2017) Promoting the mediation of individuals’ learning through and for professional practice in Agency at work: An agentic perspective on professional learning and development (eds Goller, M & Paloniemi, S) (pp.205-227) the Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands (accepted 14th February 2017).
Billett, S (2017) Subjectivity and Human Resource Development: A quest for inter-subjectivity, in (Black, K., Corlett, S & Warhurst, R (eds) Identity as a foundation for Human Resource Development (pp. 39-51), Routledge, London, ISBN: 9781315671482
Barton, G and Billett, S (2017) Personal epistemologies and disciplinarity in the workplace: Implications for international students in higher education, in Barton, G and Hartwig, K (eds) Professional Learning in the Work Place for International Students(pp. 111-128), Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Noble, C & Billett, S (2017) Transitioning to effective medical practice: Junior doctors learning through co-working with pharmacists, Pekarek Doehler, S., Bangerter, A., de Weck, G., Filliettaz, L., González-Martínez, E & Petitjean, C (eds) Interactional competences in institutional settings: From school to the workplace (pp. 253-279) Palgrave-McMillan, London, ISBN:978-3-319-46866-2
Billett, S (2017) Theorising occupational practice and its learning: Personal, institutional and brute factors, in Grootenboer, P., Edwards-Groves, C. & Choy, S (eds) Practice theory perspectives of Education and Pedagogy (pp. 67-86). Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands ISBH 978-10-3128-1
Billett, S (2017) Personal epistemologies: Beliefs, acts and dispositions at work, in “Wissen und Lernen. Wie epistemische Überzeugungen Schule, Universität und Arbeitswelt beeinflussen, (eds) Bernholt, A., Gruber, H., & Moschner, B, Waxmann Publisher, Germany ISBN 978-3-8309-8579-2
de Bruijn, E., Billett, S, & Onstenk, J (2017) Vocational education in the Netherlands, in de Bruijn, E., Billett, S & Onstenk, J (eds) Enhancing teaching and learning in the Dutch vocational education system: Reforms enacted (pp.3-37) Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 978-3-319-50732-3.
Billett, S (2017) The Dutch vocational education system: Institutional focus and transformations, in de Bruijn, E., Billett, S & Onstenk, J (eds) Enhancing teaching and learning in the Dutch vocational education system: Reforms enacted (pp.269-293) Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 978-3-319-50732-3.
Billett, S (2017) Developing domains of occupational competence: Workplaces and learner agency in Mulder, M. (Ed.) Competence-based Vocational and Professional Education: Bridging the Worlds of Work and Education (47-66). Cham: Springer International Publishing Switzerland.
Billett, S (2017) Personal epistemologies: Beliefs, acts and dispositions at work, in Epistemological beliefs, (eds) Gruber, H., Anscheutz, A & Moschner, B, Waxmann Publisher, Germany
Billett, S (2017) Developing domains of occupational competence: Workplaces and learner agency in Mulder, M. & Winterton, J (eds) Competence-Based Vocational and Professional Education. Bridging the World of Work and Education, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Billett, S., Dymock, D & Choy, S (2016) Conceptions, purposes and processes of ongoing learning across working life, in Billett, S., Dymock, D. & Choy, S (eds). (pp. 289-312) Supporting learning across working life. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands ISBN 978-3-319-29017-1
Noble, C & Billett, S (2016) Sustaining and transforming the practice of communities: Developing professionals’ working practices, in Billett, S., Dymock, D. & Choy, S (eds). (pp. 147-167) Supporting learning across working life. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands ISBN 978-3-319-29017-1
Choy, S., Billett, S & Dymock, D (2016) Continuing Education and Training: Needs, models and approaches, in Billett, S., Dymock, D. & Choy, S (eds). (pp. 213-229 ) Supporting learning across working life: Models, processes and practices. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands ISBN 978-3-319-29017-1
Billett, S & Hodge, S (2016) Conceptualizing learning across working life, provisions of support and purposes, in Billett, S., Dymock, D. & Choy, S (eds). (pp. 3-25) Supporting learning across working life. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands ISBN 978-3-319-29017
Billett, S (2015) Positioning personal mediation as being central to workplace learning. In Bound, H & Rushbrook, P (Eds) Towards a new understanding of workplace learning: The context of Singapore (pp.54-73) Institute for Adult Learning, Singapore ISBN 978-981-09-5315.
Billett, S (2015) Historical bases for appraising vocational education systems. In Kraus, M & Weil, K (eds) Berufs Bildung – Historisch – Aktuell, (pp.259-265) EUSL publishing, ISBN 978-3-940625-53-3
Billett, S., Smith, R., & Wegener, C. (2015). Understanding learning for and through work: Contributions from Francophone perspectives, In L. Filliettaz & S. Billett (Eds.), Francophone perspectives on learning through work. (pp. 347-365) Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 9783319186696
Filliettaz, L., & Billett, S. (2015). (pp. 1-16) Introduction to Francophone perspectives of learning through work, In L. Filliettaz & S. Billett (Ed.), Francophone perspectives on learning through work. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 9783319186696
Filliettaz, L. Billett, S., Bourgeois, E., Durand, M., & Poizat, G. (2015). Conceptualising and connecting Francophone perspectives on learning through and for practice. In L. Filliettaz & S. Billett (Ed.), Francophone perspectives on learning through work (pp.19-47) Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 9783319186696
Billett, S (2015) Promoting learning through work-based experience, in Helyer, R (Ed) The Work-Based Learning Student Handbook, Palgrave-McMillan, Oxford, UK, ISBN 978 1137 403247
Papers in Refereed Journals (2016 onwards)
Grealish, L., Armit, L., Shaw, J., Frommolt, V., Mitchell, C., Mitchell, M., van de Mortel, T., & Billett, S. (in press 2019) Learning through structured peer discussion: an observational study. Nurse Education Today. Accepted 15 August 2019.
