Projects and case studies

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  • Evaluating a New Proactive Approach to Conciliation

    The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) commissioned IES to carry out an evaluation of a six-month pilot currently running in Manchester, Newcastle and Nottingham offering a new proactive approach to conciliation. This pilot...

  • Workplace Projects Evaluation

    IES was commissioned to evaluate Acas' Workplace Projects service. Workplace Projects are collaborative in-house projects, facilitated by Acas advisors and run within organisations by management and employee representatives. They are a bespoke...

  • Evaluation of National Skills Academies

    National Skills Academies (NSAs) are designed to be 'employer-led centres of excellence in learning' and form a key element of the government's strategy to improve the nation's skill base by making provision of training more relevant to labour...

  • Improving Employer Investment in Workforce Skills

    IES led a consortium to undertake a series of four linked reviews of evidence which reported on which factors stimulate and inhibit employer investment in workforce skills, and identified appropriate policy levers for the new UK Commission on...

  • Good HRM Practices Make Best Use of Skills to Improve Business Performance

    The UK Commission for Employment and Skills commissioned IES in partnership with The Work Foundation to undertake a three-component project on how using good HRM practices can enable employers to make full use of the skills of their workforce and...

  • Evaluation of a Dual Local Authority and HSE-Staffed Occupational Health Support Service for SMEs

    IES was commissioned to evaluate the provision of a regulator-led advice and support service on occupational health and safety issues for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) based in Milton Keynes. The evaluation investigated the...

  • Evaluation of Academy for Large Scale Change

    IES was appointed to evaluate 'The Academy for Large Scale Change' designed by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement in order to equip Strategic Health Authorities, and regional and national leaders, with world class improvement and...

  • Understanding the Business Partner Role

    IES facilitated a review at HM Treasury of the role of the business partner. This looked at questions concerning how it interacted with the rest of HR, relationships between the different business partners, and customer expectations. Issues...

  • An evaluation of Partners Outreach for Ethnic Minorities (POEM)

    The policy intent of POEM was to improve the economic activity of its target groups: Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Somali women, by addressing their barriers to work, including cultural barriers, confidence, knowledge of labour market options and...

  • Impact of Agenda for Change on Career Progression Amongst Radiographers

    IES worked with researchers at the University of Hertfordshire on a new project funded by the Society and College of Radiographers to investigate the impact of Agenda for Change on career progression amongst radiographers. The work explored NHS...