RESEARCH SERVICE

HDC offer a research service that caters for a variety of research and evaluation needs and specialise in undertaking research activities including:

 

• Evaluation of service and educational programmes.
• Evaluation of learning and teaching resources.
• Formative reviews of research or development projects.
• Focus group and interview-based studies.
• Survey and questionnaires.
• Qualitative data analyses.
• Collaborative research projects.
• Research presentations, workshops and seminars.

SAMPLE OF PUBLICATIONS

 

1. BOOK CHAPTER: ‘Black Minority Ethnic (BME) staff in Further Education (FE),
   Progression and Succession Planning’ (2020)
2. Dyspraxia Foundation: ‘An Evaluation of the Dynamo Project and Development Officer
   Role’ (2012)
3. NATSPEC: ‘Effective Recruitment Practice: Recruiting a Diverse Workforce in
   Independent Specialist Colleges’ (2011)
4. Centre for Excellence: ‘Succession planning and racial equality in the further education
   system’ ( 2008)
5. Women’s Leadership Network, ‘Gender related factors in career progression’ (2006)
6. Learning & Skills Council: ‘Maximising the benefits of OLASS for female offenders: an
   evaluation of the issues’ (2006)
7. Learning & Skills Network ‘Evaluation of regional plans for the new integrated offender
   learning and skills service’ (2005)