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The core research Labour Market Solutions research team comprises Mick
Feloy (Director), David Payne (Director) and Julia Wilkinson
(Researcher).
LMS also draws on a wide network of experienced associates and associated organisations
to create project teams, taking full advantage of the different skills and
expertise that they each bring.
Mick Feloy
Mick is the founder of Labour Market Solutions.
He has undertaken extensive research on issues relating to skills, training,
human resource, labour market, regeneration and social exclusion issues
over the last 20 years.
This has included work in academic research posts,
as a senior local authority officer in London and Birmingham and more recently
in a consultancy capacity.
A strong theme running through much of his work has been to ensure that
the research provides a clear basis for practical action.
Mick has successfully project managed a diverse range of labour market
related research projects over the last 14 years as a consultant managing
LMS.
Key clients over the past few years have included Sector Skills Councils,
Sector Skills Boards, Chambers of Commerce, Business Links, Learning and Skills Councils, FE colleges,
Connexions, Regional Development Agencies, and local authorities.
Examples of recent projects Mick has undertaken are included under each
area of LMS service provision.
Mick completed his first degree in Development Studies at the University
of East Anglia in 1984, obtaining an Upper Second class Honours and obtained
a second degree in Economics (MSc) at Birkbeck College, University of London.
David Payne
Over the past nine years, David has managed
a range of labour market and related assignments for a wide range of clients.
Key areas of analytical activity have included:
• Area based assessments
• Skills analysis (demand and supply side)
• Spatial analysis of ILR data
• Specific sector studies
• Strategic reviews of provision
• Issues relating to tackling labour market disadvantage
• Enterprise support needs
David was recently responsible for the development
of the Sector Skills Agreement and associated research for Asset Skills
in conjunction with the Asset Skills Research Team.
David has also undertaken a number of evaluation exercises in relation to
SRB programmes and New Deal for Communities.
Prior to joining Labour Market Solutions, David worked within local government
both as an Economic Development Officer and Senior Policy Advisor. He
also has extensive experience within the private sector.
David
obtained an Upper second class honours degree in Town and Regional Planning
at Dundee University in 1980.
 Julia Wilkinson
Since
joining Labour Market Solutions as a Researcher in October 2007, Julia
has worked on projects related to industries including cleaning,
facilities management, engineering and the voluntary sector. She has
arranged and undertaken telephone interviews, carried out desk research
and completed report writing and proof reading.
Having graduated from
Cardiff University in 1990 with an Upper Second class Honours degree in
Economics, Julia was offered the post of Researcher in the same
department. Teaching on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes,
Julia worked as a Researcher and Associate for several years at
Cardiff. Projects included financial economics, labour economics and
industrial relations related work.
Following a move to Bath,
Julia completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Careers Guidance at the
University of the West of England (UWE) in 2004, obtaining a
Distinction. Subsequently she worked for the Connexions service in
Wiltshire before taking up the position of Careers Adviser at the
University of Bath. With primary responsibility for providing guidance
and advice to all students on all Business and related courses during
her time there, Julia also wrote reports following her many employer
visits and became qualified in psychometric testing.
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