The Centre for Policy and Research drives informed decision-making across our organisation by delivering expert business research, analytics, and policy insights. With specialists covering every education market and access to extensive research and market intelligence, the team provides robust analysis and actionable recommendations.
By combining expertise with a deep understanding of the sector, the Centre plays a pivotal role in shaping our Group’s strategic direction, ensuring we’re always ready to meet the challenges of tomorrow. The Centre’s work is also used to influence education, skills and training policy at local, regional and national levels, using our expertise to shape the future of our sectors.
Our Insight Team collaborates closely with MIS teams to deliver actionable insights that empower senior colleagues across all areas of the business. These insights form the foundation of our business planning and support the development of long-term strategies that drive our success.
A selection of recent research papers is available here, showcasing the team’s expertise and impact. To explore these insights further or learn how we can support your goals, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
As group we are highly responsive to planned changes in government policy, qualification standards and associated funding. Our External Relations teams works closely with our senior leaders across the group, to ensure that we provide informed responses to consultations and legislative developments which can impact the lives of our learners and our wider communities.
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The Research and Planning team is the group’s lead on business research analytics and insight to inform medium and longer term planning and development. With dedicated experts across all education markets, and access to research sources and market intelligence, the team provides analysis and recommendations in support of the group’s strategic aims.
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Covering a wide range of education and skills areas, our group's views form a key part of the national and regional debate for leading developments across the sector. We have a number of dedicated experts who regularly contribute to blogs and opinion leads in print and digital channels, and appear on radio and television to provide expert, informed opinion on complex education issues.
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