Projects and case studies

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  • Evaluation of the outcomes for employers participating in the Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards

    The Health Improvement Division of the Welsh Government commissioned IES to conduct an impact evaluation of both the Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards. These Awards are granted to organisations that demonstrate that they...

  • The College of Social Work help-desk pilot evaluation

    The College of Social Work (TCSW), in partnership with the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) will be conducting a pilot of their flagship online help-desk and information service between 1st August 2011 and 10th October 2011. IES has...

  • Evaluation of Diversity in Apprenticeship Pilots

    This project aimed to inform future policy regarding diversity in apprenticeships. It built on previous research by IES (Marangozov et al 2009*) that explored under-representation in apprenticeships (by gender, race and disability) and reviewed...

  • Evaluation of Unionlearn and Union Learning Fund

    This project was undertaken in partnership with the Centre for Employment Relations Innovation and Change (CERIC) at the University of Leeds. The project evaluated the impact of UnionLearn and the Union Learning Fund on individuals and companies...

  • EU-OSHA web content review

    IES was asked by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) to undertake a review of their current website, examining its information offer and architecture. Drawing on key findings from the mid-term strategy evaluation (currently...

  • Impact of EU-OSHA's Sponsorship of Healthy Workplaces Film Award

    This project evaluated the impact of the European Agency for Health and Safety at Work's sponsorship of 'Healthy Workplaces Award' for films/documentaries about occupational safety and health. The sponsorship of the film award was in its third...

  • Work Programme Evaluation

    In 2011, the UK government launched the Work Programme, a major new active labour market initiative replacing a multitude of previous welfare-to-work initiatives. It goes further than any previous such programmes in contracting out the delivery of...

  • Employment, Partnership and Skills: a qualitative evaluation

    The Departments for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) have commissioned IES to undertake an evaluation of how well the employment and skills systems work together. This qualitative study is intended to assess the...

  • Support given to families with young children

    IES carried out a rapid review of the support given to families with young children. This formed part of a wider review being carried out by QinetiQ for MoD. There were three activities: a description of current and potential future government...

  • Supporting Legislative Requirements in Jobcentre Plus

    Jobcentre Plus (the UK public employment service) commissioned this research to establish whether and to what extent staff across the organisation understand and feel adequately supported to undertake the legislative requirements of the public...