Jill Pate has joined Explain as a researcher in the quantitative team, based at their head office in central Newcastle. With an academic background in Human Geography she is currently finishing off her Masters dissertation at Newcastle University and started work this month for Explain 3 days a week until she is able to commit to a full time position in September. In her dissertation she is looking at how urban regeneration can impact upon perceptions of fear in city centres using the recent regeneration of Old Eldon square as an example.Jill’s main interest is in social research and in particular fields such as social exclusion and urban regeneration, having previously spent 3 years in planning research at Dickinson Dees. The list of clients she will work on at Explain will include Northumbrian Water, Home, Yorkshire Building Society, CE Electric and the NHS.
Explain is now an important provider of social insight to the NHS and emergency services across the UK and manages projects for Strategic Health Authorities, Fire and Rescue Services and PCT’s across the country. Earlier this month Explain won a High Commendation from judges at The Culture for Success awards after winning the award in 2008 and the company has seen its team of people and revenues continue to grow in a difficult trading climate.
Kim Davis, research director said, “I am looking forward to Jill joining Explain full time after her dissertation. She has just the blend of academic and practical experience we need and I think she will enjoy being involved in helping manage the research programmes for some of our major clients. We place great importance on each employee fully reflecting our brand values and Jill fits the bill in her new role in the quant team.”
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