Publications

Measuring Soft Outcomes and Distance Travelled: A Review of Current Practice

Monitoring systems for employment programmes targeting unemployed people have traditionally focused on 'hard', quantitative outcomes such as the numbers going into jobs or gaining qualifications. However, it is often both unlikely and inappropriate for projects to expect to achieve 'hard' outcomes from target groups that are facing multiple barriers to employment. IES was commissioned to look at the use of 'soft', qualitative outcomes on projects funded by the European Social Fund (ESF).

Graduate Salaries and Vacancies 2000 Half Yearly Review

This Half Yearly Review, published by the Association of Graduate Recruiters for their members, replaces the earlier series of AGR Summer Updates. The review includes key findings on starting salaries, recruitment, shortfalls, retention, work experience and sponsorship, and recruitment techniques. This publication is no longer available.

Modern Apprenticeships and National Traineeships: Skills, Utilisation and Progression

This is the report of a study to explore outcomes and progression from Modern Apprenticeships and National Traineeships. The main aims were to gain a better understanding about: the range of possibilities open to young people after they have completed an MA or NTr; the skills that employers want from their young apprentices and how they utilise those skills; the extent to which there is an inter-relationship between the work-based route and possible progression to higher qualifications and/or higher education; and existing good practice which has wider application and could be replicated across industries or organisations.

Workplace Consultation on Health and Safety

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reviewed the regulations on health and safety consultation and representation arrangements. To support the review it commissioned IES to examine: awareness about the requirements for consultation on health and safety among employers, safety representatives and employees; the process of consultation; the forms of consultation about health and safety in the absence of trade union appointed/elected employee representatives; the impact of consultation and representation on employers' approaches to the management of health and safety; and the extent to which employers do not consult employees and why.

Learning from Employee Development Schemes

This brief has been produced following interest expressed by IES members in the subject of employee development schemes. The increasing popularity and diversity of employee development initiatives appears to have generated a demand for a review and clarification of the current state of play in this area. This brief provides such a review by evaluating the available literature including examples of company practice.

Stepping Stones

An evaluation of foyers and other schemes serving the housing and labour market needs of young people

The most high profile aspect of provision to meet young people’s accommodation, training and employment needs in the 1990s was the introduction, and expansion of, Foyer schemes. These were designed to support young people’s transition to independence by improving their employability and ability to secure and retain their own accommodation. This is the report of a study comparing Foyer with other schemes which had broadly similar aims and served similar client groups. This publication is no longer available.

Skills for a Competitive Future

A survey for the Pharmaceutical Industry National Training Organisation

This study examined skills, recruitment and training issues covering the whole pharmaceutical industry. The 'Skills for a Competitive Future' survey was commissioned by the Pharmaceutical Industry National Training Organisation (PhINTO) as part of its remit to assess and improve skills and training in the industry.