Projects and case studies
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Research to inform GP referral to the health and work assessment and advisory service
The aim of this study for the DWP was to estimate the likely proportion/numbers of eligible employees that GPs would refer to the proposed health and work assessment and advisory service (HWAAS).IES teamed up with researchers from the University...
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Qualitative work on Labour Market Integration of New Immigrants
This UK case study analysed how effectively workforce development and integration policies help immigrants (especially those with only a high school degree or less) to progress from low-skilled work or unemployment to middle-skilled jobs.
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Evaluation of the impact of the internal workplace mediation training service
This project aimed to evaluate the impact of Acas's internal workplace mediation training service for its trainees and to gain an insight into the effectiveness of Acas's in-house training for organisations.It also provided data for the key...
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Mutual learning on anticipating and managing restructuring
IES is taking part in a comparative study, funded by the European Commission and led by the training centre of the International Labour Organisation (ICT-ILO), examining good practice in anticipating and managing restructuring at sectoral level in...
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Scoping study for a foresight on new and emerging OSH risks and challenges
IES was commissioned to undertake a literature review, telephone interviews and an online survey of stakeholders to identify possible subjects for a foresighting study into new and emerging OSH risks arising from changes in the nature of work...
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European Inventory on the Validation of Non-formal and Informal Learning (country expert)
The overall objective of this project is to advance the work of the Commission (DG EAC) and Member States within the Education and Training 2020 work programme in the area of basic skills, by providing the basis for the Commission Report on...
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Understanding mature entrants’ transitions to postgraduate study
This study consolidated and improved the information base on mature postgraduate students in order to understand:their profile and participationtheir motivations to studytheir pre-entry activities (in the years between undergraduate study and...
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Review and synthesis of the regulations, cultures and behaviours evidence underlying compliance with food safety regulations
This research project centred on psychosocial factors underlying compliance with (and enforcement of) food safety regulations, with an emphasis on small food business operators. The aims were:to pool together existing evidence the FSA possessed on...
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The social dimension of intra-EU mobility: Impact on public services in the UK
This project for Eurofound was one of nine country case studies looking to document the impact of intra-EU mobility on staffing, budgets, demand and use of public services in receiving countries, from the perspectives of both the mobile EU...
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Study on Area F of the Beijing Platform for Action - 'Women and the Economy'
IES was sub-contracted to act as a national expert for this study led by the Istituto per la ricerca sociale for the European Institute for Gender Equality.The EU-wide study focused on part-time employment, the full-time equivalent employment rate...