Noble, C., Billett, S., Armit, L., Collier, L., Hilder, J., Sly, C & Molloy, E. (in press 2019)“It’s yours to take”: generating learner feedback literacy in the workplace. Advanced in Healthcare Sciences, (accepted 28th July 2019)
Noble, C., Ajjawi, R., Billett, S., Hilder, J & Teodorczuk, A (in press 2019) Enriching medical trainees’ learning through practice: a video-reflexive ethnographic study, BMJ Open. (accepted 24th July 2919)
Mavin, T., Kikkawa, K & Billett, S (2018). Key contributing factors to learning through debriefings: Commercial aviation pilots’ perspectives. International Journal of Training Research, vol 16 9 (2) 122-144.
Teodorczuk, A., Ajjawi, R., Billett, S., Hilder, J & Noble, C (2018), The service/teaching tension: a window into the soul of a hospital, Medical Education 52(6) 678-678
Noble, C., Billett, S., Phang, T. Y., Siddarth, S., Hashem, F. & Rogers, G., D. (2018), Supporting resident research learning in the workplace: a rapid realist review, Academic Medicine. 93 (11), pp. 1732-1740.
Billett, S (2018) Learning about working life and occupational capacities: Integrating workplace experiences into educational programs, in Zeitschrift für Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik special issue on Connectivity and integrative competence development in vocational and professional education and training (accepted March 20th 2018)
Teodorczuk, A., Yardley, S., Pate, R., Rogers, G., Billett, S., Worley, P., Hirsh, D., & Illing, J (2018, in press) Medical education research should extend further into clinical practice – A commentary Medical Education, 51, 1098-1100. doi:10.1111/medu.13527
Billett, S., Cain, M. & Le, L (2018) Augmenting higher education students’ work experiences: Preferred purposes and processes, Studies in Higher Education Vol 43(7) 1279-1294. doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2016.1250073
Billett, S. ,Pham Quang, L. & Rémery, V. (2017). Learning through work: Interest, perspectives and approaches. Recherche & formation, no 84,(1), 113-121. https://www.cairn.info/revue-recherche-et-formation-2017-1-page-113.htm
Billett, S (2017) Distinguishing lifelong learning from lifelong education. In Adult learning, knowledge and innovation, (accepted 2nd October 2017) DOI: 10.1556/2059.01.2017.3
Teodorczuk, A & Billett, S (2017) Mediating workplace situational pressures: The role of artefacts in promoting effective interprofessional work and learning. In Focus on Health Professional Education, 18(3) 80-91
Onsando, G & Billett, S (2017) Refugee immigrants’ experiences of racism and racial discrimination at Australian TAFE institutes: a transformative psychosocial approach, Journal of Vocational Education and Training 69 (3) 330-350.
Noble, C., Billett, S., Brazil, V, & Forbes, M (2017) Developing junior doctors’ prescribing practices through collaborative practice: Sustaining and transforming the practice of communities. Journal of Interprofessional Care 31(2): 263-272
Noble, C & Billett, S (2017) Learning to prescribe through co-working: the case of junior doctors and pharmacists, Medical Education Apr; 51(4):442-451
Billett, S. (2016) Beyond competence: an essay on a process approach to organising and enacting vocational education, International Journal of Training Research 14 (3) 197-214 (1st September 2016)
Palesy, D & Billett, S (2016) Learning manual handling without direct supervision or support: A case study of home care workers, Social Work Education, 36 (3) 273-288
Billett, S (2016) Apprenticeship as a mode of learning and model of education, Education & Training, 58(6)
Billett, S (2016 ) Learning through healthcare work: Premises, contributions and practices, Medical Education;50(1):124-31
Andrea Laczik has a first degree in business administration from Budapest, Hungary. She studied for an M.Sc. in Educational Research methodology and completed an ESRC funded D.Phil in Comparative and International Education.
Both her post-graduate studies were at the Department of Education, University of Oxford. She also completed a Diploma in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education at the Learning Institute, University of Oxford.
Since 1996 she has worked on several EU funded Tempus Projects and collaborated with colleagues from Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia and the Ukraine. Most projects were concerned with teacher training and areas covered e.g. inclusive education, health education and social work in schools.
After finishing her D.Phil in 2005 Andrea worked at the Department of Education, University of Oxford as Research Officer/Project Manager on research projects concerning enterprise education, National Qualifications Framework and the 14-19 new Diploma qualification.
Andrea has been teaching at postgraduate level for many years. She has been a tutor for Foundation Research Methodology at Oxford, UK and taught at Debrecen, Hungary, and Perm, Russia. She has been giving seminars on the education systems of Hungary and Russia and their developments, and on Post-Communist countries in Transition. She also has been supervising post-graduate students.
Andrea is a Director and Honorary Secretary for the Developing Services for Teaching in Europe, the Oxford based charity.
At present Andrea works as a Research Fellow at the University of Warwick, Centre for Education and Industry.
Research
Andrea is currently working on:
- The Evaluation of the Enterprise Network – funded by the SSAT.
- Hungarian Migrants in the Labour Market. A pilot project on their former education and under-utilisation of their skills in the UK – with SKOPE.
- European Policies and Practices in Designing and Delivering Outcome Oriented Curricula in Vocational Education and Training – funded by Cedefop.
Andrea’s recent research included work on the 14-19 Diploma qualifications, new government agenda of raising the participation age (RPA), employer engagement in education, enterprise education.
Andrea has worked on many EU funded projects with a focus on Russia: on inclusive education, health education and social work in schools. Both her postgraduate research studies were comparative: one on school choice and the other on parental involvement in education in Russia and Hungary. She has done extensive work on countries in transition in the former Eastern bloc countries. This has been a long-standing interest.
Publications
- Laczik, A. (2010), ‘How Meaningful is the Policy of Free School Choice in the Modernisation of Education in Russia’ In Johnson, D. (ed) Politics, Modernisation and Educational Reform in Russia from past to present. In Oxford Studies in Comparative Education Series. Symposium Books, pp. 137-151.
