Projects and case studies

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  • Teachers' and leaders' views on the pay framework: a review

    In 2014/15 the Department for Education (DfE) implemented significant reforms to the pay framework for teachers, with the aim of introducing a more flexible performance- based structure.  In May 2018 the DfE commissioned IES to collect views...

  • Survey of the optometric workforce 2018

    IES has conducted an online survey of optometrists in the UK on behalf of the Association of Optometrists. Students, pre-registration and fully-qualified optometrists are included, the latter category incorporating employed optometrists,...

  • Survey of EU staff at higher education providers

    IES, working with the Careers Research and Advisory Centre (CRAC) and Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA), is undertaking research for the Department for Education into EU staff at UK higher education institutions to understand...

  • Maternity and Paternity Rights Survey

    In partnership with BMG Research, IES will deliver the next Maternity and Paternity Rights Survey (2018).The survey will be crucial in enabling the government to monitor the take-up of maternity and paternity benefits, and how this has changed, as...

  • Understanding the conditions for successful mental health training for managers

    IES is conducting:a review of mental health training to determine the best topics to train line managers in, the best method(s) of delivering the training and the best means of measuring beneficial impacts; andan evaluation of two types of...

  • Evaluation of Teach First Careers and Employability Programme

    Teach First has rolled out its Careers Employability Leadership Programme to a wider cohort of schools as part of the Careers and Enterprise Company Careers Leaders focus, following two small-scale pilots. The programme aims to support schools to...

  • Evaluating Mind's Blue Light initiative for new emergency services recruits

    IES evaluated Mind's latest Blue Light initiative which involved mental health and wellbeing training for new recruits in the emergency services. The work involved training observations, qualitative interviewing, focus groups and a census...

  • Early Years Toolbox Evaluation

    This project is a pilot evaluation of an intervention using the Early Years Toolbox developed by Professor Melhish as an assessment tool for early years practitioners alongside additional support from Action for Children.The intervention seeks to...

  • Understanding perceptions of Arts Council England as an employer

    IES is working with Arts Council England to help improve understanding of the perceptions of the organisation held by actual and potential job applicants from a range of backgrounds.The research project will involve online consultations, focus...

  • Using advanced practitioners to improve teaching, learning and assessment

    The aim of this project was to establish how different providers in the further education and skills sector used advanced practitioner roles to improve teaching, learning and assessment.The project sought to understand what practice existed in the...