Services

I offer a high quality service to meet all needs - whether it be just one day's work or a full service - whether qualitative or quantitative research. You will find my rates very competitive, and I work closely with clients to agree on approaches which maximise outputs within limited budgets.

Although independent research is the ideal, I understand that this can be out of reach for some organisations. I therefore also offer training, and on-going support, to enable organisations to conduct their own research.

Services: 

One or more/all of the following:

• Research design
• Fieldwork/moderation
• Analysis and interpretation
• Reporting writing (to publishable standard),
• Powerpoint presentation wirting and face to face delivery
• Provision of strategic recommendations
• Training in research methods.

Methods:

Qualitative:

• Discussion/focus groups
• Deliberative workshops
• Web usability groups
• One to one depth interviews (face to face or telephone)
• School/classroom observations.

(Recruitment subcontracted to trusted partner suppliers)

Quantitative:

• Robust sampling techniques adopted (representative surveys)
• Small or large scale (experience managing sample sizes of 80,000+)
• Online, Telephone, Paper-based, Face to face
• Various statistical analysis techniques
• Training in quantitative methods.

(Fieldwork administration subcontracted to trusted partner supplier)

Speciality

I specialise in conducting both qual and quant research in the Education and Employee/HR sectors. Sub-sector specialims include:

• Education curriculum/assessment
• Evaluations of educational programmes
• Concept development
• NPD: Feasibility studies/piloting/testing programmes and concept testing
• Attitudinal studies/tracking (including segmentation/cluster analysis)
• Consultation
• Communications
• Branding
• Workforce development/training needs
• Employee engagement

...with the following audiences:

• Public
• Children and young people (experience with those aged 5-21)
• Staff/teachers in primary, secondary, FE colleges and Universities
• Other education stakeholder organisations
• Other employers
• Employees

Secondary specialisms (where experience also lies) include:

Public sector: Health, Arts, Environment, Crime

Private sector: Financial Services, Business NPD, Business customer satisfaction, Business start up/enterprise, Business2Business, Media, Housing, Property, Transport, Food/retail.

Background

Two years as a secondary Maths teacher, followed by 12 years within the research industry (9 years overseeing/leading full service projects).

My experience directly relates to my services and specialities - I have previously managed research programmes for the following organisations:

• Education: DCSF, COI, TDA, NCSL, NAHT, QCA, LSC, Nesta, SSAT, pfeg, OCR, GL Assessment, Nelson Thornes, Sunderland University, North East FE Colleges
• Education/private sector CSR: Sainsbury's, Morrisons, E.ON, Wrigley, BSkyB, RBS
• Employee/HR: The Co-op Group, Associated Newspapers, TDA, COI, NCSL, NAHT
• Health Education: BHF, Food Standards Agency, DH
• Charities: Charity Commission, Macmillan, Comic Relief, BHF
• Arts/Culture: Arts Council, RSC, English National Opera, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Baltic centre for Contemporary Art, The Sage Gateshead
• Business: Identity and Passport Service, Business Links, ONE NorthEast, The Co-op Group, ICI, Newcastle Chronicle and Journal, Northern Counties Meat group, Nexus.