- Maguire, S., Newton, B., Laczik, A., White, C. (May 2010). Raising the Participation Age: Sub-regional trial. Identifying and supporting young people in jobs without training (JWT) back into learning (Bury, Salford and Wigan). Warwick: University of Warwick, Centre for Education and Industry, The Institute for Employment Studies (unpublished)
- Laczik, A. & White, C. (2009), ‘Employer Engagement and the 14-19 Diplomas’. Research in Post-compulsory Education. Vol. 14, No.4. pp. 399-413.
- Stagg, P., Wahlberg, M., Laczik, A., Huddleston, P. (February, 2009). The Uptake of Plant Sciences in the UK. A Research Project for The Gatsby Charitable Foundation. Warwick: University of Warwick, Centre for Education and Industry. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/cei/news/finalprintversiongatsbyplantsciencereport.pdf
- Erlt, H., Stanley, J., Huddleston, P., Stasz, C., Laczik, A., Hayward, G. (January 2009). Reviewing Diploma Development. An Evaluation of the Design of the Diploma Qualifications. funded by the DCSF http://www.education.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/DCSF-RBW080.pdf
- Laczik, A. (2006), ‘Comparing Hungary and Russia. Methodological implications of a qualitative research project’. Research in Comparative and International Education (e-journal). Vol. 1, No. 2.
- Laczik, A (2002), ‘Aspects of Home-School Relationships in a Russian School’. In Sayer, J (ed.) Opening Windows to Change. A case study of sustained international development. Oxford Studies in Comparative Education. Oxford: Symposium Books, pp.103-120.
- Laczik, A. (2002), Book review on Rosalind Edwards: Children, Home and School. Regulation, autonomy or connection? Routledge/Falmer, London, 2002. Education Vol.4. 2002
- Laczik, A. (2001), ‘Home-School Relationships in one Russian School’. In Smit, F. van der Wolf, K. and Sleegers, P. (eds.) A bridge to the Future. Collaboration between Parents, Schools and Communities. Nijmegen: Stichting Katholieke Universiteit te Nijmegen, pp.109-116.
Ken Mayhew is Emeritus Professor of Education and Economic Performance and Emeritus Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford.
He is an Extraordinary Professor at Maastricht University, a Director of the Centre for Tutorial Teaching and has recently finished a term as a member of the Department for Education’s Skills and Productivity Board. He was the founding Director of SKOPE, a multi-disciplinary centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance, based in the Oxford Department of Education.
Ken is also currently a member of the ESRC’s College of Peer Reviewers; the Expert Group for CEDEFOP’s European Training and Learning Survey; the Expert Working Group for Cedefop’s Second European Skills and Jobs Survey; Bright Blue’s Commission on the Welfare System after the COVID 19 Pandemic. He is an editor of Oxford Economic Papers
Ken obtained a First in Modern History at Worcester College, Oxford and took a Masters in Economics at LSE. After graduate school he joined Her Majesty’s Treasury before moving to Oxford. In 1989 and 1990 he was Economic Director at the UK National Economic Development Office, and has worked as a consultant for many private and public sector organisations at home and abroad. In the UK these include the Department of Education and Skills, the Department of Trade and Industry, DEFRA, the Skills Funding Agency, the CIPD and the Confederation of British Industry. Abroad they include the EU, the Polish, Belgian and Omani Governments, SIK (Sweden) and Group Training Australia. He was on the Academic Advisory Board of the National Skills Taskforce and Chair of an expert group advising the OECD on the background questionnaire for PIAAC. His major research interests are in labour economics, human resource management and the economics of education and training. He has published widely in these areas.
Ken Mayhew would welcome informal contacts from prospective students interested in the following topics:
• The economics of education
• Transitions from the education system to the labour market
• Work-based training and learning
• Education and social mobility
• The labour market
Research
Ken’s current research is mainly in six areas: transitions from education into the labour market; the economics of work-based training; the economics of higher education; low paid work in the UK and Europe; the labour market as a social model; inequality with special emphasis on regional inequality.
Featured publications
- Oxford Handbook of Skills and Training, Oxford University Press, 2017 (with J. Buchanan, D. Finegold and C. Warhurst)
- “Educating for a cooperative society –building human and social capital: the role of government” in G. Redding, A. Drew and S. Crump (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Higher Education Systems and University Management, 2019
- “Inequality”, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2019 (with S. Wills)
- Holmes, C, Mayhew, K (2016) “The economics of higher education”, OXFORD REVIEW OF ECONOMIC POLICY. 32(4) 475-496.
- Mayhew, K, Holmes, C (2015) Over-qualification and skills mismatch in the graduate labour market. London: CIPD.
- Mayhew, K (2015) “UK labour market policy then and now”, Oxford Review of Economic Policy.
- “BREXIT and higher education” (2022) Oxford Review of Economic Policy
- “What accounts for changes in the chances of being NEET in the UK?” (2021) Journal of Education and Work (with C. Holmes and E. Murphy)
- Higher education and the labour market” (2020) Oxford Review of Education (with H. Lauder)
Books
- Oxford Handbook of Skills and Training, Oxford University Press, paperback edition 2018 (with J. Buchanan, D. Finegold and C. Warhurst)
- Oxford Handbook of Skills and Training, Oxford University Press, 2017 (with J. Buchanan, D. Finegold and C. Warhurst)
- Appelbaum, E, Bosch, G, Gautié, J, Mason, G, Mayhew, K, Salverda, W, Schmitt, J, Westergaard-Nielsen, N (2010) Introduction and overview.
- LLoyd, C, Mason, G, Mayhew, K (2008) Low-Wage Work in the United Kingdom. Russell Sage Foundation.
- Grip, AD, Loo, JV, Mayhew, K (2002) The Economics of Skills Obsolescence Theoretical Innovations and Empirical Applications. Jai.
- Mayhew, K, Fenn, P, McGuire, A (1994) Providing Health Care. Oxford: OUP.
- Mayhew, K, Layard, R, Owen, G (1994) Britain’s Training Deficit. Avebury Publishing.
- Bowen, A, Mayhew, K (1991) Reducing Regional Inequalities.
