Publications
We author and publish a range of resources to keep you up to date with the latest developments in employment, labour market and human resource policy and practice.
All our pdf publications are free to access.
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Over-50s employment support
Findings from research in the West London Alliance sub-regional partnership
Bajorek Z, Dewar L, Wilson T | Oct 2023 | Institute for Employment StudiesThis report details the experiences of those over 50 accessing skills and employment support services in West London.
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Flexible Phonics
A two-armed cluster randomised trial: Evaluation report
Dawson A, Huxley C, Gray H, Alexander K, Edney C, and Bamford S | Oct 2023 | Institute for Employment StudiesThis report covers the Flexible Phonics intervention which aims to help reception class teachers and teaching assistants deliver new strategies designed to optimise the teaching of reading to all reception pupils (aged four to five years).
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Slides: IES HR Directors' Retreat 2023
Growing the future workforce
Wilson T, Foot C, Stevenson R, Clark M, Slattery D | Oct 2023 | Institute for Employment StudiesWhat can and should HR be doing to develop the workforce in the face of a rapidly shifting landscape?
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Closing the Vocabulary Gap
Project evaluation report
Buzzeo J, Muir D, Patel R | Sep 2023 | Institute for Employment StudiesThis report presents the findings from a joint evaluation by the Institute for Employment Studies and the Sutton Trust of the Closing the Vocabulary Gap (CVG) project. This evaluation report covers the first two years of delivery up to the end of the 2021/22 academic year.
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Labour Market Statistics, September 2023
Sep 2023 | Institute for Employment StudiesThis briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 12 September 2023.
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Labour Market Statistics, August 2023
Aug 2023 | Institute for Employment StudiesThis briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 15 August 2023.
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Meeting Central London's Skill Needs
A Report for the London Local Skills Improvement Plan
Williams M, Wilson T, Muir D, Talbot J, Brindle B | Aug 2023 | Central London ForwardThis report sets out the skills needs of employers in central London, and how the skills system could better meet those needs.
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Slides: Bridging the Gap
Supporting young people's transitions into good work
Orlando C | Aug 2023 | Institute for Employment StudiesSlides from Cristiana Orlando's presentation at the Public Policy Exchange conference, Tackling Youth Unemployment: Closing the Skills Gaps & Ensuring Employment Opportunities For All.
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El estigma de la obesidad y el empleo en España
Obesity stigma and employment in Spain
Campbell B, Bajorek Z, Bevan S, Muir D | Aug 2023 | Institute for Employment StudiesIn this report (published in both English and Spanish) we are focusing on obesity stigma and discrimination in employment in Spain.
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Health-led Trials impact evaluation reports
Evaluation of time-limited provision of Individual Placement and Support for people with moderate to mild mental and physical health conditions in primary care
Newton B, Gloster R, Dorsett R, Cockett J, Gooch B, Benson A, Crowley J, Windle K | Jul 2023 | Department for Work and Pensions / Department of Health & Social CareThese reports contain the detailed findings, analysis and explanation of the methodologies for the Health-led Trials, a large scale randomised-controlled trial testing time-limited provision of Individual Placement and Support for people with moderate to mild mental and physical health conditions in primary care.