Projects and case studies

  • NHS North West SHared Services Workshops

    IES assisted NHS trusts in the North West to work towards cross-organisational partnership working, where appropriate, through facilitated workshops.

  • Leadership Brain workshops

    IES delivered a series of workshops with Blue Edge Consulting for a leading technology company. The workshops provided an introduction to the latest thinking from the world of neuroscience and its application to personal effectiveness and leadership.

  • Evaluation of Unionlearn and Union Learning Fund

    This project was undertaken in partnership with the Centre for Employment Relations Innovation and Change (CERIC) at the University of Leeds. The project evaluated the impact of UnionLearn and the Union Learning Fund on individuals and companies...

  • Employee Survey for the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education

    IES was asked to run an online employee survey on behalf of the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education (the OIA). The OIA ws a small (but growing) organisation of around 40 employees, and this was the first employee survey. The...

  • Chief Editor for the 2012 Industrial Relations in Europe report

    The European Commission commissioned IES to oversee its Industrial Relations in Europe 2012 report. This role included being responsible for the drafting and writing of two chapters, identifying international expert authors for additional chapters...

  • EU-OSHA web content review

    IES was asked by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) to undertake a review of their current website, examining its information offer and architecture. Drawing on key findings from the mid-term strategy evaluation (currently...

  • Impact of EU-OSHA's Sponsorship of Healthy Workplaces Film Award

    This project evaluated the impact of the European Agency for Health and Safety at Work's sponsorship of 'Healthy Workplaces Award' for films/documentaries about occupational safety and health. The sponsorship of the film award was in its third...

  • National UK expert for a fitness check of the EC information and consultation Directive

    This project provided information on the UK implemention of EU rules on information and consultation, contained in three EC Directives, relating to information and consultation, transfer of undertakings and collective redundancies, in order to...

  • Workforce Planning for Plan International

    IES supported the implementation of a Workforce Planning Pilot Project by providing coaching to the four countries participating, including dealing with questions, reviewing documents and providing feedback, and by developing a case study to...

  • Support services for the peer review in social protection and social inclusion programme

    IES is providing expert input to an EU programme identifying and disseminating good practice in the area of social protection and social inclusion, across EU member states. IES's inputs include helping to organise and facilitate Peer Reviews in...