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Training course: Introduction to National Pupil Database - Online

National Centre for Research Methods @ncrm.ac.uk · 1d

Are you planning to undertake #quantitative research on #education in England?

We're running a course on the National Pupil Database, a resource covering the English school system.

This online course will be held on 21-22 October 2025.

Sign up: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=14154

This course provides an introduction to National Pupil Database (NPD), an administrative data resource covering the education system in England.The course covers: The population coverage of NPDT

NCRM Annual Lecture 2025: Responsible AI in Research

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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · 5d

NEXT WEEK - CPC-CG member Athina Vlachantoni will be participating in an @ncrm.ac.uk Data Resources Training Network webinar:

👩‍💻 Exploring #ageing through national #datasets

🗓️ Thursday 9 October at 13:30

Register to attend online: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f9d99b... @bspsuk.bsky.social

Exploring Ageing through National Datasets Webinar
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The Data Resources Training Network welcomes you to the second webinar in our 2025 series: Exploring Ageing through National Datasets

The webinar will focus on secondary, quantitative data. It will take place on Teams on the 9th of October from 13:30 - 15:00. The speakers will be:

George B. Ploubidis who will consider a cross-generational life-course approach to healthy ageing in the 21st century, arguing that understanding, addressing the challenges, and seizing the opportunities of an ageing population requires robust evidence spanning the entire life course and multiple generations. Drawing on the UK’s nationally representative birth cohort studies, he will present key insights into the social, economic, and biological factors that shape health and discuss how generational differences illuminate ways to delay chronic illness, promoting health, functioning, and productivity.
Athina Vlachantoni who will explore pension protection among minority ethnic communities in the UK. Drawing on a three-year ESRC-funded project, she combines nationally representative data with interviews and focus groups to reveal persistent ethnic and gender gaps in pension membership and saving behaviour as well as culture-specific approaches to later-life finance. The talk discusses how UK pension protection can become more inclusive for future cohorts.
Bram Vanhoutte who, drawing on 10 years of data from the English Longitudinal Study on Ageing, examines the gap between subjective and chronological age, the role of functional health, and differences between birth cohorts.

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National Centre for Research Methods @ncrm.ac.uk · 7d

Thank you to everyone who attended the NCRM Annual Lecture 2025, including our panel of fantastic speakers!

The recording of #NCRM2025 will be posted on the NCRM YouTube channel in the near future.

Browse more upcoming NCRM events and training courses: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/all...

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National Centre for Research Methods @ncrm.ac.uk · 7d

The stage is set for the NCRM Annual Lecture 2025!

The sold-out event begins at 18:40 today at @britishacademy.bsky.social in London.

Four experts will be discussing responsible AI in #research.

Watch #NCRM2025 online:

Welcome to the NCRM Annual Lecture 2025! The event will begin at 18:40 (BST) on Wednesday, 1 October 2025. The event will explore the ways in which researchers can use AI responsibly in their…

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National Centre for Research Methods @ncrm.ac.uk · 9d

There is still time to register for the NCRM Annual Lecture 2025!

A panel of four experts will discuss how to use #AI responsibly in #research.

The free event takes place on Wednesday, 1 October and will be live streamed.

Sign up: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/lecture25/index.php

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National Centre for Research Methods @ncrm.ac.uk · 9d

NCRM's activities enable researchers to do work that positively impacts different aspects of society.

Our recent impact report shows how our training and innovation activities boost skills, advance methods and forge collaborations.

Read about our impact: buff.ly/6Lusqd8

Training course: Introduction to Software Development with Python - online

National Centre for Research Methods @ncrm.ac.uk · 14d

NCRM is running a new online short course on software development with Python.

It will take place over four consecutive mornings on 20-23 October 2025.

Find out more:

This two day introductory short course to software development with Python is spread across four consecutive mornings and covers the following:Automating Tasks with the Unix Shell - 20th October &nbs

National Centre for Research Methods @ncrm.ac.uk · 16d

The NCRM Annual Lecture 2025 will explore ways of using #AI responsibly in research.

The event takes place @britishacademy.bsky.social on 1 Oct. and will be live streamed.

Panel: Wendy Hall, @david.deroure.org, Zeba Khanam, Mark Carrigan.

Read more: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/lecture25/index.php

Training course: How to write your Methodology Chapter

National Centre for Research Methods @ncrm.ac.uk · 21d

NCRM is running a two-day online course on efficient techniques for processing, managing and visualising large datasets.

Advanced Big Data Analysis and Management Using R takes place on 13-14 October 2025.

Register: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...

National Centre for Research Methods @ncrm.ac.uk · 23d

Speakers at the NCRM Annual Lecture 2025 will discuss responsible #AI in #research.

The free event takes place @britishacademy.bsky.social on 1 Oct. and will be live streamed.

Panel: Wendy Hall, @david.deroure.org, Zeba Khanam, Mark Carrigan.

Sign up: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/lecture25/index.php

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National Centre for Research Methods @ncrm.ac.uk · 27d

Our highly popular course How to write your Methodology Chapter is back!

It takes place online on 15 September 2025, led by Dr Patrick Brindle.

