Projects and case studies
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Apprenticeships and Gender and Race Equality
While for many years there has been a policy focus on addressing under-representation in apprenticeships, progress is acknowledged to be slow. There is continued need to focus on inequalities to ensure that all young people can benefit from the...
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An evaluation of the Leading Large Scale Change Support Programme
As a follow up to the evaluation of the Academy for Large Scale Change, IES was asked to evaluate a new programme for teams leading large scale change. This involved case studies of team projects as well as assessing the impact on team capability...
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Research into the feasibility of developing a student satisfaction survey of taught postgraduate higher education courses
The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) is working with IES to explore the feasibility of developing a student satisfaction survey aimed at those studying taught postgraduate courses. These important students currently lie outside the...
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Universal credit and self employment
Universal Credit will provide a new single system of means-tested support for working-age people who are in or out of work. It will also change the way that self employed people are supported by the benefits system since it will require i) monthly...
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Workshop on building employee engagement and workforce productivity
NHS Employers run a series of workshops to support the Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) workforce agenda. IES delivered an evidence-based, practical session on how to work with individuals' strengths to build employee...
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Evaluation of the Youth Contract Programme
The 16-17 Youth Contract aims to provide support to low qualified, young people not in education, employment or training (NEET). It will be delivered through prime contractors who will lead or sub-contract work to support and re-engage young...
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Research on employment in the personal and household services sector in the EU
IES was commissioned by the French research institute ORSEU to conduct research into employment in the personal and household services sector in the UK, as part of an international comparative project for the European Commission.The research took...
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Induction processes and development of career entrants (INDUCT II)
The project extended ongoing research on "Induction processes and development of career entrants" (INDUCT II) and included a survey on company perception, acceptance, use and development of the qualifications of career entrants in selected...
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Doctoral Graduates Destinations Digest
IES is continuing to support the work of Vitae and CRAC to explore employment destinations, early careers and impact of doctoral graduates. The latest work analyses results from the Longitudinal Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education survey...
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Strengths and engaging manager Knowledge Knibbles for Lewisham/Greenwich
Over the past two years, IES has been running short events – we call them ‘Knowledge Knibbles’ – for line managers in two London boroughs, Lewisham and Greenwich. These have covered two topics: strengths-based management and engaging behaviours....