Projects and case studies

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  • Evaluation of Access to Work

    The Access to Work (AtW) programme has been operating in Great Britain since 1994 and is designed for people with long-term health conditions or impairments who need practical support to take up work or to do their job. This project is a...

  • Seeing the Link Between HR and Organisational Performance

    This work for the National Health Service Improvement and Innovation Agency evaluated research on the functional contribution of HR/OD and associated professionals to organisational performance, as well as the impact of more general people...

  • Evaluation of Coaching in the NHS

    The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement (NHS Institute) commissioned IES to carry out an over-arching evaluation of coaching intervention to support leadership development across the NHS. Some evaluation had been carried out of the...

  • Evaluation of Healthy Workplace Solutions

    The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) commissioned IES to assess the effectiveness of specific elements of its Healthy Workplace Solutions intervention. This was designed to encourage a larger number of organisations in seven target sectors to...

  • Evaluation of West Midlands Regional Coaching Pool

    The West Midlands Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership commissioned IES to conduct an independent external evaluation of its coaching pool activities. IES explored the outcomes of the coaching in terms of performance improvement on the...

  • Workplace Health Gets a Boost for SMEs in Wales

    The HSE commissioned IES to evaluate a new pilot service aimed at providing free and impartial advice on workplace health to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) based in Wales. 'Workboost Wales' was a joint initiative between the Welsh...

  • City Strategy Pathfinder Evaluation

    The City Strategy is an innovative strategy aimed at addressing the problem of persistently high levels of worklessness found in certain areas. Local consortia made up of public, private and voluntary organisations in 15 areas throughout England,...

  • Further Evaluation of Learner Support Funds

    The Institute was commissioned by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) to conduct a further evaluation of the Learner Support Funds which provide help to students in further education suffering from hardship. The evaluation, which mainly involved...

  • Human Capability and the Bottom Line

    We tested a model developed by IES to explore the elements of human capability, for the Sector Skills Development Agency. The model is supported by a range of indicators that have emerged from the literature on human capital measurement and high...

  • Evaluating Workplace Health Connect

    The Health and Safety Executive has been piloting 'Workplace Health Connect'. This major policy initiative in part of England and Wales involves a national advice line with follow-up workplace support to help employers prevent and manage ill...