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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.
IES was commissioned to lead an evaluation of the early Apprenticeship Trailblazers, which comprised interviews and surveys with those involved in Trailblazer development. The final report was recently published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. This infographic reveals the key key lessons for employers.
IES was commissioned to lead an evaluation of the early Apprenticeship Trailblazers, which comprised interviews and surveys with those involved in Trailblazer development. The final report was recently published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Here, we map the progress findings from the evaluation against the ambitions that the government highlighted as important.
Nana Amoa-Buahin's slides from the IES HR Network Annual Provocation: Beyond competencies
This is the final report on the process evaluation of the Apprenticeship Trailblazers between January 2014 and March 2015. The research explored how Trailblazer networks are established and structured, the processes involved in developing standards and detailed assessments, employer responses to the national principles and to the funding reforms and overall satisfaction of employers with the development process.
This publication was authored by Tony Wilson before he joined IES.
This paper was authored by Erica Consterdine before she joined IES.
This evidence report presents detailed findings from the desk-based research activity conducted during the set-up and data analysis phase of the project 'Understanding employers' graduate recruitment and selection practices'.
The main aim of this research for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is to provide evidence on the approach to graduate recruitment undertaken by employers and how this has evolved in recent years.
This literature review investigates the ways in which young people’s movements between education and work have changed over the last 30 years. It provides information on long-term education and labour market trends affecting 16 to 24 year olds.
This is the executive summary of the study which investigated the ways in which young people’s movements between education and work have changed over the last 30 years,and provided information on long-term education and labour market trends affecting 16 to 24 year olds.
