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Project showcase: 14 years of mapping the UK skills landscape through the Employer Skills Survey

As part of our 60th anniversary celebrations, we’re looking back at some of the meaningful work we’ve delivered. In this fifth project showcase, we explore the Employer Skills Survey, and the insight it provides on the UK labour market.

Principles in practice: safeguarding and ethical rigour

We examine what safeguarding and ethical rigour really means in practice; looking at how our researchers protect identities and data, minimise harm, and navigate sensitive situations with empathy and professionalism.

Why are we still talking about Clearing?

As Clearing advertising takes a significant amount of undergraduate advertising budget, it prompted me to think about how it’s always worth revisiting how to maximise awareness, understanding, and recall in your target audiences.

Principles in practice: amplifying underrepresented voices

Our mini-series explores social research on people who face complex challenges, starting with the six principles we apply to our projects.

Project showcase: Understanding the lives behind the lessons to inform education policymaking

As part of our 60th anniversary celebrations, we’re looking back at some of the meaningful work we’ve delivered over the past six decades. In this fourth project showcase, we discuss the most comprehensive study of the teaching profession.

Unlocking opportunity: Ayo’s reflections on the 10,000 Interns programme

Interested in internships? Ayo, our research intern in the summer, shares her reflections and thoughts from her time with us.

Shaping their futures: young people’s aspirations for higher education

In a rapidly shifting economic and social landscape, today’s 16 to 18-year-olds face a complex decision about whether to pursue higher education. We’ve explored their views.

Telephone interviewing at IFF: A rewarding role with flexibility & purpose

As we kick-off a large scale recruitment campaign for remote telephone interviewers to conduct our important survey work, we speak to an ex-interviewer to find out more about what the role entails

Project showcase: Feeding critical economic indicators with our national statistics

As part of our 60th anniversary celebrations, we’re looking back at some of the meaningful work we’ve delivered over the past six decades. In this third project showcase, we highlight an important project which informs GDP calculations and policy.

Supporting people experiencing homelessness in London

This year we celebrate 60 years of IFF. Noting the old adage it’s better to give than receive, and linked with our value of making a difference, we decided to use the occasion to give back by supporting our charity partner Single Homeless Project.

Project showcase: Patient escalation under pandemic pressures – feeding into the Covid-19 Inquiry

As part of our 60th anniversary celebrations, we’re looking back at some of the meaningful work we’ve delivered over the past six decades. In this second project showcase, we revisit an important project which informed the Covid 19 Inquiry.

Reflections and lessons learnt from six decades in research

This year we’re celebrating 60 years of IFF. As part of this milestone, we asked members of the team to share their learning from over the years. What’s surprised or challenged them? And what nuggets of wisdom would they pass on?

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