Past Events

NVivo 7: Introductory training workshop

University of Manchester, 10-4pm

NVivo 7: Intermediate training workshop

University of Manchester, 10-4pm

24 June 2008

Training Workshop: Analysing Real Life Mixed Methods Data

Nottingham Trent University, 9.30-4.30pm

Programme and presentations from the workshop.

Training Workshop: Bringing Together Qualitative and Quantitative Data

University of Leeds, 9.30 - 4pm

Methods Workshop: Researching Social Relations in Urban Environments

University of Manchester, 3 - 5pm

Workshop Slides are now available online.

NVivo 7: Introduction

University of Manchester, 10-4pm

Who are you like? Exhibition

With commissioned photographs, winning entries from our photo competition and more about the Living Resemblances project. Part of the 2008 Festival of Social Science.

Zion Arts Centre, Manchester, with some parts of the exhibition online too. View online exhibition

Timescapes: Exhibiting the Young Lives and Times project

West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, 10-1pm. Artwork exhibition, posters and sound extracts from the Young Lives project.

For more details download a poster or contact Anne Chantry a.chantry@leeds.ac.uk

Methods Workshop: Approaches to Secondary Comparative Analysis (European Social Survey)

University of Manchester, 3-5pm

Nvivo 7: Introductory training course

University of Manchester, 10-4pm

Methods Workshop: Researching Socio-Cultural Change

University of Manchester, 3 - 5pm

NVivo 7 Training: Intermediate

University of Manchester, 10.30-4pm

Methods Workshop: Rethinking the Qualitative Interview: Some thoughts from social psychology

University of Manchester, 3-5pm

Training Workshop: Real Life Ethics

University of Manchester, 10-4pm.

Methods Workshop: Researching Ethnicity

University of Manchester, 2-4pm.

NVivo 7 Training Workshop
University of Manchester, 10-4pm.

Creating Visual Knowledge Seminar

University of Manchester, 10.30-4.30pm.

Training Workshop: Methodological challenges to using participatory methods
University of Leeds, 9.30-4pm

Methods Workshop: Kinship and Relatedness

University of Manchester

Speakers:

• Jeanette Edwards (University of Manchester)
• Jennifer Mason and Katherine Davies (University of Manchester)

This methods workshop was part of a full day's seminar on the theme of Kinship and Relatedness co-hosted by the Morgan Centre where Danny Miller (University College London) and Janet Carsten (University of Edinburgh) all gave papers. Full programme details on Morgan Centre website.

Training Workshop: An Introduction to NVivo7

University of Leeds

Hands-on introductory training course in NVivo7 data analysis software.

Workshop programme.

Methods Workshop: Comparative Cases

University of Manchester

Speakers:

• Louise Ackers and Bryony Gill (School of Law, University of Leeds)
• Colette Fagan (Sociology, University of Manchester)

Workshop summary and presentations.

Training Workshop: Geodemographics and the Social Sciences

University of Sheffield

The workshop introduced participants to the technique of geodemographics, in which neighbourhoods are profiled to provide a simple measure of the character, similarities, and differences of local areas. Geodemographics is widely used in applied social science, for problems of resource allocation, market research, and population targeting.

Workshop summary and presentations.

Training Workshop: Qualitative Longitudinal Research

London South Bank University

This workshop gave an introduction to qualitative longitudinal (QL) research, exploring what it is, and how research can generate, analyse and interpret QL data, taking into account a range of practical and ethical issues.

Workshop summary and presentations/handouts.

5 December 2006

Social Network Analysis Taster Workshop

University of Manchester

An introduction to the basic ideas of social network analysis, followed by a hands on session practical session using free-to-download 'Pajek' software.

Workshop programme

30 November 2006

Real Life Methods Workshop: Social Networks
University of Manchester

Speakers:

• Nick Crossley (University of Manchester)
• Bridgette Wessels (University of Sheffield)

Workshop summary and presentations

19 October 2006

Methods Workshop: Localities
University of Manchester

Speakers:

• Mike Savage (CRESC, University of Manchester) and Gaynor Bagnall (University of Salford)
• Ludi Simpson (CCSR, University of Manchester)
• Sarah Salway (Sheffield Hallam University) and Kaveri Harriss (LSHTM)

Workshop summary and presentations

21 September 2006

Training Workshop: Creative Interviewing
University of Manchester

Practical introduction to qualitative interview methods, including practice interview session with individual feedback and online follow-up seminar.

Workshop programme

28 July 2006

Training Workshop: Mixed Method Evaluation
City University, London

This workshop explored ongoing debates in mixed method evaluation, investigating theory, method and synthesis through interrogating practical examples.

View copies of the role play and presentations from this session.

9 March 2006

Training Workshop: An Introduction to Visual Methods
University of Leeds

Some of the materials used on this course are available as a Real Life Methods working paper: Researching with visual images.