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  • Student Income and Expenditure Survey 2004/05

    Finch S, Jones A, Parfrement J, Cebulla A (NatCen), Connor H, Hillage J, Pollard E, Tyers C, Hunt W, Loukas G (IES) | Feb 2006 | Department for Education and Skills

    The 2004/05 Student Income and Expenditure Survey, commissioned by the Department for Education and Skills and the National Assembly of Wales, covered a random sample of just over 3,700 full-time and part-time students in higher education, in England and Wales, at 88 institutions. It was the first comprehensive assessment since 1998/99 and was designed to set a baseline against which future changes, following the 2004 Higher Education Act, could be monitored.

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    Business Models and HR

    Logic or Fashion?

    Robinson D, Wolfe H | Jan 2006 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This paper explores the extent to which there is a link between business models and HR, in terms of structure, function and skills.

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    The Application of an Inexact Science

    Job Evaluation in the 21st Century

    Suff P, Reilly P | Jan 2006 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This paper discusses uses of job evaluation (JE) and the different types that exist, and advises on how to select a JE scheme. It looks at JE in today's workplace, and shifting expectations. Pay flexibility and equal pay protection are also discussed.

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    Women in London's Economy: Qualitative Research

    Hurstfield J, Miller L, Page R, Willison R, Loukas G | Dec 2005 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This qualitative research examines: influences on women's employment choices, perceptions and experiences; attitudes to training and employment of women in sectors identified as areas of growth by GLA Economics (financial services; legal services; ICT; creative and media; and administration); work and employment practices that form barriers to equality in these sectors; and other specific policies and practice, including best practice.

  • Women in London's Economy

    GLA | Dec 2005 | Greater London Authority

    This research for the Greater London Authority (GLA) showed that by 2016, it was expected that women would fill seven out of ten new jobs in London, with an extra half a million jobs in the capital. The main key sectors for growth in women's employment during the decade were predicted to be in business service and also health, education, and retail. The GLA commissioned IES to carry out and report on the qualitative research detailed in this report.

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    Vocational Education and Training in the UK

    Page R, Hillage J | Dec 2005 | Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Socialforschung

    The WZB Social Science Research Centre in Berlin commissioned a series of discussion papers from a number of researchers throughout Europe to examine employer-sponsored training in their own countries, in order to aid interpretation, comparison and analysis of the Continuing Vocational Training Survey and to help understand the causes of differences in the data. This paper examines employer-sponsored training for adults in the UK.

  • Employee Involvement

    Information, Consultation and Discretion

    Gifford J, Neathey F, Loukas G | Nov 2005 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This report presents five in-depth case studies of organisations with established and progressive employee involvement practices, and relates them to existing literature on the subject.

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    An Evaluation of Adult Learners' Week 2005

    Page R, Pollard E | Nov 2005 | National Institute for Adult and Continuing Education

    In May 2005, NIACE commissioned IES to conduct an independent evaluation of Adult Learners' Week 2005. The evaluation built on the previous year's evaluation, and specifically aimed to review and evaluate the reach and depth of ALW; identify and evaluate the nature and spread of events; review the scale and nature of media coverage; explore understanding of the aims and objectives of ALW; identify and evaluate the general impact of the Week and perceptions of its value for money. This publication is no longer available.

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    The Labour Market Participation and Employment of Disabled People in the UK

    Meager N, Hill D | Nov 2005 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This paper represents the contribution by the Institute for Employment Studies to the first stage in a research project on disability and employment, supported by the Norwegian Work Research Institute through a contract from the Norwegian Research Council. The research involves a comparison of disability in three contrasting sectors - construction, ICT and health - in three countries - Britain, the Netherlands and Norway.

  • Evaluation of the Working Neighbourhoods Pilot - Year One

    Dewson S | Nov 2005 | Department for Work and Pensions

    This report presents the interim findings from the first year of the evaluation of the Working Neighbourhoods Pilot (WNP). The WNP was established in April 2004 to test a new approach to offering intensive support to help people to gain work. The pilot was targeted towards people who were without work, including claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance, Income Support, Incapacity Benefit, partners of claimants and workless non-claimants.