Projects and case studies
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Survey of the optometric workforce 2018
IES has conducted an online survey of optometrists in the UK on behalf of the Association of Optometrists. Students, pre-registration and fully-qualified optometrists are included, the latter category incorporating employed optometrists,...
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Understanding the conditions for successful mental health training for managers
IES is conducting:a review of mental health training to determine the best topics to train line managers in, the best method(s) of delivering the training and the best means of measuring beneficial impacts; andan evaluation of two types of...
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Case studies on the impact of selected interventions on organisational performance and patient experience
We conducted four case studies with NHS Trusts in North-East England, selected from volunteer trusts by NHS Employers.The focus of the case studies was on the relationship between human resource management interventions, staff satisfaction...
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Virtual life coach: prototype development and pilot
IES is providing consultancy support on career planning and coaching aspects, to assist in the development of, and tailoring of the content delivered by, a Virtual Life Coach.The ‘virtual coach’ is in testing phase for a UK Government Department...
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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...
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Strategic human resource management: the policy and the practice, the past and the future
IES is partnering with the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, to investigate the state of strategic human resource management in UK organisations.Thirty years after the concept of strategic HRM arrived in the UK from across...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Awareness, attraction and retention of the Reserve Forces
In 2014, IES collaborated with Cranfield University School of Management, Aberdeen University, Ipsos Mori and Oxford Brookes University to conduct research on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the UK Armed Forces.The project aimed to...