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Ipsos

Building Futures, What Works: testing youth employment interventions  · 

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Ipsos
Evaluation panel, Research & evaluation partner

ProgrammeBuilding Futures, What Works: testing youth employment interventions

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Ipsos is one of the largest providers of research and evaluations in the UK across a range of public policy areas. It supports clients at the forefront of the most pressing and complex policy challenges currently affecting the UK and the world, taking pride in the full spectrum of evaluation services it offers that address these issues.

Working with Youth Futures

Ipsos collaborates with us on research and evaluation activity as a member of our evaluation panel.

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National Centre for Social Research

Evidence and Research on Youth Employment  · 

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National Centre for Social Research
Evaluation panel, Research & evaluation partner

ProgrammeEvidence and Research on Youth Employment

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NatCen is Britain’s largest independent not-for-profit social research organisation, working collaboratively to generate evidence that uncovers the reality of people’s lives in the UK.
Driven by the power of understanding, NatCen delivers exceptional value for money by pairing steadfast independence with the ability to ask the right questions that unlock truly rigorous evaluation evidence. Its non-profit commitment ensures every resource is dedicated to providing the bold clarity that enables clients to act with certainty and make life better

Working with Youth Futures

NatCen collaborates with us on research and evaluation activity as a member of our evaluation panel.

Summary

This resource provides an overview of different types of impact evaluation methods to help you understand what is available and when best to use them.

It is aimed at anyone involved in delivering, evaluating, or funding employment support programmes.

It focuses on qualitative or theory-based impact evaluation, taking you through some of the most common types, and details specific considerations for implementing these in the youth employment sector.

The resource was comissioned by Youth Futures and produced by Ipsos and NPC. It is one of several learning outputs that aim
to capture and share knowledge and insights from the building evaluation capacity initiative.

Contents

    • Introduction
    • Overview of impact evaluation methods
    • Overview of qualitative impact evaluation methods
    • Preparing for an external impact evaluation
    • Other resources and about the authors

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