Projects and case studies

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  • Review of the National Careers Service area-based contract funding model

    IES, in partnership with the International Centre for Guidance Studies (iCeGS) at the University of Derby, was commissioned by the Skills Funding Agency to evaluate the outcome-based model for funding the National Careers Service.The review...

  • Evaluation of the University of Oxford's outreach work

    This study for the University of Oxford will evaluate its outreach activity, activity which aims to improve both representation but also progression of under-represented groups at the University and other selective institutions, and help the...

  • Managing older workers seminars

    IES and Eversheds ran a series of seminars for employers on managing older workers, covering pensions, age discrimination, flexible working and workplace adjustments.

  • Modes of study in Higher Education: Literature Review and Qualitative Research

    IES was commissioned by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to provide the most up-to-date research evidence and current thinking on alternative modes of study in Higher Education, particularly compressed degrees, that enable a more...

  • Youth at Risk

    IES Principal Research Fellow Kari Hadjivassiliou was invited to be the international expert for a European Commission high level Learning Exchange, 'Designing and implementing effective strategies to support the integration and retention in the...

  • Careers Information Advice and Guidance Impact Tracking

    IES has been commissioned to conduct an analysis of schools' careers guidance provision, linked to educational outcomes, forming a baseline to track the impact of increasing employer involvement in careers information, advice and guidance in schools.

  • Research support for business leadership on productivity

    IES has been commissioned in partnership with SQW, IER and Cambridge Econometrics to provide research support to the UK Commission for Employment and Skills in helping a group of business leaders in a variety of sectors tackle productivity issues...

  • Health coaching as a social movement: Chapters for a toolkit

    For Health Education East of England, IES contributed to an online toolkit to support the spread of health coaching as a social movement.Using an evidence-based model of embedding and sustaining change within organisations, we described what needs...

  • Update on the progress of implementing the Youth Employment Initiative and other ESF funding on youth employment - Greece and Cyprus national reports

    IES is producing the national report for Greece and Cyprus for a study, led by Ecorys UK and PPMI, to update the European Commission on the progress of the implementation of the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) and other ESF funding relevant to...

  • Occupational Route Map for T Levels

    IES led  the development of role maps across the new 15 occupational routes created as part of the Government’s Post-16 Skills Plan, for the Gatsby Foundation and Department for Education. This involved mapping apprenticeship standards,...