RCU - Research and Consultancy in Education

Data Analysis

We are specialists in data analysis and have established a national reputation for our ability to analyse client and third party datasets. This sits alongside our research and consultancy services to generate new insights to provide you with more meaningful intelligence.

Data-mining services are complemented by GIS mapping and we have developed interactive modelling tools/dashboards to ensure the evidence is user friendly.

Data analysis enables us to assist you with:

• benchmarking;
• curriculum planning;
• fee setting;
• market assessments and market share;
• progression tracking;
• trend analysis and modelling.

Underpinning all of our data analysis and statistical assignments are data-handling procedures which have been assessed under the stringent ISO 27001 data security standard.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a market for a particular courses / new service we are considering - can you help us work that out?

Just as we have been able to analyse the market share of providers in the post-16 education sector, we are able to show what the volume of uptake has been for any subject you are interested in developing and to highlight the characteristics of people who've taken that course. We can also identify the volumes of that type of person within your locality so you can estimate how many learners you might be able to capture.

We want to know what share of the market we've got - can you tell us?

We have been doing this in our core market - post-16 education - for a number of years. We have shown providers what their share of learners (clients) in their catchment area was and how many local residents were going to someone else. That can be done at local, regional or national level. In the post-16 education sector, we were able to highlight the market share of individual course types and qualifications.

What are people travelling out of our area to study?

We have carried out several projects which have identified the flows of people into and out of an area and, in the context of education, what people have been travelling into and out of the area to study.

What impact will demographic changes have on our share of local learners?

In the education sector, this question is one which everyone has to confront. We can help you to calculate the different permutations and have also put a modeling tool on our site which you may find useful.

What is the ISO 27001 standard about?

It's a rigorous standard about how we, as individuals and as an organisation, handle data (of all sorts, not just data on computers) to ensure it is safe from theft, loss or corruption.

Where are local young people going post-16?

We can help to answer that question, whether at your local level of regionally or nationally.