UKCES

Email: carol.stanfield@ukces.org.uk

Tel: 01709 774820

Biography

Carol has worked at the UK Commission for Employment and Skills since its launch in April 2008. She has been a researcher in the fields of employment and skills since 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 has led and delivered a range of work in the SSDA and the UK Commission including research, LMI and evaluation projects. Carol has a degree in Social Policy from Cardiff University and a MA in Housing Studies from Salford University.

Areas of Expertise and Interest

• Policy Review and Evaluation
• Business surveys
• Labour market disadvantage
• Maximising the Impact of Research

Current Responsibilities
Leading and developing the research work programme of the UK Commission.

Previous Projects (selected)

• Review of Employer Collective Measures, 2009 (UKCES)
• Review of Employee Demand for Skills, 2009 (UKCES)
• Skills for Business Employer Surveys 2003, 2004, 2005 (SSDA).
• Skills for Business Evaluation overview Phases 1-3 (SSDA)
• Training and Establishment Survival (SSDA)
• Employers, Young People and the Unemployed: A Review of Research (Employment Service)
• Early Lessons from the Evaluation of New Deal Programmes (Employment Service)