Projects and case studies

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  • Analytical paper on Public Employment Services (PES) and green jobs for the European Commission

    IES was commissioned to prepare an expert paper on Public Employment Services (PES) service delivery and policy implementation in relation to:supporting jobseekers to move into work requiring green skillsidentification of pros and cons of...

  • Review of Apprenticeship Research 2013-2014

    A wealth of material is regularly published on themes relevant to apprenticeships, including studies of apprenticeship and work-based training which span UK and international settings.This represents some challenges for the National Apprenticeship...

  • Feasibility Study: Online occupational safety and health (OSH) tools

    IES was commissioned by EU-OSHA to examine and systematically document online occupational safety and health (OSH) tools offered across EU member states and, in doing this, provide a typology of tools.The study also proposed a number of tools for...

  • Ex-post evaluation of EU-OSHA'S Healthy Workplaces Campaign 2012-13: Working together for risk prevention

    IES was commissioned to carry out an evaluation of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) Healthy Workplaces Campaign 2012-2013. The evaluation aimed to assess the effectiveness and impact of the campaign and its activities at...

  • Survey of recently-qualified veterinary surgeons

    On behalf of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS), IES conducted an online survey of people who have qualified from one of the UK’s seven veterinary schools over the past five years. There was anecdotal evidence that newly-qualified...

  • Enhancing and Embedding Staff Engagement in the NHS: Putting Theory into Practice

    IES partnered with Kent Business School, Warwick Business School and the University of Tilburg to carry out a systematic evidence synthesis of staff engagement in the NHS, on behalf of NIHR. The research project addressed the question: what...

  • The leadership legacy of LSIS

    Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) commissioned IES to produce a legacy report on LSIS’s contribution and achievements in developing and improving leadership in the further education and skills sector. The legacy paper built on...

  • STYLE: Strategic Transitions for Youth Labour in Europe

    The aim of the STYLE project is to provide a comprehensive understanding of the causes of very high unemployment among young people and to assess the effectiveness of labour market policies designed to mitigate this phenomenon.The project includes...

  • The UK labour market story 2013

    IES was commissioned, together with IER and Cambridge Econometrics, to produce an overarching assessment of the UK for the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, in order to understand how effective the UK's skills investment approach was...

  • A review of the National Student Survey (NSS)

    The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) is working with IES to explore the feasibility of developing a student satisfaction survey aimed at those studying taught postgraduate courses. These important students currently lie outside the...