Projects and case studies

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  • Skills Development in Sparsely and Densely Populated Areas

    Skills for Health commissioned IES to undertake a study to help in developing solutions on skills development and utilisation for Scottish health care employers who are operating in sparsely and densely populated areas. It also explored whether...

  • European Safety and Health Strategy evaluation

    This was a mid-term evaluation of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work's (EU-OSHA) Strategy 2009-2014 that focused on its initial outputs and implementation stage. It also provided feedback on intermediate outcomes of EU-OSHA...

  • Green Skills and environmental awareness in vocational education and training

    IES investigated the gaps between future skills needs and learning provision relating to nine 'green' occupations in eight EU countries: the UK, Finland, the Netherlands, Greece, Italy, Germany, Hungary and the Slovak Republic. The research was...

  • Analysis of Longitudinal Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (LDLHE)

    The project builds on ‘What do Researchers do? Doctoral graduate destinations and impact three years on’ to explore in more detail the occupational movement over time of doctoral graduates and to further investigate career intentions and...

  • Experiences, Attitudes and Approaches to Collective and Individual Dispute Resolution

    IES was commissioned to conduct a small-scale qualitative research exercise with public sector employers, based on in-depth qualitative interviews with employee relations / human resources heads across a range of public sector bodies. The purpose...

  • HR leadership team development: a case study

    Jacqueline Wiltshire, HR Director, Ealing CouncilSituationIn 2006 an Audit Commission report painted a gloomy picture of the HR function at Ealing Council. The troubled department was failing to provide a good HR service to the organisation and...

  • Redeveloping performance appraisal and the link to pay

    In 2010, a government department decided to give consideration to redeveloping its performance appraisal process and the link to performance related pay. IES was asked to help. The aim was to ensure these systems reflected 'best practice' and...

  • Getting to Grips with Workforce Planning in Local Government

    The Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) for local government encouraged those organisations for whom it provides expertise and support to seriously consider workforce planning. IES supported IDeA in refreshing and improving the tools,...

  • London City Strategy on English for Speakers of Other Languages

    IES was commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions to evaluate the London City Strategy Pilot for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). This was designed to demonstrate how work-focused ESOL provision can support access to...

  • Attitudes and Rewards: finding out with IES

    IES helped the Architects Registration Board to carry out their first ever all-staff attitude survey, as well as reviewing the competitiveness and appropriateness of their current rewards package. The survey involved a written questionnaire and...