Projects and case studies

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  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Evaluation of phase 4 of the Trials to support Raising the Participation Age

    The 2008 Education and Skills Act included proposals for a future government to raise the age at which young people are expected to stay in learning in England to 17 years from 2013 and to their 18th birthday from 2015 and to place a duty on...

  • Evaluation of the Pathways to Apprenticeship programme

    The Pathways to Apprenticeships (PtA) programme is an innovative arrangement that aims to prepare young people aged 16 to 24 for apprenticeship by supplying a prior, mainly college-based year of vocational education and training to...

  • Evaluation of the 15 Steps Challenge

    The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement commissioned IES to review the experiences of organisations which have implemented the 15 Steps Challenge launched in May 2012 and emerged from the Productive Ward Programme (a toolkit providing a...

  • Effectiveness and Return on Investment of a leadership development programme

    IES was commissioned to evaluate the effectiveness of a development initiative for emerging leaders during 2010/11. The programme aimed to develop a community of senior leaders into executive coaches who, once trained, would provide coaching to...

  • EU-OSHA comic strips and captures evaluation

    The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) commissioned artists to produce visual materials to communicate messages about priority areas such as workplace health promotion; mental health, and; health promotion amongst young...

  • Review of Rapid Spread Methodology

    Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust commissioned IES to review the second phase of the rapid spread methodology, which was initially implemented in pilot sites in York and Southampton to introduce high impact actions (HIAs) to reduce...

  • Research to Support the Evaluation of Investors in People

    The UK Commission for Employment and Skills has commissioned research to help evaluate the impact of the Investors in People standard and provide feedback to improve service delivery. The project will involve a series of organisational case...