- Fenn, P, McGuire, A, Mayhew, K (1991) Providing Health Care. Oxford: OUP.
- Bowen, A, Mayhew, K (1990) Improving Incentives for the Low-Paid. Springer.
- Mayhew, K (1983) Trade Unions and the Labour Market. Blackwell Pub.
- Robinson, DJS, Mayhew, K (1983) Pay policies for the future.
Book chapters
- “NEETS in England”, in M. Levels, C. Brzinsky-Fay, C. Holmes and J. Jongbloed (eds), The Dynamics of Marginalised Youth, Routledge, 2022 (with C. Holmes, L. Wright, E. Murphy, E. Keep and S. Maguire)
- “Derek Robinson” in R. Cord (ed), The Palgrave Companion to Oxford Economics, Palgrave, 2021
- “What, if anything, can we learn from Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands and Denmark?”, in D. Goodhart (ed.), The Training We Need Now, Policy Exchange, 2020
- “Educating for a cooperative society –building human and social capital: the role of government” in G. Redding, A. Drew and S. Crump (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Higher Education Systems and University Management, 2019
- “The economic and social benefits of skills” in Oxford Handbook of Skills and Training, 2017 (with I Grugulis and C. Holmes)
- “Skills and training: the landscape” in Oxford Handbook of Skills and Training, 2017 (with J. Buchanan, D. Finegold and C. Warhurst)
- Mayhew, K, Wickham-Jones, M (2014) “The UK’s Social Model from New Deal to Economic Crisis”, In: J-E Dolvik, A Martin (eds.) European Social Models from Crisis to Crisis: Employment and Inequality in an Era of Monetary Integration.Oxford: OUP.
- Holmes, C, Mayhew, K (2014) “The winners and losers in the ‘hourglass’ labour market”, In: Understanding Employer Engagement in Education: Theories and Evidence. 92-113
DOI: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781315779966 - Mayhew, K (2010) “Comment on Anderson and Ruhs”, In: B Anderson, M Ruhs (eds.) Who Needs Migrant Workers: Labour Shortages, Immigration and Public Policy.
- Gautié, J, Westergaard-Nielsen, N, Schmitt, J, Mayhew, K (2010) “The impact of institutions on the supply side of the low-wage labor market”, In: Low-Wage Work in the Wealthy World. 147-182
- Bosch, G, Mayhew, K, Gautié, J (2010) “Industrial relations, legal regulations, and wage setting”, In: Low-Wage Work in the Wealthy World. 91-146
- Mayhew, K, Keep, E (2009) “Knowledge, skills and competitiveness”, In: F Rauner, R Maclean (eds.) Handbook of TVET Research.
- Mayhew, K, Mason, G, Osborne, M, Stevens, P (2008) “Low pay, labour market institutions and job quality”, In: C Lloyd, G Mason, K Mayhew (eds.) Low Wage Work in the UK. New York: Russell Sage.
- Mayhew, K, Mason, G (2008) “Low paid work in the UK: an overview”, In: C Lloyd, G Mason, K Mayhew (eds.) Low Wage Work in the UK. New York: Russell Sage.
- Mayhew, K, Deer, C (2007) “The changing nature and context of higher education in the UK”, In: T Butler, M Dane (eds.) Reflections on Change.
- Mayhew, K (2005) How to improve the human capital of older workers. Paris: OECD.
- Mayhew, K, de Grip, A, van Loo, J (2002) “The economics of skills obsolescence”, In: A de Grip, J van Loo, K Mayhew (eds.) The Economics of Skills Obsolescence: Theoretical Innovations and Empirical Applications. Jai.
- Mayhew, K (2002) “The high skills vision”, In: A Jolly (ed.) Skills and Training Directory. Kogan Page.
- Mayhew, K (2002) “Higher education – size matters”, In: G Hayward, S James (eds.) Growing Higher Education: Expansion or Hyperinflation.
- Mayhew, K, Holtham, G, Ingram, P (1998) “The long term unemployed – what more can be done?”, In:J McCormick, C Oppenheim (eds.) Welfare in Working Order. London: IPPR.
- Keep, EJ, Mayhew, K (1998) “Vocational Education and Training and Economic Performance”, In: T Buxton, P Chapman, J Temple (eds.) Britain’s Economic Performance. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. 367-395
- Keep, EJ, Mayhew, K (1998) “Training and Development”, In: S Fox (ed.) The European business environment UK. London: Thomson Business Press. 219-241
- Keep, EJ, Mayhew, K (1996) “UK Training Policy – Assumptions and Reality”, In: A Booth, DJ Snower (eds.) Acquiring Skills Market Failures, Their Symptoms and Policy Responses. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 303-334
- Mayhew, K, Ingram, P, Guest, D (1996) “How do we think about pay?”, In: H Murlis (ed.) Pay at the Crossroads. London: IPD.
- Keep, EJ, Mayhew, K (1996) “Training for the Unemployed”, In: P Meadows (ed.) Work out – or Work in? Contributions to the debate on the future of work. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation. 140-155
- Keep, EJ, Mayhew, K (1995) “The Economic Demand for Higher Education, and Investing in People – Two Aspects of Sustainable Development in British Higher Education”, In: F Coffield (ed.) Higher Education in a Learning Society. Durham: Durham University School of Education. 81-110
- Keep, EJ, Mayhew, K (1995) Training Policy for Competitiveness – Time for a Fresh Perspective? London: Policy Studies Institute. 110-145
- Mayhew, K, Layard, R, Owen, G (1994) “Why we need a Training Reform Act”, In: K Mayhew, R Layard, G Owen (eds.) Britain’s Training Deficit. Avebury.
- Keep, EJ, Mayhew, K (1994) “The Changing Structure of Training Provision”, In: T Buxton, P Chapman, P Temple (eds.) Britain’s Economic Performance. London: Routledge.
- Mayhew, K, Anderton, R (1994) “A comparative analysis of the UK labour market”, In: R Barrell (ed.) The UK Labour Market: Comparative Aspects and Institutional Developments. Cambridge University Press.
