Publications
We author and publish a range of resources to keep you up to date with the latest developments in employment, labour market and human resource policy and practice.
All our pdf publications are free to access.
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The Good Youth Employment Benchmark
Creating an evidence base of good youth employment practice
Joy Williams, Cristiana Orlando | Mar 2024 | Institute for Employment StudiesThis report is an updated evaluation of the existing frameworks and toolkits for employers aimed at good youth employment, and how this research can inform the development of a good youth employment benchmarking tool by Youth Employment UK.
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Fairness and wellbeing
Why good work and good management matter
Bajorek Z | Mar 2024 | Institute for Employment StudiesThis report looks at fairness and wellbeing in the workplace and how it relates to employees' feelings and behaviours and includes recommendations for HR departments, line managers and employees.
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Supporting ‘good work’ in active labour market policies
Rapid review of what has worked in the United Kingdom, United States and Australia
Wilson T, Mason D | Mar 2024 | Institute for Employment StudiesThis paper sets out evidence on what has worked in supporting ‘good work’ in employment programmes.
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Skills Bootcamps and Adult Skills
An overview of the current provision and availability of information
Garner O, Dave A, Williams J, Newton B | Mar 2024 | Institute for Employment StudiesSkills Bootcamps were introduced in England in 2020 to support the Government’s ambition to deliver sector-specific skills to support employers. This report looks to build a better understanding of what the Skills Bootcamps deliver, and how far this articulates with provision elsewhere in the English skills system.
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Supporting Restart participants into self-employment
Research report
Buzzeo J, Dave A | Mar 2024 | Institute for Employment StudiesThis report covers the ReAct research into support for Restart participants into self-employment and identifies the gaps and improvements that could be made.
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Neurodiversity, jobsearch and work - a review of the evidence
Bajorek Z, Plowden Roberts C | Mar 2024 | Institute for Employment StudiesThis report covers ReAct's research into the participation of people with neurodiversity in the Restart programme and highlights how support for neurodiverse people looking for employment can be improved.
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Coaching Early Conversations Interaction and Language (CECIL) Merseyside Evaluation infographic
Nancarrow A, Garner O, Dawson A | Mar 2024An infographic illustrating the evaluation by IES of the CECIL programme's modelling in Merseyside.
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Coaching Early Conversations Interaction and Language (CECIL) Merseyside Evaluation
Nancarrow A, Garner O, Dawson A | Mar 2024 | Institute for Employment StudiesThe goal of the Coaching Early Conversation Interaction and Language (CECIL) programme is to tackle early gaps in children’s communication and language skills by providing support for high-quality practice in early years settings. This report covers the theory of change, methodology and findings of the evaluation of the CECIL programme's modelling in Merseyside.
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Labour Market Statistics, March 2024
Mar 2024 | Institute for Employment StudiesThis briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 12 March 2024.
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Flexible Phonics: updated March 2024
A two-armed cluster randomised trial: Evaluation report
Dawson A, Huxley C, Alexander K and Bamford S | Mar 2024 | Institute for Employment StudiesThis updated report covers the Flexible Phonics intervention which aims to help reception class teachers and teaching assistants deliver new strategies designed to optimise the teaching of reading to all reception-age pupils.
