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Research Methods Training Bursaries available at NCRM |
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The ESRC National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) is inviting applications for research methods training bursaries. The call is open until Friday 22 January 2010. The bursaries are available for UK social science community engaged in research, teaching research methods or supervising research to update their skills. Contract researchers working in HEIs are also eligible for the bursaries. This scheme cannot be used to fund masters or doctoral studies. For further information about the bursaries and to apply, please go to here. Deadline for training bursary applications is 5pm Friday 22 January 2010. There is no prescribed list of accepted training courses. However, applicants may like to use the Training & Events database to help in locating a course. From April 2010 the bursary scheme will be open for applications throughout the year i.e. there will not be deadlines for applications. Date for your diary: ESRC Research Methods Festival, 5-8 July 2010 at St Catherine's College, Oxford. Bookings open at the beginning of March 2010. More details. |
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The QualityCommons Workshop |
The Centre for Research in Social Simulation (University of Surrey, UK) and the Centre d'Analyse et Mathématique Sociales (EHESS/CNRS, France) successfully hosted QualityCommons - an interdisciplinary workshop on collective quality representations and the social processes behind them. The aim of the workshop was to: - clarify research questions about the emergence of collective quality definitions
- consider preliminary ideas about the topic as applied to a number of domains (e.g. science, social computing, art, etc.)
- promote links between participants to encourage the development and submission of research proposals on the topic
- plan the writing of an edited book/special journal issue with chapters partly contributed by the participants and partly solicited via an open call for papers after the workshop.
The Quality Commons workshop took place on 28–29 January 2010 at the Maison de la Recherche, Sorbonne University, in Paris. It featured presentations by invited speakers, from both academia and industry, as well as panel discussions with a selected audience of up to 50 participants. For other details regarding the workshop visit the QualityCommons webpage. |
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Taster Courses: - 23 Feb 2009 University of Edinburgh
- 20 May 2009 University of Surrey
- 24 Jun 2009 University of Bristol
Build-a-model Courses: - 29 Apr 2009 University of Surrey
- 15 Jul 2009 University of Leicester
- 10 Dec 2009 University of Edinburgh
Specialised Courses: - 21 Jan 2009 University of Surrey
- 27 November 2009 University of Surrey: Modelling Social Networks
Seminar/Discussions: 17 Sep 2009 University of Surrey (in association with ESSA conference) "Teaching social simulation" Edmund Chattoe-Brown and Nigel Gilbert Those teaching innovative methods such as social simulation face two problems. For novice teachers, the costs of starting up are relatively high. For experienced teachers, there are few opportunities to exchange ideas about "what works" (and what doesn't). This session is intended to address both by offering an opportunity for those already teaching simulation to pool their expertise and a chance for those who aren't to see how it is done. We hope those who are already teaching simulation will bring sample syllabi and reading lists. If there is a good attendance, we shall consider setting up an ESSA SIG for teachers. This seminar is free for the conference participants of European Social Simulation Association See the Courses pages for more information |
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2 days Introductory Courses: - 9 - 10 February 2010 University of Surrey: Day 1: Taster; Day 2: Build-a-Model
Specialised Courses: - 10 June 2010 University of Leicester: Rich Cognitive Models
5 days Summer School: - 13 - 17 September 2010 University of Brescia, Italy
See the Courses pages for more information |
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