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SUMMARY:Decolonising Social Research Series: Decolonising Research Ethics
DESCRIPTION:Details TBC
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/decolonising-social-research-series-decolonising-research-ethics/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Training,Webinar/Seminar/Symposium
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201216T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201216T163000
DTSTAMP:20260422T193944
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SUMMARY:Virtual Study/Writing Session
DESCRIPTION:The SWDTP will be running virtual study/writing sessions. This will be an informal work space taking place via Zoom every Wednesday afternoon (2-4:30pm) until the end of term (16th December) and will foster a collaborative and supportive environment where people can work together. Every hour or so we will make space for optional breakout rooms for discussions of work and socialising. \nContact Helen Stanton for joining instructions.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/virtual-study-writing-session-4/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Writing Retreat
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201215T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201215T123000
DTSTAMP:20260422T193944
CREATED:20201123T100924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T121432Z
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SUMMARY:Perspectives on Research and Work in Developing and Transitional Countries
DESCRIPTION:Sign Up Here\nThis webinar\, developed in collaboration with the AHRC SWWDTP\, will cover multiple facets of doing research and working in developing and transitional countries in the field of Defence and Security\, but of wider relevance to colleagues from many different humanities and social science disciplines. \nPanellists will bring decades of experience to illustrate and discuss the challenges and opportunities of academic research and of those brought about by capacity building or consultancy work delivered in some testing environments. \nA variety of fieldwork will be examined \, from SSR research in Bosnia and the Western Balkans\, research in terrorist organisations\, research on armed conflict\, human rights and genocide in Guatemala and Colombia\, to capacity building work in Afghanistan\, Albania\, Bangladesh\, Kosovo\, Sri Lanka\, Trinidad & Tobago\, among others. The panellists will share their experiences relating them to the following non-exhaustive list of topics: \n– Logistical issues in the preparation of fieldwork – visas\, research permits\, identification of interviewees/in-country partners \n– The relationship between researchers and interviewees \n– Access\, trust building and remote relationships: access to relevant stakeholders/actors in-country\, issues of trust\, challenging communication medium\, understanding context from a distance \n– Time management: local conditions (opening/working hours\, distances)\, culture (sense of hard deadlines)\, need for translations \n– Dependable data and M&E requirements: Ensuring the reliability and validity of data collected from in-country sources\, reporting back to funder (go-between)\, when data is missing or is not what was expected\, report writing style \n– Risk and Ethics: to us and to people we work with; difficulty in assessment. \n– Cultural factors and the advantages of linguistic skills \n– Personal benefit/growth \n– Selecting appropriately a research approach: case study of the rationale for adopting an ethnographic research method in terrorism studies (presenting strengths and challenges of the ethnographic approach) \nThe webinar will include three short talks followed by a Q&A session. Our expert panel will include colleagues from both DTPs including \n– Anastasia Filippidou\, Lecturer in Terrorism\, Intelligence and Conflict Resolution\, Cranfield Forensic Institute\, Cranfield University \n– Edith Wilkinson\, Lecturer\, Cranfield Forensic Institute (CFI)\, Cranfield University \n– Gemma Collantes Celador\, Academic Director\, “Managing Defence in the Wider Security Context” programme (UK MoD)\, Senior Lecturer in International Security\, International Security and Law Group\, Cranfield Forensic Institute (CFI)\, Cranfield University \n– Roddy Brett\, Associate Professor\, School of Sociology\, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS)\, University of Bristol; Pathway Lead\, Global Political Economy Programme (ESRC SWDTP). Publications include The Companion to Peace and Conflict Fieldwork\, published by Palgrave
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/perspectives-on-research-and-work-in-developing-and-transitional-countries/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Training,Webinar/Seminar/Symposium
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201209T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201209T163000
DTSTAMP:20260422T193944
CREATED:20201123T104411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T121432Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Study/Writing Session
DESCRIPTION:The SWDTP will be running virtual study/writing sessions. This will be an informal work space taking place via Zoom every Wednesday afternoon (2-4:30pm) until the end of term (15th December) and will foster a collaborative and supportive environment where people can work together. Every hour or so we will make space for optional breakout rooms for discussions of work and socialising. \nContact Helen Stanton for joining instructions.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/virtual-study-writing-session-3/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Writing Retreat
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201202T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201202T163000
DTSTAMP:20260422T193944
CREATED:20201123T104323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T121432Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Study/Writing Session
DESCRIPTION:The SWDTP will be running virtual study/writing sessions. This will be an informal work space taking place via Zoom every Wednesday afternoon (2-4:30pm) until the end of term (15th December) and will foster a collaborative and supportive environment where people can work together. Every hour or so we will make space for optional breakout rooms for discussions of work and socialising. \nContact Helen Stanton for joining instructions.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/virtual-study-writing-session-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Writing Retreat
