Projects and case studies

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  • Careers Guidance Provision: Schools Self-Assessment Tool

    IES created a self-assessment tool for schools to monitor their careers guidance provision against established benchmarks, funded by the Careers & Enterprise Company and the Gatsby Foundation.

  • Evaluation of Mind's Workplace Wellbeing Index

    IES will conduct a mixed method study to evaluate Mind's new Wellbeing Index which aims to benchmark employers with respect to current wellbeing practices and policies and to signal areas for improvement.Mind will provide a selection of employers...

  • Mindfulness for strategic change readiness

    Using a randomised controlled trial (RCT) this research project will identify performance and resilience outcomes at both individual and team levels following participation in a mindfulness programme for teams.This is an IES-led research project...

  • Evaluation of the Realising Opportunities programme

    IES has been commissioned by Newcastle University to carry out an independent evaluation of the Realising Opportunities programme. The programme unites 15 leading research intensive universities to promote progression for able students from under...

  • The Changing Face of Post-16 Education Provision in the Construction and Built Environment Sector

    The aim of this project was to provide robust and coherent intelligence on the response by employers and training providers to changes in post-16 education and training provision across Great Britain in the construction and built environment...

  • Flexible Working for Parents and Carers Returning to Work

    IES carried out a review of how organisations elicit and consider requests for flexible working from those returning to work, and how they then manage the careers of those that work flexibly.

  • Review of models of support for disabled students

    This review will provide evidence about how support for disabled students is currently structured and the progress institutions have already made towards an inclusive model of support for disability prior to the increase in HEFCE funding.The...

  • Health-led Trial

    IES has been commissioned to lead the consortium which is designing and delivering the health-led employment trial evaluation.This will contribute to the achievement of a strategic objective for the newly formed Department for Work and Pensions...

  • Online interactive risk assessment survey

    IES was commissioned by EU-OSHA to undertake an online survey to review its community members' experiences of the Agency's online risk assessment tool and consult with broader stakeholders.The survey aimed to inform the Agency's Online...

  • Evaluation of Mind's Blue Light programme

    IES was commissioned to evaluate the work and wellbeing strand of Mind’s ‘Blue Light’ initiative, which aims to improve the awareness and management of the mental health of employees in the emergency services.The work involved surveying...