Evaluation of National Career Service Partnership Delivery

CFE were commissioned by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) to examine the effectiveness of delivering the National Careers Service in partnership with other organisations and the added value of providing the service in community venues, including with Jobcentre Plus.

The evaluation included telephone interviews with representatives National Careers Service providers, and customers. We also carried out field visits to Job Centres and community venues such as libraries, children’s centres and housing associations, to see the partnership delivery in action.

Final report is available from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-careers-service-partnership-delivery-evaluation

Key project contact

Lindsey Bowes

Lindsey joined CFE Research in 2008 and led the team responsible for HE policy research before becoming research director in 2014. She has particular expertise in widening participation, student financial aid and student decision making, although in her current role she also oversees projects in CFE’s other work strands, the economy and wellbeing.

Over the past 20 years Lindsey has contributed to research that has informed policy and practice at the national level, including the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education and the National Strategy for Access and Students.