Projects and case studies
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Analytical paper on Public Employment Services (PES) and green jobs for the European Commission
IES was commissioned to prepare an expert paper on Public Employment Services (PES) service delivery and policy implementation in relation to:supporting jobseekers to move into work requiring green skillsidentification of pros and cons of...
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Review of Apprenticeship Research 2013-2014
A wealth of material is regularly published on themes relevant to apprenticeships, including studies of apprenticeship and work-based training which span UK and international settings.This represents some challenges for the National Apprenticeship...
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Feasibility Study: Online occupational safety and health (OSH) tools
IES was commissioned by EU-OSHA to examine and systematically document online occupational safety and health (OSH) tools offered across EU member states and, in doing this, provide a typology of tools.The study also proposed a number of tools for...
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Ex-post evaluation of EU-OSHA'S Healthy Workplaces Campaign 2012-13: Working together for risk prevention
IES was commissioned to carry out an evaluation of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) Healthy Workplaces Campaign 2012-2013. The evaluation aimed to assess the effectiveness and impact of the campaign and its activities at...
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STYLE: Strategic Transitions for Youth Labour in Europe
The aim of the STYLE project is to provide a comprehensive understanding of the causes of very high unemployment among young people and to assess the effectiveness of labour market policies designed to mitigate this phenomenon.The project includes...
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The UK labour market story 2013
IES was commissioned, together with IER and Cambridge Econometrics, to produce an overarching assessment of the UK for the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, in order to understand how effective the UK's skills investment approach was...
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Impact of training on the unemployed
While the literature on the returns from education is very extensive, there is a gap in the evidence for returns to training, specifically formal educational achievement – such as NVQ-Levels or specific vocational qualifications (including...
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A review of the National Student Survey (NSS)
The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) is working with IES to explore the feasibility of developing a student satisfaction survey aimed at those studying taught postgraduate courses. These important students currently lie outside the...
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Evidence review of the effect of workplace policies and management practices on employees' health and wellbeing
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) commissioned IES, in partnership with the Work Foundation and Lancaster University to conduct a review of the evidence on the effect of workplace policies and management practices on...
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Provision of scheduled and on-request reporting services to Eurofound
An international consortium led by IES has been awarded a four-year contract (2014-2018) to provide EU-level information to Eurofound on industrial relations, working conditions and management of change. The information will appear on Eurofound's...