Projects and case studies
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Adult Career Decision-Making
Qualitative research, for the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, with sixty-five adults who were making career decisions, in order to explore what influenced them in making these decisions, factors that were most important and the...
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Evaluation of the Impact of Learning below Level 2 in FE
In partnership with BMG research, IES are undertaking a project evaluating the impact of learning below Level 2, for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The work includes a literature review drawing on UK and international evidence...
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Supporting Learners with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities to Access ESF Priority 2 Provision
IES, in partnership with the National Institute for Adult and Continuing Education (NIACE), was commissioned by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to carry out research into the apparent under-representation of learners with a...
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Evaluation of phase 4 of the Trials to support Raising the Participation Age
The 2008 Education and Skills Act included proposals for a future government to raise the age at which young people are expected to stay in learning in England to 17 years from 2013 and to their 18th birthday from 2015 and to place a duty on...
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Investors in People Consumer Insight Analysis
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) commissioned IES to review Investors in People (IIP) assessment reports to analyse organisations' motivations and the challenges they face in achieving the standard.The aim was to use cluster...
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Fourth Employer Work-Life Balance Employer Survey 2013
IES worked with IFF Research on the Fourth Work-Life Balance Employer Survey, commissioned by BIS. The survey built on the most recent Work-Life Balance Employer Survey, dating from 2007, and aimed to examine working hours of managerial and non...
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Literature review on wages, collective bargaining and productivity
IES undertook a literature review on the role of collective bargaining and social dialogue actors/institutions in strengthening the links between wages and productivity. The review identified countries for subsequent in-depth case-studies, and...
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Economic, Social and Personal Outcomes of Vocational Qualifications Research
IES contributed to a study, commissioned by the London Borough of Newham and led by BMG Research, providing econometric research on the impact of successful learning at Levels 1, 2 or 3 on employment and wages for young people in Newham.The...
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The use of social media in the recruitment process
IES was commissioned by ACAS to carry out a small-scale research project into employer's use of social media during the recruitment process. The research focused on use and non-use of social media as a means of recruitment and during the...
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Assessment of National Employer Skills and Government Business Support Programmes
IES completed a project from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) working with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) looking at the extent to which rural businesses access government support to grow...