- Mayhew, K (1994) “Pay policies in the private sector: an international overview”, In: M Lavender (ed.) International Pay Policies. London: Public Finance Foundation.
- Keep, EJ, Mayhew, K (1993) “Training and the Labour Market”, In: C Trinder, P Jackson (eds.) The Public Services Yearbook 1993. London: Chapman and Hall. 169-190
- Mayhew, K (1992) “Incomes policy”, In: New Palgrave Dictionary of Money and Finance. Palgrave.
- Mayhew, K (1991) “Pay policies in the private sector: an international overview”, In: J Hawkins (ed.) International Pay Policies. London: Public Finance Foundation.
- Mayhew, K, McGuire, A, Fenn, P (1991) “The economics of health care”, In: K Mayhew, A McGuire, P Fenn (eds.) Providing Health Care. Oxford: OUP.
- Mayhew, K, Bowen, A (1991) “Regional economic disparities: some public policy issues”, In: K Mayhew, A Bowen (eds.) Reducing Regional Inequalities.
- Mayhew, K (1991) “Training: the way ahead”, In: Employment Institute (ed.) Improving Britain’s Industrial Performance. Employment Institute.
- Mayhew, K (1991) “Regional issues in economics: setting the scene”, In: K Mayhew, A Bowen (eds.) Reducing Regional Inequalities.
- Keep, EJ (1990) “Training for the Low Paid”, In: A Bowen, K Mayhew (eds.) Improving Incentives for the Low-Paid. London: Macmillan/NEDO. 139-180
- Mayhew, K, Ray, A (1990) “White collar pay and employment”, In: M Gregory, A Thompson (eds.) A Portrait of Pay. OUP.
- Mayhew, K, Bowen, A (1990) “Incentives for the low paid: issues for public policy”, In: K Mayhew, A Bowen (eds.) Improving Incentives for the Low Paid.
- Mayhew, K, Bowen, A, Brewer, D (1990) “Incentives for the low paid: setting the scene”, In: K Mayhew, A Bowen (eds.) Improving Incentives for the Low Paid.
- Mayhew, K, Turnbull, P (1989) “Models of union behaviour”, In: R Perlman, R Drago (eds.) Microeconomic Issues in the Labour Market. Harvester.
- Mayhew, K (1986) “Economists and immigration”, In: A Dummett (ed.) Towards a Just Immigration Policy.
- Mayhew, K (1986) “Employee behaviour”, In: D Morris (ed.) The Economic System in the UK. OUP.
- Mayhew, K, Addison, J (1983) “Discrimination in the labour market”, In: G Bain (ed.) Industrial relations in Britain. Blackwell.
- Mayhew, K (1983) “Traditional incomes policies”, In: D Robinson, K Mayhew (eds.) Pay Policies for the Future.
- Mayhew, K, Greenhalgh, C (1981) “Labour supply in Great Britain: theory and evidence”, In: Z Hornstein, J Grice (eds.) The Economics of the Labour Market. HMSO.
- Mayhew, K (1981) “Incomes policy and the private sector”, In: R Elliott, L Fallick (eds.) Incomes Policy, Inflation and Relative Pay. George Allen and Unwin.
- Mayhew, K (1981) “The institutional context of incomes policy”, In: R Chater, A Dean, R Elliott (eds.) Incomes Policies. OUP.
- Keep, EJ, Mayhew, K “Education and Training”, In: C Trinder, P Jackson (eds.) Public Services Yearbook 1994. London: Chapman and Hall. 237-254
Conference papers
- Mayhew, K (2010)“The Future of Low Paid Work in Europe and the US”, Beyond skill: Institutions, organisations and human capability. 58-78.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1057/9780230291270_4
Journal articles
- “BREXIT and UK higher education”, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2022
- “Kurzarbeit/short time working: experiences and lessons from the COVID-induced downturn”, National Institute Economic Review, 2022 (with B. Casey)
- “What accounts for changes in the chances of being NEET in the UK?”, Journal of Education and Work, 2021 (with C. Holmes and E. Murphy)
- “Regional inequalities: causes and cures”, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2021 (with F. Corvers)
- “COVID 19 and the labour market”, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2020 (with P. Anand)
- “Higher education and the labour market”, Oxford Review of Education, 2020 (with H. Lauder)
- Inequality”, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2019 (with S. Wills)
- Mayhew, K (2017) “UK higher education and Brexit”, OXFORD REVIEW OF ECONOMIC POLICY. 33(1) S155-S161.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/grx012 - Mayhew, K (2016) “Human Capital, Growth and Inequality”, Welsh Economic Review. 24(0) 23-23.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.18573/j.2016.10052 - Holmes, C, Mayhew, K (2016) “The economics of higher education”, OXFORD REVIEW OF ECONOMIC POLICY. 32(4) 475-496.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/grw031 - Mayhew, K (2015) “Derek Robinson (9 February 1932-1 September 2014)”, ECONOMIC AND LABOUR RELATIONS REVIEW.26(3) 490-492.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/1035304615597839 - Laczik, A, Mayhew, K (2015) “Labour market developments and their significance for VET in England: Current concerns and debates”, Research in Comparative and International Education. 10(4) 558-575.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/1745499915615974 - Mayhew, K (2015) “UK labour market policy then and now”, OXFORD REVIEW OF ECONOMIC POLICY. 31(2) 199-216.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/grv017 - Keep, E, Mayhew, K (2014) “Inequality – ‘wicked problems’, labour market outcomes and the search for silver bullets”, OXFORD REVIEW OF EDUCATION. 40(6) 764-781.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2014.979580 - Mayhew, K (2013) “Government and business: an introduction”, OXFORD REVIEW OF ECONOMIC POLICY. 29(2) 249-260.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/grt028 - Cobham, D, Adam, C, Mayhew, K (2013) “The economic record of the 1997-2010 Labour government: an assessment”, OXFORD REVIEW OF ECONOMIC POLICY. 29(1) 1-24.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/grt014 - Amable, B, Mayhew, K (2011) “Unemployment in the OECD”, OXFORD REVIEW OF ECONOMIC POLICY. 