Projects and case studies

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  • Reward strategy for the Ministry of Justice and the National Offender Management Service

    The Ministry of Justice and the National Offender Management Service consider total reward to be an important factor influencing staff motivation and they seek to build it into their total reward strategies.The organisations also want to have more...

  • Reward framework for Wellcome Sanger

    Following a Pay and Benefits Review in 2013 the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute decided it wanted to introduce a contribution framework to provide structure for the annual individual pay review. This was seen as necessary given the withdrawal of a...

  • The Business Case for Leadership and Management Skills in Jersey

    IES was contracted to undertake a regional review of management and leadership skills. This review deliberately builds on previous work in this area whilst also exploring issues of specific significance in the local economy.Working in partnership...

  • Review of Successful OSH Benchmarking Initiatives

    The aim of this project was to carry out a review of OSH benchmarking schemes that had been set up at sector, member state or European level. The review aimed to assess the benefits that such schemes could deliver as well as their limitations and...

  • Stocktake Review of Investment Performance

    IES was commissioned to support SQW in a stocktake review of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills investment funds, involving contributing to the synthesis and interpretation of findings drawing on programme level evaluation data.

  • Understanding institutional provision for students with mental health problems/physical impairments

    IES was commissioned by HEFCE to carry out case study research with higher education institutions and further education colleges. The research aimed to understand how support was provided and funded for students with severe mental health...

  • Workforce planning for Plan International

    Following on from work IES carried out looking at the people management content of the strategic plans developed by Plan's country offices, IES was asked to support a workforce planning pilot. The aims were to:develop a distinctive Plan...

  • The Contribution of FE and Skills to Social Mobility

    IES carried out a Rapid Evidence Assessment and data review for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to provide an up-to-date understanding of the contribution that learning and skills gained through further education make to social...

  • Economic and Social Costs of Low Skilled Adults in the EU

    The aim of this project for Cedefop was to:develop conceptual and methodological frameworks for both defining and measuring the magnitude of low-skilled population in the EU;describe and analyse the characteristics, causes and trends regarding the...

  • Assessing Sectoral Skills Challenges

    IES was commissioned by Cambridge Econometrics to provide expert advice on the model design for assessing sectoral skills challenges, using a range of UK labour market and business datasets, and to provide examples of reporting outputs in a...