Projects and case studies

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  • Estimating the impact of cycling to work

    The Cycle to Work scheme is a salary sacrifice employee benefit that encourages greater numbers of people to commute to work by bicycle.The main providers of the scheme commissioned IES to estimate the economic benefits of the scheme for employers...

  • 'Prevent in Further Education' data analysis

    IES supported the Department for Business Innovation and Skills' (BIS) team of contracted Further Education advisors in identifying organisations where they should be monitoring compliance with their duties under the government's Prevent strategy...

  • Review of Mind's Workplace Wellbeing Index diagnostic tool

    IES provided an independent, external review and guidance during the development and pilot stage of Mind's new Workplace Wellbeing Index diagnostic tool.The work involved a review of Mind's literature base along with ongoing, iterative reviews and...

  • THRIVE: Tackling health inequalities through extending working lives

    In Europe and Canada, policymakers are facing particular challenges related to rising life expectancy, a shift in the age profile of the population, and the consequent increase in the prevalence of chronic illness and disability. But these...

  • Research on Total Rewards, Engagement and the links with Performance

    In early 2016, NHS Employers commissioned the Institute for Employment Studies to conduct an evidence review in the areas of total reward and employee engagement.The review looked at the nature of any relationship between the two and whether there...

  • Evaluation of Mind's Workplace Wellbeing Index

    IES will conduct a mixed method study to evaluate Mind's new Wellbeing Index which aims to benchmark employers with respect to current wellbeing practices and policies and to signal areas for improvement.Mind will provide a selection of employers...

  • Evaluation of the NHS Innovation Accelerator Programme

    This evaluation, being undertaken by IES in partnership with the York Health Economics Consortium and the University of Liverpool, will use a mixed methods approach to provide evidence on what works in scaling and speeding the pace of innovations...

  • Mindfulness for strategic change readiness

    Using a randomised controlled trial (RCT) this research project will identify performance and resilience outcomes at both individual and team levels following participation in a mindfulness programme for teams.This is an IES-led research project...

  • Evaluation of the Realising Opportunities programme

    IES has been commissioned by Newcastle University to carry out an independent evaluation of the Realising Opportunities programme. The programme unites 15 leading research intensive universities to promote progression for able students from under...

  • Fulfilling Work for Older Workers

    This project comprised a literature review and synthesis on what older workers consider to be 'fulfilling work', including what they value, why those factors are important, how (if at all) views differ from the rest of the working age population...