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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
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SERIO Presentation25 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
Case Study 1 Case Study - Consumers Attitudes and Purchasing Behaviour Towards Local & Regional Foods • 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 2 Case Study - Assessment of the Provision of Childcare in Central and North-East Plymouth • 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