Funders of IER research
With over 30 years experience of researching the labour market and its relationships with the wider economy, IER has a substantial track record of delivering high quality research and an established record of influential publications. IER has worked successfully with major Government departments, ministries, research councils and agencies at national and international levels.
- Association of Colleges
- CEDEFOP
- CfBT Education Trust
- CITB
- Commission for Rural Communities
- Connexions Cumbria Limited
- Connexions Partnership Kent and Medway Limited
- Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
- Department for Communities and Local Government
- Department for Education

- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Work & Pensions
- East Lindsey District Council
- East Midlands Development Agency
- EC DG Employment Social Affairs and Inclusion
- EC DG Research
- Energy and Utility Skills
- Equality and Human Rights Commission
- e-Skills UK Sector Skills Council
- ESRC
- European Commission
- Financial Services Skills Council
- Friends Provident Foundation
- Futurelab Education
- Government Equalities Office
- Greater London Authority
- Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
- Hefce Widening Participation in Learning Strategy Unit
- Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HECSU)
- Institution of Civil Engineers
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Lantra
- Lincolnshire County Council
- Low Pay Commission
- Manchester Evening News Media Limited (MEN)
- NHS West Midlands
- NHS Workforce Review Team
- Office for National Statistics
- Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development
- Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
- RenewableUK
- RCUK
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Scottish Enterprise
- Scottish Government
- Sector Skills Development Agency
- SEMTA
- Skills Development Scotland
- Skillset
- South East England Development Agency (SEEDA)
- South West Regional Development Agency
- UFI Limited
- UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES)
- Welsh Assembly Government
- West Midlands Regional Observatory
- Zurich Financial Services

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