Publications

Northern Ireland Student Income and Expenditure Survey 2004/05

The 2004/05 Student Income and Expenditure Survey (SIES) in Northern Ireland, commissioned by the Department for Employment and Learning, provides an authoritative assessment of students' financial position before the changes introduced by the Higher Education Act (2004).

Barriers to Employment for Pakistanis and Bangladeshis in Britain

This report presents the findings from research commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions and carried out by IES on the barriers to employment for Pakistanis and Bangladeshis in Britain. The research study comprised five discrete stages: a review of the literature and other relevant information; interviews with key experts and informants in the field; an analysis of the labour markets of five selected locations in Britain: Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Glasgow and Tower Hamlets in London; a survey of 1,000 employing establishments in the five locations; and in-depth interviews with Pakistani and Bangladeshi jobseekers and non-jobseekers.

Customer Views of the HR Function

A Literature Review

This paper looks at literature on customer views of HR and addresses the following questions. Does the HR function know what is wanted by customers and can it be discerned why customer views vary? How does the function measure customer opinion? What techniques seem most successful? Does the HR function evaluate the impact on customers of changes it makes (eg to HR structure, processes, relationships, policies)? Do senior managers perceive HR is meeting organisational needs? What do line managers want from HR, and has it changed? What do employees want from HR, and has this changed? From a customer perspective, what distinguishes a good HR function?

Learning through Work: Literacy, language, numeracy and IT skills development in low-paid, low-skilled workplaces - Literature review

The SEEDA-funded basic skills programme created learning partnerships centred on the low-paid workplace in NHS Trusts across the south east region. These learning partnerships delivered literacy, English language, numeracy and IT (LLNIT) skills in NHS workplaces. This report presents findings from the first stage of the project: a data analysis of low pay and low skills in the south east, and a literature review, which sought to characterise low-pay, low-skilled work and workplaces, and to identify practices and opportunities to develop LLNIT skills.

Learning through Work: Literacy, language, numeracy and IT skills development in low-paid, low-skilled workplaces - Audit of Learning

The SEEDA-funded basic skills programme created learning partnerships centred on the low-paid workplace in NHS Trusts across the south east region. These learning partnerships delivered literacy, English language, numeracy and IT (LLNIT) skills in NHS workplaces. This report presents findings from the second stage of this project: an analysis of an audit of learning conducted in organisations where low-skilled and low-paid jobs exist.

Welsh Graduates and their Jobs

Employment and Employability in Wales

During 2005, the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales contracted IES to conduct a study to inform higher education institutions and other key policy-makers in Wales about the Welsh graduate labour market. The research also examined the changing nature of graduate jobs and how graduate employability policies might be further developed, and looked at how Welsh experiences compared with other and similar regions.

The Impact of Learning on Unemployed, Low-qualified Adults

A Systematic Review

The report presents the findings of a systematic review of the impact of learning on low-qualified, out-of-work adults. It also discusses the methodology adopted and the process through which relevant literature was identified. This review aimed to contribute to a better understanding of whether training or learning works and leads to positive employment outcomes for those who are out of work and who have no or few previous qualifications.