Projects and case studies

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  • Adult Career Decision-Making

    Qualitative research, for the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, with sixty-five adults who were making career decisions, in order to explore what influenced them in making these decisions, factors that were most important and the...

  • Evaluation of the Impact of Learning below Level 2 in FE

    In partnership with BMG research, IES are undertaking a project evaluating the impact of learning below Level 2, for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The work includes a literature review drawing on UK and international evidence...

  • Supporting Learners with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities to Access ESF Priority 2 Provision

    IES, in partnership with the National Institute for Adult and Continuing Education (NIACE), was commissioned by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to carry out research into the apparent under-representation of learners with a...

  • Investors in People Consumer Insight Analysis

    The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) commissioned IES to review Investors in People (IIP) assessment reports to analyse organisations' motivations and the challenges they face in achieving the standard.The aim was to use cluster...

  • Fourth Employer Work-Life Balance Employer Survey 2013

    IES worked with IFF Research on the Fourth Work-Life Balance Employer Survey, commissioned by BIS. The survey built on the most recent Work-Life Balance Employer Survey, dating from 2007, and aimed to examine working hours of managerial and non...

  • Literature review on wages, collective bargaining and productivity

    IES undertook a literature review on the role of collective bargaining and social dialogue actors/institutions in strengthening the links between wages and productivity. The review identified countries for subsequent in-depth case-studies, and...

  • Training course: Coaching for HR Professionals

    IES delivered coaching skills training for HR professionals in the Advisory and Mediation Services team at the Department for Business, Innovations & Skills

  • Evaluation of the 15 Steps Challenge

    The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement commissioned IES to review the experiences of organisations which have implemented the 15 Steps Challenge launched in May 2012 and emerged from the Productive Ward Programme (a toolkit providing a...

  • Economic, Social and Personal Outcomes of Vocational Qualifications Research

    IES contributed to a study, commissioned by the London Borough of Newham and led by BMG Research, providing econometric research on the impact of successful learning at Levels 1, 2 or 3 on employment and wages for young people in Newham.The...

  • The use of social media in the recruitment process

    IES was commissioned by ACAS to carry out a small-scale research project into employer's use of social media during the recruitment process. The research focused on use and non-use of social media as a means of recruitment and during the...