The consultancy and advisory services the Faculty of Arts provides to public sector authorities are based on research. The faculty performs an extremely wide range of services and projects for the entire spectrum of public sector agencies, departments and ministries. Examples of the faculty's internationally relevant public sector contracts and projects are provided below.

Good relationships between researchers and the public sector authorities we serve are are high priority at the Faculty of Arts. Therefore, we:

• Ensure that all details regarding financing, objectives, project plans and publication are in place before a project is initiated.
• Ensure that mutual expectations are clarified with regard to such parameters as form, extent and schedule before a project is initiated.
• Establish a procedure to ensure open, constructive dialogue in the course of the project.
• Ensure that the entire collaborative process is characterised by openness and transparency.
• Perform quality assurance on projects to ensure that our work confirms to the faculty's high standards of research excellence.
• Coordinate and assist in connection with the publication of data and results

Examples of public sector consultancy services and projects

- PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment)

- IEA studies (the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement), e.g:

• Civic Education Survey – the political education of upper secondary school youth
• TIMSS 2007 – skills in maths and reading at primary school level
• ICILS - An International Study of Computer and Information Literacy