Our work in this area focuses on research into, and evaluations of, policies and interventions designed to improve outcomes from interventions focussed on moving people into work or to progress in work, as well as a range of careers interventions. We have also undertaken many studies looking at skills demand and supply in local areas or for particular sectors.
Within that broad area, SQW have developed knowledge and expertise in specific topic areas, including: careers education and guidance and science education; employment programmes for people of all ages; programmes of support for disadvantaged young people and marginalised communities; and widening participation and adult and basic skills learning.

Project Examples
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Best Practice Programme for the National Careers Service
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Evaluations of Greater Manchester’s Working Well and now Work and Health programme
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Evaluation of the London Work and Health programmes
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Evaluation of Health Education England’s (HEE’s) Advancing Dental Care (ADC) training initiatives
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Developing a skills strategy for the Foundation Industries
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Drawing on a range of sources to assess the impact of the Education and Training Foundation
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Returners Grant Fund Evalaution
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Evaluation of the mental health assessment pilots for Looked After Children
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Evaluation of the Office for Students’ Strategic Interventions in Health Education Disciplines (SIHED) programme, which targets smaller and less well-known professions
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Ipswich Opportunity Area Workforce Development Programme, to encourage networking, peer support, and the sharing of learning between educational settings across all phases
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Evaluation of the Museums and Schools programme
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Evaluation of the Careers and Enterprise Company’s Mentoring Fund