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Written By Professor Ilaria Boncori As Baby Loss Awareness Week (9–15 October) encourages conversations around pregnancy and baby loss, Professor Ilaria Boncori explores why greater workplace awareness, inclusive policies and meaningful support are essential for employees experiencing pregnancy loss. A step forward for pregnancy loss leave The UK Government has recently announced plans to introduce…
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Written by David Hall, September 17th 2026. The Institute of Professional Development was founded on a simple belief: professionals, teams and organisations perform better, be more productive, more efficient and more capable when learning and development is delivered to the highest standard. Most people would accept that in principle. What happens in practice is the…
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About Professor Ilaria Boncori Ilaria Boncori is a Professor in Organisation Behaviour and Human Resources Management at the University of Essex (UK) where she also serves in a pan-university senior leadership role as Dean Postgraduate Research Development and Engagement. Ilaria is an academic Fellow of CIPD and a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.…