Projects and case studies

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  • Housing First evaluation

    On behalf of the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, IES is designing an impact evaluation of three Housing First pilots, running in Liverpool City Region, Greater Manchester and the West Midlands. The intervention is a...

  • Better Conversations Critical Friend

    This project will provide consultancy support and the role of critical friend for a place-based approach to implementing health coaching. IES will guide local change champions, using an action research methodology, during the Berkley Vale...

  • Tips by Text

    IES is carrying out an evaluation of a Tips by Text intervention for The Education Endowment Foundation which is being trialled in 2019/2020 and into the 2020/21 school year. Tips by Text is a behavioural nudge intervention, which uses texts sent...

  • Involving young people in volunteering: careers research review

    The project comprises a rapid evidence assessment of the landscape of youth volunteering engagement and will explore attitudinal and hard outcomes associated with volunteering.A focused literature review will synthesise findings from around 20 of...

  • Making the PES Business Case

    IES Chief Economist Stefan Speckesser was an independent expert at the EU network event on Public Employment Services, ‘Making the PES Business Case’ on 17th January 2017.The event was a high level seminar for around 50 participants at Brussels...

  • Understanding perceptions of Arts Council England as an employer

    IES is working with Arts Council England to help improve understanding of the perceptions of the organisation held by actual and potential job applicants from a range of backgrounds.The research project will involve online consultations, focus...

  • Using advanced practitioners to improve teaching, learning and assessment

    The aim of this project was to establish how different providers in the further education and skills sector used advanced practitioner roles to improve teaching, learning and assessment.The project sought to understand what practice existed in the...

  • The impact of Brexit on European veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses practising in the UK

    IES is conducting an online survey of all non-UK European veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses who are registered to practise with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) and are currently living in the UK.The survey aims to find out...

  • Research study on the articulation between the EU level and national levels of social dialogue

    IES and WMP Consult, Hamburg, have been commissioned to examine the articulation of social dialogue between the EU level - cross-sector and sector - and the national level in EU Member States, in order to ascertain how well the EU social dialogue...

  • Surveys of veterinary nurses and veterinary surgeons on the future role of the veterinary nurse

    IES has been asked by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) to conduct online surveys of all veterinary nurses and veterinary surgeons registered to practise in the UK.This consultation aims to improve understanding of how Schedule 3 of...