Projects and case studies
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Qualitative work on Labour Market Integration of New Immigrants
This UK case study analysed how effectively workforce development and integration policies help immigrants (especially those with only a high school degree or less) to progress from low-skilled work or unemployment to middle-skilled jobs.
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Evaluation of the impact of the internal workplace mediation training service
This project aimed to evaluate the impact of Acas's internal workplace mediation training service for its trainees and to gain an insight into the effectiveness of Acas's in-house training for organisations.It also provided data for the key...
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Mutual learning on anticipating and managing restructuring
IES is taking part in a comparative study, funded by the European Commission and led by the training centre of the International Labour Organisation (ICT-ILO), examining good practice in anticipating and managing restructuring at sectoral level in...
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Listening to Business
The aim of this project was to provide UKCES with leading UK employer insight through developing and maintaining a community of influential business leaders and through offering bespoke insight and analysis of sources of data.IES, with partners...
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Scoping study for a foresight on new and emerging OSH risks and challenges
IES was commissioned to undertake a literature review, telephone interviews and an online survey of stakeholders to identify possible subjects for a foresighting study into new and emerging OSH risks arising from changes in the nature of work...
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2014 survey of the vet surgeon and vet nurse professions
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) asked IES to conduct its 2014 surveys of the veterinary surgeon (VS) and veterinary nurse (VN) professions.The surveys, launched in January 2014, collected data about the working lives and attitudes...
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European Inventory on the Validation of Non-formal and Informal Learning (country expert)
The overall objective of this project is to advance the work of the Commission (DG EAC) and Member States within the Education and Training 2020 work programme in the area of basic skills, by providing the basis for the Commission Report on...
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Understanding mature entrants’ transitions to postgraduate study
This study consolidated and improved the information base on mature postgraduate students in order to understand:their profile and participationtheir motivations to studytheir pre-entry activities (in the years between undergraduate study and...
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Review and synthesis of the regulations, cultures and behaviours evidence underlying compliance with food safety regulations
This research project centred on psychosocial factors underlying compliance with (and enforcement of) food safety regulations, with an emphasis on small food business operators. The aims were:to pool together existing evidence the FSA possessed on...
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Reducing the occupational sickness absence rate for an NHS Trust
IES advised Mersey Care on how it might reduce its absence levels in its high security unit.Mersey Care NHS Trust wished to review its occupational sickness rate to examine the causes of absence and potential ways of reducing it. IES was asked to...