About the Centre for Vocational Education Research (CVER)

The Centre for Vocational Education Research (CVER) was launched in March 2015, set up by the then Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and subsequently by the Department for Education. The funding from these sources ended in March 2020. Some of the research projects commenced during that time are still ongoing.

Some new research projects under the remit of CVER and also under the Education and Skills Programme of the Centre for Economic Performance have started during this time. This includes work on apprenticeships for the Sutton Trust and the evaluation of Skills Bootcamps, commissioned by the Department for Education.

The Centre brings together four partners, all with significant and acknowledged expertise in vocational education: the Centre for Economic Performance at the LSE (Professor Sandra McNally is CVER's Director); the University of Sheffield (Professor Steven McIntosh); the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Dr Stefan Speckesser); and London Economics (Dr Gavan Conlon).

Informing our research

Our comprehensive research programme from 2015-2020 was informed by discussions with our expert advisors, the Centre’s Steering Group and stakeholder engagement more generally.

Research outputs

Discussion papers and blogs continue to be published on the CVER website. Also see the Education and Skills pages of the Centre for Economic Performance website.
You can follow us on Twitter at @CVER_LSE .