Projects and case studies

  • Evidence based DEI Training Workshops

    Line manager training (full day) and one 2 hour online session for Senior Management Team of CIOT.

  • Sutton Trust Impact Analysis

    Data analysis to support the impact evaluation of The Sutton Trust's UK Summer Schools and Pathways to the Professions programmes. The work involves analysis of Sutton Trust applicant data to identify a matched comparator group of unsuccessful...

  • Reviewing the effectiveness of ‘work first’ employment support

    Review of evidence of effectiveness of different approaches to 'work first' activation policies, to try to inform future delivery of UK employment services. Project will comprise a rapid review of evaluations of ‘work first’ interventions,...

  • RCVS BVCIS Disability and Chronic Illness Survey

    The aim of the research is to understand more about the experiences of veterinary professionals and students with disability and chronic illness.

  • Early Talk Boost

    EEF has commissioned IES to conduct an efficacy trial evaluation of the Early Talk Boost programme, which will begin in schools in 2024. Early Talk Bost is an early langugae intervention with 3 and 4-year-olds who have demonstrated difficulty with...

  • YFF Synthesis of evaluations of ‘systems change’ interventions

    Youth Futures Foundation has commissioned IES in partnership with Global Development Network to lead a systematic literature review of ‘systems change’ interventions, including in-depth assessment of three key levers of systems change, to support...

  • Costs of living analysis

    Research and analysis to support Greater Brighton local authorities and partners in addressing impacts of rising costs of living on residents.

  • CYA "Forging Futures"

    IES have been awarded a grant from the Youth Futures Foundation to carry out an impact pilot study to assess the feasibility of a future full Impact Study to assess the effect of Cumbria Youth Alliance's Forging Futures programme. Forging Futures...

  • Gatsby Adult skills bootcamps evaluation

    An investigation into the place of bootcamps within technical education. The aim of this research is to dig into the Bootcamps to build a better understanding of what they deliver and how far this articulates with provision elsewhere. The initial...

  • Refugee Employment Programme (REP)

    The New Plan for Immigration set out the Government's intentions to strengthen the asylum system migration system with clear eligibility and routes to the UK. The Nationality and Borders Act UK provides the legislative framework for the NPI. As...