Case studies
We work closely with our clients to design bespoke research that meets their needs and have been privileged to deliver robust, evidence-based insights to some of the most exciting organisations in the education sector. We are also conducting independent research across our three complementary specialisms (learning, membership and sustainability), which you can explore for free in the white papers on our Shift Insight website.
Researching London school leaders’ views on future challenges
In order to explore the challenges faced by schools, we interviewed 48 London head teachers from a broad range of schools.
Public sector and not-for-profit
Investigating the viability of a new training offer from a learning disability theatre company
Access All Areas (AAA) wanted to assess the viability of a profit-making training subsidiary to support their charitable aims, and asked Shift Learning to undertake a market review in two sectors: education and healthcare.
Public sector and not-for-profitCPD Provision
Our client, a leading awarding organisation (AO), wanted to explore whether they should offer further CPD provision to their UK customers.
Awarding organisationsInternational GCE redevelopment
The AO asked Shift Learning to investigate specifically the GCE sector in international markets and the needs and wants concerning these qualifications amongst stakeholders such as parents, students, universities, schools, and institutions including other regulatory bodies and the British Council, focusing in particular on the areas proposed for change.
Awarding organisations
Desk research to support meta-tagging of online products
Video content on the BBC Active Video for Learning website was previously navigated via a set of fourteen broad categories.
Publishing and media companies
International HE research with high-level respondents
The British Council wanted to test reaction to a set of propositions for a new set of initiatives aimed at HE institutions in MINT countries and in the UK.
Public sector and not-for-profitUnderstanding the influence of parents and Governors within UK classrooms
The British Council commissioned this research in order to understand the influence of parents and governors within primary school and secondary school classrooms across the UK. The research also investigated parent and governor awareness of the educational charity and its products and services, as well as the awareness they had of its competitors.
Public sector and not-for-profit
Strategic market research and customer satisfaction
CACHE (Council for Awards in Care, Health and Education) wanted to understand how they could grow their business through short term product development, concentrating on current and potential business areas, products and services.
Awarding organisations
Results Analysis usability research
Cambridge International Examinations were looking to develop an online resource that allows teachers and exams officers across the world to analyse the results of their student cohorts. Our research aimed to test the usability, design and value of the service to ensure that it meets the needs of users.
Awarding organisations
Global brand architecture review
Cambridge University Press English Language Teaching (ELT) division came to Shift Learning with a brief to support them in a comprehensive audit that would uncover the sources of their equity and identify the key attributes that may be better leveraged to deliver a refreshed brand architecture framework.
Publishing and media companies
Digital student resources
Cengage commissioned Shift Learning to deliver a strong base of feedback from students including the digital materials they find most useful, how new resources are discovered and whether there are any unmet needs that Cengage could be addressing in the digital environment.
Publishing and media companies
Teaching and Learning Support Provision
City & Guilds came to us wanting to explore potential strategy options for a teaching and learning support product in a key subject area. They wished to understand customer satisfaction with current products, and to test a series of hypotheses to see how they could develop a product to meet the needs of both institutions and their students.
Awarding organisations
