Research

Publisher: 
Policy & research organisations
Topics: 
Policy
Year of Publication: 
2023
Type: 
Research

How Universal Credit and the UK's active labour market policies affect the businesses recruit, retain and progress their staff.

Employers have largely been excluded from research and policy debate focused on the development of Universal Credit (UC) and related Active Labour Market Policies (ALMPs). This research – the first major study to focus on employer experiences and views of this policy area – addresses this critical omission and demonstrates how valuable their insights are.

The project addresses four key questions:

Publisher: 
Central Government
Topics: 
Self employment
Year of Publication: 
2019
Type: 
Research

This research explores the experiences of self-employment for individuals with disabilities and health conditions and the types of support wanted in this area

Publisher: 
Local Government
Topics: 
Transition
Year of Publication: 
2022
Type: 
Research

The 'Life After School' research was carried out by the North Wales Together Learning Disability Transformation Programme on behalf of the North Wales Learning Disability Partnership Group. The research arose from the North Wales Learning Disability Strategy and the emphasis on the importance of getting transition from secondary school to post-16 options and opportunities right for young people with learning disabilities.

Publisher: 
Scottish Government
Topics: 
Supported employment, Scotland
Year of Publication: 
2022
Type: 
Research

The Scottish Government commissioned Social Finance to conduct an evaluation of supported employment delivery within Scotland

The research was designed to provide a robust, independent review of how supported employment is delivered, and where gaps in provision lie.

The evaluation sought to address the following core research questions:

Publisher: 
Policy & research organisations
Topics: 
Individual Placement & Support (IPS)
Year of Publication: 
2022
Type: 
Research

This research explored the relative impact of Individual Placement and Support (IPS) in patients with personality disorders (PDs) as compared to patients with other mental disorders.

Publisher: 
Policy & research organisations
Topics: 
Third sector, Recruitment, Scotland
Year of Publication: 
2022
Type: 
Research

Community Jobs Scotland (CJS) is an employability programme that funds work placements in the third sector for young people with significant barriers to the labour market to gain experience and on the job training within the third sector. It has been in operation in Scotland for a decade and is funded by the Scottish Government and run by SCVO, who have provided the data analysed in this report.

Publisher: 
Other organisations
Topics: 
Transition
Year of Publication: 
2021
Type: 
Research

From July – September 2021, Dr Deirdre Hughes led a research project designed to capture the experiences of young people and what they think about careers support in schools/academies across England. 

The research commissioned by ‘Launch Your Career’ involved:

Publisher: 
Other organisations
Topics: 
Supported Internships
Year of Publication: 
2021
Type: 
Research

This research, from the University of Derby, wanted to find out how supported internships for people with learning disabilities helped them to feel like they belong in workplaces and society.

Publisher: 
Policy & research organisations
Topics: 
Autism, Recruitment, Health & Wellbeing
Year of Publication: 
2021
Type: 
Research

This research, from Anna Remington at University College London, examines the experiences of autistic and non-autistic individuals participating in a corporate internship scheme.

Publisher: 
Policy & research organisations
Topics: 
Transition
Year of Publication: 
2021
Type: 
Research

This working paper by Sanne Velthuis (University of Warwick & University of Manchester) and Stella Chatzitheochari (University of Warwick) analyses post-16 destinations and early socio-economic attainment by a cohort of young people born in 1989-90. The researchers used longitudinal data from the "Next Steps" study.

Among the disability gaps revealed by the data are:

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