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Read more at: Innocence and Experience

Innocence and Experience

28 August 2013

The law on age discrimination in organisations came into effect on 1st October. It joins legislation on gender, ethnicity, disability, religious belief and sexual orientation and, like these, applies to how people are treated by a variety of organisations when they apply for a job or are in employment. This legislation...


Read more at: Shortage of Psychometricians Reported Across America

Shortage of Psychometricians Reported Across America

28 August 2013

The following article by David M. Herszenhorn appeared in the New York Times on the 4th May 2006, and also in the Sarasota Herald Tribune and the Amhurst Times on the 5th May. "Sz-Shyan Wu is not a Cuban baseball star or a dissident musician. But in urging the United States government to grant him a work visa, the New York...


Read more at: The Psychometrics Centre moves to Cambridge

The Psychometrics Centre moves to Cambridge

28 August 2013

On 1st November 2005 The Psychometrics Centre moved from City University, London to its new home at the University of Cambridge. Our move enables The Psychometrics Centre to: develop new postgraduate programmes in association with Cambridge University. strengthen our existing agenda to build a dialogue between human...


Read more at: Launch of The UK's First pan Online Testing Centre

Launch of The UK's First pan Online Testing Centre

28 August 2013

The official launch of the UK's first pan Online Testing Centre, a partnership between pan testing and the Psychometrics Centre took place on 19th October 2004. Over 120 people attended the launch, which gave participants a chance to network with key authors, users, publishers and academics in an area that is impacting...


Read more at: Feeling Good or Doing Better?

Feeling Good or Doing Better?

28 August 2013

Professor John Rust was invited to lead a Masterclass aimed at experienced psychologists and HR practitioners for the British Psychological Society's Learning a Living Programme. It took place at the Royal Society. The day was stimulating and interactive; the audience comprised test publishers as well as well-versed end...


Read more at: A Spoonfull of Sugar

A Spoonfull of Sugar

28 August 2013

Ian Florance The US hit television series 'The Apprentice' pitted a series of candidates against flamboyant entrepreneur Donald Trump. They were given a series of tasks which weeded them out until a winner was offered a job in Trump's organisation. The UK adaptation of the series hasalso been a great success, with the 2nd...


Read more at: Work/Life or Work/Work - How Do We Strike The Balance

Work/Life or Work/Work - How Do We Strike The Balance

28 August 2013

Almuth McDowall The term 'work/life balance' refers to how we meet the often conflicting demands of work and home. The best analogy is that of a juggler: some of us happily juggle many balls at any one time, others prefer to juggle fewer. Occasionally, all of us will drop some balls. Whether we are happy or unhappy about...


Read more at: Landmark Clinical Study of Use of Testosterone Patch

Landmark Clinical Study of Use of Testosterone Patch

28 August 2013

Earlier this month, Procter and Gamble announced the results of a safety and efficacy study of treatment with Intrinsa , a female testosterone patch. The study showed increased satisfying sexual activity and desire in patients with Hypoactive Desire Sexual Disorder (lack of sexual desire causing a woman personal distress)...


Read more at: CELF-IV UK - A Major Test Adaptation

CELF-IV UK - A Major Test Adaptation

28 August 2013

The new 4th Edition of the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals (CELF-4) and the 2nd Edition of CELF Preschool are to be standardised in the UK . The Psychometrics Centre at the University of Cambridge is pleased to announce that it has won a new contract to adapt and re-standardise a major American language...


Read more at: Recruiting and Keeping Older Workers

Recruiting and Keeping Older Workers

28 August 2013

Ian Florance Since the 1960s business thinking has emphasised youth and what youth supposedly carries with it: vitality, energy, creativity. Remember the dot.com bust and you'll question whether youth knows what it's doing. Older workers are going to matter in the future but they're not as easy to recruit or manage as...


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