Dr Nick Wilton
BA (Hons), MPhil, PhD, SFHEA, MCIPD
Associate Dean, People, Accreditation and Reputation
Oxford Brookes Business School
Research
- Graduate careers and career decision-making
- The relationship between higher education and the labour market
- The relationship between skills, competencies and employability
- Employer practice in the recruitment and management of graduates
- Labour market inequality and disadvantage
Research projects
- 2013-15 – The development of career management competencies and employability among business and management students (UWE Bristol, Edith Cowan University, Perth)
- 2011-2012 – Maximising the value of work placements for undergraduate students: An employer’s perspective (UWE Bristol
- 2007 – 2008 - A survey of employment rights professionals from Citizens Advice Bureaux and Law Centres (TUC Commission on Vulnerable Employment)
- 2007 - Workplace Practice and Employment Relations in the South West (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service)
- 2005 -2006 - Education as a Graduate Career: Entry and Exit from Teaching as a Profession (Department for Education and Skills)
- 2005 – 2006 - Through the Glass Ceiling: a detailed investigation of the factors that contribute to gendered career inequalities (European Social Fund)
- 2004 - 2006 - Futuretrack 2005 and Futuretrack 2006 (Higher Education Careers Service Unit)
- 2004 - 2006 - The Class of ’99 (Department for Education & Skills, Department for Employment & Learning (Northern Ireland), Scottish Higher Education Funding Council)
- 2002 – 2004 – Graduate Careers: Seven Years On (Economic & Social Research Council, Higher Education Careers Service Unit)
Publications
Professional information
Memberships of professional bodies
- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Chartered Member of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)