The Social Research Association (SRA) offers regular training courses for researchers in the social sciences, business and management disciplines. Courses are offered at both introductory and advanced level on a range of topics including “managing a research project”, “knowledge transfer” and “survey design”. It does cost to attend, but you get a discount on all training courses if you’re a member of the SRA (£80.00 per year for full-time employees).
Forthcoming events which may be of interest include:
Introduction to Research Project Management
Date: 13/10/2008
Venue: SRA Offices, London
Price: £190 (non-members). £130 (members).
The course will cover:
- The factors that contribute to good research project planning
- The elements in an effective project plan
- Resource (time, people, money) management
- The contribution of effective communication, monitoring and review to project management
- The management of expectations and dealing with responses to research project outputs
- Anticipating and responding to issues and problems
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Essentials of Survey Design
Date: 10/10/2008
Venue: Leeds
Price: £190 (non-members). £130 (members).
The course will cover:
- An overview of survey design
- Trade-offs in survey design
- Choosing a mode of data collection
- What to look for in a good sample design
- Fundamental principles of questionnaire design
- Some essentials of piloting
- An overview of fieldwork quality, coding and data processing
- Some tips for improving response rates
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