Sitting within the qualitative team, I conduct a wide range of qualitative research including depth interviews (telephone, online and face-to-face), focus groups (online and face-to-face), and also have experience of following an ethnographic approach through observing the daily activities of particular facilities. I have a wide range of experience working with all respondent types, including service users, delivery staff, the general public, senior stakeholders and others, using topic guides… Show more Sitting within the qualitative team, I conduct a wide range of qualitative research including depth interviews (telephone, online and face-to-face), focus groups (online and face-to-face), and also have experience of following an ethnographic approach through observing the daily activities of particular facilities. I have a wide range of experience working with all respondent types, including service users, delivery staff, the general public, senior stakeholders and others, using topic guides flexibly to deliver maximum insight tailored towards the research objectives. I also ensure the client's needs are all covered by the topic guides in use and also that reporting contains actionable insight, drawing out the key themes and making recommendations as appropriate.While qualitative-focused, I manage all aspects of research projects including quantitative elements, and design questionnaires, agree a sampling approach, and liaise with internal departments such as the call centre, ensuring the fieldwork process runs smoothly. Additionally, I ensure that all aspects and stages of the research link together, and embed qualitative and wider findings within the reporting.I have contributed extensively to projects within a variety of areas, including skills, training and development, ongoing career progression, social mobility and social progression, communication testing, impact evaluations, sports participation, employee insight, evaluations of particular initiatives, general public perceptions and attitude pieces. I have worked on behalf of a wide variety of clients, including the Education and Training Foundation (ETF), the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Public Health England, Central London Forward, and a wide variety of other government departments and agencies, industry-backed training organisations, and local councils. Show less

Sitting within the qualitative team, I involve myself with all aspects of a range of qualitative and quantitative research projects on behalf of major clients such as the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Innovate UK, Buckinghamshire County Council, the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), Public Health England, Defra, and the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). My role encompasses various tasks as appropriate, including reporting, fieldwork supervision… Show more Sitting within the qualitative team, I involve myself with all aspects of a range of qualitative and quantitative research projects on behalf of major clients such as the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Innovate UK, Buckinghamshire County Council, the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), Public Health England, Defra, and the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). My role encompasses various tasks as appropriate, including reporting, fieldwork supervision, conducting in-depth qualitative interviews, questionnaire design, and administrative duties where appropriate to ensure timely delivery and high quality outputs. Show less

I'm responsible for the day-to-day internal management of research projects. This involves coordinating with our executive interviewers and highlighting areas for improvement, also conducting and arranging my own interviews with senior personnel to gain their feedback, and managing the process of passing the feedback to clients, ensuring the interviews are verified for accuracy and quality English. I also provide data to clients, write and edit reports, prepare documents for client meetings… Show more I'm responsible for the day-to-day internal management of research projects. This involves coordinating with our executive interviewers and highlighting areas for improvement, also conducting and arranging my own interviews with senior personnel to gain their feedback, and managing the process of passing the feedback to clients, ensuring the interviews are verified for accuracy and quality English. I also provide data to clients, write and edit reports, prepare documents for client meetings, assist in drafting questionnaires, as well as various other quality checks where required. Show less

Managing the completion of the DLHE survey undertaken by all HE providers, and additional administrative tasks within the careers service. I prepared the relevant documentation for the telephone questionnaires and the additional surveys before inputting those and also dealing with additional queries. I undertook data cleaning and additional research to ensure the data was accurate and complete. I also added coding to the database using Cascot and processed online responses in the same way when… Show more Managing the completion of the DLHE survey undertaken by all HE providers, and additional administrative tasks within the careers service. I prepared the relevant documentation for the telephone questionnaires and the additional surveys before inputting those and also dealing with additional queries. I undertook data cleaning and additional research to ensure the data was accurate and complete. I also added coding to the database using Cascot and processed online responses in the same way when necessary Show less

Designing and editing reports on Business Objects in response to data requests from across the university. I also checked reports to see if these would need to be fixed, and provided ad hoc data requests when necessary.

