Employment support for autistic women
Women’s Employability Forum webinar, July 2026
Local partnerships to improve youth employment outcomes (chair)
Local Government Association conference, July 2026
Lifelong Learning Lab on good work roundtable
Workers Education Association (WEA), 2 June 2026
Welfare Commission
The Times, 4 March 2026
Cross-sector roundtable for the Alan Milburn review
Young People and Work review, 22 January 2026
Work and Pensions Committee
Oral evidence to DWP as part of inquiry into Employment support for disabled people, 17 December 2025
Supporting Effective Youth Transitions: Policy Priorities and Practical Insights
Skills England Research Seminar, 27 November 2025
Public Policy Exchange webinar: Tackling Youth Unemployment
Public Policy Exchange webinar, Public Policy Exchange, 26 June 2025
The New Rules of Recruitment: What people teams need to know
WorkL webinar, WorkL, 29 April 2025
Inquiry into Reforming Jobcentres
A series of inquiries responding to the Get Britain Working white paper, Work and Pensions Select Committee, 12 March 2025
Facilitators and barriers to entry and progression in work
The Future of Coffee: People, Progression and Retention, 25 June 2024
Women in Leadership
Inclusive Futures: Celebrating International Women's Day with the School of Business and Law (University of Brighton), 08 March 2024
Reviewing progress in the plan for jobs
NCfE webinar, March 2021
Making Devolution Work for Women
Invite-only roundtable discussion: Making Devolution Work for Women, Fawcett Society, Birmingham, August 2019
Roundtable to discuss the Liquid Workforce
Natwest, London, July 2019
T-Levels Preparing for Success
Presentation, Westminster Briefing, London, June 2019
Adult skills and gaining accreditation in the workplace
Presentation, Gatsby Foundation, London, June 2019
Westminster Education Forum Keynote Seminar: Implementing the T-Level programme - content, regulation and assessment
Westminster Education Forum Keynote Seminar: Implementing the T-Level programme - content, regulation and assessment, Westminster Education Forum, London, April 2019
Local policymakers and institutional level actors measures
Policy learning forum: VET as a solution to leaving education early, Cedefop, Artion Events, Thessaloniki, Greece, May 2017
The Cedefop VET toolkit to tackle early leaving from education and training
Policy learning forum: VET as a solution to leaving education early, Cedefop, Artion Events, Thessaloniki, Greece, May 2017
Labour market for young people: today and tomorrow
Future of work and employability at age 19, Department for Education, London, June 2016
Evidence Report
Skills Commission Spotlight on Young People: Evidence Session 1, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Skills and Employment, London, March 2016
Apprenticeships Equality, Diversity and the Reform Programme
Community Safety Social Inclusion Scrutiny Commission, Hackney Council , London, February 2016
Evaluation of the Apprenticeship Trailblazers
Evaluation of the Apprenticeship Trailblazers, Campaign for Learning, London, July 2015
Overcoming unemployment among young people: lessons from Youth Contract for 16-17 year olds
Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion seminar, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE), London School of Economics (LSE), October 2014
Addressing under-representation by gender and ethnicity in Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships and Equality: A call to action, Department of Business Innovation and Skills, the National Apprenticeship Service and the TUC, London, April 2014
Under-representation in apprenticeships
Network Rail seminar, Network Rail, Milton Keynes, March 2014
Increasing diversity in apprenticeships
5th International Apprenticeship Conference, National Apprenticeship Service, London, March 2014
RPA Phase 4 Evaluation
South West Partnership for Participation and Progression, South West Partnership for Participation and Progression Group, Somerset, January 2014
Under-representation in Apprenticeships by gender and ethnicity - A research overview
Under-representation in Apprenticeships by gender and ethnicity, Unionlearn with TUC, London, January 2014
Contributor
Livechat: How can we secure sustainable jobs for the most disadvantaged?, The Guardian, October 2013
Research on the Raising the Participation Age (RPA) Phase 4 Local Delivery Projects
RPA projects – Phase 4 Dissemination Event, Department for Education, Sheffield, September 2013
Evaluation of the Work Programme: Key findings
Welfare to Work Convention, Inclusion and Shaw Trust, Manchester, July 2013
Measuring impact, accountabilities, systems and processes: What can we learn from recent evaluations?
Youth Employment Convention, Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion, London, May 2013
Youth transitions: a route to the labour market through Apprenticeship
Select Committee on the Student Journey, Kent County Council, Kent, January 2013
Expert contribution
Expert seminar: Youth unemployment and young people NEET, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), London, July 2012
Youth transitions: learning and the labour market
Select Committee on the Student Journey, Kent County Council, Kent, July 2011
Employers! Put your best where it will do the most
The point of partnership: understanding employer engagement in education, University of Warwick, October 2010
How do we engage reluctant post-16 learners? Some lessons for Raising of the Participation Age (RPA)
British Education Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference, BERA, Warwick, September 2010
Youth apprenticeships
Apprenticeship in Challenging Times, Institute of Education, London, July 2010
Re-engaging young people through the Activity Agreements: the perspectives of young people and their advisers
NEETS: what the research says, A London Region Post-14 Network Conference, Universtiy of London Institue of Education, July 2009
Lessons from the Young Apprenticeships
Researching Practice: Work Based Research in the Learning and Skills Sector, Further Education Research Association, London, May 2009
Findings from the Careers Advice Service Progression Insight Research
Policy makers' seminar, April 2009
Putting research into practice in the Young Apprenticeships
Learning and Skills Research Network Conference 2008, NIACE, London, December 2008
Vocational Guidance using new technologies - Lessons from Learndirect Guidance telephony-based service UK
Bringing Public Employment Services directly to jobseekers, employers and local communities using accessible, sustainable systems and technologies, EU Open Access Project, FAS - Irish Employment Board, Dublin, November 2008
Designing, developing and evaluating Tasters
Workshop series, Brighton, London, Coventry and York, Summer June 2007
Designing sector-based careers information
Workshop series, London, Norfolk, Brighton, Spring 2007
The Wider Benefits of Learning in Later Life - Keynote address
Later Life Learning - Fit for Purpose?, Association for Education and Ageing, NIACE, IES, Celebrating Age 2006, Brighton, July 2006
Improving large group participation for business students in an eLearning environment using sustained role play in a virtual business
9th Annual EDINEB International Conference, Breaking Boundaries for Global Learning, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Guadalajara, January 2002
