Carol Stanfield, Head of Research

Tel: 01709 774820

Biography

Carol has worked as a Senior Research Manager at the UK Commission for Employment and Skills since its launch in April 2008 and is now Head of Research. She has worked as a researcher in the fields of employment and skills for 10 years, joining the New Deal evaluation teams in the Employment Service in 1998, and moving on to the Department for Education and Skills to manage the first post-Skills Task Force Skills in England report of 2001 and the Employer Skills Surveys of 2001 and 2002.

In November 2002 she joined the newly formed Research Team at the Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA) and led on the early development of the Skills for Business network evaluation framework and the Sector Skills Matrix. Carol led a range of projects in five years at the SSDA including research, LMI and evaluation projects.

Carol has a degree in Social Policy from Cardiff University and an MA in Housing Studies from Salford University. She also worked as a Housing Officer and Researcher in a Local Authority Housing Department and in Housing Associations, prior to moving into skills and employment.

Areas of Expertise and Interest

Policy Review
Business surveys
Labour market disadvantage
Social Mobility and the role of skills and employment in enhancing opportunity
Maximising Impact of Research.

Current Responsibilities

Employer perspectives survey
Collective Measures
Employee Demand
Knowledge Brokerage
Equality and Social Justice
Employment.

Previous Projects (selected)

Skills for Business Employer Surveys 2003, 2004, 2005 (SSDA)

Skills for Business Evaluation overview Phases 1-3 (SSDA)

Training and Establishment Survival (SSDA)

Employer Skills Surveys 2001, 2002 (DfES)

Skills in England 2001 (DfES)

Employers, Young People and the Unemployed: A Review of Research (Employment Service)

Early Lessons from the Evaluation of New Deal Programmes (Employment Service).

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