Projects and case studies
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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...
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Case studies on the impact of selected interventions on organisational performance and patient experience
We conducted four case studies with NHS Trusts in North-East England, selected from volunteer trusts by NHS Employers.The focus of the case studies was on the relationship between human resource management interventions, staff satisfaction...
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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...
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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...
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Strategic human resource management: the policy and the practice, the past and the future
IES is partnering with the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, to investigate the state of strategic human resource management in UK organisations.Thirty years after the concept of strategic HRM arrived in the UK from across...
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Virtual life coach: prototype development and pilot
IES is providing consultancy support on career planning and coaching aspects, to assist in the development of, and tailoring of the content delivered by, a Virtual Life Coach.The ‘virtual coach’ is in testing phase for a UK Government Department...
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Construction Skills Fund On-Site Training Hubs programme
IES is evaluating the Construction Industry Training Board’s On-Site Training Hubs programme. There are around 20 training hubs in England, located on home-building and infrastructure sites. The hubs are training new entrants to the construction...
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Development of an EU framework to assess the overall impacts of occupational health and safety prevention on the performance of construction enterprises
In partnership with Ecorys Netherlands and on behalf of the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (EASME), we will explore the productivity and business benefits of occupational health and safety (OSH) good practice in the...
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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...
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Experiences of homeless young people in precarious employment
There has been growing concern about the rise in non-standard or atypical employment practices in the aftermath of the financial crisis. Recent estimates suggest that roughly 4 million workers are in forms of employment characterised by low levels...