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Can texting parents help improve children’s development?
12 May 2022Anneka Dawson, Ceri Williams and Lucy Stokes assess how effective text messaging interventions are at improving children’s literacy skills and how these interventions might be used in the future.
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Is employee loneliness the next pandemic to challenge HR?
11 May 2022To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, Zofia Bajorek considers the role of work and employers in tackling employee loneliness, and cautions against the health consequences of loneliness that could arise from new ways of working.
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Why 2022 is HR’s moment to shine: reflections from the IES conference
5 May 2022Claire Campbell runs through her top five take-aways from last week’s IES annual conference, 'Looking ahead to the future of work'.
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‘Total reward’: a phrase past its sell-by-date in the post-pandemic economy?
27 Apr 2022Dr Duncan Brown reflects on the concept of 'total reward' and calls for the meaning and application to develop into a more focused, engaging and responsible approach.
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IES launches new Trials Unit to help organisations test and apply evidence of ‘what works’ in public policy and workplace practice
26 Apr 2022IES is pleased to announce the launch of a new Trials Unit, dedicated to supporting organisations to test and evaluate new approaches and apply evidence of what works.
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Launch of the IES Trials Unit: an explainer
26 Apr 2022As we launch our IES Trials Unit, Anneka Dawson details what we mean by trials and how they can add an essential evidence base for making important business decisions.
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April Labour Market Statistics: Comment from the Institute for Employment Studies
12 Apr 2022This morning’s Labour Market Statistics are disappointing overall (again). The further sharp fall in unemployment disguises an unexpectedly large rise in the number of people out of work and not looking for work.
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Creating effective sector-based routes to work: lessons from the Construction Skills Fund
30 Mar 2022Rosie Gloster reflects on recently published IES evaluations of the Construction Skills Funds, assessing the quality of employment outcomes, the cost effectiveness of the programme, and drawing on lessons learned for skills and employment support policy.
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Levelling up participation by 16-18 year olds
25 Mar 2022In an extract from Campaign for Learning's Post-16 Education and Skills: Levelling Up Everyone, Everywhere, Becci Newton calls for a clear vision connecting apprenticeships to social and economic outcomes and the need to achieve a new apprenticeship-led renaissance if we are to level up opportunities for every 16-18 year-old in England.
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March Labour Market Statistics: Comment from the Institute for Employment Studies
15 Mar 2022This morning’s Labour Market Statistics, covering October 2021 to January 2022, continue to disappoint. A further sharp fall in unemployment, now close to its pre-pandemic record, has masked a further growth in ‘economic inactivity’ as the labour force has continued to shrink overall.