27(2) 207-220.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/grr019 - Lloyd, C, Mayhew, K (2010) “Skill: the solution to low wage work?”, Industrial Relations Journal. 41(5) 429-445.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2338.2010.00578.x - Keep, E, Mayhew, K (2010) “Moving beyond skills as a social and economic panacea”, WORK EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIETY. 24(3) 565-577.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/0950017010371663 - Salverda, W, Mayhew, K (2009) “Capitalist economies and wage inequality”, OXFORD REVIEW OF ECONOMIC POLICY. 25(1) 126-154.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/grp008 - Keep, E, Mayhew, K, Payne, J (2006) “From skills revolution to productivity miracle – Not as easy as it sounds?”, OXFORD REVIEW OF ECONOMIC POLICY. 22(4) 539-559.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/grj032 - Mayhew, K, Neely, A (2006) “Improving productivity – Opening the black box”, OXFORD REVIEW OF ECONOMIC POLICY. 22(4) 445-456.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/grj026 - Mayhew, K, Deer, C, Dua, M (2004) “The move to mass higher education in the UK: many questions and some answers”, OXFORD REVIEW OF EDUCATION. 30(1) 65-82.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1080/0305498042000190069 - Keep, E, Mayhew, K (2004) “The economic and distributional implications of current policies on higher education”, OXFORD REVIEW OF ECONOMIC POLICY. 20(2) 298-314.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/grh017 - Gold, M, Charlwood, A, Müller-Camen, M, Lucas, R, Crowley, S, Heery, E, Benson, J, Mayhew, K, Bach, S, Moore, S, Finkin, M, Rowlinson, M, Beauregard, A (2002) “Book Reviews”, British Journal of Industrial Relations. 40 341-368.
- Mayhew, K (2002) “The state of working Britain”, BRITISH JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. 40(2) 355-357.
Borghans, L, Green, F, Mayhew, K (2001) “Skills measurement and economic analysis: An introduction”, OXFORD ECONOMIC PAPERS-NEW SERIES. 53(3) 375-384.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/oep/53.3.375 - Mayhew, K (2000) “The assessment: Labour markets and welfare”, OXFORD REVIEW OF ECONOMIC POLICY. 16(1) 1-12.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/16.1.1 - Felstead, A, Green, F, Pack, A, Mayhew, K (2000) “The Impact of Training on Labour”, British Journal of Industrial Relations. 38(2)
- Green, F, Felstead, A, Mayhew, K, Pack, A (2000) “The impact of training on labour mobility: Individual and firm-level evidence from Britain”, BRITISH JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. 38(2) 261-275.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8543.00162 - Felstead, A, Green, F, Mayhew, K (1999) “Britain’s training statistics: A cautionary tale”, WORK EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIETY. 13(1) 107-115.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1017/S0950017099000070 - Keep, E, Mayhew, K (1999) “The assessment: Knowledge, skills, and competitiveness”, OXFORD REVIEW OF ECONOMIC POLICY. 15(1) 1-15.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/15.1.1 - Mayhem, K (1997) “The Education and Training Mismatch”, Business Strategy Review. 8(2) 51-53.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8616.00022 - Keep, E, Mayhew, K (1996) “Towards a learning society — Definition and measurement”, Policy Studies. 17(3) 215-232.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1080/01442879608423708 - Keep, E, Mayhew, K (1996) “Economic Demand for Higher Education? A Sound Foundation for Further Expansion?”, Higher Education Quarterly. 50(2) 89-109.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2273.1996.tb01693.x - MAYHEW, K, SEABRIGHT, P (1992) “INCENTIVES AND THE MANAGEMENT OF ENTERPRISES IN ECONOMIC TRANSITION: CAPITAL MARKETS ARE NOT ENOUGH”, Oxford Review of Economic Policy. 8(1) 105-129.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/8.1.105 - HELM, D, MAYER, C, MAYHEW, K (1991) “THE ASSESSMENT – MICROECONOMIC POLICY IN THE 1980S”, OXFORD REVIEW OF ECONOMIC POLICY. 7(3) 1-12.
- MAYHEW, K (1991) “THE ECONOMICS OF HUMAN – RESOURCE MANAGEMENT – MITCHELL, DJB, ZAIDI, MA”, BRITISH JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. 29(3) 534-535.
- MAYHEW, K (1991) “THE ASSESSMENT – THE UK LABOR-MARKET IN THE 1980S”, OXFORD REVIEW OF ECONOMIC POLICY. 7(1) 1-17.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/7.1.1 - McGUIRE, A, FENN, P, MAYHEW, K (1989) “THE ASSESSMENT: THE ECONOMICS OF HEALTH CARE”, Oxford Review of Economic Policy. 5(1) 1-20.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/5.1.1 - KEEP, E, MAYHEW, E (1988) “THE ASSESSMENT: EDUCATION, TRAINING AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE”, Oxford Review of Economic Policy. 4(3) 1-1.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/4.3.1-a - KNIGHT, JB, MAYHEW, K (1987) “WAGE DETERMINATION AND LABOR-MARKET INFLEXIBILITY – INTRODUCTION”, OXFORD BULLETIN OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS. 49(1) 1-8.
- MAYHEW, K (1986) “WAGE RESTRAINT BY CONSENSUS – BRITAIN SEARCH FOR AN INCOMES-POLICY AGREEMENT 1965-79 – FISHBEIN, WH”, JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC LITERATURE. 24(2) 694-695.
- Mayhew, K (1985) “Reforming the labour market”, Oxford Review of Economic Policy. 1(2) 60-79.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/1.2.60 - MAYHEW, K (1985) “ECONOMICS OF UNEMPLOYMENT – AN HISTORICAL-PERSPECTIVE – CASSON, M”, INDUSTRIAL & LABOR RELATIONS REVIEW. 38(4) 667-668.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.2307/2524010 - ROBINSON, D, MAYHEW, K (1983) “SPECIAL ISSUE – PAY POLICIES FOR THE FUTURE – INTRODUCTION”, OXFORD BULLETIN OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS. 45(1) 3-13.
