Dr Claire Tyler

Claire is an education and labour market economist at UCL specialising in education to work transitions, including early careers recruitment, workforce analytics, social mobility, diversity and intersectionality. She has ten years experience building data-led research collaborations with large UK employers to provide novel recruitment and progression insights for employers, industry bodies, educators and policy makers. The objective of her work is to create more socially diverse and inclusive workplaces to allow all young people to achieve their potential and contribute to national productivity and economic growth.

Claire is currently working on a Nuffield Foundation funded project researching 'Inequalities in Access to Professional Careers' to identify specific barriers for underrepresented groups. She is building an 'early careers recruitment data hub’ of detailed job application and EDI data on over 2 million ‘entry-level’ job applicants – the largest research data resource of its kind. She is also working on an ESRC funded project researching 'Inequalities in Progression within Professional Careers' revealing barriers to career progression for underrepresented groups.

Outside of UCL, Claire is Head of Insights at the Institute for Student Employers, a membership body representing over 600 employer, university and supplier members in the early careers industry. 

Prior to joining UCL, Claire held corporate training and senior leadership roles at BPP meeting the education and training needs of 'City' employers and aspiring young professionals in the financial sector. This included preparing students for entering professional careers (leading the design and delivery of degree programmes) and enabling employers to develop early talent (graduate training programmes and leading portfolios of professional qualifications). Claire started her career working in Corporate Finance at EY as a qualified Chartered Accountant specialising in financial due diligence.