Projects and case studies

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  • Review of Success Factors in Foresight Studies

    EU OSHA commissioned IES, in partnership with the University of South Wales, to undertake a literature review and series of expert interviews to identify the factors associated with success of foresighting research.The project specifically...

  • Mapping investment in adult skills – which individuals, in what learning and with what returns?

    This project for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills had two elements. Firstly it used publicly-available data to map funding in adult skills by government, employers and learners.Secondly, findings were analysed alongside...

  • Employment conditions in the international road haulage sector

    IES was commissioned to research a long briefing note for the European Parliament on the subject of working conditions in the European road haulage sector. The project consisted of desk research and some interviews of EU stakeholders.IES...

  • Online interactive risk assessment survey

    IES was commissioned by EU-OSHA to undertake an online survey to review its community members' experiences of the Agency's online risk assessment tool and consult with broader stakeholders.The survey aimed to inform the Agency's Online...

  • Training young trade union leaders

    IES was commissioned to help Visionary Analytics, Lithuania, with the structure of questionnaires and the final reports for this evaluation of the progress of young trade union leaders who had received training in the previous five years from...

  • Evaluation of Mind's Blue Light programme

    IES was commissioned to evaluate the work and wellbeing strand of Mind’s ‘Blue Light’ initiative, which aims to improve the awareness and management of the mental health of employees in the emergency services.The work involved surveying...

  • Regulatory services officer of the future research

    In early 2014, the Local Government Association commissioned IES to undertake an exploratory research piece on the possible direction for officer roles in council ‘regulatory services' – that is, environmental health, trading standards and...

  • Occupational case studies

    IES was commissioned to undertake a series of interviews with employers from which to develop case studies on how the content of selected jobs would develop in the next ten years. These were designed to inform UKCES publications on future...

  • Qualitative research of the Intensive Activity Programme

    The Institute worked with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to evaluate the impact of a trial to provide intensive support for Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants during the first few weeks of their claim. DWP ran a randomised controlled trial...

  • Study on diversity within the teaching profession - expert for Greek and Cypriot national reports

    IES worked with Ecorys on a project for the European Commission looking at diversity within the teaching profession, with a particular focus on those from migrant/minority backgrounds. The study aimed to:provide a comprehensive analysis and...