We author and publish a range of resources to keep you up to date with the latest developments in employment, education and skills, labour market and human resource policy and practice. All our pdf publications are free to access.
Featured
As people live for longer and the State Pension age rises, understanding how working lives can be extended in ways which are both sustainable and rewarding has become an increasingly important issue for individuals, employers and policy makers. This study examined how people in their 60s successfully reshaped work to extend their career, on terms which suited their changing needs and priorities.
Featured
The former Department for Business and Trade commissioned this research which aims to inform policy decisions to improve job security, workplace practice and employer awareness of their responsibilities towards pregnant women and parents in the workplace.
This discussion paper arises from the EMERGENCE project, which, with core funding from the European Commission's Information Society Technologies Programme, aims to measure and map ICT-related employment relocation at a global level. It discusses the value and relevance of monitoring eWork, and the difficulties with existing classification systems. This paper draws on two earlier outputs from the project (a global review and analysis of existing literature and statistics, and an 18-country survey of employers' use of eWork) to discuss the implications of the results for the identification and capture of statistical indicators of eWork. The paper makes recommendations for future collection and analysis of statistics on the information economy.
This publication was authored by Andrea Broughton before she joined IES.
This publication was authored by Andrea Broughton before she joined IES.
This publication was authored by Duncan Brown before he joined IES.
This publication was authored by Kari Hadjivassiliou before she joined IES.
This publication is no longer available. This research was based on 30 in-depth interviews with participants of the programme. It follows two earlier phases of qualitative research and its aim was to evaluate the longer term outcomes of the programme. All respondents had also participated in at least one of these two previous phases of the research.
New Deal is a test of providers’ ability to respond flexibly and effectively to the needs of individuals who are disengaged from the learning process. These guidelines show what can be done to develop and improve the quality of the full-time education and training (FTET) option within the New Deal for 18-24 year olds. They identify features of high quality provision and principles of effective delivery,together with case studies and suggestions for further improving practice. These guidelines aim to assist providers of FTET New Deal programmes and the partners with which they work, to share and develop good practice.
This report represents the first systematic review and analysis of the participation of women in Information Technology, Electronics and Communications (ITEC)-related courses and careers internationally. The project focused on six countries: the UK, the US, Canada, Ireland, Taiwan and Spain. It drew on an evidence base of empirical data, literature and insights from interviews with key informants in the selected countries.
In 1999 IES reported on a large-scale national study on student choice and decision making about higher education: 'Making the Right Choice'. Two and half years on, the 1998/99 survey participants were re-contacted by IES to find out how their earlier choices had worked out and, with the benefit of hindsight, what improvements they felt could be made to the information and guidance provided to potential students.
