Events

The 2018 SWDTP Student Conference will be held at the SS Great Britain. Check out our newsletter and the website for updates including the Call for Abstracts!

The School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol and the South West Doctoral Training Programme invites PhD students, and postdoctoral and academic researchers, to a free, one-day conference. The state of youth: inequality, insecurity and transitions to adulthood in the UK Verdon-Smith Room, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Bristol   Overview Recent […]

The ESRC offer their funded researchers a one-day media training session that provides the opportunity to develop practical media skills in a safe environment including guidance on engaging the media with confidence – and plenty of opportunity to practice. In small group settings run by journalists, the sessions are full of simulations providing each delegate […]

SWDTP Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Angela Meadows is organising and presenting a public seminar at the University of Exeter. The event is free to attend, but attendees must register through Eventbrite. Please see information below. Is the War on Obesity making us sick? An alternative perspective on fat and health When: Tuesday, 4th December, 2-3.30pm (refreshments […]

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All ESRC funded students across the SWDTP are invited to attend the second SWDTP Christmas party of the year. This Christmas celebration is being held at the University of Exeter, so those who live further south can join in the festivities with your fellow ESRC SWDTP colleagues closer to home. This is limited to the […]

As a rule, our courses cost £30 a day for UK/EU students and £60 a day for UK/EU academics, researchers or public service staff. Register for the event here. This course is aimed at researchers and teachers who have previously mostly worked in the qualitative tradition of research, but wish to understand or begin to […]

Recent years have seen increasing concerns about the situation and prospects of youth in the UK and across Europe. The Great Recession and subsequent austerity policies focus attention on the pressing challenges facing young adults in making successful transitions across Europe. Nevertheless, systematic, interdisciplinary research evidence on these issues remains sparse. This is the second […]

The ESRC offer their funded researchers a one-day media training session that provides the opportunity to develop practical media skills in a safe environment including guidance on engaging the media with confidence – and plenty of opportunity to practice. In small group settings run by journalists, the sessions are full of simulations providing each delegate […]

As a rule, our courses cost £30 a day for UK/EU students and £60 a day for UK/EU academics, researchers or public service staff. Register for the event here. Longitudinal data (data collected multiple times from the same cases) is becoming increasingly popular due to the important insights it can bring us. For example, it can […]