Projects and case studies

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  • Virtual life coach: prototype development and pilot

    IES is providing consultancy support on career planning and coaching aspects, to assist in the development of, and tailoring of the content delivered by, a Virtual Life Coach.The ‘virtual coach’ is in testing phase for a UK Government Department...

  • Construction Skills Fund On-Site Training Hubs programme

    IES is evaluating the Construction Industry Training Board’s On-Site Training Hubs programme. There are around 20 training hubs in England, located on home-building and infrastructure sites. The hubs are training new entrants to the construction...

  • Development of an EU framework to assess the overall impacts of occupational health and safety prevention on the performance of construction enterprises

    In partnership with Ecorys Netherlands and on behalf of the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (EASME), we will explore the productivity and business benefits of occupational health and safety (OSH) good practice in the...

  • Early Years Toolbox Evaluation

    This project is a pilot evaluation of an intervention using the Early Years Toolbox developed by Professor Melhish as an assessment tool for early years practitioners alongside additional support from Action for Children.The intervention seeks to...

  • Experiences of homeless young people in precarious employment

    There has been growing concern about the rise in non-standard or atypical employment practices in the aftermath of the financial crisis. Recent estimates suggest that roughly 4 million workers are in forms of employment characterised by low levels...

  • Experiences of homeless young people in precarious employment

    There has been growing concern about the rise in non-standard or atypical employment practices in the aftermath of the financial crisis. Recent estimates suggest that roughly 4 million workers are in forms of employment characterised by low levels...

  • Housing First evaluation

    On behalf of the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, IES is designing an impact evaluation of three Housing First pilots, running in Liverpool City Region, Greater Manchester and the West Midlands. The intervention is a...

  • Better Conversations Critical Friend

    This project will provide consultancy support and the role of critical friend for a place-based approach to implementing health coaching. IES will guide local change champions, using an action research methodology, during the Berkley Vale...

  • Tips by Text

    IES is carrying out an evaluation of a Tips by Text intervention for The Education Endowment Foundation which is being trialled in 2019/2020 and into the 2020/21 school year. Tips by Text is a behavioural nudge intervention, which uses texts sent...

  • Involving young people in volunteering: careers research review

    The project comprises a rapid evidence assessment of the landscape of youth volunteering engagement and will explore attitudinal and hard outcomes associated with volunteering.A focused literature review will synthesise findings from around 20 of...