Projects and case studies

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  • Career Development of Civil Service Social Scientists

    Many organisations need to develop the careers and potential of specialist professional groups as well as managers. The Civil Service employs around 1,000 social researchers, spread over many departments and agencies and usually embedded within...

  • Impact of Learning on Employability

    IES, in partnership with Inclusion, and BMRB, conducted research to understand what links and impact there may be on the improved employability of individuals who have undertaken a further education course. It focused on those who were not in...

  • Discretionary Learner Support Funds evaluation

    IES carried out a multi-methodological evaluation of discretionary learner support funds in further education. The study included: a postal survey of further education institutions; an online survey of local LSC offices; analysis of management...

  • Evaluation of Access to Work

    The Access to Work (AtW) programme has been operating in Great Britain since 1994 and is designed for people with long-term health conditions or impairments who need practical support to take up work or to do their job. This project is a...

  • Seeing the Link Between HR and Organisational Performance

    This work for the National Health Service Improvement and Innovation Agency evaluated research on the functional contribution of HR/OD and associated professionals to organisational performance, as well as the impact of more general people...

  • Developing HR Leaders

    IES engaged in a six-month development programme for the HR leadership team of a large local council. This had six coaching sessions combined with three workshops designed to help the team identify their vision for the future of HR, their personal...

  • NICE Management of Long-term Sickness

    IES supported the work of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in the development of guidance on the management of long-term sickness and incapacity for employers and primary care services. A systematic review was...

  • Evaluation of Coaching in the NHS

    The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement (NHS Institute) commissioned IES to carry out an over-arching evaluation of coaching intervention to support leadership development across the NHS. Some evaluation had been carried out of the...

  • Going into HE: Interaction of Elements of Financial Support and Other Factors

    How does the complex mix of government and university financial support affect the choices of prospective students who now face top-up fees of £3,000 per year? Is this support understood? Does it allay financial worries? Are decisions constrained...

  • UK Skills: Key Themes, Policy Issues and Priorities

    The Sector Skills Development Agency commissioned a partnership of IES and the Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion to conduct a review of UK employment and skills policies with a view to highlighting key themes, policy issues and priorities...