Projects and case studies

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  • A National Strategic Skills Audit

    The UK Commission for Employment and Skills commissioned IES to identify current and emerging skills needs across the English economy, with a particular focus on economic growth sectors, to inform government skills policy. The report considered...

  • Evaluation of the Local Employment Partnerships

    The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) Integrated Employment and Skills Programme Unit (IES PU) asked IES to undertake the main phase of the evaluation of Local Employment...

  • Evaluating the Benefits of the Radiography Imaging Services Accreditation Scheme

    The Imaging Services Accreditation Scheme or ISAS is the outcome of a development project jointly undertaken by Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) and the Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR) over the period from 2006 and 2008, during...

  • Worker involvement: evaluating HSE health and safety representative training

    IES was commissioned by the Health and Safety Executive to evaluate its training initiatives for employee health and safety representatives, which aimed to increase the number of representatives.In the first instance, we evaluated two pilot...

  • Provision of an Evidence Review on Regulation Cultures and Behaviours

    IES carried out a review for the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to investigate ‘what works’ to secure compliance within food business operators. The emphasis of the review was on the types of cultures and behaviours in businesses and enforcement...

  • New Student Support Arrangements: Follow-up to Institutional Case Studies

    The Higher Education Act 2004 led to several key and significant changes in the financial arrangements for full-time undergraduate higher education students - changes to charges or fees and to financial support arrangements - and these continue to...

  • Slips and Trips Accidents in the Workplace

    IES was commissioned by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to evaluate the impact of the Health and Safety Awareness Officers (HSAO) campaign on Slips and Trips accidents in the workplace. The project gathered information about the work...

  • Ethnic Minority Customers of Jobcentre Plus: Views and Experiences

    The current employment gap between ethnic minorities and the general population stands at 13.8 percentage points. Jobcentre Plus plays a key role in the delivery of PSA 8 'Maximise Employment Opportunity for All' and has its own key objectives...

  • Responses to Tackling Work-related Stress

    IES co-ordinated an international comparative survey about social partner responses to tackling work-related stress. It focused on the risk factors and the interventions that have been put into place to try to deal with work-related stress. The...

  • Scientific, Technical, Engineering and Mathematical Technicians

    IES is undertaking a series of linked secondary data analyses designed to better understand the numbers, dynamics, education and training of STEM (Scientific, Technical, Engineering and Mathematical) technicians. The study is designed in part to...