TWRI Policy and Research is a private company to continue the areas of work from the now closed TWRI (Tyne and Wear Research and Information). The new company TWRI Policy & Research is still based in Newcastle upon Tyne and still offers the same wide range of services as before.
Our service areas include Data and Statistical Analysis, Census and Demography, Economics, Community Safety, Social Research, Housing and other sectors.
We are very pleased to announce that our newly refreshed website is now live.
TWRI Policy & Research can analyze your data and produce reports that help you see things clearly.
After leaving work in Local Government in September 2011, Kadhem Jallab, became the Managing Director of his own Company “TWRI Policy & Research” which he has turned into a National/International Company. He managed TWRI for over 15 years when it was a Local Government Research Unit.
Kadhem has a Master degree in Statistics from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and a PhD degree in Statistics from Newcastle University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and a member of the British Society for Population Studies.
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Professor (and Councillor) Alan Townsend, MA, MRTPI retired as the Director of the International Centre for Regional & Development Studies in the University of Durham in 2005, and continued as Emeritus Professor. He is Vice-Chair of Bishop Auckland College, and of Greater Willington Town Council. He is one of relatively few people who have worked extensively in both physical and economic planning.
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Tony Champion has four decades of research experience at Newcastle University, focusing primarily on population change and migration and their implications for regional and local population profiles and planning policies. He became Professor of Population Geography in 1996 and is now Emeritus, located within the university‟s Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS).
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Chris is the Associate Director of TWRI Research with particular responsibility for Census material and Demography. His main roles are to analyse and interpret social and other data, including Census and other demographic data. This includes monitoring change. Chris has an honours degree in Mathematics, from Leicester University, and a Masters degree in Statistics from Newcastle University. He has been a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society since 1972.
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Joanne is the TWRI Policy and Research Associate Director for Community Safety. She has worked in the community safety field for over 15 years both as a consultant and practitioner and has a proven record of success in managing Community Safety Partnerships as well as providing support to develop and deliver community safety strategies, policies and business processes (such as information sharing), and improve partnership efficiency, effectiveness and performance. She has extensive experience of working with, and for, a wide range of public and third sector organisations.
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Fred has nearly 30 years experience of research and computerised information systems in Local Government. He is an Associate Senior Researcher of TWRI Policy & Research with a particular responsibility for Economic Research and Analysis, however, his experience extends into other areas such as GIS, Housing and Planning Support, Demography & Census and Property Gazetteers.
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Joan has over 30 years experience in handling various data sets. Joan is an ex Tyne & Wear Research and Information (TWRI) Senior Researcher with particular expertise in data management and manipulations. Joan joined TWRI back in 1986 when it was first established. She has extensive expertise, understanding and capabilities in Community Safety Data (Crime, Recorded Incidents, Victims, Offenders, Fire, Probations data etc.) including sourcing, cleansing and disseminations.
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Chris is the TWRI Social Research & Evaluation Senior Associate. He has worked in the field of performance management, evaluation, GIS and social & economic research for 20 years both as a consultant and practitioner. Chris has extensive experience of working in public, private and academic organisations and for a wide range of agencies including the third sector.
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David's experience embraces seven years in consulting; five years as Planning Manager for One North East; six years working in strategic development in Scotland (Scottish Enterprise and Enterprise Lanarkshire); two years as Senior Economic Development Officer for Durham and two years with the School of Architecture Planning and Landscape at Newcastle University.
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Liz Robson is an experienced labour market researcher who has specialised in growing knowledge and understanding of employer demand for skills and training. She is currently working on an interdisciplinary research project at Newcastle University investigating the many ways in which digital technologies can assist marginalised groups and communities to flourish.
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Ann has 30 years experience in the management and delivery of social research projects, Most recently she has been working at Newcastle City Council as an Information Manager, leading the management, collection, analysis and reporting of data and information. This has included the development of the council’s local information system and integration of research and information to support analysis of of need, policy development and improvement.
Read more...TWRI Policy and Research is a private company owned and operated by the former Manager of the Tyne & Wear Research and Information Service (TWRI) Dr Kadhem Jallab, a research and information service jointly run by the five Tyne & Wear district council’s until its closure in September 2011.