Projects and case studies
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Evaluation of the 15 Steps Challenge
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement commissioned IES to review the experiences of organisations which have implemented the 15 Steps Challenge launched in May 2012 and emerged from the Productive Ward Programme (a toolkit providing a...
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The use of social media in the recruitment process
IES was commissioned by ACAS to carry out a small-scale research project into employer's use of social media during the recruitment process. The research focused on use and non-use of social media as a means of recruitment and during the...
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Assessment of National Employer Skills and Government Business Support Programmes
IES completed a project from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) working with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) looking at the extent to which rural businesses access government support to grow...
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Employers' experiences of involvement in Role Redesign and Skills Utilisation Networks
The research was aimed at informing future Skills for Health (SfH) developments in role re-design and support networks. Surveys and interviews were conducted to investigate employers’ experiences of involvement in Role Redesign and Skills...
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Evaluation of Day One Access to the Work Programme for prison leavers and Employment and Reoffending Pilot
The Government embarked on wide-ranging reforms both to the rehabilitation of offenders and to how the most disadvantaged are supported to move into work.This evaluation comprised two interlinked initiatives (one funded by the Ministry of Justice...
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Joint L&D procurement - a case study
As part of on ongoing programme to help with the spread of ideas and knowledge about shared services across local government, IES created a case study of the joint procurement of an L&D managed service in the four boroughs of Bexley, Greenwich,...
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ITV Fixers
ITV Fixers, which supports young people to create media campaigns on social issues they are passionate about, wished to illustrate the quality of its impact and the way in which it supports and develops young people. It was also interested in the...
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Voluntary Equality Reporting in Small Businesses
This study, undertaken for the Government Equalities Office, aims to understand transparency on gender pay gaps and workforce diversity in organisations with between 150 and 249 employees. It investigates both the propensity of organisations of...
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Director of Children’s Services Provision Evaluation – Case Study Evidence
This project involved case study fieldwork in 18 Children’s services across the country, gathering data and interviewing Directors of Children’s services (DCS), those who aspired to this role, as well as others within the organisation who could...
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Expanding and improving part-time undergraduate higher education: the feasibility of increasing the numbers of young people in HE studying part-time
The research will explore demand and supply issues in expanding and improving part-time higher education to support policy development around alternative modes of HE delivery. It will collect information and data on how English institutions are...