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201126T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201126T160000
DTSTAMP:20260422T193944
CREATED:20201123T100659Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T121431Z
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SUMMARY:Decolonising Social Research Series: Decolonising Epistemologies
DESCRIPTION:Sign Up Here\nThis roundtable will engage with the active process of decolonising knowledges\, by presenting alternative epistemologies and praxis emanating from the global South. We will commence by offering a critique of established Western epistemologies\, showing how they contribute to forms of colonisation\, past and present\, and limit possibilities for research. The discussion will then look at examples of non-dominant and non-dominating ways of knowing which are slowly gaining presence in contemporary research. We will engage with the pluriverse\, forging links between theorising and activism\, and acknowledging the possibilities for knowledge production and solidarity which emerge from building decolonial epistemology. Focussing on the categories of race\, gender\, caste\, and sexuality\, this conversation will offer alternative visions/futures not just of relations between people but of people within the beyond-human world. \n  \nPanelists \nSamson O. Opondo\, Vassar College: \nSamson O. Opondo’s research is guided by an interest in colonialism\, race and the mediation of estrangement. With an emphasis on violence\, ethics\, and diplomacies of everyday life\, he engages the problematics of humanitarianism\, the politics of redemption and the popular culture in urban Africa. He teaches courses on comparative politics\, settler colonialism\, postcolonial diplomatic cultures and African cities at Vassar College. \n  \nGajendran Ayyathurai\, Göttingen University: \nGajendran Ayyathurai studies the history and anthropology of modern India. The problem of caste and why\, how\, and in what ways privileged castes hegemonize and perpetuate marginality\, and the anticaste cultural and political histories of the marginalized animates his research\, publishing\, and teaching interests. The historical anthropology of indentured labor from South Asia during colonialism and the Indian diaspora in colonial and postcolonial times are also part of his present and future projects. As a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Modern Indian Studies (Göttingen University\, Germany)\, he is engaged in the study of Tamil Buddhism in South Indian cities. \n  \nSabiha Allouche\, University of Exeter: \nSabiha Allouche works in the fields of Gender and Sexuality Studies and Middle East politics. She is an interdisciplinary researcher whose work bridges the gap between political analysis and anthropological writing. Methodologically\, she privileges empirically grounded analysis\, including ethnographic work\, story-telling and life histories\, in order to prioritize the lived reality\, alongside discourse analysis. While being primarily situated within feminist and queer studies\, her work engages with feminist approaches to violence\, conflict\, migration\, and social mobility. Dedicated to producing decolonised knowledge\, she is particularly interested in the racialised\, sexed and gendered logics that construe international relations both as discipline and practice. \n  \nEsmeralda Mariel Martínez Gutiérrez\, Autonomous University of Mexico City: \nEsmeralda graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico with a Degree in Communication Sciences with a specialty in Audiovisual Production. She is the co-founder of Insubordinadas\, a hack feminist collective that seeks to decentralize knowledge around the internet and the use of technologies for information\, communication and art; generating processes of feminist popular pedagogy and unschooling in the outskirts of Mexico City since 2016. Esmeralda is also the co-founder of “Reynx Rata”\, a trans-peripheral collective that works in the teaching and virtual dissemination of transfeminist activism and philosophy from a community\, anti-capitalist and decolonial approach; conducting open study circles and sharing readings\, visual and audiovisual content around and with sectors that are less visible or denied by hegemonic feminism (that is\, sex workers\, the trans community\, migrants\, indigenous communities\, domestic workers\, among others) from a critique of identity and intersectionality politics as uncritical\, colonial places of systemic co-optation and reinforcement of differences. Esmeralda works as the Dissemination and Continuing Education coordinator of the lecture series in Human Trafficking at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. \n  \nThe Decolonising Social Research seminar series is for doctoral researchers (and their supervisors) at any and every stage of the doctoral journey\, who aspire for their research to contribute towards decolonisation in any space or form. Through the short series of events\, we aim to stimulate debate around the tough questions that decolonisation poses for social research\, to forge supportive networks across universities of the South West and to signpost readings and resources. Across the series\, we will engage with the work of established scholars who have published on different aspects of decolonising research\, the ideas and experiences of early career researchers\, as well as representatives of marginalised groups\, whose knowledge has historically been excluded from the academy. \n  \nFor each seminar\, we will provide recommended reading for those wishing to explore the issues raised further. The seminars will take place as a webinar via Zoom. On registration\, participants will receive an email with the Zoom link and recommended reading for the seminar. \nForthcoming seminars in the series: \nDecolonising research ethics 17th December 2020 2-4pm \nDecolonising methodology 14th January 2021 2-4pm \nDecolonising writing and representation – 21st January 2020 2-4pm
