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SUMMARY:Introduction to Longitudinal Data Analysis with R
DESCRIPTION:This four-hour workshop offers a practical introduction to panel and longitudinal data analysis (LDA) using R. Panel data—observations of the same individuals\, organisations\, or countries across multiple time points—are central to identifying causal relationships and accounting for unobserved factors in the social sciences.\n\nThe workshop introduces the core concepts and applied techniques of LDA\, drawing on perspectives from sociology\, econometrics\, and data science. Participants will learn when LDA is appropriate\, how to structure and prepare panel datasets\, and how to implement common modelling approaches in R. Through short lectures\, code demonstrations\, and guided exercises\, students will learn to work with Fixed Effects and Random Effects models\, address unobserved heterogeneity\, and choose suitable models for their own research.\n\n\nThe workshop covers:\n\nFundamentals of panel data: definitions\, when to use LDA\, and essential data management strategies.\nKey longitudinal modelling approaches: handling unobserved heterogeneity\, Fixed Effects and Random Effects models\, model selection\, and basic robustness checks.\nApplied examples and case studies illustrating LDA in practice.\n\n  \nTo find out more or to book tickets please follow the link below.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/introduction-to-longitudinal-data-analysis-with-r/
CATEGORIES:Training
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260421T093000
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SUMMARY:Excellence at Interview- Grants and Jobs Masterclass
DESCRIPTION:An interview is a precious opportunity to make a positive\, memorable impression and advance a researcher’s career. Thorough preparation is vital\, and that means working on style as well as content. The way candidates conduct themselves\, present ideas and respond to questions has a powerful influence on the way they are perceived. Even an academic front-runner can come unstuck if he or she lacks ‘presence’ and has difficulty interacting with others. \n  \nThe topics addressed include: \n• Principles of effective interviews \n• Managing nerves and appearing confident \n• Achieving physical and vocal presence \n• Engaging the interview panel \n• Responding convincingly to questions. \n  \nCourse participants learn how to do themselves justice under interview conditions. They develop a clearer\, more authoritative interview style that allows the strength of their ideas to shine through. After the course\, you’ll be able to get access to a course summary\, follow-up material and the VOX Academy – an online repository of written guidance\, lively videos and other resources to help you extend your learning and take your communication skills to the next level.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/excellence-at-interview-grants-and-jobs-masterclass-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Training,Webinar/Seminar/Symposium
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260421T103000
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SUMMARY:Posthuman data analysis?
DESCRIPTION:“Entanglement makes all the categories of humanist qualitative research problematic.” (Lather and St. Pierre\, 2013) \nHow does our analysis shift when we stop asking ‘What does this data show?’ and instead ask ‘Who and what is this data entangled with\, and how can we stay accountable to those relations?’ \nThis webinar invites pondering of the joys and challenges that emerge with data analysis when social researchers embrace their entangled inseparability from the world being researched. We explore what becomes possible when we analyse data as an experiment in relations rather than attempting to represent a universal reality. By considering the posthuman ontological turn and its implications for social sciences research\, we\, a group of posthumanist\, feminist materialist\, post-qualitative educational researchers\, share some of the processes and techniques that we employed as we grappled with the process of meaning making in our research projects. Through matter\, waters\, bodies\, silences\, we consider what our more-than-human data might say\, if it could speak\, and how such voices might re-shape the ways we engage with the worlds around us\, when we listen more expansively. \nBy showcasing examples of ‘how did we do it’\, this webinar is suitable for researchers at any career stage\, including ECRs\, who are either working with posthuman data analysis\, or are curious about practices that challenge conventional ways of doing social sciences research. In addition\, the webinar will provide an interactive opportunity for participants to engage in posthuman data analysis through practical examples. Anonymised data examples will be provided\, or participants are welcome to bring their own. \nThis session is part of the SWDTP Data Analysis Webinar Series. Visit the following link for further information and registration: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/swdtp/1956811
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/posthuman-data-analysis/
CATEGORIES:Higher Level Training,Training,Webinar/Seminar/Symposium
