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The focus is Phase 1 of the Teaching Industry Exchange (TIE), which aims to facilitate a two-way exchange between industry professionals and FE providers in order to improve the quality and relevance of FE provision and talent pipelines. The evaluation will assess how well the pilot is being implemented and what learnings can be taken forward as GLA expand the TIE into different sectors.
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Ipsos and the Institute for Employment Studies are delivering qualitative research for the Department for Business and Trade to understand how UK employers use zero-hours contracts and other flexible working arrangements in workforce planning. The findings will provide practical evidence to support policy implementation, impact assessment and guidance for employers.
IES is working in partnership with CAG Consultants to deliver research and a policy review to underpin the development of an Inclusive Growth Strategy for the London Borough of Lewisham. IES is providing expert insight on education, skill and labour market policy.
The Department for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in Ireland is conducting a review of its public employment services (PES). IES and Social Finance have been appointed to provide research and advice on the future design and development of PES to optimise their delivery and to identify measures to improve efficiencey. The methodology will include desk research, stakeholder interviews, quantative analysis of the Labour Force Survey and the jobseekers Live Register, a review of approaches in PES reform internationally, economic modelling of future costs and an ex-ante economic impact assessment.
To develop a strategic workforce planning process with ONS, closely integrated with both business and financial planning and including dialogues with business directors. The ONS workforce will need to respond to evolving changes in the business model of ONS, budgetary pressures and the development of date science methodologies in economic and social statistical analysis.
This project aims to support The Sutton Trust, in better understanding how existing evaluation reports sit together and the best way for them to move forward with their future evaluation activity. The project will also involve analysing data on programme participants to understand the impact on HE progression and success.
The project aims to make a Virtual Life Coach (VLC) available to every member of UK Defence. Led by Daden Ltd, this innovation project is being developed and delivered in partnership with IES, Altruist Enterprises and the University of Worcester. The VLC is a chatbot which can help with day to day personal, employment and career issues, maintaining motivation and supporting retention. Having previously matured the concept into a working prototype, in Phase 2 the partners are trialling the system at an RAF base.
IES will work with the Inclusive Economy Partnership (IEP) to develop guidance for employers on good practice to manage performance and support employee wellbeing. This will involve document review, content development and testing, and various types of stakeholder liason with resources focussed on running a series of workshops. The IEP will convene a group of 8-10 pathfinder employers to work on this with CIPD, ACAS, Mind and legal experts. IES will draft and test the guidance which will be available in different formats corresponding to different professional roles and employer types (eg SMEs).
In partnership with Natcen and the Pensions Policy Institute, we are designing, delivering and analysing a new household survey with people aged 40 to 74 to explore planning and preparing for later life. The survey will explore how individual’s choices are affected by legislation, the employment context, and personal preferences and circumstances. It will be a source of evidence about the impact of new pension’s flexibilities, evidence to inform the Fuller Working Lives agenda and measures to support and encourage people to stay in work for longer, and develop the evidence base around the self-employed and planning for later life.
Working in partership with Ipsos MORI, IES will conduct independent process, impact and economic evaluation of the National Leadership Centre (NLC). The NLC was launched by the Chancellor in 2018 as a threee year pilot and seeks to transform the leadership of public services.
IES is supporting the Careers Research and Advisory Centre (CRAC) with an evaluation investigating the impact of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s research support programmes and developing a methodology for career tracking of participants. IES will design a methodology and create materials for tracking programme alumni and deliver an alumni survey, as well as supporting CRAC with interviews.
This project will investigate the link between internal migration and social mobility. More specifically, to what extent does migration from deprived to prosperous areas allow individuals who were born into families with low socio-economic status to experience upward social mobility. Furthermore, it will investigate the level and direction of migration flows from deprived areas, and how such out-migrations affect the people living in those areas. These questions will be answered using a mixed methods approach, comprising of a quantitative analysis of secondary and aggregate data and a qualitative analysis of insights we will gather by conducting interviews with individuals who have migrated out of deprived areas, and focus group discussions with who those are living in deprived areas.
