Projects and case studies
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EU reporting services for EIRO, EWCO and ERM
Leading a consortium with French and Belgian partners, IES is providing information-reporting services to Eurofound’s Observatory websites on industrial relations, working conditions and change management, relating to developments at EU-level.
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Qualitative follow-up to the Student Income and Expenditure Survey 2013
This project for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills aims to generate understanding of the experiences and views about paid work among full-time students who are also working. This would contribute evidence abut why students take up...
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Barristers' Working Lives 2013
For the second time, IES is teaming up with Employment Research Ltd to carry out a survey of the Bar profession. Half of the barristers who are registered to practise in the UK have received an invitation (via email or post) to participate in a...
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NHS Scotland HR Shared Services
IES advised NHS Scotland on the development of a cross-organisational HR shared service model. We presented different models of how HRSS can be executed.
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Evaluation of Apprenticeship Grant for Employers of 16 to 24 year olds - Phase 2
The National Apprenticeship Service commissioned a further evaluation of its Apprenticeship Grant for Employers (AGE). IES worked in partnership with BMG Research again.The new evaluation continued to track delivery issues and the effect of...
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Scenarios of strategies of social partners’ cooperation in the hairdressing sector to improve the quality of work and employment
Eurofound commissioned IES to carry out a study examining scenarios of strategies of social partners’ cooperation in the hairdressing sector to improve the quality of work and employment in the sector.IES carried out this work with partners in...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...