- MAYHEW, K (1983) “FAIRNESS, COLLECTIVE-BARGAINING, AND INCOMES-POLICY – WILLMAN, P”, MANCHESTER SCHOOL OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STUDIES. 51(1) 105-106.
- MAYHEW, K (1983) “TRADITIONAL INCOMES POLICIES”, OXFORD BULLETIN OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS. 45(1) 15-32.
ROBINSON, D, MAYHEW, K (1983) “SPECIAL ISSUE – PAY POLICIES FOR THE FUTURE – CONCLUSIONS”, OXFORD BULLETIN OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS. 45(1) 127-139. - MAYHEW, K, ROSEWELL, B (1981) “OCCUPATIONAL-MOBILITY IN BRITAIN”, OXFORD BULLETIN OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS. 43(3) 225-255.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0084.1981.mp43003001.x - MAYHEW, K, ROSEWELL, B (1979) “LABOR-MARKET SEGMENTATION IN BRITAIN”, OXFORD BULLETIN OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS. 41(2) 81-115.
- MAYHEW, K (1979) “ECONOMISTS AND STRIKES”,OXFORD BULLETIN OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS. 41(1) 1-19.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0084.1979.mp41001001.x - MAYHEW, K, ROSEWELL, B (1978) “IMMIGRANTS AND OCCUPATIONAL CROWDING IN GREAT-BRITAIN”, OXFORD BULLETIN OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS. 40(3) 223-248.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0084.1978.mp40003003.x - MAYHEW, K (1977) “DEGREE OF UNIONIZATION 1948-68 – COMMENT”, BULLETIN OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH. 29(1) 51-53.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8586.1977.tb00409.x - MAYHEW, K (1977) “EARNINGS DISPERSION IN LOCAL LABOR-MARKETS – IMPLICATIONS FOR SEARCH BEHAVIOR”, OXFORD BULLETIN OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS. 39(2) 93-107.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0084.1977.mp39002001.x - MAYHEW, K (1976) “REGIONAL VARIATIONS OF MANUAL EARNINGS IN ENGINEERING”, OXFORD BULLETIN OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS. 38(1) 11-25.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0084.1976.mp38001002.x - MAYHEW, K (1976) “PLANT SIZE AND EARNINGS OF MANUAL WORKERS IN ENGINEERING”, OXFORD BULLETIN OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS. 38(3) 149-160.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0084.1976.mp38003001.x - MAYHEW, K (1975) “REVERSAL OF SKILL DIFFERENTIALS UNDER PAYMENT BY RESULTS SYSTEMS CASE OF ENGINEERING”, OXFORD BULLETIN OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS. 37(4) 251-267.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0084.1975.mp37004001.x - Mayhew, K “The resurgence of incomes policy”, Manpower Policy and Practice.
- Mayhew, K, Rijkers, B “Improving the human capital of older workers”, Ageing Horizons.
- Mayhew, K, Felstead, A, Green, F “Interpreting training statistics in Europe: issuing a health warning”, European Journal for Vocational Training.
- Keep, EJ, Mayhew, K “Towards the knowledge-driven economy”, 7(4) 50-59.
- Keep, EJ, Mayhew, K “Was Ratner Right? Product Market and Competitive Strategies and Their Links with Skills and Knowledge”, EPI Economic Report. 12(3) 1-14.
- Mayhew, K “The Assessment: Labour Markets and Welfare”, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 16.(1)
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/16.1.1
Reports
- Alternative Pathways into the Labour Market, CIPD, 2016 (with Craig Holmes)
- Wilde, S, James, SF, Mayhew, K (2015) Training Managers: Benefits from and barriers to WorldSkills UK participation. Oxford: Oxford University Consulting.
- Mayhew, K, Holmes, C (2015) Over-qualification and skills mismatch in the graduate labour market. London: CIPD.
- James Relly, SF, Holmes, C, Mayhew, K (2015) Learning environments to develop vocational excellence. http://vocationalexcellence.education.ox.ac.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Project-2-Phase-2-Final-Report-Learning-environments-to-develop-vocational-excellence.pdf:
- Chankseliani, M, James Relly, S, Mayhew, K (2015) WorldSkills competitors and entrepreneurship: A Report to the Skills Funding Agency.
- Chankseliani, M, James Relly, Susan, Mayhew, Ken (2015) “Benefits of Developing Vocational Excellence. A Report to the National Apprenticeship Service of Project 3 (Phase II) of the DUVE suite of projects”, In: Benefits of Developing Vocational Excellence. A Report to the National Apprenticeship Service of Project 3 (Phase II) of the DUVE suite of projects.
- James Relly, SF, Allen, J, Mayhew, K (2015) Further education college participation in worldSkills and other competitions. http://vocationalexcellence.education.ox.ac.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Project-4-Further-education-college-participation-in-WorldSkills-and-other-skills-competitions.pdf:
- James Relly, SF, Rodriguez Leal, T, Mayhew, K (2014) Interim Evaluation Report on the Skills Competition CPD Programme. Oxford: Oxford University Consulting.
- James Relly, SF, Rodriguez Leal, T, Mayhew, K (2014) Final Evaluation Report on the Skills Competition CPD Programme. Oxford: Oxford University Consulting.
- James, SF, Mayhew, K, Laczik, A, Mordarska, M (2013) Report on Apprenticeships, Employer Engagement and Vocational Formation in England. Oxford: Oxford University Consulting.
- James, SF, Mayhew, K, Chankseliani, M, Laczik, A (2013) “Benefits of Developing Vocational Excellence. A Report to the National Apprenticeship Service. Oxford: SKOPE”, In: Benefits of Developing Vocational Excellence A Report to the National Apprenticeship Service of Project 3 of the DUVE suite of projects.
