Biography

Vicki is Deputy Director of Impact and Engagement at the ERC, and is responsible for communicating and maximising the value of ERC research to stakeholders. She has worked for over a decade at the interface between research and policy, and was previously an Assistant Director at the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES). Whilst at the UKCES Vicki directed and managed number of flagship research projects, including the UKCES employer surveys, the Sector Skills Insights programme, High Performance Working research, and England’s first National Strategic Skills Audit. She also directed the UKCES’s strategic research partnerships programme. Vicki has over 20 years of experience of research in the employment and skills field, covering both qualitative and quantitative projects. Prior to working at the UKCES Vicki was a Senior Research Adviser at the Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA), and before this she was a Lecturer in Management, and a Research Associate at the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Her research interests are in management and leadership, skills policy, and gender and inequality. Vicki holds a PhD from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, and is a Fellow of the RSA.