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  • An impact analysis of the introduction of the Apprentice Rate of the National Minimum Wage

    A research paper to the Low Pay Commission for the preparation of its 2013 report

    Speckesser S, Behling F | Mar 2013 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This study was commissioned by the Low Pay Commission in order to support the preparation of its 2013 report and aimed to estimate the impact of the introduction of the National Minimum Wage Apprentice Rate (NMWAR) on wage levels of apprentices' pay using individual level data. Our objective was to understand whether the NMWAR had an impact on pay levels and what conclusions could be drawn from this to guide the further development of the rate.

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    Slides: The role of higher education in social mobility

    Les Ebdon | Nov 2012 | Office for fair access

    Slides from Professor Les Ebdon, Director of Fair Access to Higher Education at OFFA on 'The role of higher education in social mobility' which he presented at the IES public policy conference on 'The value of higher education' on 28 November 2012.

  • Increasing the Participation of Migrants and Ethnic Minorities in Employment: Toolkit

    Jan 2012 | German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

    This report containing IES research outlines the toolkit created as part of the IMPART project. The IMPART project aimed investigate how the European Social Fund (ESF) could best support projects aimed at increasing the participation of migrants and ethnic minorities in employment.

  • Increasing the Participation of Migrants and Ethnic Minorities in Employment: Final Report

    Jan 2012 | German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

    This report containing IES research presents the findings from the transnational learning network, IMPART; a group of 12 EU partners which came together to consider how projects which aim to increase the participation of migrants and ethnic minorities in employment can successfully implement and mainstream their good practice.

  • Disability and Skills in a Changing Economy

    Meager N, Higgins T | Aug 2011 | UK Commission for Equality and Skills (UKCES)

    The UK Commission developed a series of Briefing Papers with a focus on equality and skills in a changing economy. The aim was to inform and enable connected thinking about how to enable opportunity in the labour market through skills. Each paper provided commentary and analysis for an equality group or theme: disability and skills in a changing economy; gender and skills in a changing economy; low skills and social disadvantage in a changing economy; older people and skills in a changing economy and spatial inequality and skills in a changing economy.

  • Study of School Gates Employment Support Initiative

    Marangozov R, Dewson S | Apr 2011 | DWP

    This report presents qualitative findings from the study of the School Gates Employment Initiative. This mostly involved qualitative research in 13 of the 25 pilot areas which included interviews with school heads, Regional Development Agency ...

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    Work-Focused Services in Children’s Centres Pilot: Interim report

    Marangozov R, Stevens H | Jul 2010 | Department for Work and Pensions

    This report provides findings from the interim stage of the evaluation of the ‘Work-Focused Services in Children’s Centres’ pilot. The pilot operated in ten local authority areas (30 Sure Start Children’s Centres in total) in England, providing work-focused services through a dedicated Jobcentre Plus Personal Adviser, as well as activities designed to meet local needs. It ran from January 2009 to March 2011.

  • Work-Focused Services in Children’s Centres Pilot: Evaluation baseline report

    Marangozov R | Aug 2009 | Department for Work and Pensions

    This report presents the baseline findings for the evaluation of the work-focused services in Children’s Centres pilot. The main research reported here is taken from a baseline survey of Children’s Centre users, which took place in January 2009, and from familiarisation visits to the Children’s Centres which took place in December 2008 and January 2009.

  • Encouraging Women into Senior Management Positions

    How Coaching Can Help

    Broughton A, Miller L | Feb 2009 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This research examines the factors underlying women’s progress through organisational structures and the reasons why women in senior management positions in the USA and in Europe decide to accept or decline board-level jobs. We hope that the research will inform the debate in the US and worldwide, and illuminate the development of further coaching topics and strategies that might be needed to help greater numbers of women progress into board-level positions.

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    Benchmarking policy measures for gender equality in science

    von Tunzelmann N, Iammarino S, Jagger N, Miller L | May 2008 | European Commission

    In 2002, the Helsinki Group on Women in Science, made up of representatives of the Member States and gender experts, published a report on national policies on women in science, which also included the national statistical profiles. The 'Benchmarking national policies on gender equality in science' report provided an update on the national policies and on the statistical profiles of the 33 countries represented in the Helsinki Group, and it introduced, for the first time, data from the Western Balkans.