- James, S, Holmes, C, Mayhew, K (2013) “Learning Environments to Develop vocational Excellence. Oxford: SKOPE”, In: A Report to the National Apprenticeship Service of Project 2 of the DUVE suite of projects. Oxford: SKOPE.
- Mayhew, K, Holmes, C (2012) Is the UK labour market polarising. London: Resolution Foundation.
- Holmes, C, Mayhew, K, Keep, EJ (2012) “Ten Big Questions for Higher Education”, In: SKOPE Issues Paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University, SKOPE.
- Keep, EJ, Mayhew, K (2011) “Future Directions for Skills Policy”, In: SKOPE submission to the Labour Party Policy Review on skills (mimeo). Universities of Oxford and Cardiff, SKOPE.
- Mayhew, K, Green, F, Stasz, C (2005) Defining a strategy for the direct assessment of adult skills. Copenhagen:Danish Technological Institute.
- Keep, EJ, Mayhew, K (2004) Can Employers Be Persuaded That Training Pays? Glasgow: Future Skills Scotland/ScottishEnterprise.
- Mayhew, K, Wilson, R, Hogarth, T, Keep, E (2003) Tackling the low skills equilibrium. London: Department of Trade and Industry.
- Mayhew, K, Green, F, Molloy, E (2003) Employer Perspectives on Skill. London: Department for Education and Skills.
- Mayhew, K, Keep, E, Bosworth, D (2003) Tackling the low skills equilibrium: a review of the issues. Department of Trade and Industry.
- Keep, EJ, Mayhew, K, Corney, M (2002) Review of the evidence on the rate of return to employers of investment in training and employer training measures. Department of Trade and Industry.
- Keep, EJ, Mayhew, K (2001) “Globalisation, Models of Competitive Advantage and Skills”, In: SKOPE Research Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, SKOPE.
- Keep, EJ, Mayhew, K (2000) “The Leisure Sector”, In: National Skills Task Force Research Project Report. Sheffield: DfEE.
- Mayhew, K, Felstead, A, Green, F (1997) Getting the measure of training. Leeds: Centre for Industrial Policy and Performance, Leeds University.
- Mayhew, K, Holtham, G (1996) Tackling long term unemployment. London: Institute for Public Policy Research.
- Keep, EJ, Mayhew, K (1994) “UK Training Policy – Assumptions and Reality”, In: Background briefing paper for TUC national conference ‘Looking Forward to Full Employment’. London: TUC.
- Keep, EJ, Mayhew, K (1994) Scoping paper for the Institute of Personnel Management ‘What Makes Training Pay?’ Project. London: IPM.
- Keep, EJ, Mayhew, K (1993) Submission on training and skills utilisation to the House of Commons Select Committee on Trade and Industry’s inquiry into the competitiveness of British manufacturing’, June, 1993. (subsequently published in Evidence to the House of Commons Select Committee on Trade and Industry, Trade and Industry Committee 2nd Report ‘Competitiveness of UK Manufacturing Industry’, Vol 2, Memoranda of Evidence. London: HMSO.
- Layard, R, Mayhew, K, Owen, G (1993) The Training Reform Act of 1994.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1108/01437729310033296 - Mayhew, K, St John, B (1989) Subcontracting in Britain. London: Confederation of British Industry.
- Mayhew, K, Rosewell, B (1981) Manpower problems and changes in the labour market. Bradford: MCB Publications.
- Mayhew, K, Rosewell, B (1980) Employment and Unemployment Issues in the 1970s.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1108/eb001235 - Mayhew, K, Lall, S (1973) The income and balance of payments effects of private foreign investment in manufacturing: case studies of Colombia and Malaysia. UNCTAD.
Other
- “BREXIT and UK higher education”, Realites Industrielles, Feb 2021
- Skills and Skills Mismatch in Food and Drink Manufacturing, a Report for DEFRA, 2020 (with Craig Holmes)
- “Career choice and a policy dilemma”, CEDEFOP’S Skill Set and Match, November 2018
- Oman: National Workforce Planning, SKOPE, 2016
- Mayhew, K (2015) “Derek Robinson”, Royal Economic Society Newsletter.
- Keep, EJ, Mayhew, K (1999) “Demand and supply”, People Management. 40-42.
- Keep, EJ, Mayhew, K (1998) “Was Ratner Right”, T-Magazine. 15-17.
- Keep, EJ, Mayhew, K (1998) “Welfare to Work – some questions ministers must answer”, Parliamentary Brief. 5(3) 18-19.
- Keep, EJ, Mayhew, K (1996) “What Training Can and Cannot Do for the Jobless”, Parliamentary Brief. 4(4) 43-46.
- Keep, EJ, Mayhew, K (1994) “Skilling the Jobless: Time for a New Deal”, Employment Policy Institute Economic Report. 8(1) 1-5.
- Keep, EJ, Mayhew, K (1994) “Skills Cannot Promise a Job”, Parliamentary Brief .3(2) 17-20.
Helen’s academic interest in higher education policy developed from more than 20 years of professional experience of university administration – in public relations and admissions.
She gained her doctorate from Oxford in 2010 (a study of the market created by the introduction of £3000 fees for Home/EU undergraduates at English universities in 2006); since then, she has conducted research into the impacts of student fees and funding on institutions, students, graduates and applicants within the higher education sector in England. She also works as a consultant to higher education institutions and fills senior interim roles in marketing, communications and student recruitment.
Helen was Pathway Convenor for the MSc Education (HE) for two years and continues to supervise Masters students researching her areas of interest within higher education. She is also an Associate of the SKOPE, the department’s research centre for Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance, and a member of the Higher Education Research Group.
In Helen’s recent publication, as editor of UK higher education – policy, practice and debate during HEPI’s first 20 years (HEPI Report 161, 2023) for the Oxford-based higher education think-tank HEPI (the Higher Education Policy Unit), she draws on her academic and professional backgrounds to provide an overview of policy-making and its impacts across the UK higher education, in the context of the four increasingly diverse sectors that are emerging following devolution of responsibility to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.