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Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales Internship Opportunity
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The Wales DTP is pleased to offer an internship opportunity with Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, looking at participatory action research and its application to the museums and heritage sector to support proposal development. The internship is open to any ESRC Wales DTP funded student (except those within 3 months of the start or end of their internship). It is anticipated that the internship will be conducted remotely, commencing in Spring 2022 for a period of 3 months full-time (or part-time over a longer time frame, no fewer than 3 days per week). Successful applicants will get an extension to their PhD equivalent to the duration of the internship. The closing date for applications is 4pm on 14 March.
A full project description and details of how to apply are available on the Wales DTP website.
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ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize Call
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The ESRC recently launched the 2022 Celebrating Impact Prize. This is an annual opportunity to recognise and reward ESRC supported researchers who have created or enabled outstanding impact. The prize is open to current and previous ESRC-supported researchers, including doctoral students, and there are six competition categories this year including Outstanding Early Career Impact. The finalists in all categories will have a film professionally made about their work and impact, and winners are awarded £10,000 to spend on further knowledge exchange, public engagement or other impact related activities. The closing date for applications is 17 March. For further information visit the ESRC website.
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Administrative data is an invaluable resource for research across disciplines. Linked datasets, which can be used to reveal insights across Education and Justice, Health and Employment and many other areas in between are already available for use by accredited researchers via the ADR network of Trusted Research Environments. The ADR is looking for ways to help more researchers across all academic stages understand and use administrative data. Funding is available for training individuals and teams looking to develop their skills to use administrative data to support their studies.
For further information and a conversation, email the ADR strategic hub.
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The National Centre for Research Methods (NRCM) has a programme of research methods training courses in Spring 2022. These are highly relevant to postgraduate researchers and cover topics from statistical modelling and computational skills, to survey design, ethics and qualitative methods. The full training calendar is available on the NCRM website. NCRM-run events cost £30 per day for students registered at a UK HEI.
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Welsh Government Internship Opportunities
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The Wales DTP is pleased to offer six internship opportunities with the Welsh Government, working on specific projects covering a range of topics including Education and Equality. These are open to any ESRC Wales DTP funded student (except those within 3 months of the start or end of their studentship). It is anticipated that the internships will be conducted remotely, commencing in Spring 2022 for a period of 3-6 months full-time or the part-time equivalent. Successful applicants will get an extension to their PhD equivalent to the duration of the internship. The closing date for applications is 4pm on 14 March.
Full project descriptions and details on how to apply are available on the Wales DTP website.
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Wales DTP Capabilities and Careers Conference 2022: Methods for Critical Social Science
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The Wales DTP Capabilities and Careers Conference 2022, on the theme of Methods for Critical Social Science, will take place on 27-28th April. The event is open to all Wales DTP students and will include self-accessed online materials, live online talks and small group discussions on research methods. A full conference programme and details on how to book will be made available shortly.
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Accessing and Using 'Real-World' Study Data: A Stata-based introduction for newcomers to longitudinal research
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In collaboration with the UK Data Service, CLOSER is running an online, entry-level course to help newcomers get to grips with the basics of accessing and analysing longitudinal data for research. The course will include guided examples, interactive quizzes, and hands-on analysis tasks. The course takes place during the week commencing 7 March, with three live webinars on 9, 16 and 10 March. For further information and to register visit the CLOSER website.
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Narrative Interviewing Techniques
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Research carried out by Wales DTP student, Mark Brain (Criminology, Cardiff University) is already having impact, as evidenced in his recently published feature in Policing Insight magazine. Mark used narrative interviewing techniques to determine that lengthy professional standards department investigations are one of the leading causes of police officer mental ill-health. Read more about Mark's work on the Policing Insight website.
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