Projects and case studies
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The 2019 RCVS Survey of the UK Veterinary Surgeon and Veterinary Nursing Professions
IES is running two online surveys for the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) that will provide a snapshot of the current state of the veterinary surgeon and veterinary nursing professions.The 2019 results will be compared with previous...
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Inclusive Economy Partnership (IEP) Mental Health Workstream - HR Best Practice Support
IES will work with the Inclusive Economy Partnership (IEP) to develop guidance for employers on good practice to manage performance and support employee wellbeing.This will involve document review, content development and testing, and various...
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Chatbot for employees to ease the strain of everyday life
The project aims to make a Virtual Life Coach (VLC) available to every member of UK Defence. Led by Daden Ltd, this innovation project is beingdeveloped and delivered in partnership with IES, Altruist Enterprises and the University of Worcester...
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Feasibility study - planning and preparing for later life
IES supported Natcen and the Pensions Policy Institute in undertaking a feasibility study for a survey of planning and preparing for later life for the Department for Work and Pensions.IES contributed to scoping the employment issues to be covered...
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To what extent can health, wellbeing and safety strategies improve the productivity and competitiveness of UK manufacturers?
There is considerable interest among employers in the steps they can take to improve workforce health and wellbeing. In part, they are interested in being good employers and enhancing employee engagement, but they also want to reduce sickness...
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Female Service Leavers and Employment
IES is working with Cranfield University to deliver research to the Forces in Mind Trust. The focus of the research is the transition that female service leavers make from the armed forces to civilian employment, specifically to understand why...
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Understanding employers' views and practices in providing employee support from mid-life through to retirement
IES undertook research with employers exploring their views and practices in providing employees support from mid-life, through to retirement. The project engaged 25 employers, a mix of those offering employees at mid-life and beyond specific or...
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Qualitative research to identify what good employment support for people with epilepsy should look like
This project aims to undertake qualitative research to identify what good employment support for people with epilepsy should look like.The work will add strategic value to Epilepsy Action by increasing the charity's capacity to provide future...
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Understanding the conditions for successful mental health training for managers
IES is conducting:a review of mental health training to determine the best topics to train line managers in, the best method(s) of delivering the training and the best means of measuring beneficial impacts; andan evaluation of two types of...
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Evaluating Mind's Blue Light initiative for new emergency services recruits
IES evaluated Mind's latest Blue Light initiative which involved mental health and wellbeing training for new recruits in the emergency services. The work involved training observations, qualitative interviewing, focus groups and a census...