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Training Workshop: Doing Mixed Methods Research

04 Jan 2011

Training and guidance for people with previous experience on 18 March 2011 in University Place

1.  Training Workshop: Doing Mixed Methods Research, 18 March 2011, The University of Manchester

2.  Training Workshop: Metaphor Analysis, 17 February 2011, The University of Manchester

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1.  Training Workshop: Doing Mixed Methods Research, 18 March 2011, The University of Manchester

We are now accepting applications for the following Training Workshop:

  • Doing Mixed Methods Research
  • Date: Friday 18 March 2011
  • Venue: University Place, The University of Manchester

This course is for people who have prior experience of doing mixed methods research and would like some training and guidance. The course will focus particularly on doing mixed methods research with longitudinal survey data. We will examine different strategies for doing mixed methods research, the limitations of survey data, sampling from a survey for qualitative work, and ways of generating and mixing data, offering examples from our own work, and ways of generating and mixing data, offering examples from our own work with the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) and the National Child Development Study (NCDS). The course will open with a short introduction from each of the two studies on the kinds of mixed methods work we are doing, followed by three sessions, each focusing on a different issue related to mixed methods research.

Speakers:

  • James Nazroo (The University of Manchester)
  • Vanessa May (The University of Manchester)
  • Mike Savage (University of York)
  • Andrew Miles (The University of Manchester)

Places are limited and you must submit an application by 10am on Monday 7 February 2011.

Fees:

  • £60 (staff of academic or not-for-profit organisations)
  • £30 (student/unwaged)
  • £220 (other)

For more information, and to apply, please visit our website:

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2.  Training Workshop: Metaphor Analysis, 17 February 2011, The University of Manchester

Reminder that we are still accepting applications for the following Training Workshop:

  • Metaphor Analysis
  • Date: Thursday 17 February 2011
  • Venue: Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester

Places are limited and you must submit an application by 10am on Monday 10 January 2011.

Fees:

  • £60 (staff of academic or not-for-profit organisations)
  • £30 (student/unwaged)
  • £220 (other)

For more information, and to apply, please visit our website:

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