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details |
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| 2010 (ongoing) | Department of Work and Pensions: Occupational Health Pilot Helpline Survey | This work, sub-contracted from the Institute for Employment Studies, involved developing an online survey that asks users of the occupational health helpline service in nine pilot regions for their views of the advice received. Feedback reports are being provided for each region over the two year duration of the project. |
| 2009/10 (ongoing) | RN4Cast: Ensuring effectiveness in the nursing workforce |
Employment Research is working
partnership with the National Nursing Research Unit at Kings College
London to deliver the UK component of this major research project funded
by the seventh EU Framework Programme. The study (named RN4CAST) looks at human resource planning in nursing and brings together data on nursing practice, patient safety, quality of care and patient outcomes in order to inform nursing workforce management. The objective of RN4CAST is to add to the accuracy of forecasting models and generate new approaches to more effective management of nursing resources in Europe. Employment Research has responsibility for delivering the nurse survey among 3000 nurses at 30 NHS trusts. This is being delivered via postal and online surveys in 10 wards within each trust. We are also responsible for delivering the organisational profile surveys within these trusts. See http://www.rn4cast.eu/en/index.php for more information on the multi-national project. |
| March 2008 (ongoing) | Acas: Training delegate surveys |
Since March 2008 Employment Research has been commissioned by
Acas to monitor their workplace training and open access training events. This
is ongoing work that involves collating and monitoring returns from all training
events over the year processing the data and feeding back quarterly and year to
date reports to Acas national head office and all 11 Acas regions on delegate
satisfaction with all aspects of the events. In October 2009 Employment Research produced the annual report of all training events for internal use at Acas. |
| April 2010 | Acas: Pilot staff satisfaction surveys | Acas is considering the introduction of a staff satisfaction survey tool for its workplace projects team. Employment Research assisted Acas in the design and setting up of an online and paper based pre-pilot survey tool. The pre-pilot involved delivering the survey in one Acas client organisation and to develop the tool more fully the pilot has been extended to three further organisations during late 2010 and 2011. This work is ongoing. |
| April 2010 | Acas: Follow up surveys of Monitoring Impact Assessments and Redundancy and Restructuring training events | In early 2010 Acas commissioned Employment Research to conduct two follow up pieces of work looking in more detail at the views of delegates attending two key training courses. This involved interviewing 50 delegates from three courses covering each topic. The results were fed back to Acas in a full written report for internal purposes. |
| 2010 | RCN Experienced Nurse Panel Survey |
This is an ongoing research project commissioned by the Royal
college of Nursing. The purpose of this project is to set up a longitudinal
research panel that can explore changes in the employment experiences, views and
aspirations of nurses aged 50 plus in the alter stages of their nursing careers.
The sorts of questions that are being addressed by this panel include: What
kinds of employment are preferred by nurses at this stage of their careers? What
would encourage more nurses to remain in nursing for longer? What are the
challenges facing nurses in the later stages of their careers? What are the
issues facing nurses in their retirement planning? This research is building on the 2009 RCN Employment Survey contacting again nurses aged 50 plus who participated in this research to follow up their careers a year later as well as surveying a further 700 nurses aged 50 plus to top up the sample. |
| 2010 | RCVS Veterinary Surgeons and Nurse survey |
In 2006 and 2008 Employment
Research in partnership with the Institute for Employment Studies
undertook full membership surveys with the RCVS of all veterinary
surgeons and veterinary nurses respectively on their database. Reports
on both these surveys are available from the RCVS. In 2010 these two surveys were brought together and Employment Research delivered full surveys of both professions simultaneously – approximately 35000 veterinary nurses and veterinary surgeons were surveyed. Reporting will be completed by IES this year. |
| 2010 | Olympic Delivery Authority: Olympic Site Park Health Research | This work, sub-contracted from the Institute for Employment Studies, involved two elements. First a survey of site contractor managers of their views of Park Health, the on site health service to support contractors and workers employed on the Olympic Site and Athlete’s village, and then, second, delivering a face-to-face survey of workers employed on the sites and their use of the Park Health service. |
