Projects and case studies
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Evaluation of the Fit for Work service
In 2015 the DWP launched the Fit for Work service to provide occupational health assessment and health and work advice to employees, employers and GPs in order to help employees return to or stay in work after a long-term (over four-week...
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Centre for Vocational Education Research (CVER)
From 2015 to 2017, IES was part of a consortium of four partner institutions, funded by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), delivering a multi-year programme on vocational education in the UK. The aim of the Centre for...
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Evidence on employment practice for the Teachers’ Longer Working Review
This project aimed to provide information to the teachers' Working Longer Review - a tripartite review between the Department for Education, teaching unions and their employers - so that it had the necessary contextual evidence to...
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Expert workshop on the use of O*NET occupational database resource in the UK
The Gatsby Foundation has given the Institute a grant to run a workshop to explore, understand and propose how to maximise the benefits that could to be obtained from using the O*NET occupational database resource to address UK...
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Research on the 2014 European Directive on the Enforcement of the Posted Workers Directive
IES has been commissioned by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to carry out qualitative research to help the government assess the likely impact of the 2014 European Directive on the Enforcement of the Posted Workers on...
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Research into the ESA Claimant Trials
IES was commissioned, with SPRU at the University of York, to lead qualitative research into ESA claimants' experience of three new trials designed to move participants closer to the labour market – Voluntary Early Intervention (VEI),...
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The impact of STEMNET’s programmes on young people’s employability skills
This research explored whether and how STEMNET’s STEM Ambassadors Programme and STEM Clubs Programme had impacted on young people's employability skills.The research involved interviews with national stakeholders, STEMNET Contract Holders and...
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Evaluation of the Carers' Employment Pilot: supporting carers to remain in employment
IES was commissioned by the Social Care Institute for Excellence to evaluate a two-year pilot programme, which focused on testing and finding out 'what works' to support carers to remain in employment and economically active. Nine English local...
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Precarious employment: patterns, trends and policy strategies in Europe
IES worked with IZA and IDEA Consult to produce a study on precarious work in the EU for the Employment Committee of the European Parliament.The study included a literature review of the extent and trends relating to different forms of precarious...
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Research into tackling unemployment among disadvantaged young people
This research for Centrepoint sought to understand what impact the government’s proposed measures to tackle youth unemployment would have on some of the most disadvantaged young people, particularly homeless young people.The research involved...