Projects and case studies

  • Supporting the foundations of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths)

    This project has been funded by the Charity of Sir Richard Whittington and is part of the Mercers' Company Early Years special initiative. It is evaluating a 10-week intervention to upskill Early Years practitioners with the confidence,...

  • Evaluation of #LookingAfterYourCareer

    IES is designing and implementing an impact evaluation of the newest offer in NHS England and NHS Improvement's suite of coaching support offers for primary care staff.  To capture longer term impact we will be using a multi-method approach...

  • WWCSC Catch Up® Literacy

    The project involves a pilot study of a literacy intervention called Catch Up Literacy® run for foster or kinship carers with children in Year 5 or 6. The project includes an impact assessment (run by our partner NIESR), with the primary measure...

  • Developing an Inclusive Growth Strategy for the London Borough of Lewisham

    IES is working in partnership with CAG Consultants to deliver research and a policy review to underpin the development of an Inclusive Growth Strategy for the London Borough of Lewisham.IES is providing expert insight on education, skill and...

  • ONS Workforce Planning

    To develop a strategic workforce planning process with ONS, closely integrated with both business and financial planning and including dialogueswith business directors. The ONS workforce will need to respond to evolving changes in the...

  • DEASP Review of PES

    The Department for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in Ireland is conducting a review of its public employment services (PES). IES and Social Finance have been appointed to provide research and advice on the future design and development...

  • Team Coaching Consultancy

    Taking a co-production approach, IES is supporting the NHS in scoping the evaluation of team coaching pilots in GP practices and Primary Care Networks (PCN's). Acting as an expert advisor and 'critical friend' IES is bringing to bear our...

  • Socialising leadership framework

    Consulting support to Plan International and a specialist communications firm they are working with. This will communicate to all staff the values-based leadership framework and connected career progression tool which IES developed for Plan.The...

  • Understanding the future work

    This work aims to address four inter-related questions: How is Defence perceived and understood by different segments of society; How can the nature of work, the workplace and workforce be expected to change between now and 2035?; What...

  • Language in the Early Years

    IES will be working with both The Sutton Trust and the University of Oxford to act as a critical friend in developing two early years projects aiming to improve language and communication through working with speech and language therapists....