Projects and case studies

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  • Evaluation of Apprenticeship Grant for Employers of 16 to 24 year olds

    At a point when youth unemployment was a particular challenge, the Apprenticeship Grant for Employment was designed to make a significant contribution to ameliorating this problem, with potentially major savings to the long-term social...

  • Employee engagement in Higher Education Institutions - a toolkit

    UCEA and Universities HR commissioned IES to develop an evidence-based toolkit for HEIs on employee engagement. The aim of the project was to provide a practical framework for use by those in leadership roles in HEIs in building employee...

  • Ex-post evaluation of the ESENER survey

    The European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER) is a pan-European survey of enterprises across 31 countries and is focussed on exploring management practice and policy with regard to managing health and safety risks at work....

  • Perspectives of the European Land Armament Sector

    The main aim of this study, for the European Metalworkers Federation, was to examine the medium and long-term business, industrial and employment perspectives of the European land armament sector. It collected state-of-the-art information,...

  • Comparative Analytical Report on the impact of the crisis on industrial relations

    Eurofound commissioned IES to coordinate a comparative analytical report on the impact of the crisis on industrial relations in the EU27 Member States. The study looked at impacts on the social partners, and processes such as collective bargaining...

  • Country case studies for the ILO/World Bank

    IES was commissioned to produce country case studies of the UK and Canadian apprenticeship systems for the ILO/World Bank project on ‘Possible futures for the Indian Apprenticeship system’.

  • Labour Market Transitions of Young People

    The purpose of this assignment was to provide an overview of good practices in selected member states that promote successful school-to-work transitions for both young people in general and those who face specific labour market barriers, notably...

  • EU-OSHA website content review: Phase 2

    This was the second phase of a review of EU-OSHA's website, feeding into the development of the agency's on-line strategy. This phase of the review conducted a qualitative benchmarking review of comparable websites to validate the Agency's...

  • Evaluation of EU-OSHA's use of the European Enterprise Network for passing information on OSH to SMEs

    IES was commissioned by EU-OSHA to evaluate its communication partnership project (CPP), the aim of which is to improve the reach of communication on OSH topics to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Europe. The evaluation included a...

  • A National Strategic Skills Audit (NSSA) for Wales

    IES was commissioned, together with IER, to produce a National Strategic Skills Audit for the Welsh Government. The audit drew on the most recent sources of labour market data to identify priority skills needs to help learning providers,...