Projects and case studies
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Phase 2 of the Evaluation of the Apprenticeship Trailblazers - case studies
The Apprenticeship Trailblazers were introduced as a means to address recommendations from the Richard Review (2012), that employers should take greater ownership of training and assessment.In early 2014, IES was commissioned carry out a...
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Seminars on long-term sickness absence, on behalf of Eversheds
IES researchers Sally Wilson and Jim Hillage participated in a series of seminars organised by Eversheds about long-term sickness absence and the new Health and Work Service.
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Understanding the Behavioural Drivers of Organisational Decision Making
A cross-Government group led by the Department of Energy and Climate Change appointed IES to lead a consortium (including researchers from Brook Lyndhurst and the University of Nottingham) to undertake a review of the evidence on behavioural...
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Understanding the opportunities and barriers for the continued development of ‘Assistant Practitioner’ roles in England
There had been increasing interest in the potential for greater use of Assistant Practitioner roles at band 4 in the NHS and this was growing with the push to better integrate health and social care. This project examined the opportunities and...
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Blended Human Resource Management MSc programme
We are contributing to an MSc Human Resource Management programme delivered by the Edinburgh Institute of Leadership and Management Practice to KPMG consultants. We have provided content for online units, and are delivering masterclasses in the...
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Talent, succession and employee development for a council
IES worked with the Director of Resources and his team at Harrow Council to address their challenges of succession planning and staff development and to embed still further the positive culture of employee engagement which their Gold Standard...
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Student Income and Expenditure Survey 2014-15
This latest wave of the Student Income and Expenditure Surveys (SIES) will provide a comprehensive and robust assessment of the impact of the 2012/13 changes to student finances. The survey covers a representative sample of undergraduate students...