Research
CFE provides objective, independent, rigorous research and evaluation in education, skills and the labour market. Our expertise lies in:
- creating evidence for goverment departments and agencies to inform the design, development and implementation of national, regional and local policy
- supporting universities, colleges and commercial clients to effectively identify and exploit market opportunities
- assessing and measuring the impact of workforce and skills development programmes and initiatives.
CFE employs experienced researchers and offers the following research services:
- Summative and formative evaluation
- Impact behaviour change assessment
- Market research, segmentation and competitor analysis
- Large-scale quantitative surveys including CATI and online survey methods
- Primary and secondary analysis of large-scale quantitative datasets using advanced statistical techniques
- Systematic literature and policy review
- qulitative interviewing and focus groups
- Geographical Information Systems (GIS) mapping
- Network analysis
- Data visualisation
- Case study research
- Database analysis (CRM, customer service user analysis)
- Design of conceptual frameworks and indicators
We comply with the MRS Code of Conduct and the principles of The Green Book, where appropriate.
To see our current projects please see here.