RESEARCH

Main areas of work include:

• labour market intelligence
• skills, competencies and work-related learning
• evaluating policies and programmes

and involve research methods such as literature reviews, analysing major data sets, focus groups, in-depth interviews, postal, telephone and on-line surveys.

about our current projects

Developing Enterprising Young People

We are assisting the National Enterprise Academy and SFEDI with research to test the out the idea of developing an apprenticeship in enterprise. We have facilitated an employer focus group, developed an on-line questionnaire and will be analysing data from these sources and a paper questionnaire for young people.

Demand for further Sales and Marketing National Occupational Standards for creative media

Desk research, a focus group and interviews with employers and other stakeholders are being undertaken in this exploratory study for Skillset, the Sector Skills Council for creative media. The project is looking at the impact of technological change and market fragmentation on the sales and marketing abilities needed in the sector with a view providing evidence on whether new National Occupational Standards should be developed.

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