Projects and case studies
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Economic and Social Costs of Low Skilled Adults in the EU
The aim of this project for Cedefop was to:develop conceptual and methodological frameworks for both defining and measuring the magnitude of low-skilled population in the EU;describe and analyse the characteristics, causes and trends regarding the...
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Assessing Sectoral Skills Challenges
IES was commissioned by Cambridge Econometrics to provide expert advice on the model design for assessing sectoral skills challenges, using a range of UK labour market and business datasets, and to provide examples of reporting outputs in a...
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Seminars on long-term sickness absence, on behalf of Eversheds
IES researchers Sally Wilson and Jim Hillage participated in a series of seminars organised by Eversheds about long-term sickness absence and the new Health and Work Service.
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Understanding the Behavioural Drivers of Organisational Decision Making
A cross-Government group led by the Department of Energy and Climate Change appointed IES to lead a consortium (including researchers from Brook Lyndhurst and the University of Nottingham) to undertake a review of the evidence on behavioural...
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Phase 2 of the Evaluation of the Apprenticeship Trailblazers - case studies
The Apprenticeship Trailblazers were introduced as a means to address recommendations from the Richard Review (2012), that employers should take greater ownership of training and assessment.In early 2014, IES was commissioned carry out a...
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Understanding the opportunities and barriers for the continued development of ‘Assistant Practitioner’ roles in England
There had been increasing interest in the potential for greater use of Assistant Practitioner roles at band 4 in the NHS and this was growing with the push to better integrate health and social care. This project examined the opportunities and...
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Student Income and Expenditure Survey 2014-15
This latest wave of the Student Income and Expenditure Surveys (SIES) will provide a comprehensive and robust assessment of the impact of the 2012/13 changes to student finances. The survey covers a representative sample of undergraduate students...
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Research into delivery of English language learning for migrants in low paid employment in London
The GLA wished to examine the ways in which English language learning provision in London can be improved to better support migrants to learn and improve their English. The work explored the ways in which immigrants access English language...
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Enhancing the potential for 'Assistant Practitioner’ roles in Wales
This project for Skills for Health will explore the reasons why assistant practitioner roles have been introduced to a lesser extent in Wales than in England and Scotland. Through interviews with Board and health sector managers we will examine...
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Review of the Higher Education Performance Indicators 2013
This work for the four UK higher education funding bodies saw IES undertake a fundamental review of the UK Higher Education Performance Indicators to assess whether they were still fit for purpose, given the great changes in nature of the HE...