Projects and case studies

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  • Improving Gender Pay Reporting

    In 2009, average female pay remained stubbornly around 20% behind the average for males. IES conducted research into gender pay reporting on behalf of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). The Commission was working to develop the most...

  • Developing a Talent Management Strategy with the National Offender Management Service

    Wendy Hirsh supported the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) as it developed its strategy for talent management. NOMS covers both prisons and probation services which have different traditions in how they grow future leaders and diverse...

  • Increasing the Participation of Migrants and Ethnic Minorities in Employment

    IES worked for MigrationWork to support the European Commission’s learning network, IMPART (Increasing the Participation of Migrants and Ethnic Minorities in Employment).IMPART aims to help the European Commission understand how ESF funding can be...

  • Testing the Link Between Educational System and Recruitment Practice

    The German Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) tasked partners from the UK (IES), Finland (Research Unit for the Sociology of Education, University of Turku) and Spain (IKEI Research and Consultancy) with a feasibility...

  • Skills Priorities and Scenarios in the Justice Sector

    Policing, forensics, courts, prisons, community sentences, fire and rescue. What are the emerging skills needs in these vital services? What is the shape of things to come right across the Justice sector? IES research for Skills for Justice has...

  • A National Strategic Skills Audit

    The UK Commission for Employment and Skills commissioned IES to identify current and emerging skills needs across the English economy, with a particular focus on economic growth sectors, to inform government skills policy. The report considered...

  • Evaluation of the Local Employment Partnerships

    The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) Integrated Employment and Skills Programme Unit (IES PU) asked IES to undertake the main phase of the evaluation of Local Employment...

  • Evaluating the Benefits of the Radiography Imaging Services Accreditation Scheme

    The Imaging Services Accreditation Scheme or ISAS is the outcome of a development project jointly undertaken by Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) and the Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR) over the period from 2006 and 2008, during...

  • Leadership Programme Evaluation

    IES was asked to evaluate Innovations in Healthcare, a leadership programme offered by the NHS Institute and the Radiology Consulting Group, Boston. The programme involves teams who are tackling live issues within a local health economy attending...

  • HR Integration and Communication

    Peter Reilly and Wendy Hirsh worked with five councils in West London in a consortium that was jointly funded by the councils themselves and Capital Ambition. The consortium was addressing HR integration and communication - two issues of common...