Published Reports


A few examples of our published reports currently available on clients’ websites:

The Electrotechnical Skills Partnership (TESP)

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT)

Cyber Essentials scheme process evaluation – the research is part of the government’s work to improve the UK’s cyber resilience, as set out in the £2.6 billion National Cyber Strategy 2022.

Report (April 2023)

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Gatsby Charitable Foundation

Career Guidance for Adults: Evidence gathering
Summary report (November 2022)

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UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion strategy: Consultation analysis
Full report (November 2022)

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Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

Cohort Training Review
Full report (October 2022)

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Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS)

The Electrotechnical Skills Partnership (TESP)

Electric Vehicle Charging: Labour Market Information Study
Full report (September 2022)

General Dental Council (GDC)

Scottish Government

Building Regulations – Compliance and Enforcement – Analysis of consultation responses
Full report (April 2022)

Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC)

Leavers’ Survey 2022 – why do people leave the NMC register?
Full report (March 2022)

Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC)

Post-registration nursing standards – Consultation Findings
Full report (January 2022)

Scottish Government

National Customer Satisfaction Survey to Support the Building Standards Verification Performance Framework

2021 National Survey Findings Report (December 2021)

Gatsby Charitable Foundation

School, college, and student perspectives on information shared about educational pathways: Gatsby Benchmark 7
Full report (May 2021)

Historic England

eLearning and Heritage: Challenges and Opportunities
Full report (March 2021; published March 2022)

Department for Education (DfE)

International approaches to careers interventions: literature review
Full report (March 2021)

Suffolk Growth Partnership

Technical skills legacy for Norfolk & Suffolk
All outputs (the final report, report annexes and skill files) (March 2020)

Scottish Government

Consultation on Practical Fire Safety Guidance for existing Specialised Housing and similar premises: Analysis of responses
Final Report (January 2020)

Construction Industry Training Board (CITB)

Learning to Earning: Increasing the number of FE learners who enter the construction industry
Full research findings including executive summary (slides) (June, published December 2020)

Scottish Government

National Customer Satisfaction Survey to Support the Building Standards Verification Performance Framework
2020 National Survey Findings Report (December 2020)

Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC)

Themes from pre-consultation stakeholder engagement for the Post Registration standards review

Full report (November 2020)

Engineering Construction Training Board (ECITB)

Skills transferability
Full report (September 2020)

General Dental Council (GDC)

2019 Dental Professional Survey (published September 2020)
Findings – Full report
Technical report – appendix
Weighted data cross tabulations

Gatsby Charitable Foundation

Secondary school and college leadership views on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on careers guidance

Full report (August 2020)

Construction Industry Training Board (CITB)

Participation and Progression of Further Education Learners into the Construction Workforce
Presentation (June 2020)

EAMA*, Enginuity (formerly SEMTA) and the Gatsby Foundation

2020 Skills Vision: The Skills, Recruitment and Training Landscape
Full report (April 2020)
*EAMA is the Engineering and Machinery Alliance

Scottish Government

Gatsby Charitable Foundation

Secondary Teachers’ Views on Post-18 Options for Students

Research report (August 2019)

Department for Education (DfE)

Provider funding for the delivery of T Levels
Government consultation response (June 2019)
See P29 Annex A: Summary of consultation response analysis (Pye Tait Consulting)

Scottish Government

Regulation of Electricians in Scotland
Research report (May 2019)
Also available to download from here.

Department for Education (DfE)

Post-18 Education Review: Call for Evidence
Analysis of responses to the Call report (May 2019)

ECITB

The impact of technological change on the Engineering Construction Industry
Full report (May 2019)

Scottish Government

Retentions in the Scottish Construction Industry
Full report (April 2019)

The Electrotechnical Skills Partnership (TESP)

Calderdale College on behalf of York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Local Enterprise Partnership

Preparing for Brexit – employer toolkit
Brexit Toolkit (January 2019)

Scottish Government

Building Standards Compliance and Fire Safety Consultation
Consultation Analysis Report (December 2018)

General Optical Council

CITB

Fuller working lives in construction
Final report (October 2018)

