Research Stakeholder Confidence Survey

Tender description

Qualifications Wales (QW) runs a program of measuring and exploring confidence in qualifications and the qualification system. An important part of this program is an ongoing piece of qualitative research which explores stakeholder confidence in qualifications and the qualification system. The research was initiated in 2015 when a three-stage study was commissioned to an external research company. This study concluded in October 2019 and QW wishes to commission a similar piece of research. The focus of the study is to explore stakeholder opinions on qualifications, the qualification system and QW activity. We aim to have a good understanding of our stakeholder confidence and factors that affect their confidence. The research contract will run for five years with an option to extend by up to 12 months and will include three stages of data collection. Data collection will take place approximately once every 1.5 years. We consider that the most appropriate periods for the field work are February-April and October-December. We reserve the right to postpone data collection for stages two and three by six months.