Projects and case studies

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  • EU-OSHA comic strips and captures evaluation

    The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) commissioned artists to produce visual materials to communicate messages about priority areas such as workplace health promotion; mental health, and; health promotion amongst young...

  • The impact of workplace initiatives on low carbon behaviours

    The Scottish Government has commissioned research involving a series of expert interviews and 10 organisational case studies to explore the evidence on what works in achieving low carbon behaviour change in workplaces. The project will produce a...

  • Review of Rapid Spread Methodology

    Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust commissioned IES to review the second phase of the rapid spread methodology, which was initially implemented in pilot sites in York and Southampton to introduce high impact actions (HIAs) to reduce...

  • Research to Support the Evaluation of Investors in People

    The UK Commission for Employment and Skills has commissioned research to help evaluate the impact of the Investors in People standard and provide feedback to improve service delivery. The project will involve a series of organisational case...

  • Work Organisation and Innovation

    This project identified how innovations in High Performance Work Practices can improve employee outcomes and organisational performance in a range of sectors and countries.The project examined how such innovations may support organisations to...

  • Public sector use of collective conciliation

    IES has been commissioned by Acas to provide an in-depth analysis of the views of senior public sector HR and employment relations managers on their experience and use of collective conciliation and their use of Acas's conciliation services. The...

  • Evaluation of the outcomes for employers participating in the Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards

    The Health Improvement Division of the Welsh Government commissioned IES to conduct an impact evaluation of both the Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards. These Awards are granted to organisations that demonstrate that they...

  • Scoping the development of work and cancer support for SMEs

    The aim of this scoping research is to establish the challenges particular to SMEs who are managing employees affected by cancer. The research involves qualitative work with employers and other stakeholders to explore experiences of dealing with...

  • Evaluation of Diversity in Apprenticeship Pilots

    This project aimed to inform future policy regarding diversity in apprenticeships. It built on previous research by IES (Marangozov et al 2009*) that explored under-representation in apprenticeships (by gender, race and disability) and reviewed...

  • Evaluation of Unionlearn and Union Learning Fund

    This project was undertaken in partnership with the Centre for Employment Relations Innovation and Change (CERIC) at the University of Leeds. The project evaluated the impact of UnionLearn and the Union Learning Fund on individuals and companies...