Ofqual

Perceptions of vocational and technical qualifications
Final report (September 2018)
Technical annex (contains survey questionnaire too)

Federation of Master Builders (FMB)

CITB

Skills Transferability in the UK
Full report (May 2018)

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)

General Chiropractic Council

Perceptions of preparedness of chiropractic graduates for practice
Full Report (December 2017)

The Careers & Enterprise Company

Fuelling Young People’s Futures: An Evaluation of The Enterprise Adviser Network
Full report (November 2017)

The Royal Society

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)

Retentions in the Construction Industry (October 2017)
BEIS Research Paper 17

The Gatsby Charitable Foundation

Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA)

Skills and training needs of Ecological Clerks of Works (ECoW) in the UK construction industry
Full report (July 2017)

Bar Standards Board

Provision of legal services by barristers
Full Report (May 2017)

CITB

Faster, Smarter, More Efficient: Building Skills for Offsite Construction
Full Report (April 2017)
Research summary and action plan
Personas

Department for Education

Doctoral Loans Consultation Analysis (March 2017)
Government’s consultation response can be viewed here.

CITB

Onsite Assessment: Capacity research and evaluation of the current model for delivery (November 2016)
Full report

Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)

The Education & Training Foundation

Maths and English Functional Skills Reform
The Employer Consultation Report (May 2016)
The Survey of Practitioners and Providers (July 2016)

Design Council Cabe

Scottish Government

Evaluation of the performance of local authorities in their role as building standards verifiers (March 2016)
Full Report (March 2016)

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Shropshire Council

Ofqual

Developing new GCSEs, AS and A level qualifications for first teaching in 2017
Analysis of the consultation on assessment arrangements (December 2015)
Full report Part 1 of 3
Full report Part 2 of 3
Full report Part 3 of 3

Federation of Master Builders (FMB)

Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS)

Postgraduate study: student loans and other support (November 2015)
Full report (analysis of responses)

Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)

Cornwall Council

Evaluation of the Convergence European Social Fund (ESF) Programme 2007 – 2013 (September 2015)
Full report
Slides

UK Commission for Employment & Skills

Sector insights: Skills and Performance Challenges in the Retail Sector (July 2015)
Full Report
Executive summary

UK Commission for Employment & Skills

Sector insights:
Skills and Performance Challenges in the Energy Sector (March 2015)
Full Report
Executive Summary

UK Commission for Employment & Skills

Understanding skills and performance challenges in the wholesale and retail sector (October 2014)
Evidence Report
Executive Summary
Slide Pack

Scottish Government

Development of a National Customer Satisfaction Survey to support the new verification performance framework (July 2014)
The focus for this research was Key Performance Outcome five (KPO5) “Improvement of the customer experience”:
Phase 1 Report
Phase 2 Report

Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)

Historic England

The Historic Environment & Skills (2013):
The Literature Review: A summary of all relevant research reports, outlining the research methods used, key findings, recommendations and outcomes

Narrative Report: A synthesis of the literature that identifies: the key skills issues for the built heritage sector; how these issues have evolved over the past five years; the effectiveness of attempted interventions; and recommendations for addressing these issues in the future.

CITB

Skills Needs of Specialists in Construction
Full report (June 2013)

English Heritage, Historic Scotland and CITB

Skills Needs Analysis 2013 – Repair, Maintenance and Energy Efficiency Retrofit of Traditional (Pre-1919) Buildings in England and Scotland

Research Councils UK

British Parking Association

Health & Safety Executive and Construction Skills

CITB

Ready for Work? An Evaluation of Work Readiness
(2011)

CITB/National Heritage Training Group (NHTG)

CITB/Historic Scotland/NHTG

Filmed Case Studies (on behalf of UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) Yorkshire & the Humber)

The following link provides access to three success stories – companies helped by UKTI:

https://www.youtube.com/UKTIfilmedcasestudies

Paxman: Exploring new markets
Doll Haircare: Export sales
GSPK Circuits Ltd: Exporting for growth

These success stories, researched by Pye Tait Consulting, were filmed by our in-house filming team.