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ADR UK invites your ideas on training needs

Administrative Data Research UK (ADR UK) is looking at ways to help more researchers across all academic stages understand and use administrative data. The initiative is …

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How we created new research ethics resources that are freely available online

At the end of October 2021, I finished working on a European Commission (EC) research ethics project. The project was called PRO-RES, short for "Promoting integrity …

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NCRM forms Survey Data Collection Network

NCRM has formed a new national network that connnects UK organisations involved in the design and co-ordination of social surveys. The aim of the Survey Data …

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Why ethnography?

Ethnography, or participant observation, is a field-based practice based on sharing in our interlocutors’ everyday life with the aim of understanding the world from their perspective. …

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Questionnaire design: avoiding the pitfalls in web survey software

The research community is currently fortunate to have a large number of high-quality web survey software packages. For example, Capterra (sourced 19 December 2021), shows …

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Up to £500 available for case study on impact of NCRM training

NCRM is looking for potential case studies that demonstrate some of the impacts that its research methods training has been having across different sectors. We're particularly …

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Six videos from Decolonial Research Methods webinar series available

NCRM has published videos of all six webinars in its Decolonial Research Methods series. The videos are available to watch on the NCRM YouTube channel using the …

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Applications open for NCRM/Exeter Computational Communication Methods Spring School

Applications are now open for the NCRM/Exeter Computational Communication Methods Spring School. The event will take place over eight days between 6 and 14 April 2022. Organised by …