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/decolonising-epistemologies-webinar/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Training,Webinar/Seminar/Symposium
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201125T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201125T163000
DTSTAMP:20260422T193944
CREATED:20201123T104209Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201123T104209Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Study/Writing Session
DESCRIPTION:From this Wednesday (25th November) the SWDTP will be running virtual study/writing sessions. This will be an informal work space taking place via Zoom every Wednesday afternoon (2-4:30pm) until the end of term (15th December) and will foster a collaborative and supportive environment where people can work together. Every hour or so we will make space for optional breakout rooms for discussions of work and socialising. \nContact Helen Stanton for joining instructions.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/virtual-study-writing-session/
LOCATION:Online
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201119T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201119T160000
DTSTAMP:20260422T193944
CREATED:20201109T114434Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240509T121024Z
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SUMMARY:Decolonising Social Research Seminar Series: Decolonising Theory
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Foluke Adebisi\, Mark Jackson and Arathi Sriprakash (all University of Bristol)\n\n \n\nWhen it comes to conceptualising a research problem\, we often turn to literature and pre-existing theoretical frameworks. The social sciences grew up alongside the European project of world domination and competition through colonisation. Hence\, much of the established canon of disciplinary knowledge has contributed to the imperial project of colonisation and contemporary relations of oppression. On the other hand\, scholarship resisting and opposing colonisation also has a long and deep history including scholars identifying with marginalised and oppressed racial groups in the Global North and scholars form the global South.\n\n \n\nThis session will examine what it could mean when we talk about decolonising theory. Does it mean different things in different disciplines? How do we reconcile the co-optation of decolonising within the agenda of HE with our various understandings of decolonial thought? What questions of praxis arise when we apply decolonial thought to theorising?\n\n \n\nClick here to sign up!
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/decolonising-social-research-seminar-series-decolonising-theory/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Webinar/Seminar/Symposium
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200804T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200804T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T193944
CREATED:20200109T112723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200109T112723Z
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SUMMARY:University of Bristol: Writer's Retreat
DESCRIPTION:The Writers’ Retreats give postgraduate research students from all faculties the opportunity to devote a whole day to writing in a quiet\, structured and supportive atmosphere. \nUniversity of Bristol Students only. Book here. 
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/university-of-bristol-writers-retreat-8/
CATEGORIES:Writing Retreat
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200715T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200715T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T193944
CREATED:20200109T112647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200109T112647Z
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SUMMARY:University of Bristol: Writer's Retreat
DESCRIPTION:The Writers’ Retreats give postgraduate research students from all faculties the opportunity to devote a whole day to writing in a quiet\, structured and supportive atmosphere. \nUniversity of Bristol Students only. Book here. 
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/university-of-bristol-writers-retreat-7/
CATEGORIES:Writing Retreat
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200615
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200616
DTSTAMP:20260422T193944
CREATED:20200221T153222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T130137Z
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SUMMARY:REFORMULATING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS. Critical Theory Symposium
DESCRIPTION:One-Day Symposium\nStanding Seminar in Critical Theory\nfunded by the South West Doctoral Training Partnership\n15th of June – The Edge – University of Bath Campus\nThis first SSCT Symposium is an invitation to interrogate and critique the present formulation and reality of ‘environmental’ crisis to propose alternative ideas\, views and paradigms that contest the capitalist\, colonial and patriarchal order that produces and reproduces the crisis. While scientists are demonstrating how the environmental crisis is precipitating the end\, it is up to us\, critical social scientists to move beyond our own limitations\, beyond the confines of disciplinary insularity towards a collective discussion about what kind of political\, social\, cultural and economic relations are contributing to the crisis and explore unseen possibilities.CALL FOR PAPERS\nCALL FOR PAPERS will be out mid-February on the SWDTP and the SSCT websites. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFind Out More and Register to Attend Here
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/reformulating-the-environmental-crisis-critical-theory-symposium/
CATEGORIES:Webinar/Seminar/Symposium
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200611T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200611T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T193944
CREATED:20200109T112611Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200109T112611Z
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SUMMARY:University of Bristol: Writer's Retreat
DESCRIPTION:The Writers’ Retreats give postgraduate research students from all faculties the opportunity to devote a whole day to writing in a quiet\, structured and supportive atmosphere. \nUniversity of Bristol Students only. Book here. 
