Projects and case studies
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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...
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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...
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Evaluation of a Dual Local Authority and HSE-Staffed Occupational Health Support Service for SMEs
IES was commissioned to evaluate the provision of a regulator-led advice and support service on occupational health and safety issues for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) based in Milton Keynes. The evaluation investigated the...
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Evaluation of Academy for Large Scale Change
IES was appointed to evaluate 'The Academy for Large Scale Change' designed by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement in order to equip Strategic Health Authorities, and regional and national leaders, with world class improvement and...
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An evaluation of Partners Outreach for Ethnic Minorities (POEM)
The policy intent of POEM was to improve the economic activity of its target groups: Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Somali women, by addressing their barriers to work, including cultural barriers, confidence, knowledge of labour market options and...
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Can Children's Centres Engage Parents in Labour Market-related Activity?
DWP undertook a Pilot to ascertain whether Children's Centres might offer a more effective vehicle to engage parents in labour market related activity, and so move them closer to employment (and ultimately into work). The pilot operated from late...
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Evaluating Integrated Employment and Skills (IES) Trials
The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), Jobcentre Plus, the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) and the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) were working together to develop a new integrated employment and skills system to...
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Socially-Sensitive Enterprise Restructuring Guidelines for the ILO
IES was commissioned by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to devise a set of practical guidelines and recommendations on how to manage enterprise restructuring in a socially sensitive way, based on case studies from Serbia, Croatia,...
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Evaluation of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
ESA replaced Incapacity Benefit for new claimants in October 2007. It introduced a new Work Capability Assessment (WCA), which emphasises what work a customer can, rather than cannot, do, and a ‘work-focused health-related assessment’ (WFHRA)...
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Involving Children and Young People in Improving Local Health Services
IES carried out a longitudinal evaluation of two associated products for the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement: a tool for healthcare professionals and a lesson plan for schools. These were designed to promote the involvement of...