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The National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) delivers training in #ResearchMethods. Visit: www.ncrm.ac.uk

NCRM is a partnership between the University of Southampton and The University of Manchester.
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National Centre for Research Methods @ncrm.ac.uk · Dec 17
Registration is open for a new spring school on large-scale data analysis.

The NCRM event will cover traditional statistical modelling, machine learning and AI-supported methods.

It comprises four hybrid courses between 2 and 5 March 2026.

Learn more:
Large-scale Data Analysis – Traditional Statistical Modelling, Machine Learning and AI-supported Methods.
NCRM delivers research methods training, produces learning resources, conducts research and supports methodological innovation
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Given the complexity of what it means to be a person, a one-size fits all approach to engagement cannot suffice. Join @amycbarron.bsky.social on 11 March 2026 for this online course to explore four qualitative research methods which can help to better understand diverse lives.

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Training course: Four Qualitative Methods for Understanding Diverse Lives
In this one-day online training workshop you will be introduced to four qualitative research methods to better understand diverse lives - Photo Go-Alongs, Collage, Life History Interviews and Partici
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February 9, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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Join @nickbearman.bsky.social for Introduction to QGIS: Spatial Data and Spatial Analysis.

This online course, on 24-25 February 2026, will explain how GIS works and how to use it to create maps and perform spatial analysis.

Sign up: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...
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February 6, 2026 at 12:16 PM
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Need to boost your digital skills?

Join Digital Research Skills for Social Scientists, an online course on 3-6 March 2026.

You'll learn techniques for boosting the efficiency and reliability of your #research. Learn more: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...
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February 4, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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Introduction to Longitudinal Data Analysis covers three fundamental frameworks for analysing longitudinal data: multilevel modelling, structural equation modelling & event history analysis through a mix of lectures and hands-on practicals scheduled across five Fridays between 17 April - 22 May 2026.
Training course: Introduction to Longitudinal Data Analysis - Online
Longitudinal data is essential in a number of research fields as it enables analysts to concurrently understand aggregate and individual level change in time, the occurrence of events and improves ou
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February 3, 2026 at 10:49 AM
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Join NCRM's online course Introduction to Big Data Analysis and Management using R on 10-11 February 2026.

You'll learn efficient techniques for processing, managing and visualising large datasets.

Find out more: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...
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February 2, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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Want to push the boundaries of #EthnographicResearch?

Join Dr Alice Stefanelli of @durhamrmcentre.bsky.social for Conducting Advanced Ethnographic Research, an online course on 9-10 February 2026.

Learn more: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...
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January 26, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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Building Constellations of Creative and Participatory Research is back!
Join @drlinziladlow.bsky.social & Laura Way on 19th & 20th May 2026 for this exciting interactive workshop to develop your knowledge and skills in using creative and participatory research methods.
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January 19, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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Tired of standard ethics training?

Our Radical Research Ethics course shows you how to conduct #research that is truly ethical, with opportunities to discuss your own ethical dilemmas.

Join @drhelenkara.bsky.social on 3-4 February 2026.

Sign up: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...
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January 19, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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Learn how to use documents as data on our upcoming online course.

The course, led by @drhelenkara.bsky.social, takes place on 21-22 January 2026.

Find out more and register: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=14343
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January 12, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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Looking for an introduction to #MultilevelModelling?

Join Professors George Leckie and William Browne of @soebristol.bsky.social for our online short course on 13-15 January 2026.

Register: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...
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January 5, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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Learn about questionnaire design and different modes of data collection on our online course.

Questionnaire Design for Web, Mobile Web and Mixed-Mode Surveys takes place on 24-26 March 2026.

Find out more and register:
Training course: Questionnaire Design for Web, Mobile Web and Mixed-Mode Surveys - Online
This online course on questionnaire design, explores question wording issues and the questionnaire as a whole with a focus on web surveys and mobile-friendly web surveys. The course is full of practi
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December 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Registration is open for a new spring school on large-scale data analysis.

The NCRM event will cover traditional statistical modelling, machine learning and AI-supported methods.

It comprises four hybrid courses between 2 and 5 March 2026.

Learn more:
Large-scale Data Analysis – Traditional Statistical Modelling, Machine Learning and AI-supported Methods.
NCRM delivers research methods training, produces learning resources, conducts research and supports methodological innovation
www.ncrm.ac.uk
December 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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in this new publication @ncrm.ac.uk, Adrian Millican, Fanni Toth (both SGIA researchers) and Andrew Hamilton, disability rights activist and one of our students in politics & IR, offer insights into teaching statistics to visually impaired students
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Seeing differently: Making R accessible for visually impaired students through collaborative learning design
This is an experiential rather than research case study of pedagogic practice. In this document, we provide an overview of the resources that were created...
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December 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Some fantastic bite-size videos, making up a training module on #Collaborative & #Participatory #ResearchMethods. All made by a fantastic MSIG team with @ncrm.ac.uk

Watch some or all of the videos! 🙂
Collaborative and Participatory Methodological Special Interest Group
This page contains seven training modules crated by the NCRM Collaborative and Participatory Methodological Special Interest Group.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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NCRM has served as a central, cohesive force within the UK’s social science #ResearchMethods ecosystem for the past 20 years, fostering an interconnected community of researchers and training providers.

