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This report presents local governments' evidence needs on supporting people to enter and remain in employment, and proposes evidence reviews to address these.
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This report builds on the interim findings published in September 2025 to provide evidence on whether the JobsPlus model can be adapted to the UK context and effectively implemented to improve employment outcomes.
This study explored the training decisions of benefit claimants in the context of Skills Conditionality and mandation, with the aim of improving attendance at training and ensuring that training opportunities for benefit claimants are based on an understanding of their motivations and the other factors that influence behaviour.
This country case study containing IES research considers the the access of women with disabilities to the UK labour market.
This study containing IES research considers the access of women with disabilities to the labour market in Europe, in order to assess how multiple discrimination, in this case gender and disability, affects the employment opportunities of women with disabilities.
In this video interview for the IES Brexit Observatory, Rachel Marangozov, a senior research fellow at the Institute for Employment Studies, outlines the key reasons for concern following reports of a 96% drop in EU nurses registering to work in the UK.
This paper explores the risk of precarious work in privatised utilities, based on data analysis and literature review. It examines the history of privatisation of utilities in the EU including programme countries and the impact that this has had on levels of employment. Moreover, it presents a range of measures to cushion adverse effects.
Stephen Bevan's presentation slides from IES HR Network workshop 'The dark side of wellbeing: Dementia', 15 June 2017.
Jem Batt's presentation slides from IES HR Network workshop 'The dark side of wellbeing: Dementia', 15 June 2017.
Interim executive summary for study on the financial position of higher education students from Wales who were studying in Wales or England in the academic year 2014/15.
Study on the financial position of higher education students from Wales who are studying in Wales or England in the academic year 2014/15.
This report presents the results of the first of three surveys conducted by IES on behalf of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. The surveys were designed to measure the impact of Brexit on European veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses practising in the UK.
