SERIO Presentation 25 February 2009 Rebekah Southern and Carole Sutton

Overview of Presentation  Introduction to SERIO  Overview of services  Some public sector clients  Case Studies:  Defra  Children’s Services

What is SERIO?  Centre of Expertise in applied research  Based within Research & Enterprise Directorate  Core interdisciplinary team  Expertise in methodology and methods  Draw on wider expertise within University and our external networks

What Services Do We Offer?

Who Are Our Clients?

Case Study - Consumers Attitudes and Purchasing Behaviour Towards Local & Regional Foods Case Study 1 Consumers Attitudes and Purchasing Behaviour Towards Local & Regional Food and Drink

Case Study - Consumers Attitudes and Purchasing Behaviour Towards Local & Regional Foods  Unique research team

Case Study - Consumers Attitudes and Purchasing Behaviour Towards Local & Regional Foods Method  Secondary Research  Primary qualitative:  Consumer focus groups  In-depth trade interviews  Primary quantitative:  Online consumer surveys  Self-completion trade surveys

Case Study - Consumers Attitudes and Purchasing Behaviour Towards Local & Regional Foods Dissemination  Report and presentation to Defra  Will use findings to help shape policy to develop the sector  Newsletter distributed to trade organisations  Presentation at local food seminar

Case Study - Assessment of the Provision of Childcare in Central and North-East Plymouth Case Study 2 Assessment of the Provision of Childcare in Central and North-East Plymouth

Case Study - Assessment of the Provision of Childcare in Central and North-East Plymouth Project Background  Children’s Services, Plymouth City Council  Need to gather data on parental views of current childcare provision and future childcare requirements  Limited budget  Focus on one locality in the City  Need for this exercise to be repeated in other areas of the City in the future

Case Study - Assessment of the Provision of Childcare in Central and North-East Plymouth Project Aims  Type of childcare used by working and non-working families  Gather data on affordability  Gather data on likely future childcare requirements  Employer’s perspective of the child care requirements of their employees

Case Study - Assessment of the Provision of Childcare in Central and North-East Plymouth SERIO Research Report Research Toolkit Self- Completion Questionnaire Sampling Strategy Ethical Guidance Employer Interviews Interview Schedule Analysis Children’s Services Staff Member MSc Social Research P/T MSc Social Research Student Placement module(s) Student Placements

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