Publications

This report covers an evaluation of the additional 40 hours of learning a year provided to 16 to 19 year-old students by the Department of Education (DfE) to help mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

This research looks at the experiences and outcomes of a sample of customers of the DWP's Youth Offer which aims to address the unemployment impacts of Covid-19 on 16-24 year old who receive Universal Credit.

This report explores the current challenges and opportunities for developing and supporting employment advisers on Restart.

This research aims to better understand the needs of young adults in terms of how workplaces can support healthy lifestyles, and identify practical intervention opportunities for future research.

This recording is from the in-person event for the launch of the final report of our two-year research project, Working for the Future, led by the Commission on the Future of Employment Support, in partnership with abrdn Financial Fairness Trust.

This report is the final output from the Commission on the Future of Employment Support, launched in November 2022 by the Institute for Employment Studies and abrdn Financial Fairness Trust.

IES led a study on behalf of Working With Cancer to understand current employer practices in supporting employees living with cancer back to work, and to identify enablers and barriers to good practice.

This paper explores the evaluation of employer-sponsored career coaching through the lens of one career coaching programme as a case study to shed light on the short and long term impacts.

Today’s figures are a mixed bag and a confusing picture. Increased volatility in the main Labour Force Survey, combined with divergent trends between the LFS and other measures out today mean it is even harder than usual to draw conclusions on what is going on in the labour market.

This protocol, which is part of the Multiply Education Trials, sets out the rationale for and evaluation of an intervention that aims to improve adult maths competency through teaching maths concepts and practices as they apply in health and social care work. The study takes the form of an implementation and process evaluation.