The Wales DTC ran an event, on 28th November 2012, looking at Welsh Government internships and the commissioning of research which can involve postgraduate researchers. This event examined how postgraduate research students can engage with policy, with speakers from the Welsh Government: Dr Steven Marshall, Chief Social Researcher; Dr Jamie Smith, Head of Local Government research; and Kimberley Horton, PhD intern. Continue reading
This half-day event on 12th December aims to: (1) Identify the key issues affecting intra-EU mobility; (2) compare and contrast the latest evidence and policy perspectives on intra-EU mobility in the UK; and, (3) inform ongoing and future EMN studies in these important areas of migration policy. The event will include key speakers from the Home Office and academics from leading research centres. Continue reading
Cardiff’s University Graduate College (UGC) are looking for 30 Cardiff postgraduate research students to take part in the pilot of the new Vitae online Professional Development Planner for a period of four months.
Vitae developed the Professional Development Planner to enable researchers to reflect record and plan their development against the Vitae Researcher Development Framework (RDF). Originally in the form of an interactive excel spreadsheet, it has been improved and refined as an online tool. Continue reading
The Labour Force Survey/Annual Population Survey user meeting will take place on Monday 10th December. The Crime Survey user meeting will take place on Thursday 13th December. The venue for both meetings will be The Royal Statistical Society, London.
Each meeting will provide a forum for data users and producers to meet and discuss new developments and exchange information about the surveys. Continue reading
The workshop “Introduction to UK Survey Data for studying Attitudes” takes place on Thursday 6 December 2012, Basement Lab, Humanities Bridgeford Street building, University of Manchester. It is a one-day workshop that introduces the UK survey data available for re-analysis and teaching via the Economic and Social Data Service website.
The focus of the workshop will be on data related to attitudes but many of the issues covered are applicable to other areas. The day is appropriate for those with little or no experience of the data. Continue reading
The WISERD 2013 Conference will be held on 25-26 June 2013 in the University of Glamorgan Conference Centre [now the University of South Wales]. Keynotes include: Professor David Martin (Southampton); Professor Lindsay Patterson (Edinburgh); and Professor Laura McAllister (Chair of Sport Wales).
The 2013 conference is the fourth annual WISERD conference, and follows on from three successful conferences, held in Cardiff, Swansea and Bangor Universities. WISERD conferences attract colleagues from across the academic, policy, public, private, and third sectors in Wales; and have become established as one of the most important events in the social science calendar. Continue reading
We are please to announce that 49 Wales DTC Studentships are available in a range of pathways commencing October 2013. We have published a list detailing how many studentships are available for each pathway on this site. Full details of the studentships will be provided by the institutions within the Wales DTC consortium: as these are published on school and department webpages, we will be updating our list to provide links through to those details. We will be updating regularly as those announcements are made, so keep an eye on the page or follow our Twitter feed.
The the tenth annual ESRC Festival of Social Science takes place next week, beginning on Saturday. Over 185 free events are being held from 3-10 November 2012 around the UK and a full programme of events is available. Continue reading
A free seminar, on choosing the right software for qualitative and mixed-methods analysis, will take place on 9th November at the University of Birmingham. Continue reading
The Cabinet Office (CO) is looking for two quantitative analysts with experience of handling large datasets (such as Understanding Society or the Labour Force Survey) to inform policy delivery. This may provide an opportunity for research staff, post-docs or PhD students. An ESRC funded student would have to suspend their studentship if they were successful in obtaining this post. Continue reading