‘University of East Anglia (UEA)/South East Network for Social Sciences (SeNSS) Online Training Series’
Research and professional skills training for postgraduate research students (PGRs) in a ‘live-taught’ online format. Attendance is only available to PGRs at registered universities who are members of SeNSS, so if you have any doubts, please check that your institution is a member before signing up. You can do this by mailing [simon.d.wattsuea.ac.uk]. Sessions are delivered via a virtual classroom, either on weekday evenings between 7pm-9pm or mornings between 10am-12pm. The series is organised and administered by Dr Simon Watts, PGR Training Coordinator for the Faculty of Social Sciences at UEA, who also teaches the majority of sessions. Over 7500 PGR students attended Simon's training sessions in the 2022-23 academic year.
For your convenience, the training has been organised into five modules, each focused on a specific area/topic. You are nonetheless free to sign up for individual sessions (and not a whole module) if you prefer.
- MODULE 1 - ACADEMIC WRITING: (1) What Should a Literature Review Do?; (2) Writing Effectively; (3) Academic Publishing(4) Writing & Structuring an Effective Thesis
- MODULE 2 - QUALITATIVE RESEARCH SKILLS: (1) A Comparison of Qualitative Methods; (2) Qualitative Interviewing; (3) Analysing Qualitative Data; (4) Using NVivo for Qualitative Research
- MODULE 3 - FINISHING YOUR PHD: (1) Preparing for your Viva; (2) Securing a First Academic Post; (3) Preparing Impactful Research Proposals & Grant Applications; (4) Conference Presentations
- MODULE 4 - TEACHING SKILLS: (1) Preparing & Delivering Seminars; (2) Preparing & Delivering Lectures; (3) Assessment, Feedback, & Module Design
- MODULE 5 - QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH SKILLS: (1) A Beginner’s Guide to Quantitative Research; (2) An Introduction to Scale Development; (3) An Introduction to Structural Equation Modelling
The website to find additional information and to book your session is: https://bookwhen.com/uea-senss-onlinetraining
We have partnered with SAGE and offer a significant suite of online training modules from the Sage Campus. These are:
- Introduction to Python
- Introduction to Text Mining
- Fundamentals of Quantitative Research
- Introduction to Data Visualisation
- Collecting Social Media Data
- Research Design in Social Sciences
- Introduction to R
- Practical Data Management
- Interactive Visualisation
You can access the modules via the VLE or directly here: https://open.essex.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=236