| 2010 | Car Service Telephone Survey | With IES and in partnership with the German Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training, we are delivering a telephone survey of car service garages to seek information and data on their recruitment, induction and training needs and requirements in the car service industry. |
| 2010 | Health and Safety Executive (HSE): Slips and Trips | On behalf of IES Employment Research delivered an experimental design telephone survey of HSE intervention in providing advice on dealing with slips and trips accidents on employer’s workplaces. The survey consisted of 120 interviews with employers where a slip or trip had occurred but where they had received advice and a visit from an HSE officer and 120 interviews with employers where no visit had been requested. |
| 2009 | CRAC: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Graduates (STEM) in non-STEM jobs | This telephone survey was undertaken in partnership with the Careers Research and Advisory Centre on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The study aims to understand better the career intentions of STEM students and also the actual decisions made by graduates working in occupations unrelated to their degrees, as well as better knowledge of where they work in the economy and how they are using their skills (see http://www.crac.org.uk/148682/Current-and-recent-research-portfolio-.html for more information. |
| 2009 | Past Imperfect Future Tense: Nurses Employment and Morale | This report describes the findings from the 22nd
RCN employment survey of a sample of RCN members. Nine thousand nurses
from across the UK were surveyed, using a methodology which builds on a
longstanding series of surveys (with many parts of the questionnaire
standardised since 1992) so changes over time can be reported. 54%
responded to the survey. The findings highlight differences between important subgroups of nurses by employer, grade/AfC pay band, job title, specialty as well looking at biographical differences such as; age, gender, ethnicity, internationally recruited nurses etc. The report focuses on: pay bands and grading, working hours, workload and staffing, job change and career progression, continuing professional development and the morale of nurses. An important feature of the RCN employment surveys is the ability to highlight changes over time in all these issues. In addition to the main UK report separate reports were also produced for nurses living in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. |
| 2009 | Practice Nurses in 2009 and 2003 |
The purpose of this research was
to provide a summary of employment related statistics as they pertain to
practice nurses, comparing results for this group with all nurses using
the 2009 employment survey and where possible, with those for 2003 the
last year when the sample size was large enough to allow reliable
analysis of the practice nurse sub-group. With 9,000 nurses from across the UK being covered by the survey, there are sufficient numbers of important sub-groups of nurses working outside the NHS to allow detailed analysis and comparisons with previous data sets. In addition a top-up sample of 300 practice nurses was also included in the 2009 methodology to enable analysis this key specialty of the nursing workforce. http://www.rcn.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/305969/003583.pdf |
| 2008 | Royal Borough of Kingston: Staff Satisfaction Survey | Employment Research assisted the Kingston Business School in delivering a staff satisfaction survey among employees of the Royal Borough of Kingston. |
| 2008 | Council for Higher Education in Arts and Design (CHEAD) |
In partnership with IES
Employment Research has run a large scale survey of approximately 28000
graduates (completing their courses between 2002 and 2004) in art,
media, craft and design subjects to explore their early career
progression and the factors important in pursuing successful careers.
The survey compared results with a similar survey undertaken 10 years
previously in 1998 and demonstrate the longer term contribution of arts
graduates. The research involved online and paper based surveys followed up with telephone interviews and an email survey of graduates participating in the first stages of the research. Reporting on this research is due to be completed later this year. |
| 2008 | Acas Workplace Training Survey | The research undertaken in partnership with the Institute for Employment Studies involved a telephone survey of just over 600 employers. The purpose of the research was to examine the longer term impact of workplace training on organisations. A response rate of over 60% was achieved. |
| 2008 | Evaluation of the Women’s Enterprise Action Plan | A three year study funded by the London Development Agency commenced in 2007/8 to evaluate the impact of WEAP on female entrepreneurs and managers working in the London region. This involved a telephone survey of 100 female entrepreneurs with the survey being repeated in yearly intervals over the next two years. Employment Research are providing telephone survey support to SQW Consultancy. |
| 2008 | Brighton and Hove City Council | Evaluating the management of the Area Investment Fund this involves an online survey of organisations in the Brighton and Hove and Adur areas. |
