Research and insight is vital in influencing strategic business and policy decisions. It is a key element of the Professional Development Framework and looks to widen skills, from basic research principles to developing as leaders informing strategic change and delivering actionable research, insight and intelligence.

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes

1. Provide actionable recommendations to inform strategic business decisions based upon quality research and insight

2. Evaluate behaviour change from marketing communication exercises

3. Evaluate and select appropriate research solutions for given research contexts

4. Undertake competitor analysis and provide intelligence

5. Manage elements of marketing communication and/or research and insight process

6. Understand, use and application of insight within an organisation for business success

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Text analytics for MR: The AI, the human and their collaboration

Virtual training course

Learn which text analytics methods are available today and when & how (not) to use them

Apr
30
2025

Wednesday
09:30–12:30

Become a better strategic thinker through the art of storytelling

Virtual training course

Enhance your ability to think and write more strategically by applying storytelling techniques that will inspire your audience to act.

Apr
30
2025

Wednesday
09:25–16:00

Building your Inclusive Toolkit for All Research

Virtual training course

Unless you’re consciously including people, you’re almost certainly unconsciously excluding people. This course will empower you to confidently take an inclusive approach to any research study, no matter how big or small.

May
01
2025

Thursday
09:30–16:00

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