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/university-of-bristol-writers-retreat-6/
CATEGORIES:Writing Retreat
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200609T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200609T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T193944
CREATED:20200109T102750Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200109T102750Z
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SUMMARY:University of Plymouth: Critical Thinking Workshop
DESCRIPTION:This session explores how critical thinking is relevant to the researcher’s career journey today and tomorrow. \nIntended learning outcomes: \n\nengage with own ‘usual’ approach to critical thinking in its daily context to research and job responsibilities\nbroaden awareness of feasible in-house and external activities to further enhance critical thinking skills\nconsider immediate opportunities to further enhance critical thinking through skills of observation\, reasoning\, decision making\, analysis and judgement\nreflect on own adaptions to ‘usual’ approach to critical thinking.\n\nFacilitator: Ian Roberts\nApplicability: Suitable for most research students and research staff. \nBookings and enquiries: researchskills@plymouth.ac.uk
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/university-of-plymouth-critical-thinking-workshop-2/
CATEGORIES:Training
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200609T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200609T120000
DTSTAMP:20260422T193944
CREATED:20200109T101907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200109T101907Z
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SUMMARY:University of Plymouth: SPSS Workshop
DESCRIPTION:This session will use the SPSS software to enhance your knowledge of the applied statistics and of the package. We will consider data structure as well as the differences between samples and populations. \nIntended learning outcomes: \n\nCommon statistical distributions will be introduced.\nUseful methods for graphical\, tabular and statistical summaries will be explored\, along with various calculations\, sorting\, selection and transformation.\nFinally\, there will be both an introduction to hypothesis testing and Confidence Intervals using both parametic and non-parametic methods.\n\nFacilitator: Dr Yinghui Wei\nApplicability: Suitable for most research students and research staff. \nBookings and enquiries: researchskills@plymouth.ac.uk
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/university-of-plymouth-spss-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Training
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200605T123000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200605T160000
DTSTAMP:20260422T193944
CREATED:20200221T153112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200221T153112Z
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SUMMARY:(un)Doing Research: Feminist Decolonial Provocations with Dr. Rosalba Icaza
DESCRIPTION:Fri\, 5 June 2020 \n12:30 – 16:00 \nEnsemble Room\, The Edge \nThe University of Bath \nBath \nBA2 7AY \nIn this workshop\, we will explore the conditions for the possibility that emerged for (un)learning when feminists and non-feminist academic-activist Women of Color committed to epistemic justice collectively dealt with two intertwined challenges: the violence of critical thinking and the violence of re-presentation. \nDefying dominant frameworks of political intelligibility centred on the authoritative “I”\, we are speaking as yosotridades (weus) and through this we are pluralizing the places from where we are thinking with/from. Our point of departure is the (im)possibility of speaking if we haven’t heard first. \n\n\n\nFind Out More and Register to Attend Here
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/undoing-research-feminist-decolonial-provocations-with-dr-rosalba-icaza/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200605T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200606T153000
DTSTAMP:20260422T193944
CREATED:20200430T084238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200430T084238Z
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SUMMARY:University of Bristol: School of Education Virtual Doctoral Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Doctoral Conference Committees together (Bristol and Hong Kong) in the School of Education (SoE)\, University of Bristol\, are delighted to invite you to their Annual Doctoral Conference for the first time in its virtual and combined format. The annual doctoral conference is a student-led effort to bring together research students\, doctoral researchers and academics to explore\, contribute and reflect on key issues in educational research\, policy\, theory and practice from a broad range of research areas. The Virtual Conference will include keynote presentations\, workshops\, papers in parallel sessions\, as well as poster presentations. We strongly encourage you to seize on this special opportunity to connect and contribute in an intellectually stimulating virtual conference.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/university-of-bristol-school-of-education-virtual-doctoral-conference/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Conference
