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  • Gender pay: How do you achieve and report parity?

    The case example of FDM Group

    Brown D | Nov 2017 | Institute for Employment Studies

    How was FDM Group, a global professional services provider, able to achieve a median gender pay gap of zero per cent? This case study report analyses the Company's progress and culture, offering insights for other employers on how to address their own pay gaps.

  • Involving young people in volunteering

    What works?

    Williams J | Nov 2017 | The Careers & Enterprise Company

    This paper, authored by IES research fellow, Joy Williams, on behalf of the Careers & Enterprise Company, considers the benefits of involving young people in volunteering.

  • Movement into employment: Return on investment tool

    Estimation of benefits from moving an individual from unemployment into sustainable employment

    Mallender J, Tierney R, Baah B, Stavridou M | Nov 2017 | Public Health England (PHE)

    Report containing IES research supports an accompanying tool that has been developed to provide evidence on the return on investment of health and work interventions.

  • Business games and competitions: what works?, Careers & Enterprise Company

    Business games and competitions

    What works?

    Hanson J, Hooley T, Cox A | Nov 2017 | The Careers & Enterprise Company (C&EC)

    This paper published by the Careers & Enterprise Company considers the use and effectiveness of enterprise competitions and business games as forms of enterprise education.

  • The true diversity of self-employment: Executive summary

    Uncovering the different segments of the UK's self-employed workforce

    Williams M, Broughton A, Meager N, Spiegelhalter K, Johal S, Jenkins K | Nov 2017 | Centre for Research on Self-Employment

    This executive summary distils the findings of research conducted by IES in conjunction with the Centre for Research on Self-Employment, offering analysis of the solo self-employed workforce.

  • The true diversity of self-employment

    Uncovering the different segments of the UK's self-employed workforce

    Williams M, Broughton A, Meager N, Spiegelhalter K, Johal S, Jenkins K | Nov 2017 | Centre for Research on Self-Employment

    This report produced by IES in conjunction with the Centre for Research on Self-Employment presents analysis of the solo self-employed workforce and identifies nine distinct segments of this population.

  • Models of support for students with disabilities

    Williams M, Pollard E, Langley J, Houghton A-M, Zozimo J | Nov 2017 | Higher Education Council for England (HEFCE)

    This IES report, produced on behalf of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), presents the findings of the first phase of a two-part study into the levels of support for disabled students across the higher education sector in 2016/17.

  • The future role of the veterinary nurse: 2017 Schedule 3 survey

    A report for the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons

    Robinson D, Edwards M, Williams M | Oct 2017 | Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS)

    This report presents the findings of a survey conducted by IES on behalf of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) into Schedule 3 of the Vet Surgeons Act 1966.

  • Measurement framework for equality and human rights

    Oct 2017 | Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)

    This document containing IES research presents the measurement framework that the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) uses to monitor equality and human rights in Britain.

  • Appraisal of the Right to Request Time to Train Regulations

    Research report

    Oct 2017 | Department for Education

    This report presents the findings of a mixed-method appraisal of the functioning of the Right to Request Time to Train, as of March 2015.