Projects and case studies

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  • A UK-Spanish Comparison of Youth Transitions Into Work

    In partnership with the University of Brighton Business School, and IKEI Research and Consultancy, IES is undertaking a project building on earlier work funded by the German Federal Ministry of Training and Occupations (BIBB). The BIBB project...

  • Unlocking Discretionary Behaviour at the Housing Ombudsman Service

    The Housing Ombudsman Service wished to engage its employees with the organisation in order to further unlock discretionary behaviour and sustainable performance improvement. To monitor the progress in raising the levels of engagement they used...

  • Well-being Through Work Project Evaluation

    IES evaluated the Well-being through Work Project, an initiative in Wales designed to support individuals at risk of losing their job through ill-health, to stay in work.The programme included a telephone helpline, telephone support to...

  • People Strategy at Cancer Research UK

    IES worked with HR Network member Cancer Research UK to develop an explicit people strategy for the organisation. Cancer Research UK performed comparatively strongly during the recession, and Executive Director of Human Resources Elizabeth Sideris...

  • European Company Survey: Links Between Workplace Practices and Performance

    This project provided an analysis of links between measures of High Performance Work practices and employee and organisational outcomes using data from the European Company Survey of over 27,000 organisations in 30 European Companies. It assessed...

  • The Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on Decent Work and Decent Work Policies

    IES, in a partnership led by Ergon Associates, was commissioned to undertake a study to assess the broad take-up of decent work policies at an international level, including the influence of major international organisations, before the onset...

  • Promoting the Health and Well-being of Young People

    The Healthy Youth Centre Programme is a 2-year pilot project run by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in partnership with NHS Kensington and Chelsea. IES is providing expertise in the conduct of evaluation, assisting the Borough and its...

  • Evaluation of the role of Diagnostic Radiography Assistant Practitioners

    Assistant Practitioner roles have been introduced into a majority of imaging service departments in hospitals across the UK. Their main function is to undertake tasks that can be accomplished safely (under supervision) by staff other than...

  • Improving employment opportunities for carers: identifying and sharing good practice

    This study collected, assessed and synthesised evidence of what works in supporting carer employment. Working in partnership with CIRCLE at Leeds University, the study included expert interviews, case study work, a survey of recent participants...

  • Motivations and Barriers to Skill-related Training

    IES was commissioned by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills to undertake a review of the evidence about the motivations and barriers faced by employers when they decide to invest in skill-related training. The review used a rapid...