Projects and case studies
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Early Years Toolbox Evaluation
This project is a pilot evaluation of an intervention using the Early Years Toolbox developed by Professor Melhish as an assessment tool for early years practitioners alongside additional support from Action for Children.The intervention seeks to...
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Assessment of public interventions to combat labour market segmentation in four EU Member States
This project, on behalf of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, is focused on identifying labour market interventions aimed at combating labour market segmentation (including those addressing differences in...
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Evaluation of Teach First Careers and Employability Programme
Teach First has rolled out its Careers Employability Leadership Programme to a wider cohort of schools as part of the Careers and Enterprise Company Careers Leaders focus, following two small-scale pilots. The programme aims to support schools to...
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Experiences of homeless young people in precarious employment
There has been growing concern about the rise in non-standard or atypical employment practices in the aftermath of the financial crisis. Recent estimates suggest that roughly 4 million workers are in forms of employment characterised by low levels...
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Experiences of homeless young people in precarious employment
There has been growing concern about the rise in non-standard or atypical employment practices in the aftermath of the financial crisis. Recent estimates suggest that roughly 4 million workers are in forms of employment characterised by low levels...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Evaluation of the Healthy Working Wales Programme - In Work Support Operation
IES is collaborating with Old Bell 3 to deliver the evaluation of In-Work Support under the Healthy Working Wales Programme.IES will develop a theory of change through leading policy maker interviews and a targeted literature review. To build...