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  • Planning your future workforce strategy?

    We are here to help

    Apr 2025 | Institute for Employment Studies

    IES has a long track record of supporting organisations with workforce planning and strategy development. Download our strategic workforce planning brochure to learn more about how we can help.

  • Evaluation of the PLIAS Step Up Programme

    Final pilot evaluation report

    Campbell B, Patel R, Talbot J, Buzzeo J, Wong K, Newton B | Apr 2025 | Youth Futures Foundation

    This is a report of the findings from the evaluation of the Step Up programme. The main aims of the evaluation were to understand and evidence the theory underlying the Step Up programme’s support model and the mechanisms of change (i.e. the main drivers of outcomes).

  • Webinar recording: Race Inequalities in the UK labour market

    Krishnan, M | Apr 2025 | University of Reading

    Using recent research insights from the health and adult social care sector and from youth employment, Dr. Meenakshi Krishnan discussed the evolving landscape of racial inequalities in UK workplaces.

  • Webinar recording & slides: Women in work

    A lifecycle approach to tackling gender inequalities in UK workplaces

    Krishnan M | Mar 2025 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This webinar, led by Meenakshi Krishnan, presented latest research findings on the progress and challenges that women in UK workplaces continue to face.

  • Supporting highly qualified participants ReAct report

    Supporting Highly Qualified Participants: Exploring Routes to Success

    Kramers E, Fox H, Mason D and Mansour J | Feb 2025 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This research explores how highly qualified and experienced participants are supported by Restart, what is working across a range of approaches, and identifies recommendations for improving the quality of service to individuals in this cohort.

  • Women-and-care-policies-in-the-workplace

    Slides - Women and care policies in the workplace: UK and India in comparative perspective

    Krishnan M | Feb 2025 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Slides from Dr. Meenakshi Krishnan's presentation at the CHRONOS seminar titled ‘Diversity, Equality and Inclusion in Comparative Perspective: Insights from Academics and Practitioners in the UK and India’

  • Webinar recording & slides: What lessons can the UK learn from international approaches to work and health?

    Gifford, J | Jan 2025 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This presentation covers the research finding from the accompanying report, which investigates how the UK compares with 14 other European countries in the employment of workers with long-term ill health or disabilities.

  • Work and health: international comparisons with the UK

    A report for the Commission for Healthier Working Lives

    Litsardopoulos N, Gifford J, Sharma M, Allen A, Bajorek Z, Wilson T | Jan 2025 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This report – one of a series informing the Commission for Healthier Working Lives – investigates how the UK compares with 14 other European countries in the employment of workers with long-term ill health or disabilities.

  • Modelling the future supply of vets and vet nurses

    A report for the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons

    Williams M, Sharma M, Robinson D | Dec 2024 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This report presents the results of the workforce modelling exercise for veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses, undertaken by the Institute for Employment Studies for the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.

  • Student income and expenditure survey, 2021 to 2022: Welsh report

    Pollard E, Huxley C, Williams M, Muir D, Cetera R, Gallagher Z & NatCen colleagues | Dec 2024 |  Institute for Employment Studies & NatCen Social Research

    The aim of the survey was to provide an authoritative report on the financial position of higher education students in Wales and England in the 2021 to 2022 academic year.