Organisations Providing Training
Quantitative Methods:
Searchable List of Courses across the UK Short courses relevant to social scientists compiled by the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM). At various locations across the UK.
Courses in Applied Social Surveys (CASS) Short courses in applied social surveys run by the Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute (S3RI). Held in Southampton, London, Cardiff and Belfast. Discounted rates for staff from academic institutions.
University of Lancaster Range of courses, some specific to social sciences. Commercial rates, reduced for academics and students. Discounted rates for staff from academic institutions on courses funded by ESRC’s National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM).
Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research Range of courses in quantitative methods. Held in Manchester. Discounted rates for staff from academic institutions.
Research Methods for Social Sciences Courses Held in Manchester.
Workshops for Business, Management and Social Science Researchers Advanced quantitative workshops aimed at business and management/social science researchers. Strathclyde University, Department of Marketing.
General Statistics Courses in Scotland Statistics courses in Scotland provided by staff at Bioinformatics and Statistics Scotland.
Institute of Education, University of London Courses for social researchers particularly in education.
Statistical Services Centre at University of Reading Large range of short courses in many areas of statistics and software. 7 week online course 'Statistics for researchers'. Discounted rates for staff from academic institutions.
Royal Statistical Society (RSS) A few short courses on statistics. Discounted rates for students.
University College London Mainly basic quantitative methods run by Institute of Child Heath, UCL.
Software Specific Courses at Imperial College London Courses on SPSS, STATA, R and Matlab.
University of Hertfordshire Courses mainly in basic statistics. Held in Hatfield.
Oxford Spring School in Quantitative Methods for Social Research A few courses per year for social researchers provided by Oxford Spring School in Quantitative Methods for Social Research.
Workshops for Economists Workshops in advanced quantatitative methods for young researchers in economics and finance at the University of St Andrews.
Statistical Thinking Short courses targeted so that delegates become effective users and/or consumers of statistics – without the expectation of becoming a statistician.
Non-Quantitative Methods:
Computer Assisted Qualitative Analysis Courses Courses related to computer assisted qualitative analysis at the University of Surrey.
Surveys and Qualitative Analysis Courses Held mainly at National Centre for Social Research (London). A few courses in Scotland.
Social Simulation Courses Organised by NCRM node on Social Simulation at University of Surrey
Qualitative and Mixed Methods Courses provided by Realities node of the National Centre for Research Methods. Realities aims to develop methods and approaches that capture the combination of vital, tangible and intangible dynamics in the way that personal relationships and relationalities are lived.
Courses on using Datasets:
British Household Panel Survey Held at University of Essex.
