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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.
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Evaluation of the national roll-out of the early career framework induction programmes
Annual summary (Year 2)
Pollard E, Osborne E, Williams C, Williams J, Nancarrow A, Talbot J, Dave A, Cook J, Illidge L | Feb 2024 | Institute for Employment Studies / BMGThis research briefing presents key findings drawn from the experiences of the first cohort of Early Career Teachers (ECTs) and mentors across their 2-year Early Career Framework (ECF) based induction programme plus the experiences of their induction tutors.
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Labour Market Statistics, February 2024
Feb 2024 | Institute for Employment StudiesThis briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 13 February 2024.
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Video: Looking into the future of workplace coaching
Feb 2024 | Institute for Employment StudiesA recording of Alison Carter's presentation to a Circle of Peers event, organised by Cullen Scholefield.