Projects and case studies

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  • Technical Assistance for Improving the Quality of Public Employment Services Location - Turkey

    IES was commissioned by Deleeuw International, Turkey, to help provide support to public employment services in Turkey, with reference to best practices in the EU.

  • The impact of workplace initiatives on low carbon behaviours

    The Scottish Government has commissioned research involving a series of expert interviews and 10 organisational case studies to explore the evidence on what works in achieving low carbon behaviour change in workplaces. The project will produce a...

  • Research to Support the Evaluation of Investors in People

    The UK Commission for Employment and Skills has commissioned research to help evaluate the impact of the Investors in People standard and provide feedback to improve service delivery. The project will involve a series of organisational case...

  • Public sector use of collective conciliation

    IES has been commissioned by Acas to provide an in-depth analysis of the views of senior public sector HR and employment relations managers on their experience and use of collective conciliation and their use of Acas's conciliation services. The...

  • Evaluation of the outcomes for employers participating in the Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards

    The Health Improvement Division of the Welsh Government commissioned IES to conduct an impact evaluation of both the Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards. These Awards are granted to organisations that demonstrate that they...

  • The College of Social Work help-desk pilot evaluation

    The College of Social Work (TCSW), in partnership with the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) will be conducting a pilot of their flagship online help-desk and information service between 1st August 2011 and 10th October 2011. IES has...

  • Understanding Employer Networks

    This research offers the opportunity to understand better a variety of employer networks, to explore how and why they are created and sustained, which models are effective and in which circumstances, and the benefits of participating for employers...

  • Scoping the development of work and cancer support for SMEs

    The aim of this scoping research is to establish the challenges particular to SMEs who are managing employees affected by cancer. The research involves qualitative work with employers and other stakeholders to explore experiences of dealing with...

  • Student Income and Expenditure Survey 2011/12

    In partnership with the National Centre for Social Research, IES was commisioned by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills to conduct the 2011/12 Student Income and Expenditure Survey.The survey is the most authorative source of data on...

  • Understanding Occupational Regulation

    The overall aim of this project was to develop a deeper understanding and insight into the design, implementation, and impact of forms of occupational regulation in the UK. Specifically the research explored the factors associated with schemes...