Projects

CITB wishes to continue to build on its portfolio of research activity into careers in construction and to expand this to be as all-encompassing as possible (considering the whole journey into a career in construction). This phase of the research will have two objectives: to continue to collect key performance indicators (KPIs) from parents and young people and feedback from career guidance professionals to enable CITB to monitor and evaluate their careers activities; and conduct exploratory research with four new audience groups (early years, primary school aged children, vocational students, economically inactive) to gain a better understanding of alternative sources of labour to engage with and recruit from.

We are conducting a survey of the veterinary profession to understand the experiences of vet surgeons and vet nurses.

Survey of barristers about their working lives, looking at wellbeing and work-life balance, working hours and patterns, bullying and discrimination, and specific legal system issues such as remote hearings.

Survey of barristers about their working lives, looking at wellbeing and work-life balance, working hours and patterns, bullying and discrimination, and specific legal system issues such as remote hearings.

We will work with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA), in partnership with iCeGS, to develop an All Age Careers Blueprint for West Yorkshire. This will provide strategic direction for the combined authority for careers, education and skills, and enable them to be ready for further devolution.

The New Plan for Immigration set out the Government's intentions to strengthen the asylum system migration system with clear eligibility and routes to the UK. The Nationality and Borders Act UK provides the legislative framework for the NPI. As part of the NPI an Enhanced Integration Programme was announced and this is delivered through the Refugee Employability Programme, which aims to provide employment and language support to refugees to improve their chances in the UK labour market. In partnership with Ipsos, Rand and Renaisi, IES is providing expert advice to this important programme.

An investigation into the place of bootcamps within technical education. The aim of this research is to dig into the Bootcamps to build a better understanding of what they deliver and how far this articulates with provision elsewhere. The initial stage will involve a systematic extraction of information, including links to occupational standards, in order that we can build a descriptive picture of content and design, as well as scoping interviews with DfE policymakers. This will form underpinning evidence to take forward further work on potential options to further enhance adult training provision and options. It may include stakeholder consultation workshops.

IES have been awarded a grant from the Youth Futures Foundation to carry out an impact pilot study to assess the feasibility of a future full Impact Study to assess the effect of Cumbria Youth Alliance’s Forging Futures programme. Forging Futures supports young people with complex needs in Cumbria to enter employment, education or training if they are not currently. This work has been commissioned as part of the Youth Future Foundation’s What Works grant programme.

We will work with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA), in partnership with iCeGS, to develop an All Age Careers Blueprint for West Yorkshire. This will provide strategic direction for the combined authority for careers, education and skills, and enable them to be ready for further devolution.

The aim of the research is to understand more about the experiences of veterinary professionals and students with disability and chronic illness.