About CRAC
CRAC provides research, intelligence and innovation services for all those who support the career development of people of all ages and in all sectors.
We work in partnership with government agencies, education organisations and providers and employers and professional bodies. CRAC is a registered charity No 313164 established in 1964.
Our Mission
To provide research, expertise and innovation for all those who support career development, across all age ranges.
STRATEGIC AIMS:
- to support those who help people make career decisions by providing information and intelligence and developing innovative approaches
- to help employers understand education and how to engage with those in education
- to help educators understand employers and how to develop employability
- to support career development activities for specific sectors/industries, ages or educational groups
We achieve our aims by working in partnership with schools, colleges, universities, government agencies and other key national organisations, ensuring that the work we do impacts on as many individuals as possible, to achieve CRAC's vision of a world where people make career decisions wisely and develop their capabilities throughout their working lives.
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Qualitative Research on Career Pathways of Regulated Costs Lawyers
The Costs Lawyer Standards Board (CLSB), the regulator of Costs Lawyers in England and Wales, commissioned the Careers Research and Advisory Centre (CRAC) to conduct qualitative research on Costs Lawyers’ career pathways.
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Featured examples of work
Tracking the careers of Newton International Fellowship Awardees
The Royal Society commissioned CRAC/Vitae to deliver a career tracking study of alumni of the Newton International Fellowships (NIF) scheme. This builds upon an evaluation of the scheme undertaken by CRAC in 2018/19.
Wellcome - Assessing the need and developing a framework for doctoral training
CRAC-Vitae, working with partners at KEMRI in Kenya, IISER Pune in India, RMIT University Vietnam, and Nelson Mandela University in South Africa, has been commissioned by Wellcome to undertake a new project to understand and make sense of Wellcome’s place in the global doctoral training landscape.
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Evaluation of MSc Motorsport Scholarships
The MSc Motorsport Scholarship (MMS) programme was launched in 2023 by Mission 44 (the charitable foundation started by Sir Lewis Hamilton), delivered by the Royal Academy of Engineering as a pilot programme to enhance access for Black engineering graduates to careers in Formula 1, motorsport and engineering. CRAC undertook an evaluation across the first two cohorts of scholars, in this pilot phase.
