Projects and case studies

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  • Employers' experiences of involvement in Role Redesign and Skills Utilisation Networks

    The research was aimed at informing future Skills for Health (SfH) developments in role re-design and support networks. Surveys and interviews were conducted to investigate employers’ experiences of involvement in Role Redesign and Skills...

  • Leadership strengths identification and workshops

    In order to further build the success of their construction division, ISG asked IES to work with their regional and central management teams to identify their strengths and run team strengths workshops. This allowed them to understand their own...

  • Evaluation of Day One Access to the Work Programme for prison leavers and Employment and Reoffending Pilot

    The Government embarked on wide-ranging reforms both to the rehabilitation of offenders and to how the most disadvantaged are supported to move into work.This evaluation comprised two interlinked initiatives (one funded by the Ministry of Justice...

  • International workforce planning for Siemens

    Siemens initiated a project called 'Resource and Talent Planning' and this was phase one of a programme to embed a consistent planning methodology across Siemens Northwest cluster (UK, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Poland Finland/Baltics)...

  • International workforce planning for WWF Central Africa

    WWF in Central Africa wished to ensure it had an adequate workforce to deliver its regional strategy. The management wanted strategic and practical guidance on:how to plan, implement and monitor workforce planningaccess to tools and...

  • Study on the Apprenticeship Supply in Member States

    IES was part of an EU-wide consortium (led by IKEI Research, Spain) that undertook a study providing an overview of apprenticeship-type schemes in Vocational Education and Training (VET) in all 27 Member States, especially in the context of the...

  • Effectiveness and Return on Investment of a leadership development programme

    IES was commissioned to evaluate the effectiveness of a development initiative for emerging leaders during 2010/11. The programme aimed to develop a community of senior leaders into executive coaches who, once trained, would provide coaching to...

  • Joint L&D procurement - a case study

    As part of on ongoing programme to help with the spread of ideas and knowledge about shared services across local government, IES created a case study of the joint procurement of an L&D managed service in the four boroughs of Bexley, Greenwich,...

  • Wigan Council HR facilitation

    IES was asked by Wigan Council to facilitate their HR team discussions on:the future structure of the functionrelationships with other Boroughs on sharing services

  • Career trajectories/career profiles of care and development workers

    In 2011, employment in care and development in the UK had expanded substantially and was expected to increase further due to demographic change. IES analysed the factors associated with mobility in and out of care and development jobs. We found...