Projects and case studies

  • Blended Human Resource Management MSc programme

    We are contributing to an MSc Human Resource Management programme delivered by the Edinburgh Institute of Leadership and Management Practice to KPMG consultants. We have provided content for online units, and are delivering masterclasses in the...

  • Talent, succession and employee development for a council

    IES worked with the Director of Resources and his team at Harrow Council to address their challenges of succession planning and staff development and to embed still further the positive culture of employee engagement which their Gold Standard...

  • Provision of training and development input at health coaching workshops for trainers and organisational co-ordinators

    IES gave training and development input into two workshops for NHS health coaching trainers and co-ordinators. This included co-design of workshops to promote sharing of early experiences of implementing the new ways of working and supporting the...

  • Workforce planning for Plan International

    Following on from work IES carried out looking at the people management content of the strategic plans developed by Plan's country offices, IES was asked to support a workforce planning pilot. The aims were to:develop a distinctive Plan...

  • Evaluation of the Nye Bevan Programme

    IES evaluated the Nye Bevan Programme for the NHS Leadership Academy. The programme is for aspiring executive directors and aims to develop the best executive leaders. It offers support and learning to build personal resilience, confidence and...

  • Development of a benchmark engagement indicator for the HE sector

    Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) and Universities HR (UHR) jointly commissioned IES to devise and test a standard measure of employee engagement for the HE sector with two parts: work engagement and organisation engagement...

  • Health Coaching for Behavioural Change pilot: impact assessment

    Health Coaching for Behavioural Change is a brand new approach to helping people better self-manage long-term health conditions and make the lifestyle changes that will help them.IES will assess the impact of a regional 'health coaching'...

  • Social media and the recruitment of young people

    IES carried out a small piece of research looking at the role of social media in the recruitment of young people.The research looked at employer strategies and the issues surrounding the use of social media when recruiting young people.

  • Barristers' Working Lives 2013

    For the second time, IES is teaming up with Employment Research Ltd to carry out a survey of the Bar profession. Half of the barristers who are registered to practise in the UK have received an invitation (via email or post) to participate in a...

  • NHS Scotland HR Shared Services

    IES advised NHS Scotland on the development of a cross-organisational HR shared service model. We presented different models of how HRSS can be executed.