Find out how we're advancing training practices: www.ncrm.ac.uk/about/impact...
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December 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Interested in enhancing the quality of qualitative research?

NCRM is running an online course on 11 December 2025 that is perfect for you!

It will cover areas such as rigour, ethics and impact.

Learn more: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=14497

#QualitativeResearch #ResearchMethods
Training course: Enhancing quality in Qualitative Research - Online
Quality in qualitative research is a much-debated topic, yet an important one. The aim of this one-day online training course is to introduce participants to quality criteria in qualitative research.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Hear about ways of using large language models in #QualitativeResearch in our new video.

Five speakers discuss the potential of these #AI systems and the key questions facing researchers.

Watch the video: www.ncrm.ac.uk/resources/vi...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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THIS Wednesday - registrations still open so be sure to sign up for what looks set to be an engaging and topical session with @ncrm.ac.uk ⤵️
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🗓️ Date for your diaries

CPC-CG's Athina Vlachantoni is a speaker at 2025's final @ncrm.ac.uk Data Resources Training Network webinar on 19 Nov:

'Exploring #digital life, #technology change & attitudes to #AI through national #datasets'

Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e7fdca...
Image shows event details with NCRM logo. Text reads: Exploring Digital Life, Technology Change and Attitudes to AI through National Datasets Details The Data Resources Training Network welcomes you to the final webinar in our 2025 series: Exploring Digital Life, Technology Change and Attitudes to AI through National Datasets. The webinar will focus on secondary, quantitative data. It will take place on Teams on the 19th of November from 14:00 – 15:30. The speakers will be: Athina Vlachantoni who will examine patterns of intergenerational digital contact before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) Wave Nine and the first wave of the ELSA COVID-19 Sub-study, this talk overviews shifts in digital communication use among older people during the pandemic and reflects on the gender gap and family relationship closeness. Plus Roshni Modhvadia and Mark Elliot
November 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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A new series of videos outlines methods for big qual analysis.

The videos, available to access for free on the NCRM website, provide short overviews of four different approaches.

Access the videos: www.ncrm.ac.uk/about/engage...

#ResearchMethods #QualitativeData
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November 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Push the boundaries of ethnographic narratives!

Learn the role of creative approaches in #ethnography in our upcoming online course.

Creative Ethnographies takes place on 24-25 November 2025 and is led by @tereheng.bsky.social.

Register: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=14517
Training course: Creative Ethnographies
A key attraction for ethnographic narratives are their ability to draw a reader into a rich, thick description of people, spaces, interactions and objects. Such descriptions bring mundane details to
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November 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Are you planning to undertake #quantitative research on #education in England?

We're running a course on the National Pupil Database, a resource covering the English school system.

The online course will be held on 2-3 December 2025.

Sign up: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=14154
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November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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‼️Coming up next week - still time to register to attend: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e7fdca... @ncrm.ac.uk @bspsuk.bsky.social @elsa-study.bsky.social @britishgerontology.bsky.social @cra-soton.bsky.social
cpc-cg.bsky.social ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · Sep 15
🗓️ Date for your diaries

CPC-CG's Athina Vlachantoni is a speaker at 2025's final @ncrm.ac.uk Data Resources Training Network webinar on 19 Nov:

'Exploring #digital life, #technology change & attitudes to #AI through national #datasets'

Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e7fdca...
Image shows event details with NCRM logo. Text reads: Exploring Digital Life, Technology Change and Attitudes to AI through National Datasets Details The Data Resources Training Network welcomes you to the final webinar in our 2025 series: Exploring Digital Life, Technology Change and Attitudes to AI through National Datasets. The webinar will focus on secondary, quantitative data. It will take place on Teams on the 19th of November from 14:00 – 15:30. The speakers will be: Athina Vlachantoni who will examine patterns of intergenerational digital contact before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) Wave Nine and the first wave of the ELSA COVID-19 Sub-study, this talk overviews shifts in digital communication use among older people during the pandemic and reflects on the gender gap and family relationship closeness. Plus Roshni Modhvadia and Mark Elliot
November 12, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Is AI the future of health and social science research?

Join the free debate on Monday, 15 December at @IOE_London where experts will discuss this critical topic.

Book a place: ow.ly/eLI250XpY7e

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Is AI the future of health and social science? A debate
Join us for a thought provoking debate on whether AI will revolutionise quantitative health and social science research.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Exploring youth transitions and outcomes through national datasets. Focusing on secondary, quantitative data - including Understanding Society. Join the @ncrm.ac.uk Data Resources Training Network webinar - 11 Nov, 12.00- 13.30. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e66aa5...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Interested in learning how to use #AI tools to optimise #research processes?

Join our beginner’s workshop on 4 December 2025.

Find out more and register:
Training course: How to Use Gen AI: A Beginner’s Workshop for Researchers
This two-hour and 30-minute workshop will explore what Gen AI tools exist that are helpful for researchers and how they can be used to optimise research processes.It is a workshop for Gen AI beginner
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November 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM