CSES

CSES has carried out work in the fields of education, training and lifelong learning for the European Commission, the Executive Agency for Education and Culture (EACEA) and for UK clients, including Learning and Skills Councils (LSCs).  For further information related to CSES' work in the area of education and culture, please contact  Mark Whittle.

Examples of work we have undertaken at EU level include:

• Interim Evaluation of Erasmus Mundus Programme (DG EAC) - CSES performed the first ever evaluation of this programme, which seeks to promote higher education in Europe as a world-class reference and to strengthen co-operation in the field of higher education with third countries.
• Interim Evaluation of Comenius I Schools Partnerships (DG EAC) - the CSES team carried out this assignment which involved a survey of 1,400 schools across Europe and field research to assess the extent to which the Comenius programme is achieving its core objective of promoting cross-border partnership working between schools.
• Key Competences for Lifelong Learning (DG EAC) – the work, carried out by CSES, involved facilitating the work of a peer learning review group, reporting back on progress to the key competences cluster group and analysing the responses to a pan-European consultation on Schools in 21st century Europe.

 

Examples of work we have undertaken in the UK include:

• Feasibility Study for Transmanche Business School – the CSES team investigated the feasibility of setting up a cross-border network combining business schools and universities from Kent and the Nord-Pas de Calais
• Evaluation of LSC Norfolk Co-Financing Plan – CSES undertook an evaluation of this new scheme for delivering ESF-supported adult training.