Projects and case studies

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  • Qualitative research of the Intensive Activity Programme

    The Institute worked with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to evaluate the impact of a trial to provide intensive support for Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants during the first few weeks of their claim. DWP ran a randomised controlled trial...

  • Final evaluation of ReAct II

    IES carried out an impact assessment and cost benefit analysis of ReAct II (the Redundancy Action Scheme) in Wales as part of the final evaluation of the programme by BMG Research for the Welsh Government.ReAct provides people who have been made...

  • Understanding the Customer Journey to Initial Teacher Training

    This study for the National College of Teaching and Leadership used qualitative techniques to understand why individuals made the choices they did about teaching as a potential career.The work was conducted with individuals at different...

  • SME lending and competition: an international comparison of markets

    The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) commissioned IES, working in conjunction with Deloittes and the University of Brighton, to conduct a research project to develop a better understanding of the competition of SME finance, the...

  • Updating the ILO's YouthPOL database with youth employment policies in selected EU countries

    IES has been commissioned by the ILO to collect and analyse a series of legislative and policy documents relating to youth employment in a selection of EU countries, for inclusion in the ILO YouthPOL database. The YouthPOL database is ILO's global...

  • Evaluation of the Right to Request Time to Train

    Employees in organisations with at least 250 employees have a statutory right to request time off work to undertake training. In 2011 it was decided, after consultation, not to extend the right to all employees but to review the decision in 2015,...

  • Health and wellbeing of older workers

    The CIPD commissioned IES to conduct research into how employers could retain older workers by focusing on their health and wellbeing and being flexible about their caring commitments, such as responsibilities for elderly parents.The research...

  • Evaluation of the new Jobcentre Plus approach to providing support for 16-17 year olds

    Jobcentre Plus (JCP), in partnership with local authorities (LAs), implemented a new approach to providing support for 16-17 year olds not in education, employment or training  (NEET) and not in receipt of an income-based benefit.The approach...

  • Discriminatory recruitment practices in employment

    IES, along with IFF Research and COMPAS, was commissioned by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to carry out research designed to improve understanding of employer behaviour and practices when recruiting British and migrant workers...

  • The gender employment gap: challenges and solutions

    IES, together with IRS in Bologna, Italy, was commissioned to undertake a study on the effectiveness of policy measures aimed at supporting and encouraging the participation of women in the labour market in six EU Member States: Denmark, Finland,...