Projects and case studies
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Evidence review on e-portfolios and digital records of achievement
IES has been asked by CEC to undertake a literature review of 'what works' in delivering schemes aimed at supporting school leavers to develop eportfolios, records of achievement and careers passports.The project will also investigate the impact...
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How effective is the IES/CIPD practical tool in helping to promote and guide effective employer actions in supporting their employees' financial wellbeing?
IES received a grant from the Money Advice Service to help promote and guide effective employer actions in supporting their employees' financial wellbeing.Throughout 2016 IES worked with the CIPD to create practical guidance for employers on why...
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Discrimination and access to employment for female workers with disabilities
IES was contracted by the Istituto per la ricerca sociale (Italy) to conduct the UK case study on the multiple discrimination faced by women with disabilities in the labour market.This research, for the European Parliament, included identifying...
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Segmentation of the UK self-employed workforce
The Centre for Research on Self-Employment (CRSE) has commissioned IES to carry out research that will help to identify different segments of the self-employed workforce in the UK and quantify how many exist in each category.This research aims to...
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Royal College of Nursing Employment Survey 2017
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) commissioned IES to undertake the 2017 survey of its members to provide indicators on the changing experience of working as a nurse in the UK.
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Scoping longitudinal data sources on school to work transitions
This study aims to identify and scope existing large scale datasets/sources which capture the school to work transition from a range of perspectives, and then highlight those with the potential to support the work of The Careers & Enterprise...
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Expert for the ESF Thematic Network on Migrants
Rachel Marangozov took up an expert role for the European Commission’s ESF Thematic Learning Network on Migrants. The aim of the role was to facilitate and strengthen transnational exchange and cooperation between the ESF managing and implementing...
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Casual work – characteristics, regulatory frameworks, spread and implications
The study explores the characteristics, regulatory frameworks, incidence and implications of casual work in 10 European Union Member States. Its specific aims are to explore:which forms of casual work that are regulated by legislation or...
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Refugees into Sustainable Employment Evaluation (RISE)
IES is supporting the Renaisi's internal evaluation of their refugee employment programme, RISE. IES will help validate Renaisi's internal findings, create a baseline and benchmark from which to measure project impact, create some online...
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Technical Education Work Placements Pilot Project Evaluation
The new technical routes (T-Levels) require young people to undertake three-month work placements.The Department for Education wished to understand how this can be successfully achieved and established a pilot with 21 providers to test around 14...