Projects and case studies
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Organisational Development support for NHS Employers
NHS Employers asked IES to provide Organisational Development support as they went through a process of organisational change from a service to a leading organisation. This first phase focused on the identification of what was needed and planning...
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Guide to activities using IT for social care providers who work with people with dementia
IES conducted research to identify the ways in which organisations in the care sector are using new technology to support and improve quality of life for people with dementia. The work involved interviews with experts and practitioners, a search...
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Developing effective business operations for LSIS
IES supported LSIS to establish a common understanding of what it means for a provider to be effective across all aspects of its business and operations, ie both in terms of it's own management and business processes and its delivery. The project...
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Family Nurse workforce survey
The Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) programme is well established in the USA, where there is a body of evidence to demonstrate its success. Family Nurses work with disadvantaged families, specifically during pregnancy and the child's first two...
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An Assessment of the impact of the introduction of the Apprentice Rate of the National Minimum Wage
A National Minimum Wage Apprentice Rate (NMWAR) at £2.50 an hour was introduced in October 2010 and increased to £2.60 shortly after.IES was asked by the Low Pay Commission to deliver a research project on how the introduction of the NMWAR had...
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Review of the Jobcentre Plus Integrated Children's Centre Adviser project
This pilot has operated over two years in four sites across Wales. Jobcentre Plus advisers working within children’s centres and in partnership with Communities First networks have aimed to reach out and support those furthest away from the labour...
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Qualitative post-test on the European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER)
The European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER) is a pan-European survey of management and worker representatives in enterprises with more than ten employees on how health, safety and well-being are managed at work. This...
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Information services: quality of work and employment, industrial relations and restructuring and management of change
IES was commissioned to provide information reporting services to the Dublin European Foundation's Observatory websites on industrial relations, working conditions and change management, relating to developments at EU-level.
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Research on the role of temporary agency work in facilitating transitions in the labour market
IES worked as a partner on an international research project, co-ordinated by Wilke, Maack and Partner in Germany, examining the role of temporary agency work and its potential contribution to transitions in the labour market. IES carried out...
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ILO retreat contribution
Jim Hillage from the Institute, contributed to a session on how to evaluate the impact of skills and learning programmes at a recent event for staff from the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The ILO is engaged in all parts of the world...