Employment and skills: completed projects

Inclusion was commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation to deliver research that aimed to systematically review and assess the evidence base ‘relating to service delivery problems and solutions’ for benefit delivery, tax credit delivery and services intended to help people into work.

The Learning and Skills Council commissioned Inclusion, in partnership with Ipsos MORI, to carry out an evaluation of Care to Learn, in order to track the destinations of young parents funded in 2007/08.

Inclusion worked in partnership with the Institute for Employment and Skills to conduct research into the labour market and learning progression of customers who had used the Careers Advice Service - the telephone advice and guidance service funded by the Learning and Skills Council.

The City Strategy 50 Plus research for Manchester Enterprises investigated worklessness amongst people in mid and later life. It informed the Greater Manchester (GM) City Strategy Pathfinder in its aim to reduce the number of GM residents over 50 who are on out-of-work benefits

Inclusion was commissioned by the National Audit Office to undertake desk research, in order to inform a review of the client strategies of the Department for Children, Schools and Families, and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills.

Inclusion was commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation to summarise the latest policy positions of the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties on tackling poverty.

Inclusion carried out a review of the literature on the contracting out of welfare to work services in the USA for the Department for Work and Pensions, with a particular focus on the experience of Wisconsin and New York City.

In October 2008, Making the Connection commissioned Inclusion to inform the design of a sustainable employment pilot project to be implemented in early 2009.

TNG, a private-sector training organisation appointed Inclusion to evaluate three ESF co-financed projects. The Capacity Building project is a two-year initiative that supports organisations that are failing to deliver on their proposed employment outcomes. Progression Pathways provides training for young people not in education and employment to enable them to enter the health care sector.

The Cardinal Hume Centre commissioned Inclusion to undertake an evaluation of its London Development Agency (LDA) funded employment, skills and training project.

Working with IES, Inclusion evaluated Year 2 of the Skills Coaching Trials and Skills Passports (part of the New Deal for Skills) for the Learning and Skills Council under the Skills Call-Off Contract.

The Department for Work and Pensions commissioned Inclusion to carry out a programme of international comparative research on the process of reforming the public employment services in the Netherlands and Australia.

Inclusion prepared a report on the London labour market in the recession (in June 2009) for the London Assembly's Economic Development, Culture, Sport and Tourism Committee.

Inclusion conducted data analysis of c.1000 learners living in the Manchester City Regions for the Learning and Skills Council. These were interviewed as part of the national survey 'Impact of Learning on Employability'.

Data analysis of 2,679 learners who attended learning providers in London for the Learning and Skills Council. These were interviewed as part of the national survey 'Impact of Learning on Employability'.

Data analysis of over 1,000 learners living in the West Midlands city region commissioned by the Learning and Skills Council. These learners were interviewed as part of the 2007 national 'Impact of Learning on Employability'.

Inclusion (with Madano as marketing partners) was commissioned by Jobcentre Plus marketing team to identify key lessons from the research literature on incapacity benefit and lone parent customers.

Inclusion, in partnership with the University of York, conducted this detailed case study research to explore inter-agency work within the Connexions Service for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

The Department for Work and Pensions commissioned an international systematic review of transitional employment literature and research, and a mapping survey of ILMs in the UK.

The Learning and Skills Council commissioned Inclusion to map learner support schemes, to see how they fit into the broader landscape of support available to learners.

The Government is committed to contracting out delivery of welfare to work programmes and paying providers for getting participants into sustained employment. This study, carried out for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, examines particular lessons from Australia and the Netherlands, which have seen success in similar reform, for this country.

This research for the Department for Work and Pensions brings together two pieces of qualitative research that aimed to help unpack the complex issue of the relationship between health and work for lone parents.

Inclusion was commissioned by the Mayor of London, the London Development Agency and the Association of London Government. This project considered the evidence that Londoners have less incentive to move off benefits and into work than elsewhere in the country.

The project, commissioned by the London Development Agency seeks to explore the possibilities of rewarding employment outcomes and progression for LDA targets and funded (or influenced) programmes.

The aim of this research for the Department for Employment and Learning was to provide a better understanding of the reasons why some people return to New Deal, and to have a deeper insight into the characteristics and labour market experiences of returners in Northern Ireland.

Inclusion was commissioned by the National Audit Office to undertake desk research to inform its thinking on the Department for Work and Pensions' response to the recession.

In September 2007, The SSDA commissioned Inclusion and IES to develop a commentary on UK skills and employment policy. The aim of the commentary was to provide a comprehensive account of the current state of play of UK skills and employment policy and highlight key policy issues and priorities for the incoming UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES).

Inclusion was commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions to carry out a three year evaluation of this national pilot programme which aimed to move long term unemployed individuals into work through supported employment.

The Use of Contestability and Flexibility in the Delivery of Welfare Services in Australia and the Netherlands: A report on study visits undertaken by the UK Department for Work and Pensions.

Inclusion undertook this research for the Department for Education and Skills to inform the implementation of the Learning Agreement pilots, which were introduced in April 2006.