Projects and case studies

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  • YFF Self Employment Trial

  • NIHR - Supporting healthy lifestyles among young adults in the workplace

    Qualitative research with young people and employers to develop an intervention pathway for employers to support healthy lifestyles in the workplace. Industries of focus will be: leisure and food, health and social care, education, and construction.

  • Working With Cancer - employer survey

    A mixed model research including an employer survey and employer case studies. The research aims to find elements of employer best practice to help support employees in the workplace living with cancer.

  • Language Programmes Evaluation

    A DfE-funded mixed method evaluation of the Language Hubs, Language Assistants, German Promotion Project and UK-German Connection programmes aiming to promote and increase take-up of language learning among Key stages 2 and 3 (especially German)...

  • YFF Youth Employment Toolkit 2.0

    IES with Centre for Evidence and Implementation (CEI) and Monash University are leading evidence syntheses for Youth Futures to feed into the development of a second edition of the Youth Employment Toolkit. The Toolkit will continue to support...

  • App for Social Action evaluation

    Apps for Good have commissioned the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) to evaluate the App for Social Action course. The App for Social Action Course is a 7-session course that supports students in creating a community focused, social action...

  • Gatsby Skills Bootcamps - participant roundtables

    Following on from the desk based research and stakeholder interviews, this research aims to gather the views of employers and participants in Skills Bootcamps. For employers, we will explore how they anticipate demand for skills and decide on...

  • Youth policy journeys

    YFF is providing a grant to IES to explore the policies and services that support young people (14-30) on their journey to work and understand how they are tracked. Through desk research, stakeholder interviews and with support from a youth and an...

  • Jobs Plus trial support and evaluation

    IES will be evaluating a trial of the Jobs-Plus initiative, a place-based employment programme to support residents living in social housing.

  • Evidence based DEI Training Workshops

    Line manager training (full day) and one 2 hour online session for Senior Management Team of CIOT.