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Articles by Laura Dowie
Ageing Population Presents Unique Opportunity for Employers
Working life has for generations tread a very traditional path: education, career, retirement, gold watch. A sixty-odd year linear stretch from school-leaver to retiree and the finish line it represents. Nowadays, it’s less a hard stop and more of a transition, one brought about by the simple fact that people are now living longer.
Ageing population presents unique opportunity for employers
Working life has for generations tread a very traditional path: education, career, retirement , gold watch. A sixty-odd year linear stretch from school-leaver to retiree and the finish line it represents. Nowadays, it's less a hard stop and more of a transition, one brought about by the simple fact that people are now living longer.
Summer Learning? Tell Me More, Tell Me More
Share on social Share with a friend Tuesday 21 July 2026 By Laura Dowie, Director at Centre of Learning, part of The WiB Group. Summer and downtime might not always go hand-in-hand. Between summer camps and drop-offs and all those precious hours that, for parents, vanish in the blink of an eye, any time to focus and reflect on your own self-development becomes vanishingly small.
Make this a summer of self-development the 'future you' will thank you for
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Supporting Mothers Back to Work is Smart Business
Share on social Share with a friend Tuesday 3 March 2026 By Laura Dowie, Director of Timely Careers, part of The WiB Group. Northern Ireland and the dreaded ‘talent drain’ are, unfortunately, two words you’ll frequently find in the same sentence. Yet students are not the only skillset slipping through the gaps in our economy. It is a quieter exodus, often occurring right when leadership capability and sector know-how are just beginning to peak.
Supporting mothers back to work is smart business
Laura Dowie Northern Ireland and the dreaded ‘talent drain' are, unfortunately, two words you'll frequently find in the same sentence. Yet students are not the only skillset slipping through the gaps in our economy. It is a quieter exodus, often occurring right when leadership capability and sector know-how are just beginning to peak. I am, of course, talking about working mothers, who perhaps stepped back from the workforce initially for a short career pause that then becomes a prolonged absence.
Supporting mothers back to work is smart business
Laura Dowie Northern Ireland and the dreaded ‘talent drain' are, unfortunately, two words you'll frequently find in the same sentence. Yet students are not the only skillset slipping through the gaps in our economy. It is a quieter exodus, often occurring right when leadership capability and sector know-how are just beginning to peak. I am, of course, talking about working mothers, who perhaps stepped back from the workforce initially for a short career pause that then becomes a prolonged absence.
A Timely and Supportive Solution for Women Returning to Work
Share on social Share with a friend Thursday 12 September 2024 By Laura Dowie, Director of Timely Careers, part of The WiB Group. Misty mornings, leaves crunching underfoot, pumpkin spiced lattes from your local coffee chain – September sweeps in the start of Autumn and with it, a timely opportunity to look forward.
Flexible working holds potential for win-win scenario
Share on social Share with a friend Tuesday 1 August 2023 By Laura Dowie, Director of Timely Careers. The conversation around flexible careers has changed considerably in recent years. What was initially viewed as a consequence of Covid and the subsequent rise in remote working has fast become an in-demand means of striking a better balance between life and work. And the benefits aren’t all employee exclusive.
Who pooed it? An unusual Honours project
I have always taken an interest in the nastier side of life, from keeping pet worms to animal dissection, so it was no surprise that for my degree in Zoology I chose an honours project on poo for my dissertation! Supervised by Elsa Panciroli (PhD candidate at National Museums Scotland and the University of Edinburgh) and Stig Walsh (Senior Curator of Vertebrate Palaeobiology), I micro-CT scanned carnivore faeces to study the bone fragments of prey encased within them.
Revealing blue light on a 19th-century Chinese helmet decorated with diancui
In preparation for the major redisplay of National Museums Scotland’s East Asian collection opening in 2019, I have been conserving the ceremonial helmet and armour of Zhang Chaofa, regional commander of the Zhoushan islands, China, from 1830 to 1840. Front and back views of the main body of the helmet before conservation. The elaborate feathers for the top of the helmet before conservation.
Displaying the poppy hijab
A large part of a textile conservator’s job is preparing and mounting objects for display. Sometimes this can be a relatively straightforward job, but at other times it can be more complicated. This was the case for the mounting of the poppy hijab for the National War Museum’s current exhibition, The Poppy: A Symbol of Remembrance.
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