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200604T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200604T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T193944
CREATED:20200109T100010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200109T100010Z
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SUMMARY:University of Bristol: Beyond Starting to Teach for PGRs: Progressing your Teaching
DESCRIPTION:This session will give you the opportunity to review your teaching in order to determine your future teaching objectives. A variety of teaching approaches and activities will be considered within this active session. \nLimited Spaces. University of Bristol Students Only. Book Here.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/university-of-bristol-beyond-starting-to-teach-for-pgrs-progressing-your-teaching/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200602T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200605T150000
DTSTAMP:20260422T193944
CREATED:20200109T090159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200109T090159Z
UID:10000278-1591084800-1591369200@www.swdtp.ac.uk
SUMMARY:PGR Summer Residential
DESCRIPTION:The deadline for application for this has now passed. Please keep an eye on our newsletter for opportunities like this in the future. \nA brilliant summer residential course that is running in June 2020. Our students who’ve attended the summer residential in the past have found it extremely rewarding and enjoyable\, so do consider putting yourself forward. \nThe course will run from the morning of Tuesday 2nd June until approximately 3:00pm on Friday 5th June. Transport there and back will be available. The course is fully residential and all participants are required to commit to attending all of the sessions\, including the evening ones\, and to staying overnight at the venue.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/pgr-summer-residential/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200527T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200527T130000
DTSTAMP:20260422T193944
CREATED:20200109T104307Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200109T104307Z
UID:10000091-1590573600-1590584400@www.swdtp.ac.uk
SUMMARY:University of Plymouth: Matlab Environment and Scripts - Intermediate
DESCRIPTION:Suitable for those that have attended the introductory session or have a little experience with other programming IDE’s. \nIf you have grasped the basics of Matlab or if you are happy with the idea of programming languages this session will let you explore how to get exactly what you want\, in ways that should save you time and effort. We will be exploring how Matlab goes way beyond a simple calculator or spreadsheet and find how new facilities can be added by programming\, and how data is stored\, retrieved\, and presented in a multitude of ways decided by the user. \nIntended learning outcomes: \n\nTo explore all aspects of the Matlab programming environment\, mathematical and statistical operations using matrices\, creating and editing graphs\, use of scripts and functions\, introduction data structures\, introductory program debugging.\n\nFacilitator: Dr Martin Coath\nApplicability: Suitable for most research students and research staff. \n  \nBookings and enquiries: researchskills@plymouth.ac.uk
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/university-of-plymouth-matlab-environment-and-scripts-intermediate/
CATEGORIES:Training
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200527T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200529T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T193944
CREATED:20200109T112038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200109T112038Z
UID:10000299-1590566400-1590771600@www.swdtp.ac.uk
SUMMARY:University of Bristol: Thesis Bootcamp
DESCRIPTION:Thesis Boot Camp is an intensive and supportive writing environment for late-stage doctoral researchers. The idea is to give you the necessary time\, space\, and encouragement to make significant progress on your first draft. \nUniversity of Bristol students only. Book here.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/university-of-bristol-thesis-bootcamp/
CATEGORIES:Training,Writing Retreat
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200520T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200520T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T193944
CREATED:20200109T112534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200109T112534Z
UID:10000101-1589961600-1589994000@www.swdtp.ac.uk
SUMMARY:University of Bristol: Writer's Retreat
DESCRIPTION:The Writers’ Retreats give postgraduate research students from all faculties the opportunity to devote a whole day to writing in a quiet\, structured and supportive atmosphere. \nUniversity of Bristol Students only. Book here. 