| 2008 | Council for Higher Education in Arts and Design (CHEAD) | In partnership with IES Employment Research is running a large scale survey of approximately 10000 recent graduates in art and design subjects to explore their early career progression and the factors important in pursuing successful careers. This will look at the art design graduate labour market and make comparisons with a similar survey undertaken 10 years previously in 1998. |
| 2008 | RCVS Veterinary Nurse survey | In partnership with IES ERL is surveying both via a postal and online survey 16000 veterinary nurses about their training, qualifications and working lives. |
| 2007 | Quality of Working Life pilot survey | Employment Research Ltd provided telephone survey support to the Institute for Employment Studies interviewing 100 individuals at their homes to pilot a questionnaire seeking views of working life. |
| 2007 | Kingston Borough Council Staff Survey | Supporting Kingston University Business School, Employment Research administered a postal/online survey of staff working for the council. |
| 2007 | University of Sussex Careers Service: Brighton Factor | The University wanted to gain a better understanding of the transition to the labour market of its recent graduates and what influences them to remain in or move away from Brighton and the surrounding area. Employment Research administered a postal and online survey of 3500 graduates to collate views on behalf of the Institute for Employment Studies. |
| 2007 | CIPD Membership Survey | On behalf of CIPD and in conjunction with IES Employment Research processed the responses to an annual CIPD survey of 1200 personnel and HR professionals. |
| 2007 | Electrical Contractors Association Survey | ERL administered a postal survey of approximately 7000 electrical contractors. |
| 2007 | Learner Support Fund evaluation survey | To evaluate the impact of the Learning Support Fund ERL administered a postal survey of 1000 FE colleges. |
| 2007 | National Arts Learning Network | ERL administered a postal/online survey of approximately 3000 Arts graduates applying for postgraduate courses in the arts. |
| 2007 | Independent Sector Nurses in 2007 | The purpose of this research was to provide a summary of the main statistics produced in the full 2007 RCN Employment Survey by employment sector, to allow some comparison between the non-NHS and NHS sectors. |
| 2007 | Service Reservists | Postal and online survey of 15000 reservist personnel across the three armed forces administered for IES on behalf of the MOD. |
| 2007 | Acas Helpline user survey | Currently work in progress with IES. A postal/online survey of users to establish their views of the service provided by the Acas Helpline. |
| 2007 | Holding On: Nurses Employment and Morale in 2007 | This is the 19th employment survey of RCN members and in 2007 involved a survey of 9000 nurses across the UK. |
| 2007 | Black and Minority Ethnic and Internationally Recruited Nurses | Summary of results from previous RCN Annual Employment Surveys |
| 2006 | CAB: Flexible and home working | A review of data and literature to explore the issues around implementation of home and tele-working systems. |
| 2006 | CAB: Recruitment and retention | Literature review, desk research and interviews to explore recruitment and retention issues for Citizens Advice. |
| 2006 | Temporary working | Online survey of nurses looking at the nature of temporary working, why this form of work is adopted by nurses and the advantages and disadvantages to temporary employment. |
| 2006 | Nurses & Public Sector Pay | Labour Force Survey analysis using Jan-Mar 2006 datasets comparing the hourly earnings rates of public sector professionals (nurses, teachers and police officers). |
| 2006 | Nurse Practitioners | Research based upon postal and on-line survey of 3200 Nurse Practitioners across the UK |
| 2006 | Nursing & Midwifery Council: Public Consultation on Fitness for Practice | Data collection, analysis and reporting based upon postal and on-line public consultation involving 1400 respondents |
| 2006 | Clinical Nurse Managers | Research based upon postal and on-line survey of 4000 Clinical Nurse Managers across the UK (Results due to be published later in 2006) |
| 2006 | Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons: Survey of the Profession 2006 (IES) | Administered data collection through postal and on-line survey of 22,000 vets |
| 2006 | Black and Minority Ethnic and Internationally Recruited Nurses | Summary of results from previous RCN Annual Employment Surveys (Results due to be published later in 2006) |
| 2006 | Working Well: At Breaking Point? | Research based upon a survey of 4000 nurses across the UK |
| 2005 | 'Managing to Work Differently' | The 2005 RCN Annual Employment Survey covered 9,000 nurses across the UK, exploring issues including pay and grading, patterns of job-change and continuing professional development |
| 2005 | Health & Social Care Workforce in Milton Keynes and South Midlands | Detailed secondary analysis of Labour Force Survey data and Department of Health Census data |
| 2005 | School Nurses: Full report Executive Summary |
Survey of 1,300 school nurses across the UK to explore, roles, workloads, training and views of working life. Achieved considerable press coverage |
