RCU - Research and Consultancy in Education

Consultancy

Our consultancy support is wide ranging and is driven by the needs of our clients.  It is underpinned by our data analysis and research infrastructure and builds on our years of experience in the education, training and skills sector. The focus, format and duration are dependent on you and may evolve over time.   

We can offer consultancy to enable you to:

• achieve targets and increase income;
• assess the feasibility of a new development/initiative;
• develop a new initiative, perhaps in partnership with others;
• drive efficiencies and improve effectiveness;
• enhance links with the local community;
• establish stakeholders views;
• evaluate the outcomes of a programme of activity;
• identify routes to competitive advantage.

We can act in various roles including critical friend, facilitator, honest broker or trainer. We've even developed bespoke online toolkits.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Budgets are tight - how do you make sure costs won't overrun?

We are always happy to discuss with potential clients what they want and the most cost-effective way of getting a result for them. Once we start a project, we have tried and tested project management methods so we ensure there are no overruns on cost. We  will also be in touch with you to give regular updates, so we can find 'workarounds' if things don't go exactly as intended.

I see you're based in Preston - is your market mainly North West?

Our base is in the North West, but our client base is all around the UK.

What sorts of organisation do you work with?

We work for a wide range of organisations in the public sector, mainly. Historically, our focus has been on the post-16 education sector where we have carried out assignments for both individual providers such as colleges or local authorities but we have also done research on behalf of Awarding Bodies and national government departments.

Will the outcomes of the research be of any use to me?

Yes and if, at any stage, we believe the question we have agreed cannot be answered o the process is not going to deliver the result expected, we will talk to you about what to do next. That happens at the earliest opportunity as your project manager will be in regular contact with you.