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/university-of-bristol-writers-retreat-5/
CATEGORIES:Writing Retreat
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200519T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200520T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T193944
CREATED:20191029T100912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T090500Z
UID:10000078-1589875200-1589994000@www.swdtp.ac.uk
SUMMARY:NCRM: Introduction to Data Linkage and Analysing Linked Data
DESCRIPTION:This short course is designed to give participants a practical introduction to data linkage and is aimed at both analysts intending to link data themselves and researchers who want to understand more about the linkage process and its implications for analysis of linked data—particularly the implications of linkage error. Day 1 (Introduction to Data Linkage) will cover examples of the uses of data linkage\, data preparation\, and methods for linkage (including deterministic and probabilistic approaches). Day 2 (Introduction to Analysing Linked Data) will cover processing of linked data\, concepts of linkage error and bias\, and handling linkage error in analysis. Examples will be drawn predominantly from health data but the concepts will apply to many other areas. This course includes a mixture of lectures and practical sessions that will enable participants to put theory into practice.\nThe course covers: \n\nOverview of data linkage (data linkage systems\, benefits of data linkage\, types of projects)\nOverview of linkage methods (deterministic and probabilistic\, privacy-preserving)\nThe linkage process (data preparation\, blocking\, classification)\nClassifying linkage designs\nEvaluating linkage quality and bias (types of error\, analysis of linked data)\nReporting analysis of linked data\nPractical sessions (no coding required; see below)\n\n  \nBy the end of the course participants will: \n\nUnderstand the background and theory of data linkage methods\n\n\nPerform deterministic and probabilistic linkage\nEvaluate the success of data linkage\n\n\nAppropriately report analysis based on linked data\n\n  \nThe course is aimed at analysts and researchers who need to gain an understanding of data linkage techniques and of how to analyse linked data. The course provides an introduction to data linkage theory and methods for those who might be implementing data linkage or using linked data in their own work. Participants may be academic researchers in the social and health sciences or may work in government\, survey agencies\, official statistics\, for charities or the private sector. \nThe course does not assume any prior knowledge of data linkage. Some experience of using Excel or other software will be useful for the practical session. \nRecommended preparatory reading \n\nSayers A\, Ben-Shlomo Y\, Blom AW\, Steele F. Probabilistic record linkage. Int J Epidemiol. 2016;45(3):954–964. doi:10.1093/ije/dyv322\nDoidge JC\, Harron K. Demystifying probabilistic linkage: Common myths and misconceptions. Int J Popul Data Sci. 2018;3(1):410. doi:10.23889/ijpds.v3i1.410\nHarron KL\, Doidge JC\, Knight HE\, et al. A guide to evaluating linkage quality for the analysis of linked data. Int J Epidemiol. 2017;46(5):1699–1710. doi:10.1093/ije/dyx177\nDoidge JC\, Harron KL. Linkage error bias. Int J Epidemiol 2019; in press\n\n  \nParticipants will be required to bring a laptop\, preloaded with Excel (or equivalent) and LinkPlus\, or be prepared to share (which is encouraged\, regardless). Please note that LinkPlus is not compatible with Macs. Participants will receive printed or pdf course slides. \n  \nThe fee per teaching day is: \n• £30 per day for UK/EU registered students\n• £60 per day for staff at UK/EU academic institutions\, UK/EU Research Councils researchers\, UK/EU public sector staff and staff at UK/EU registered charity organisations and recognised UK/EU research institutions.\n• £220 per day for all other participants \nAll fees include event materials and refreshments. They do not include lunch\, travel and accommodation costs.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/ncrm-introduction-to-data-linkage-and-analysing-linked-data/
LOCATION:University College London\, Institute of Health Informatics\, 222 Euston Road\, Regents Park\, London\, London\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Higher Level Training,Training
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SUMMARY:Networking event: The different faces of depression - Addressing the symptoms of adolescent depression
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday 12th May 2020\n9.30am – 4.30pm\nUniversity of Bath\n  \nAims of the networking event\nThis event aims primarily to open new research avenues and opportunities for collaboration by highlighting the issue of heterogeneity in adolescent depression. This will be achieved by focusing specifically on common symptoms of depression and how we can further improve on treatments to specifically address these. We are hoping that academics\, postgraduate students and clinicians will attend. The objectives are: \n\nTo establish what we currently know about specific symptoms in the context of depression.\nTo share ideas and existing research programmes investigating potential avenues for targeting specific symptoms\nTo identify steps towards designing a modular treatment\, potentially using technology to deliver this remotely to make it scalable.\n\n\nContent of the Event\nThe main 1-day event will be divided into 4 sessions will focus on specific symptoms of depression\, most likely as follows. \n\nSession 1: Fatigue and sleep\nSession 2: Negative self-evaluation & cognitive effects of depression\nSession 3: Anhedonia/Lack of positive affect\nSession 4: sandpit discussions – to identify promising research collaborations and begin to work up emergent ideas together\, including considering options for secondary data analysis.\n\nEach session will be comprised of one or two longer invited talks\, and all attendees will be given the opportunity to do quickfire presentation of their own research where it is relevant (3 minutes per presenter). \n  \nWe will plan a smaller\, follow-up event for August 2020 – further details in due course. \n  \nFor PhD students from Bristol\, UWE\, Exeter and Plymouth who wish to attend\, some funding to cover travel expenses is available – please register for the event via the booking link\, and also send Maria Loades m.e.loades@bath.ac.uk an email requesting funding for travel expenses\, including an estimate of what these will be.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClick Here to Get a Free Ticket
