Projects and case studies

  • Supporting line managers to foster employee engagement

    NHS Employers asked IES to produce a paper for line managers about employee engagement, based on our experience of running events for line managers in NHS trusts. The paper aimed to focus on engaging managerial behaviours and ways of building...

  • Qualitative research to identify what good employment support for people with epilepsy should look like

    This project aims to undertake qualitative research to identify what good employment support for people with epilepsy should look like.The work will add strategic value to Epilepsy Action by increasing the charity's capacity to provide future...

  • The Youth Guarantee in light of changes in the world of work

    IES is working with ICON-INSTITUT in Germany on a project for the European Commission which aims to:provide an overview of Youth Guarantee delivery models across the EU;present a synthesis of current and upcoming challenges faced by young people...

  • Impact case studies on health coaching

    The aim of the project is to provide an overview on the spread and impact of health coaching within the NHS Innovation Accelerator Programme.Through the development of organisational impact case studies, IES will explore local outcomes for...

  • 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...

  • Legal Sector Workforce Planning Research

    The legal services market is facing widespread disruption with a more liberal regulatory environment, stronger commercial pressures, and the increasing adoption of technology. These developments will impact the type of roles and skills required in...

  • 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,...

  • The impact of the minimum wage on employment and hours, including the impact on young workers

    The aim of the research is to assess the impact of the introduction of the National Living Wage (NLW) in April 2016 and its successive updating on employment and hours worked.It will be based on an individual-level analyses of the Labour Force...

  • 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...

  • Assessment of public interventions to combat labour market segmentation in four EU Member States

    This project, on behalf of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, is focused on identifying labour market interventions aimed at combating labour market segmentation (including those addressing differences in...