Publications

This report sets out the evidence from a review of evaluation and monitoring evidence on the performance of two of UKCES’ investment funds, specifically the Employer Investment Fund (EIF) and the Growth and Innovation Fund (GIF). The report takes stock of the evidence on what the funds have achieved up to Summer 2014, and provides a summary of lessons to inform other investment programmes as well as policy development work.

The Apprenticeship Trailblazers aim to achieve greater employer ownership of Apprenticeship training. IES was commissioned to lead an evaluation of the early Trailblazers. This infographic highlights the key points of a report published this week by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, revealing the interim findings.

A report on the apprenticeship trailblazers one year on from the launch of the first standards in March 2014.

In this paper, we place the emphasis on how we can help individuals adapt to, support, and lead change better. The evidence is that using coaching to accelerate skills development, help understand change better and work with teams to adapt to change, can help organisations unstick themselves and offset the all too common inertia that means too much change is attempted and too little achieved.

IES presents its annual Perspectives on HR publication, in which IES researchers and consultants offer their insights into the challenges of today's turbulent world for the HR function.

In early 2014, the LGA Commissioned the IES to undertake an exploratory research piece on the possible direction for officer roles in council ‘regulatory services' – that is, environmental health, trading standards and licensing.

The Labour Market Story is an overarching narrative paper that summarises employment and skills in the UK, and four thematic briefing papers. This paper draws on recent quantitative and qualitative research to provide an analysis of future employment trends and associated skills requirements. It considers potential drivers of skills demand in the future, including globalisation, economic trends, science and technology, environmental change, and changing societal values.

This book seeks to set out a clear model of how to approach the process of career planning. It includes a number of exercises to complete, and it identifies the key steps in the career planning process.