Register:

This online 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 methodolo

Training course: Introducing Qualitative Secondary Analysis: from why to do it, to how to do it

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National Centre for Research Methods @ncrm.ac.uk · 28d

NCRM is running a one-day interactive course that will provide a practical introduction to qualitative secondary analysis.

The online course takes place on 15 September 2025.

Learn more:

This one-day online, interactive course will provide a practical introduction to Qualitative Secondary Analysis. The morning session will explore key debates and histories characterising the beginnin

The NCRM Annual Lecture 2025 will take place on 1 October 2025 at The British Academy in London.

National Centre for Research Methods @ncrm.ac.uk · Sep 8

The speakers at #NCRM2025 are: Professor Dame Wendy Hall of @unisouthampton.bsky.social, @david.deroure.org of @ox.ac.uk, Dr Zeba Khanam of BT and Dr Mark Carrigan of @manchester.ac.uk.

Find out more: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/lec...

NCRM Annual Lecture 2025

NCRM resource | Social Media Based Diary Methods by Ellie Atayee-Bennett

National Centre for Research Methods @ncrm.ac.uk · Sep 8

Registration is open for the NCRM Annual Lecture 2025!

A panel of four experts will discuss how to use #AI responsibly in #research.

The free event takes place on 1 October 2025 at the @BritishAcademy_ and will be streamed online.

Register: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/lecture25/index.php

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Dr Ellie Atayee-Bennett @ellieatayeebennett.bsky.social · Sep 1

🚨 New Methods Papers 🚨

📱 Social media-based diary methods 📱

In January 2024 I produced a training resource for @ncrm.ac.uk exploring social media-based methods and offering a guide to develop your own project: www.ncrm.ac.uk/resources/on...

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Diary methods constitute a research method that allows a researcher to collect qualitative data relating to a participant’s everyday life over a set period of time. They are multi-modal and can be

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National Centre for Research Methods @ncrm.ac.uk · Sep 1

Over the past five years, NCRM has trained thousands of researchers across many sectors, with 20 per cent of course participants working outside the social sciences.

To find out how NCRM is building the UK's #research capability, read our impact report: buff.ly/RisFFv4

Training course: Mediation and Moderation Analysis Using R

National Centre for Research Methods @ncrm.ac.uk · Aug 26

Registration is open for a new NCRM course that introduces the concepts and techniques of moderation and mediation analysis using R.

It will held online on 3 October 2025.

Book a place: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=14335

This one-day intermediate-level course introduces the concepts and techniques of moderation and mediation analysis using R, with a focus on social science applications. Participants will learn how to

Training course: SQL for researchers: demystifying databases - online

National Centre for Research Methods @ncrm.ac.uk · Aug 25

Interested in learning how to use Structured Query Language (SQL) for data extraction and analysis?

NCRM and @uofglasgow.bsky.social are running an introductory course on 23 September 2025.

Learn more: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=14351

Many organisations store their data in relational databases rather than spreadsheets or CSV files, requiring SQL (Structured Query Language) to access, extract and analyse data. This hands-on course

Training course: Mixed Methods Design and Analysis

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National Centre for Research Methods @ncrm.ac.uk · Aug 21

Learn how to plan and design mixed methods research on NCRM's one-day course.

The online course, which is being run with @adr-uk.bsky.social , takes place on 22 September 2025.

Find out more: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=14336

This one-day online workshop will introduce participants to mixed methods research and help them structure qualitative and quantitative methods

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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · Aug 21

🗓️Save the Date!

CPC-CG Member, Athina Vlachantoni, will be participating in the @ncrm.ac.uk Data Resources Training Network webinar, ‘Exploring Ageing Through National Datasets’ on Thursday 9 October at 13:30.

Sign up to attend here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f9d99b...

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National Centre for Research Methods @ncrm.ac.uk · Aug 20

NCRM is running a course on methods for understanding measurement error and mode effects in survey data.

The online course takes place on 22-23 September 2025.

It will focus on survey measurement of #health.

Register: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=14196

Training course: Survey Measurement of Health: Implications for Social Science Research - Online

The measurement of health in surveys involves collecting data from individuals about their health status, health-related behaviours, and experiences, often as part of multi-purpose surveys. These sur

National Centre for Research Methods @ncrm.ac.uk · Aug 20

Speakers at a free webinar will discuss ways of exploring ethnicity through national datasets.

The event will take place on Friday, 19 September 2025.

It is being organised by the Data Resources Training Network.

Read more and register: ow.ly/ApJg50WI9tJ

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Training course: How to write your Methodology Chapter

National Centre for Research Methods @ncrm.ac.uk · Aug 19

Our highly popular course How to write your Methodology Chapter is back!

It takes place online on 15 September 2025, led by Dr Patrick Brindle.

Register:

This online 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 methodolo

NCRM Engagement | Innovation Fora | Improvising Methods

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Ros Edwards @rosedwards.bsky.social · Aug 18

Upcoming FREE @ncrm.ac.uk 2 day in-person innovation forum: Improvising Methods: Experiencing Collaborative, Inventive, Apposite &Original Methods! on 15-16 October at Uni Manchester. Explores what happens when skilled researchers & practitioners are methodologically responsive to their field sites

NCRM delivers research methods training, produces learning resources, conducts research and supports methodological innovation