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Regional Engagement

Marchmont Employment and Skills Observatory

Improving evidence-based practice and policy in the field of employment and skills.

We are a leading Labour Market Intelligence provider in South West England giving added value to standard statistical analyses with:

  • Survey and data gathering and analysis
  • Insightful interpretations
  • Making the data work for a range of audiences
  • Project and programme Evaluation

Clients include: LSIP, Devon County Council, Heart of the South West LEP, Trades Union Congress, Skills Jersey, Digital Jersey, The British Council, Exeter City Council, Devon and Cornwall Police, CEDEFOP and the OECD.

Research projects

The aim of the ACSOL project was to expand adult digital skills training provision through online learning targeting two covid-19 vulnerable sectors: workers in social care/health support and workers in the entertainment, arts and culture sector. Erasmus+ ACSOL: Acquiring Crisis-proof Skills through Online Learning (euskadi.eus)

We led the SEU project, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union, which focused on how universities can work more effectively and more inclusively within their city communities.

We led the CaST project, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union, which and focuses on how universities can work more effectively and more inclusively within their city communities by providing students with opportunities to work on local societal challenges.

With partners in the TUC and across Europe we developed thorugh ERASMUS+ a suite of new materials to support the delivery of a Mid Life Skills Review – by enhancing the much used Value My Skills Tool successfully launched in 2019.

We partnered the Trade Union Congress in an ERASMUS+ research project exploring mid-life skills. The project developed an exciting new tool – the Value My Skills Tool - along with new materials to support its use. This tool is designed to be used by older learners/workers in conjunction with a skills coach or skills mentor.

Our work in South West England

We providing analytical support to policymakers in the region models such as the Skills Advisory Panel (SAP) and the Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs). Recent reports include:

Let's work together

Email: a.dean@exeter.ac.uk

Staff list

Dr Andrew Dean
Senior Manager and Head of Regional Engagement
a.dean@exeter.ac.uk

Dr Lindsey Anderson
Regional Engagement Manager
l.j.anderson@exeter.ac.uk

Gabi Climie
Skills Analyst
g.climie2@exeter.ac.uk

Dr David Hancock
Project Researcher and Evaluator
d.hancock@exeter.ac.uk

Matt Dodd
Devon Housing Commission Head
m.dodd2@exeter.ac.uk

Marina Altoe
Policy Engagement Manager
m.altoe@exeter.ac.uk

Cecilia Manosa Nyblon
Continuing Education Manager
c.manosa@exeter.ac.uk

Alison Ward
EUniverCities Lead
a.m.s.ward@exeter.ac.uk