Projects and case studies
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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...
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Provision of training and development input at health coaching workshops for trainers and organisational co-ordinators
IES gave training and development input into two workshops for NHS health coaching trainers and co-ordinators. This included co-design of workshops to promote sharing of early experiences of implementing the new ways of working and supporting the...
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Evaluation of the Nye Bevan Programme
IES evaluated the Nye Bevan Programme for the NHS Leadership Academy. The programme is for aspiring executive directors and aims to develop the best executive leaders. It offers support and learning to build personal resilience, confidence and...
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Development of a benchmark engagement indicator for the HE sector
Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) and Universities HR (UHR) jointly commissioned IES to devise and test a standard measure of employee engagement for the HE sector with two parts: work engagement and organisation engagement...