Projects and case studies

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  • Refugees into Sustainable Employment Evaluation (RISE)

    IES is supporting the Renaisi's internal evaluation of their refugee employment programme, RISE. IES will help validate Renaisi's internal findings, create a baseline and benchmark from which to measure project impact, create some online...

  • Technical Education Work Placements Pilot Project Evaluation

    The new technical routes (T-Levels) require young people to undertake three-month work placements.The Department for Education wished to understand how this can be successfully achieved and established a pilot with 21 providers to test around 14...

  • Review of DDRB Pay Comparability Methodologies

    In 2017, IES undertook a review of the Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration Review Body’s (DDRB) current pay comparability methodology. The review was commissioned by the Office of Manpower Economics (OME) and was the first of its kind since 2008....

  • Good practices in social dialogue

    IES supported the Ecorys UK project team in drafting a section on freedom of association and fundamental principle and rights at work for an ILO report on social dialogue.Using the ILO documents provided, IES drafted sections on...

  • Pay and rewards review and redesign

    IES has been commissioned to carry out a review of a client's pay and rewards structure.The research team will highlight the current system's strengths and any issues, and consider potential changes and improvements.

  • Review of the use and effectiveness of market pay supplements

    In 2017, IES was commissioned by the Office of Manpower Economics (OME) to carry out research into the use and effectiveness of market pay supplements and Recruitment and Retention Payments (RRPs) across the pay review bodies and the wider public...

  • Literature review and update of course materials on vision/visioning

    This project will review and update course materials on vision and visioning for a senior leaders development programme on transformational change.IES will examine both the literature (on new thinking and approaches to visioning) and practical...

  • Creating a culture of innovation

    IES has been commissioned to update course materials on introducing and embedding a culture of innovation.The team will conduct a review of both the academic and ‘grey’ literature and design a conceptual model and accompanying exercises to help...

  • Understanding of mental health and wellbeing in the UK postgraduate research population

    In this scoping study for the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), IES conducted case study visits to higher education institutions to understand wellbeing challenges among PhD researchers, demands on relevant services and extent...

  • Developing a survey of postgraduate taught students

    The Higher Education Funding Council for England, on behalf of the four higher education funding councils, commissioned IES to support the development process of a new UK-wide survey of postgraduate taught (PGT) students. IES in partnership with...