Assisting on the delivery of the vast range of projects undertaken by the University of Leicester to improve student experience. I assisted in setting up the various pathways, provided administrative support to an attendance monitoring project, and completed a research project on graduation attendance which will inform future university policy. In addition, I collected data regarding changes to modules and changes of degrees.

Assisting the Planning Office in handling and reporting data, ensuring data was accurate and of high quality by cross referencing and studying the issues and contradictions raised. This included working on statutory returns, particularly in collecting inputting mobility data, taking responsibility for the Aggregate Offshore Return including working on the HESA statutory and offshore returns,ensuring all the data were free of errors and ready for submission within the deadline. Furthermore, I… Show more Assisting the Planning Office in handling and reporting data, ensuring data was accurate and of high quality by cross referencing and studying the issues and contradictions raised. This included working on statutory returns, particularly in collecting inputting mobility data, taking responsibility for the Aggregate Offshore Return including working on the HESA statutory and offshore returns,ensuring all the data were free of errors and ready for submission within the deadline. Furthermore, I collected various data for the ITT return, sourcing information from various university sources and bringing it all together in the appropriate coding frame, also reporting the appropriate details to the NCTL. Moreover, I dealt with various data requests from inside and outside the university, ensuring accurate data matching their exact specifications within their deadline. I also worked on data quality on the university's record system, especially in the areas of previous student qualifications and domicile. Additionally I provided general administrative support, especially by taking minutes at meetings, helping assess the NSS results, and proofreading various documents. All of this involved liaising with a broad range of colleagues inside the office and throughout the university in the various departments, the Distance Learning hubs, and the International Office, benefiting from their vast experience and skills in the process. In all of this, I considered process improvement. Show less

Arranging Academic events for the University's Politics Society. This included a debate on Britain's membership of the European Union, a Q+A/debate on the Green Party, a Q+A/debate on UKIP, an election hustings between the parliamentary candidates for Leicester South, and a Q+A/talk with two former MPs. These events were all well attended and involved me arranging the logistics- finding the speakers and suitable dates, also sorting the relevant paperwork, the room, and promoting the events via… Show more Arranging Academic events for the University's Politics Society. This included a debate on Britain's membership of the European Union, a Q+A/debate on the Green Party, a Q+A/debate on UKIP, an election hustings between the parliamentary candidates for Leicester South, and a Q+A/talk with two former MPs. These events were all well attended and involved me arranging the logistics- finding the speakers and suitable dates, also sorting the relevant paperwork, the room, and promoting the events via email and social media. Additionally, I chaired 4 of these events and prepared questions and topics of debate for these. I also played a role in the general management of the society, helping out at freshers fair to recruit and retain members, and promoting the society on social media. Show less

Dealing with the finances of the society on an interim basis. I completed the start and end of year budgets to submit to the students' union, and also dealt with the necessary paperwork for various items of spending.

Updating the society's twitter account and generally helping set the direction for the society as well as playing a role in the general running of the society and standing in for the president when unavailable.

I completed a summer internship at CFE as a general research assistant. My duties included typing documents, preparing spreadsheets, researching companies and contact details online, proofreading, telephone interviews, coding interviews, dealing with correspondence among a wide variety of other tasks. I worked on a range of high value and large research projects for big name clients including the BIG Lottery Fund, British Council, Sport England and the Department for Business, Innovation and… Show more I completed a summer internship at CFE as a general research assistant. My duties included typing documents, preparing spreadsheets, researching companies and contact details online, proofreading, telephone interviews, coding interviews, dealing with correspondence among a wide variety of other tasks. I worked on a range of high value and large research projects for big name clients including the BIG Lottery Fund, British Council, Sport England and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. I played a large role in research projects looking at international experiences and participation in sport. Show less

Taking the minutes from committee meetings, sending emails to members letting them know of the group's activities, retaining accurate records of our membership, and any other tasks necessary to support the other committee members.

Contacting supporters on behalf of various well-known charities in order to update them on progress and enquire about any additional support they can provide.