| 2005 | CIOB Employer Survey | Research examining graduate recruitment issues in the construction sector. Survey of 500 employers (members of CIOB) |
| 2005 | Nursing & Midwifery Council: Public Consultation on Proposed Framework for the Standard for Post-Registration Nursing | Data collection, analysis and reporting based upon 2100 responses to public consultation document |
| 2005 | Professionalising the Investigative Process (with stakeholder research associates) | Report of interviews with Police Forces to explore the process of investigation of volume crime, commissioned by the Home Office. |
| 2005 | "There’s more to life than the NHS" | Survey of 2000 independent sector nurses that examined professional development and learning, RCN communication and representation and the views of this group of nurses. |
| 2005 | Survey of e-recruitment practices in Ireland (IES) | Administered postal survey of 900 public and private sector employers |
| 2005 | Ball J (2005) Working in care homes: a survey Nursing Standard October 2005, 20(6) p41-46 | Article based on survey conducted in 2004 (see below) |
| 2004 | National Audit Office – survey of local authorities | Survey of housing departments and voluntary sector organisations to explore progress made in tackling homelessness |
| 2004 | Construction & Work Related Learning (WRL) (CITB) | Survey of 3800 schools. Research explored provision of WRL and gaps in current provision |
| 2004 | Maxi nurses Main report RCN publication based on report |
A survey of 900 and interviews with 20 nurses working in advanced and specialist roles. The report provides details of the roles and views as to how these can be developed for the benefit of patient care. |
| 2004 | Care Home survey: Impact of low fees in the care home sector |
Following RCN concern about the closure of care homes employment Research was commissioned to conduct a survey of 2,700 nurses who work in care homes. The survey and report addressed staffing levels, funding arrangements and ability to meet residents’ needs. |
| 2004 | Buchan J, Ball J, Rafferty A (2004) On the pull, Health Service Journal, February 2004, 114 p40-1 | |
| 2004 | Drafted report on survey of 2000 applicants to higher education across ten schools and sixth forms. Part of major IES study. | |
| 2004 | Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Employer Survey |
Administered a telephone screening survey to set up interview based research. |
| 2004 | Finding Answers: Science Survey 2004 – University of Sussex |
Market testing of science degree titles at at University of Sussex |
| 2003 | RCN Annual Employment Survey 2003- Stepping Stones | 15,000 nurses were surveyed in this year’s RCN annual employment survey. The report focused on the career stages of nurses, morale in nursing and issues concerned with retaining older nurses. |
| 2003 | HE Equal Opportunities Monitoring Survey (IES) | Administered postal survey of 5000 staff in higher education institutions. |
| 2003 | Staffing Snapshot Survey | 232 RCN stewards across the UK were surveyed to provide a picture of typical staffing at a single point in time to show the impact of staffing pressures on service delivery. |
| 2003 | Jackson C;Ball J;Hirsh W;Kidd J: "Informing Choices": The need for career advice in medical training | Report of findings from a research study conducted for the Department of Health by thr National Institute of Careers Education and Counselling (NICEC). |
| 2003 | East Midlands Graduate Labour Market | Organised and administered a survey of higher education students and graduates across the East Midlands |
| 2003 | Employment of Young People in Retail and Hospitality |
Administered postal survey of 1000 employers. |
| 2002 | Nurses in the Independent Sector | Summary of AES results from 2001 and 2002 pertaining to nurses working in the Independent Sector |
| 2002 | EBL clusters | National evaluation of the development of innovative pilot projects to promote education business partnerships |
| 2002 | Graduate Labour Market in the South West | Administered a survey of 10,000 higher education students and graduates across the South West |
| 2002 | RCN Annual Employment Survey 2002 – Valued equally? Pages 1-45 Pages 46-94 |
AES survey of 15,000 nurses covered gender and ethnicity equal opportunities issues in the employment of nurses in all sectors across the UK |
| 2001 | RCN Annual Employment Survey 2001 | Survey of 4,000 nurses. For the first time the AES presents data on nurse to patient ratios in different settings and explores the relationship bewteen these ratios and views of workload and patient care. |
| 2001 | Rafferty A, Ball J, Aiken L (2001) Are teamwork and professional autonomy compatible and do they result in improved hospital care? Quality in Health Care December 2001 (supp 2) p32-7 |
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| 2001 | Buchan J, Ball J, O’May F (2001) If changing skill mix is the answer, what is the question? Journal of Health Services Research and Policy October 2001, 6(4) p233-8 |
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| 2001 | Pre-16 work experience 2001 | In conjunction with IES, undertook surveys of work experience co-ordinators across secondary schools, case studies in five areas across UK and interviews with key stakeholders and students. This research compared findings to the 1996 study (see below). |