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/networking-event-the-different-faces-of-depression-addressing-the-symptoms-of-adolescent-depression/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200512T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200512T120000
DTSTAMP:20260422T193944
CREATED:20200109T102115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200109T102115Z
UID:10000291-1589274000-1589284800@www.swdtp.ac.uk
SUMMARY:University of Plymouth: Understanding and Working with Quantitative Data
DESCRIPTION:This session will explain the principle methods involved in the analysis of data collected and the basic ideas behind each. The aim of the session is to increase your understanding of the use of statistics and how they are used in scientific and medical research. \nIntended learning outcomes \n\nhighlight common errors made and how to avoid them.\ndemonstrating how to run each test using common software will be given without the use of over-complicated mathematical formulas.\n\n\nFacilitator: Daniela Oehring\nApplicability: Suitable for most research students \nBookings and enquiries: researchskills@plymouth.ac.uk
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/university-of-plymouth-understanding-and-working-with-quantitative-data/
CATEGORIES:Training
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200507T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200507T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T193944
CREATED:20191029T100802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T090500Z
UID:10000077-1588838400-1588870800@www.swdtp.ac.uk
SUMMARY:NCRM: Introduction to Spatial Data and Using R as a GIS
DESCRIPTION:In this one day course we will explore how to use R to import\, manage and process spatial data. We will also cover the process of making choropleth maps\, as well as some basic spatial analysis. Finally\, we will cover the use of loops to make multiple maps quickly and easily\, one of the major benefits of using a scripting language to make maps\, rather than traditional graphic point-and-click interface.\nThe course covers: \n\nUsing R to import\, manage and process spatial data\nDesign and creation of choropleth maps\nBasic spatial analysis\nWorking with loops in R to create multiple maps\n\nBy the end of the course participants will: \n\nUse R to read in CSV data & spatial data\nKnow how to plot spatial data using R\nJoin spatial data to attribute data\nCustomize colour and classification methods\nUnderstand how to use loops to make multiple maps\nKnow how to reproject spatial data\nBe able to perform point in polygon operations\nKnow how to write shapefiles\n\nThis course is ideal for anyone who wishes to use spatial data in their role. This includes government & other public sector researchers who have data with some spatial information (e.g. address\, postcode\, etc.) which they wish to show on a map. This course is also suitable for those who wish to have an overview of what spatial data can be used for. No previous experience of spatial data or coding is required\, although participants would benefit from some experience of using spatial data (e.g. Google Maps). \n  \nThe fee per teaching day is: \n• £30 per day for UK/EU registered students\n• £60 per day for staff at UK/EU academic institutions\, UK/EU Research Councils researchers\, UK/EU public sector staff and staff at UK/EU registered charity organisations and recognised UK/EU research institutions.\n• £220 per day for all other participants \nAll fees include event materials\, lunch\, morning and afternoon tea. They do not include travel and accommodation costs.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/ncrm-introduction-to-spatial-data-and-using-r-as-a-gis/
LOCATION:Glamorgan Building\, King Edward VII Avenue Cardiff University\,\, Cardiff\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Higher Level Training,Training
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200506T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200506T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T193944
CREATED:20200109T114055Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T130210Z
UID:10000107-1588752000-1588784400@www.swdtp.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Ethics\, Well-being & Security; Fasten your seatbelts: Unpacking Fieldwork in Challenging Settings
DESCRIPTION:Held at the University of Bristol\, this is the third seminar in the unpacking fieldwork in challenging settings seminar series. \nWe will be giving more information about the seminar dynamics later on\, but it will be developed in part according to the needs of the group. \nFor more information see @UnpackFieldwork on Twitter or email pa17182@bristol.ac.uk \nFor links to register for these events\, click here.  \n 
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/ethics-well-being-fasten-your-seatbelts-unpacking-fieldwork-in-challenging-settings/
LOCATION:University of Bristol\, Bristol\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Webinar/Seminar/Symposium
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200501T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200501T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T193944
CREATED:20191029T100704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T090500Z
UID:10000076-1588320000-1588352400@www.swdtp.ac.uk
SUMMARY:NCRM: How to write your Methodology Chapter
