"You brought a number of very valuable qualities to the review project group, including: expertise in structured interviews, collating and analysing data; clear, focused report writing; flexibility of approach to fit the context; a willingness and ability to work effectively and to high standards within a tight timeframe; and good communication with the project team based on an ability to form effective working relationships within a short space of time."
Dr Helen Thomas,
Assistant Director,
Higher Education Academy
"You had a quick understanding of what was required, of how to produce the results sought; regular but not intrusive contact to update me on progress or issues and an enviable knack of keeping to the point in conversations and emails."
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"We particularly appreciated your expert literature reviews, clarity of thinking, clear authorship and keeping the group on task. First class support delivered in a very personable way."
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"Really, really useful course – best training course on research at OUP without a doubt mainly because it was delivered by the right person i.e. someone with an excellent understanding of our context and of educational research in general."
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I cater for the varying research needs of clients by providing consultancy services in three main areas:

Reviews and Synthesis
Training and Support

I have particular expertise in projects relating to: school improvement; learning and teaching; evidence-based practice and policy; practitioner research; curriculum development; higher education; student voice; and environmental, geographical and outdoor education.

Research and Evaluation:

Undertaking research and evaluation on behalf of clients within education.

Evaluation of educational programmes.
Evaluation of learning and teaching resources.
Formative reviews of research or development projects.
Focus group and interview-based studies.
Questionnaire surveys.
Qualitative data analysis.
Collaborative research projects.
Research reports, summaries and websites.
Research presentations, workshops and seminars.




Reviews and Synthesis:

Helping clients to understand research evidence on particular educational issues.

Systematic research reviews.
Background scoping studies.
Research mapping exercises.
Rapid research reviews.
Research syntheses for policy-makers.
Research syntheses for practitioners.
Evidence summaries for working groups.

 

Training and Support:

Helping clients to develop their research and evaluation capacity.

Training in data collection and analysis.
Advice on research/evaluation strategy.
Mentoring for individual staff or teams.
Advice on using research/evaluation findings.
Toolkits on evaluation and research.
Tailored training materials.