Projects and case studies

  • WLA LSIP Renewal

    Labour market analysis support for West London Alliance/West London Business for the renewal of their Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP), providing an update to the labour market analysis work of a few years ago in support of the original...

  • Unfair dismissal and financial difficulties

    We are providing subject area expertise and interviewing research resource to assist a qualitative project. The project aims to understand employer practices in dismissals and fire and rehire, and their understanding of, approach to and views...

  • Outreach Evaluation support

    Data analysis to support the evaluation of Sutton Trust's main outreach programmes - UK Summer Schools and Pathways to the Professions. It involved analysis of ST applicant data to identify matched comparator groups of unsuccessful applicants to...

  • Evaluation of London Multiply

    The project will supply an evaluation of London's Adult Maths Multiply Programme including Outreach Roadshow provision. The evaluation will explore effectiveness of the different elements and provide formative and summative feedback on progress....

  • 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...