Projects and case studies
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Employers' experiences of involvement in Role Redesign and Skills Utilisation Networks
The research was aimed at informing future Skills for Health (SfH) developments in role re-design and support networks. Surveys and interviews were conducted to investigate employers’ experiences of involvement in Role Redesign and Skills...
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Evaluation of Day One Access to the Work Programme for prison leavers and Employment and Reoffending Pilot
The Government embarked on wide-ranging reforms both to the rehabilitation of offenders and to how the most disadvantaged are supported to move into work.This evaluation comprised two interlinked initiatives (one funded by the Ministry of Justice...
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Study on the Apprenticeship Supply in Member States
IES was part of an EU-wide consortium (led by IKEI Research, Spain) that undertook a study providing an overview of apprenticeship-type schemes in Vocational Education and Training (VET) in all 27 Member States, especially in the context of the...
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ITV Fixers
ITV Fixers, which supports young people to create media campaigns on social issues they are passionate about, wished to illustrate the quality of its impact and the way in which it supports and develops young people. It was also interested in the...
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Voluntary Equality Reporting in Small Businesses
This study, undertaken for the Government Equalities Office, aims to understand transparency on gender pay gaps and workforce diversity in organisations with between 150 and 249 employees. It investigates both the propensity of organisations of...
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Expanding and improving part-time undergraduate higher education: the feasibility of increasing the numbers of young people in HE studying part-time
The research will explore demand and supply issues in expanding and improving part-time higher education to support policy development around alternative modes of HE delivery. It will collect information and data on how English institutions are...
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Career trajectories/career profiles of care and development workers
In 2011, employment in care and development in the UK had expanded substantially and was expected to increase further due to demographic change. IES analysed the factors associated with mobility in and out of care and development jobs. We found...
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EU-OSHA comic strips and captures evaluation
The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) commissioned artists to produce visual materials to communicate messages about priority areas such as workplace health promotion; mental health, and; health promotion amongst young...
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Implementation of the posted workers Directive in the UK
IES was commissioned by Ismeri Europa, Italy, to provide information about the UK on the application of the posted workers' Directive, to feed into an EU-wide comparative report. The work involved desk research on the application of the Directive...
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Enterprise restructuring in Finland and transferring good practice to the Baltic state
IES was commissioned to provide expert advice and assistance for a project, managed by the ILO and funded by the European Commission, to examine the mechanisms in place to anticipate restructuring in Finland, and to assess their transferability to...