Sam is a Consultant who joined Times Higher Education in March 2021, joining from a social and market research agency where he had worked since 2017. Sam’s research experience has focused on education and skills, with particular focus upon evaluations of Higher Education policies such as the Teaching Excellence Framework and the Master’s Loan, as well as having delivered large surveys with students and employers. At THE, his role will include leading on the primary research delivered through THE’s Student Pulse Panel of prospective international students around the world. The data collected through Student Pulse will be used to complement the secondary data held by THE to provide invaluable insights for universities, governments and education systems across the globe.