Worcester Research Ltd

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Worcester Research Ltd is a specialist economic and social research organisation providing services to the learning and skills sector. The company has an impressive list of clients including the LSC, a number of Sector Skills Councils, RDAs, colleges, training providers and local authorities.

The company is a full-service agency offering support in a wide range of areas including: survey design and fieldwork (telephone, postal and electronic); supply-side data analysis; evaluation studies; focus groups; strategy development and desk research. The company has a core team of three personnel which it supplements with carefully selected associates with whom it has worked for many years.

The company’s business strategy is one based upon developing long-term strategic relationships with clients, in which Worcester works from the inception stage of any project to develop an in-depth understanding of both the immediate research requirements and, crucially, how the work fits with the client’s overall intelligence needs.

Our Strengths

Having had considerable experience of commissioning research consultants themselves, Worcester’s directors know only too well the importance and value of working with organisations that do actually deliver what their proposal commits to, in the agreed timeframe and to the highest possible quality. It is for this reason that clients can be assured that Worcester Research does not over-promise or over-commit. Our clients’ satisfaction is fundamental to the way we work.

We specialise in research and strategy formulation within the learning and skills sector. Worcester Research personnel have worked for local, regional, national and sectoral bodies involved in the development of a better functioning labour and skills market.

We have also worked with many partners including, among others, government departments, RDAs, local authorities and learning providers. We have, through this experience, developed considerable understanding of the broad learning and skills policy agenda and have also developed effective ways of working positively with s trategic partners.

Our combined experience and expertise ensures we can provide our clients with:

• In-depth knowledge of the issues;
• Technical expertise;
• Robust analysis;
• Focus on policy and operational implications of research outcomes.