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260423T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260423T123000
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SUMMARY:Consultancy Skills Training
DESCRIPTION:This participative workshop run by How2Glu will help you to identify and develop key consultancy skills\, practical approaches to developing client relationships\, and workshop common issues. \nFirst\, we will look at drivers and prospective client / partner expectations and the characteristics of successful client consultant / partner-advisor relationships. We will then focus on essential ‘soft’ skills for consultancy – communication\, flexibility and collaboration. You will identify your strengths and areas for growth and explore strategies to develop and utilise these skills. During the session you will use glucard™ tools to help you identify ways of ‘adding value’ and ways to build / translate relationships for ‘upselling’\, repeat business and recommendations. We will look at different consultancy models\, such as salaried\, freelance\, associate\, and internal consultancy and consider how Intellectual Property (IP) relates to consultancy. Sabina will graphically illustrate concepts and demonstrate tools by sharing live visualisations. We will discuss common issues in consultancy and workshop ways to overcome them. We will use real examples and methods that are accessible\, visual and hands-on and mindful of the present context that will help you develop consultancy skills and opportunities. \n  \nFollow the link below for tickets.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/consultancy-skills-training/
CATEGORIES:Higher Level Training,Training
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260430T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260430T140000
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SUMMARY:Handling data in decolonial research
DESCRIPTION:The Messy Realities of Anticolonial Research: Reimagining Language Practices in Secondary Education in Nigeria\nMercy Martins\, PhD researcher in Education at the University of Bath \nMy research explores how language practices in Nigerian secondary schools can be reimagined using anticolonial concepts of agency and resistance. The research design was indigenous\, weaving qualitative\, creative\, and participatory methods that were flexible and aligned with the daily experiences of my collaborators. Structured in two phases\, the first focused on the voices of marginalised students\, while the second included teachers\, parents\, school management\, and leadership. \nAfter securing ethics approval\, I conducted a small online pilot with local collaborators which informed my choice of a school with linguistic\, ethnic\, and religious parity. I prioritised depth in one all-male secondary school rather than breadth across two schools due to time constraints. Almost five months of fieldwork produced extensive data. To preserve Nigerian Pidgin and avoid rough translations\, I transcribed and cleaned the data manually. Journalling and a participatory analysis session\, where students directly engaged with the research questions\, guided the analysis. \nWhile I set aside some methods (such as Theatre of the Oppressed and parent interviews) for future work\, I sought to include multiple perspectives\, centre participant voices\, and clearly distinguish between their ideas and mine. Ethical tensions included deciding what to share\, avoiding reductive categorisation\, and ensuring authenticity. \n  \nStorytelling\, Embodiment\, and the Ethics of Analysing Bedouin Ethnography\nWesam Wekhyan\, PhD researcher in Social Policy at the University of Bath \nMy PhD research explores Bedouin identity\, knowledge\, and community praxis in central Jordan through a decolonial\, feminist ethnographic approach. The dataset is multi-modal: focus groups\, one-to-one interviews\, oral histories\, WhatsApp notes\, photos\, videos\, fieldnotes\, memos\, and observations of ceremonies and everyday life (weddings\, funerals\, dinners\, walkabouts). Much of this material was produced in a Bedouin dialect and a culture where history is preserved orally rather than textually\, requiring translation across dialect\, Arabic\, and English\, as well as from embodied\, performative expression into written form. Virtual data (voice notes\, chats\, images) extended this storytelling into digital space. \nWriting was not separate from analysis\, but a continuation of storytelling: through memos\, vignettes\, and embodied descriptions I traced how narratives lived\, moved\, and transformed across settings and generation. Analysing such material meant making decisions about segmentation and representation without erasing relational meaning. Ethical and personal challenges were constant: anonymity in small communities\, safeguarding oral/visual data sovereignty\, and navigating my insider–outsider position and the embodied emotional labour of researching from within. \nThis session is part of the SWDTP Data Analysis Webinar Series. Visit the following link for further information and registration: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/swdtp/1956811
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/handling-data-in-decolonial-research/
CATEGORIES:Higher Level Training,Training,Webinar/Seminar/Symposium
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