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  • Primary care careers case studies

    Primary care career: case studies

    Bajorek, Z | Jul 2024 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Through talking to five Primary Care employees, this case study selection provides insights into career pathways and career decision making in Primary Care.

  • Summer Schools: Toolkit technical report

    Muir D, Newton B, White H | Jun 2024 | Youth Endowment Fund

    This technical report reviews the evidence on the effect of summer education programmes on disadvantaged and at-risk young people’s violence and offending outcomes, and related education outcomes.

  • Impact of summer programmes on the outcomes of disadvantaged or ‘at risk’ young people

    A systematic review

    Muir D, Orlando C, Newton B | Jun 2024 | Campbell Systematic Reviews

    This research provides evidence on the extent to which summer education and employment programmes impact the outcomes of disadvantaged or ‘at risk’ young people.

  • Labour Market Statistics, June 2024

    Jun 2024 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 11 June 2024.

  • CECIL: Final Report

    Coaching early conversations, interaction and language

    Grauberg J, with IES contributions from Dawson A, Huxley C, Nancarrow A and Garner O | Jun 2024 | The Sutton Trust

    This final report summarises the findings from the Coaching Early Conversation Interaction and Language (CECIL) Project, which started in September 2020.

  • HRN Paper: Outcomes from Career Development

    Outcomes from employer-sponsored career development

    Review of the literature

    Edwards M, Carter A | Jun 2024 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This report reviews the critical and most relevant literature exploring the links between career support and outcomes for employers and employees.

  • Teachers professional development journeys

    Teachers' professional development journeys

    A report for Ofsted

    Pollard E, Williams C, Nancarrow A, Talbot J, Cook J,Williams J, Bajorek Z, Illidge L | May 2024 | Institute for Employment Studies

    The aim of the research was to follow a group of teachers with different backgrounds, roles and experiences in order to gain an in-depth understanding of how the quality of teacher professional development and the perceived impact of professional development varies across different teachers and changes across the period of one year.

  • Plan for jobs: Cross cutting evaluation wave 1 and 2 synthesis report

    Plan for Jobs Cross-cutting Evaluation Wave 1 and 2 synthesis report

    Buzzeo J, Campbell B, Gloster R, Newton B (IES) & Crossfield J, Watson J, Byford M | May 2024 | Department for Work and Pensions

    This research considers five strands of DWP provision under the Plan for Jobs: Kickstart scheme, Job Finding Support, the Youth Employment programme, Job Entry Targeted Support and increased capacity on the Sector-based Work Academy programmes. Each of these programmes targeted claimants in the Intensive Work Search regime.

  • Labour Market Statistics May 2024

    Labour Market Statistics, May 2024

    May 2024 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 14 May 2024.

  • Research into careers in construction

    Alexander K, Plowden Roberts C, Hooley T, Hirsh W, Lanceley L, Mason B, Osborne E, Pollard E  | May 2024 | Institute for Employment Studies

    The research summarises key insights from those inside and outside of the construction industry to understand how careers in construction are perceived and experienced.