Projects and case studies
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Trapped or Flexible: Risk Transitions and Missing Policies for Young High-Skilled workers in Europe
IES was one of the partners in an EU-wide consortium (led by Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale – IRS Milan) which undertook a pilot project (as part of the EU’s Lifelong Learning Programme) to encourage conversion of precarious work into...
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Skills Development in Sparsely and Densely Populated Areas
Skills for Health commissioned IES to undertake a study to help in developing solutions on skills development and utilisation for Scottish health care employers who are operating in sparsely and densely populated areas. It also explored whether...
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European Safety and Health Strategy evaluation
This was a mid-term evaluation of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work's (EU-OSHA) Strategy 2009-2014 that focused on its initial outputs and implementation stage. It also provided feedback on intermediate outcomes of EU-OSHA...
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Green Skills and environmental awareness in vocational education and training
IES investigated the gaps between future skills needs and learning provision relating to nine 'green' occupations in eight EU countries: the UK, Finland, the Netherlands, Greece, Italy, Germany, Hungary and the Slovak Republic. The research was...
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Analysis of Longitudinal Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (LDLHE)
The project builds on ‘What do Researchers do? Doctoral graduate destinations and impact three years on’ to explore in more detail the occupational movement over time of doctoral graduates and to further investigate career intentions and...
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Experiences, Attitudes and Approaches to Collective and Individual Dispute Resolution
IES was commissioned to conduct a small-scale qualitative research exercise with public sector employers, based on in-depth qualitative interviews with employee relations / human resources heads across a range of public sector bodies. The purpose...
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HR leadership team development: a case study
Jacqueline Wiltshire, HR Director, Ealing CouncilSituationIn 2006 an Audit Commission report painted a gloomy picture of the HR function at Ealing Council. The troubled department was failing to provide a good HR service to the organisation and...
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Redeveloping performance appraisal and the link to pay
In 2010, a government department decided to give consideration to redeveloping its performance appraisal process and the link to performance related pay. IES was asked to help. The aim was to ensure these systems reflected 'best practice' and...
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Getting to Grips with Workforce Planning in Local Government
The Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) for local government encouraged those organisations for whom it provides expertise and support to seriously consider workforce planning. IES supported IDeA in refreshing and improving the tools,...
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London City Strategy on English for Speakers of Other Languages
IES was commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions to evaluate the London City Strategy Pilot for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). This was designed to demonstrate how work-focused ESOL provision can support access to...