| 2000 | Working Well? a call to employers Summary Main report |
Surveys of 6000 nurses to examine working lives of nurses in the UK |
| 2000 | Student Views of Skills, Work and School (Focus Central London TEC) | Three year longitudinal study (survey and interviews) looking at impact of education business links on secondary school students in Years 9-11. |
| 2000 | Snapshot Surveys of Emergency Pressures in the NHS | Problems caused by emergency pressures on service delivery in A&E in order to identify and develop solutions. This survey also compared the position in 2003 with 2000. |
| 2000 | Buchan J, Ball J & O’May F (2000) ‘Determining skill mix in the health workforce: guidelines for managers and health professionals’. Issues in health services delivery Discussion Paper No.3. WHO. |
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| 2000 | Ball J, Dixon M, Dolan B (2000) Why are we waiting? Research surveying emergency pressures in A&E Emergency Nurse April 2000, 8(1) p22-7 |
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| 1998 | Practicing Solicitors and Post-experience Vocational Education (CEDAR University of Warwick) | Involved two surveys of 2000 practicing solicitors to assess demand for courses in the provided by the University of Warwick Law School. |
| 1998 | Education Business Links in London | Stakeholder interviews to assess the impact of education business partnerships in Central London |
| 1998 | Monitoring Stress in the Teacher Profession (International Labor Office) | Secondary analysis and review of methods to monitor stress and burnout. |
| 1998 | Ball J (1998) ‘Chapter 2: From Ward Sister to Ward Manager’ in ‘Ward Management in Practice’ Ed Mackenzie J. Churchill Livingstone. |
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| 1997 | Ball J (1997) Shifting the control: evaluation of a self-scheduling flexitime rostering system European Nurse July 1997 2(2) p100-110 |
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| 1997 | Enrolled nurses: Study for the UKCC |
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| 1997 | Education Business Links in South London | Stakeholder interviews to assess the impact of education business partnerships in South London. |
| 1997 | Seccombe I, Smith G, Buchan J & Ball J (1997) ‘Enrolled Nurses: A study for the UKCC’ Institute for Employment Studies Report 344. |
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| 1996 | Pre-16 work experience 1996 | |
| 1996 | Buchan J, Ball J & O’May F (1996) ‘The Right Profile? A Review of Approaches to Determining Personnel Mix in Healthcare’ Report to WHO. |
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| 1996 | Ball J (1996) 'Nurse Executives' Pay' Employment Research for RCN. |
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| 1996 | Buchan J, Seccombe I & Ball J (1996) ‘Caring Costs Revisited’ Institute for Employment Studies Report 321. |
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| 1995 | Ball J, Disken S, Dixon M (1995) 'Creative Career Paths Report Number 4: Senior Nurses in the NHS' IHSM Consultants for NHS Women's Unit. |
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| 1995 | Turner A & Ball J (1995) 'Evaluating Time Care in the NHS' NHS Executive. |
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| 1995 | Ball J (1995)'Windows through the glass ceiling' Nursing Management Vol 2 No 1 April. |
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| 1995 | Ball J (1995) Shapeless figures (Manpower planning for community psychiatric nursing) Nursing Management October 1995 2(6) p18-19 |
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| 1993 | Buchan J, Ball J & Thomas S (1993) ‘The Effective Ward Sister: A Review of the Literature’ Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Office Home and Health Deparment. |
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| 1993 | Ball J (1993) ‘Setting CPN Establishments: An Example of Community Liaison?’ IES Report to Nursing Division of SETRHA. | |
| 1993 | Ball J (1993) 'High-Tech Mix' Nursing Times Vol 89 No 15. |
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| 1993 | Seccombe I, Ball J (1993) 'Price of Commitment: Nurses' Pay, Careers and Prospects' IMS Report No.251. |
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| 1992 | RCN Annual Employment Study 1992 | |
| 1992 | Wraight A, Ball J, Seccombe I & Stock J (1992) `Mapping Team Midwifery', IMS Report Number 242. |
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| 1992 | Seccombe I & Ball J (1992) `Motivation, Mobility and Morale' IMS Report Number 233. |
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| 1992 | Ball J & Stock J (1992) `Nurses and Technicians in High Technology Care Areas' IMS Report Number 239. |
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| 1992 | Buchan J, Seccombe I & Ball J (1992) `International Mobility of Nurses' IMS Report Number 230. |
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| 1991 | Ball J (1991) 'Valuing Nursing' Senior Nurse, Vol 11, No 4, July/August. |
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| 1991 | Buchan J & Ball J (1991) `Caring Costs' Report Number 208 |