Research Specialisms

Whilst we offer a professional 'full research' consultancy service that is transferable to almost any brief we are given by our clients, we have built up a reputation for delivering excellence in research in these particular areas of work:

Skills and Education

  • Skills (regional / sectoral / economic analysis)
  • Employment and sector skills / workforce development
  • Education, training and learning (including Apprenticeships and 14-19 workforce reforms)
  • National Occupational Standards and Qualifications
  • Competency Frameworks (technical and behavioural)
  • High level skills and graduate market research
  • Working with special populations e.g. disadvantaged, disabled, refugees and others
  • Specialist sectors e.g. nuclear and process industries

Clients include: the new Skills Funding Agency, Yorkshire Forward, Lifelong Learning UK, Department of Children, Schools and Families, Department of Work and Pensions, Regional Work and Skills Partnerships, the National Skills Academy for Nuclear (official evaluation partner to 2012), NSAs for Sport and Active Leisure, Food and Drink, Process Industries and a variety of Sector Skills Councils across the UK

 

 

Sport, Culture and Events

  • Cultural industries
  • Creative industries
  • Visitor economy
  • Sports development
  • Mega events impact research
  • Mega events legacy planning

Clients include: sports coach UK, Amateur Swimming Association, National Governing Bodies of Sport (e.g. Badminton), Welcome to Yorkshire, Marketing Manchester, The Mersey Partnership, East Midlands Development Agency, SEEDA, Tourism South East, Council for British Teachers

 

Networks and Partnerships

  • Research to enable regional / local partnerships to be successful
  • Stakeholder / customer research
  • Consortium research
  • Membership research / surveys

Clients include: Yorkshire Gold and the Skills, Employability and Education for the 2012 Games Network; York and North Yorkshire Cultural Partnership, Tourism Skills Networks in the South East and South West, Yorkshire and Humber Regional Migration Partnership, and a variety of local authority-led partnerships, forums and committees