Projects and case studies

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  • Worker involvement: evaluating HSE health and safety representative training

    IES was commissioned by the Health and Safety Executive to evaluate its training initiatives for employee health and safety representatives, which aimed to increase the number of representatives.In the first instance, we evaluated two pilot...

  • Responses to Tackling Work-related Stress

    IES co-ordinated an international comparative survey about social partner responses to tackling work-related stress. It focused on the risk factors and the interventions that have been put into place to try to deal with work-related stress. The...

  • Creative Graduates - Creative Futures: Survey of the Career Patterns of UK Graduates in Art, Design and Media

    Working through 20 to 30 higher education institutions offering practice-based arts and design degrees, IES surveyed graduates from three graduating years (2001/02, 2002/03 and 2003/04). The survey updated the Destinations and Reflections study of...

  • Meeting the Needs of Disadvantaged Learners and Non-learners

    IES conducted this study on behalf of the LSC, leading a consortium which included Ipsos MORI and NIACE. The research included a large-scale survey, consultative workshops, and qualitative interviews and focus groups. The project segmented...

  • NHS HR Capacity and Capability

    IES worked with the NHS North West in undertaking an HR Capacity and Capability Review. The overall aim was to ensure that HR outcomes support the effectiveness and success of NHS organisations in providing world class services to people in the...

  • Workplace Projects Evaluation

    IES was commissioned to evaluate Acas' Workplace Projects service. Workplace Projects are collaborative in-house projects, facilitated by Acas advisors and run within organisations by management and employee representatives. They are a bespoke...

  • Evaluation of National Skills Academies

    National Skills Academies (NSAs) are designed to be 'employer-led centres of excellence in learning' and form a key element of the government's strategy to improve the nation's skill base by making provision of training more relevant to labour...

  • Good HRM Practices Make Best Use of Skills to Improve Business Performance

    The UK Commission for Employment and Skills commissioned IES in partnership with The Work Foundation to undertake a three-component project on how using good HRM practices can enable employers to make full use of the skills of their workforce and...

  • Reviewing Reward in Context

    IES has been working with Scottish Natural Heritage to review and develop a number of components of their new reward strategy. The first of these has been to conduct a specific market rewards survey of 17 other relevant organisations. Scottish...

  • Understanding Doctoral Graduate Destinations

    IES helped Research Councils UK and other stakeholders understand better the career pathways of doctoral graduates and the impact they have on the economy and beyond. Analysis of options for longer-term study on the career pathways of doctoral...