DESCRIPTION:This workshop aims to give participants a range of practical approaches they can adopt when writing about methodology in the social sciences\, with a particular focus on writing a PhD methodology chapter. Using a range of exercises throughout\, the course focuses on 20 or so writing strategies and thought experiments designed to provide more clarity and power to the often-difficult challenge of writing about methods. The course also looks at common mistakes and how to avoid them when writing about methods. The focus throughout is on building confidence and increasing our repertoire of writing strategies and skills.\nThe course covers: \n\nA range of practical writing strategies for handling methodology\nThe challenges of writing a PhD methodology chapter or a methods section in a research paper\nWriting for qualitative and quantitative research approaches\nUnderstanding different audiences and the needs of different academic markets\n\nBy the end of the course participants will: \n\nBetter understand who and what ‘methodology writing’ is for\nKnow the differences and similarities between PhD methods chapters\, research paper methods sections and methods books\nUnderstand and reflect on 20+ principles (or starting points) of best practice in methodology writing\nFocus writing on audience needs and expectations\nBe aware of common mistakes and misunderstandings and so avoid them\nReflect on the relationship between methodology writing and other parts of your manuscript\nTo develop learning and best practice through exercises and examples\n\nThis course is aimed at PhD students\, post-docs and junior researchers in the social sciences working on their doctoral theses or supervising doctoral students. \nParticipants should bring either a laptop/tablet or a writing pad in order to do writing exercises (please ensure they are fully charged). \n  \nThe fee per teaching day is: \n• £30 per day for UK/EU registered students\n• £60 per day for staff at UK/EU academic institutions\, UK/EU Research Councils researchers\, UK/EU public sector staff and staff at UK/EU registered charity organisations and recognised UK/EU research institutions.\n• £220 per day for all other participants \nAll fees include event materials\, lunch\, morning and afternoon tea. They do not include travel and accommodation costs.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/ncrm-how-to-write-your-methodology-chapter/
LOCATION:Building 58\, University of Southampton\, Highfield Campus\, Southampton\, Hants\, Southampton\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Higher Level Training,Training
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200430T123000
DTSTAMP:20260422T193944
CREATED:20200109T101421Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200109T101421Z
UID:10000289-1588239000-1588249800@www.swdtp.ac.uk
SUMMARY:UWE: Managing Long Documents - For UWE PGRs
DESCRIPTION:Back by popular demand\, this course commissioned by the Graduate School for UWE Bristol Postgraduate Researchers will give you the tools you’ll need to manage very long documents. You’ll learn how to use the outline view and master documents to manage your work and we’ll work through how to build and edit a table of contents\, an index\, create footnotes\, and other referencing tools. We’ll discuss good practice and how to make your documents look beautiful. \nPlease note that we are unable to offer places to undergraduate or masters level students or as a refresher for anyone who has previously attended. Please be aware that due to the high demand and limited places available\, a waiting list will operate should the course become oversubscribed. There is a financial cost to the Graduate School in offering this course\, therefore please ensure that you are able to commit to attending and should you subsequently find that you cannot attend\, you must let us know by emailing skillsdevelopment@uwe.ac.uk as soon as you are reasonably able to do so\, we can then offer your place to the waiting list. \n*A cancellation charge will apply for non-attendance or cancellation made less than five working days before the event. Please refer to the researcher skills development workshop cancellation process and late cancellation charges policy. \nRegister Here.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/uwe-managing-long-documents-for-uwe-pgrs/
LOCATION:IT Training Room\, Room 2D73\, Learning and Development Centre\, Frenchay Campus\, Bristol\, United Kingdom
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200430T170000
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CREATED:20200109T095655Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200109T095655Z
UID:10000088-1588233600-1588266000@www.swdtp.ac.uk
SUMMARY:University of Bristol: Beyond Starting to Teach for PGRs: Pedagogy in Practice
DESCRIPTION:This session will explore current themes in pedagogical research to enrich your teaching practice. The format of this session will include multiple representations of pedagogical research to be examined through constructive debate. \nLimited Spaces: Uni of Bristol Students only. Book here.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/university-of-bristol-beyond-starting-to-teach-for-pgrs-pedagogy-in-practice/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200428T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200428T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T193944
CREATED:20200109T095532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200109T095532Z
UID:10000087-1588060800-1588093200@www.swdtp.ac.uk
SUMMARY:University of Bristol: Staying Well in Your Research Degree
DESCRIPTION:Doing a research degree is both an exciting and challenging experience. It can be an emotional roller-coaster. This workshop draws on evidence-based strategies to help you stay well during your research degree. \nLimited Spaces: Uni of Bristol Students only. Book here.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/university-of-bristol-staying-well-in-your-research-degree/
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