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  Economic Evaluation of the Small Firms Loan Guarantee (SFLG) Scheme

  Cowling M | Jan 2010 | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

  This research provides a comprehensive assessment of the wider economic impact of SFLG arising from supported businesses being able to access loans that they would otherwise not have received. The impact of SFLG is assessed on a number of business outcomes including employment change, sales change, labour productivity, likelihood to export, and propensity to introduce new products and processes.

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  Strategies for Effective HE-Employer Engagement

  A South West Higher Level Skills Pathfinder Research Report

  Bolden R, Hirsh W, Connor H, Petrov G, Duquemin A | Jan 2010 | University of Exeter Business School and Council for Industry and Higher Education

  This is the third in a series of reports summarising the outcomes of research to support the South West Higher Level Skills Pathfinder Project 1. This final report complements the two previous publications through a series of case studies of 10 English HE institutions (HEIs) on their institutional strategies to EE.

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  Workplace Health Connect Pilot

  Evaluation Findings

  Tyers C, Lucy D, Carta E, Savage J, Kossykh Y, Bailey Y | Jan 2010 | Health and Safety Executive

  The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) Workplace Health Connect (WHC) pilot was launched in February 2006 and ran until February 2008. It was a free, no-obligation service which aimed to provide small and medium-sized enterprises with advice on workplace health issues in order to increase the level of healthy workplaces across England and Wales. The pilot included an extensive evaluation of the service to inform the further development of the occupational health, safety and return to work (OHSR) model underpinning the design of this and other HSE pilots.

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  Assessing the Needs of Disadvantaged Learners and Potential Learners

  Bates P, Usher T, Hunt W, Johnson C, Bosley S, Berkeley V, Lam P, Tu T | Jan 2010 | Learning and Skills Council

  The Institute for Employment Studies, together with the National Institute of Adult and Continuing Education and Ipsos-MORI, was commissioned by the Learning and Skills Council to undertake a study to explore the needs of disadvantaged learners and non-learners and the role of learner support in promoting and enabling engagement in education and training among these groups.

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  On Becoming an NHS Chief Executive

  Insights from those who are

  Barber L | Jan 2010 | NHS Yorkshire and the Humber

  The Institute for Employment Studies was commissioned by NHS Yorkshire and the Humber to undertake research into how chief executives in the region had made it to the top in the NHS. This is a 'hints and tips' guide from chief executives in the region gathered under useful themes. This publication is no longer available.

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  Career Paths of Chief Executives - Research report

  Barber L | Jan 2010 | NHS Yorkshire and the Humber

  IES was commissioned to undertake research into how chief executives in the Yorkshire and Humber region had made it to the top in the NHS. This is the report of the research itself. This report is no longer available.

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  Evaluation of National Skills Academies - Year 1 Synthesis Report

  Hillage J, Bellis A, Ginnis S, Gosling R, Tu T | Jan 2010 | Learning and Skills Council

  This synthesis report presents findings from Year 1 of the National Skills Academies (NSAs) evaluation conducted by Ipsos MORI and the Institute for Employment Studies. The report brings together findings from three separate strands of research carried out during Year 1: a Preliminary Report (IES, February 2009), Stakeholder Research Report (IES, June 2009) and an Employer Survey (Ipsos MORI, July 2009). The aim of the evaluation was to understand the added value generated by National Skills Academies, across the network and individually, and to assess whether they met the aims set out for them in the 2005 White Paper (‘Skills: getting on in business, getting on at work’, March 2005, DfES), the national prospectus and in individual business plans.

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  Creative Graduates Creative Futures

  Ball L, Pollard E, Stanley N | Dec 2009 | Council for Higher Education in Art and Design; University of the Arts London

  The Creative Graduates Creative Futures report provides a comprehensive exploration of the experiences, activities and contribution of creative graduates and their plans for the future. It sets the findings in context, providing expert commentaries from writers and researchers within the sector, and compares the position of creative graduates today with that of ten years ago, as evidenced by the Destinations and Reflections report of 1999.

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  The Role of Finance in the Decision-making of HE Applicants and Students

  Findings from the Going into HE Study

  Usher T, Baldwin S, Munro M, Pollard E, Sumption F | Dec 2009 | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

  This report summarises findings from the Going into HE research project. From the outset, the aim was to develop a clear understanding of: the role and importance of finance in the decision-making process of English-domiciled people from different groups who were considering entering full-time Higher Education (HE) in the UK and the impact of the support arrangements on their decisions.

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  Joint Pilots Baseline Research

  Atkinson J, Bellis A, Marangozov R | Dec 2009 | Department for Work and Pensions

  This research draws out common experiences and broad lessons from three pilot interventions which focused on very hard-to-help individuals, exposed to serious social exclusion. The three pilots were the Next Steps Test Bed Regional Pilots, the ACE Pilots, and Exit to Work. The study explored the Department for Work and Pension’s departmental responsibilities, and the Pilots’ approaches to improving employment prospects.