Ralph Scott Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

My thesis focused on the relationship between higher education and political attitudes, through analysis of longitudinal data. Supervised by Prof Rob Ford and Prof Ed Fieldhouse.

London, United Kingdom

- Managed a team of 5 technical experts to undertake evaluation of all of Teach First's programmatic activity, conduct investigatory research to support improvement in performance and understand the organisation's impact and context to inform future strategy.- Led a number of flagship research projects, including a review of the teacher training programme's selection criteria (which contributed to the largest ever TF cohort) and qualitative case studies of seven sustainably successful… Show more - Managed a team of 5 technical experts to undertake evaluation of all of Teach First's programmatic activity, conduct investigatory research to support improvement in performance and understand the organisation's impact and context to inform future strategy.- Led a number of flagship research projects, including a review of the teacher training programme's selection criteria (which contributed to the largest ever TF cohort) and qualitative case studies of seven sustainably successful schools to inform the organisation's leadership programmes.- Contributed to the organisation's policy influencing, including commissioning analysis of the teacher population that was quoted in the DfE's recruitment and retention strategy.- Represented Teach First at external events including the Wellington Festival of Education, and delivered training to trainee teachers and their TF mentors. Show less

London, United Kingdom

- Establishing a new programme of thought leadership research on social integration at The Challenge, a major national charity with over 700 FTE staff members.- Research: design and deliver all aspects of the organisation’s thought leadership research strategy, including project design, original analysis of existing datasets using statistical software (SPSS and R), commissioning and managing external partners, and managing all projects to launch on time and on budget. - External… Show more - Establishing a new programme of thought leadership research on social integration at The Challenge, a major national charity with over 700 FTE staff members.- Research: design and deliver all aspects of the organisation’s thought leadership research strategy, including project design, original analysis of existing datasets using statistical software (SPSS and R), commissioning and managing external partners, and managing all projects to launch on time and on budget. - External communications: represent the organisation in numerous forums, including in the media (BBC 5Live, ITV Anglia), public events at UCL and the Royal Geographic Society, policy workshops and roundtables, and meetings with Parliamentarians and funders.- Impact: contribute to the development of the organisation’s impact evaluation processes based on prior experience, brokering relationships with expert academics and pro bono analysts. Show less

- Manage a research programme at leading cross-party political think-tank with a particular focus on youth policy, populism, social integration and political participation, line managing a team of three.- Research: conduct original research, including literature reviews, qualitative and quantitative methods, impact and process evaluation, writing up and promotion (see publications), commission external experts and manage junior researchers.- Development and fundraising: develop… Show more - Manage a research programme at leading cross-party political think-tank with a particular focus on youth policy, populism, social integration and political participation, line managing a team of three.- Research: conduct original research, including literature reviews, qualitative and quantitative methods, impact and process evaluation, writing up and promotion (see publications), commission external experts and manage junior researchers.- Development and fundraising: develop ideas for research projects based on current policy landscape, identify partners and secure funding from partners including DfE, Home Office and OSF. In 2016, personally fundraised over £220,000 for research work (£100,000 in 2015).- Media: act as Demos spokesperson for own research and across policy areas, including coverage on the World at One, Sky and BBC News, the LA Times, the Sunday Times, the Times Educational Supplement, the Telegraph, the Guardian, the Observer, the Independent and the Economist.- Advocacy: represented Demos in a variety of forums, including panel discussions with ministers Nicky Morgan MP and Sam Gyimah MP, giving oral evidence to Parliamentary committees, ministerial roundtables and briefings with special advisers, and internationally at conferences in New York, Toronto and Brussels. Show less

Responsible for communications and quality review, line managing a communications officer.- Editorial: ensured consistency and coherence across all Demos outputs, including editing research and essay collections. Founder and editor of new online political magazine Demos Quarterly, receiving 70,000 unique pageviews in its first year.- Media: planned and executed media strategies, defining key messages and audiences, achieving national and international media coverage.-… Show more Responsible for communications and quality review, line managing a communications officer.- Editorial: ensured consistency and coherence across all Demos outputs, including editing research and essay collections. Founder and editor of new online political magazine Demos Quarterly, receiving 70,000 unique pageviews in its first year.- Media: planned and executed media strategies, defining key messages and audiences, achieving national and international media coverage.- Digital: managed the redevelopment of the Demos website and all other web projects. Administered the Demos Twitter feed, with over 32,000 followers. Show less

Assisted the Head of Communications with maintaining the organisation’s external profile.- Management of the internship programme, including all stages of the recruitment process, reviewing applications, conducting interviews and inducting successful applicants.- Production management: ensured all outputs are produced on time and to budget, through managing copy deadlines, copy-editing, typesetting, proof-reading, printing and dissemination.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Political Science And Government, No Corrections

Mres, Politics, Distinction

Ma, Philosophy And Politics