3 Media, Communications and Culture opportunities

The Academy is commissioning a quantitative research project entitled ‘Subject Pathways’, which aims to build on the Academy’s SHAPE Observatory function and previous analysis of SHAPE subjects to provide a deeper evidence base on post-16 subject choice for the Academy and its stakeholders.

Safer London is seeking a provider to undertake research focussed on relationships of trust with a voluntary sector agency supporting children, young people, families, and communities impacted by violence and exploitation over a 6-month period.   We are looking for a skilled researcher or research team to take a hybrid approach to evaluation and research. By this, we mean an approach which considers a combination of the different methodologies applied for research and evaluation purposes. We want the research to focus on our services and explore the impact of the trusted relationships which are central to our services; however, this is not intended to be solely an evaluation of our services, as we are seeking to learn more about the conditions needed to build trusted relationships, both with individual workers and the organisation. The successful applicant would need to have expertise in the field of evaluation and experience in embedded research.

Building on research and reports already produced on perceptions of the UK, the UK’s influence and trends in soft power internationally, the British Council wishes to commission a survey of young people in the G20, plus a limited number of additional priority countries/territories, to explore how the UK is perceived compared with other G20 economies. The British Council wishes to build up new data, comparative data and tracking data on different aspects of the UK’s standing in the world to inform its own strategy and programme development and for engagement with stakeholders. The survey will have education, culture and people factors at its core but will also include questions about existing engagement with the UK and other G20 states, future intentions for engagement as well as questions about wider aspects of the UK and other leading economies, including consideration of the role of values and a range of other cultural, social and economic factors in perceptions of...