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Local childcare realities: uncovering childcare deserts and oases in England

Working parents need childcare! Parents are more likely to enter the labour market if they have access to childcare. Competition for places, proximity to providers, quality of care and affordability all play a role in a parent’s decision to use childcare. Following the expansion of government-funded childcare available to working parents, ensuring there is sufficient […]

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A new approach to focus groups

Most social researchers have run focus groups, and maybe come across some of the challenges of these, like: scheduling participants how long transcription can take not being able to feed new findings into past focus groups the interviewer effect of being visible to the group For an evaluation of new e-learning courses, Acas used a […]

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