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Current Issue - October 2009

 
  • Director's Corner by Patrick Sturgis

  • Viewpoint by Mervi Eerola on the aims and challenges of the new Methodology Centre for Human Sciences in Finland

  • News from the Methods Centre: Resources on Interdisciplinarity in the Social Sciences; 4th ESRC Research Methods Festival - Draft programme now available; BIAS node collaborating with ISER and LSE; MethodsNews newsletter changing shape in 2010

  • Spotlight on Resources: Survey Question Bank

  • Spotlight on Events: The 1st International visual Methods Confenrece, University of Leeds, 15-17 September 2009

 

Previous Issues

Issue 20 - July 2009
  • Directors' Corner

  • Viewpoint: Elizabeth Hoult on community based knowledge transfer

  • News from the Methods Centre

  • Other News: Bob Groves the new Director of the US Census Bureau

  • Spotlight on Resources: Methods for the Analysis on Media Content

  • Spotlight on Events: Ideas workshop for research methods teachers

 

Issue 19 - May 2009

  • Directors' Corner

  • Viewpoint - Maire Ni Bhrolchain on causal processes

  • News from the Methods Centre

  • Other News - Round 4 RDI call, ESRC initiative to enhance quantitative methods

  • Spotlight on Resources: Methodspace.com

  • Spotlight on Events: Celebrating Methods - NCRM five years in

 

Issue 18 - January 2009

  • Directors' Corner

  • Viewpoint - Ask not what you can do for Web 2.0, ask what it can do for you by Mike Thelwall

  • Focus on the Hub

  • Focus on the Nodes - SIMIAN

  • Other News - Analysing Developmental Change Workshop

  • Spotlight on Resources - ESDS International

  • Spotlight on Events - NCRM Autumn School by Victor Gekara

 

Issue 17 - November 2008

  • Directors' Corner

  • Viewpoint - Vitalising the craft of social research by Les Back

  • Focus on the Hub

  • Focus on the Nodes - LEMMA II

  • Spotlight on Resources - Survey Resources Network

  • Spotlight on Events - Vital Signs conference by Jennifer Mason

 

Issue 16 - July 2008

  • Directors' Corner

  • Viewpoint - The problem with Visual Analysis by Richard Chalfen

  • Focus on the Hub

  • Focus on the Nodes - BIAS II by Nicky Best

  • Other News - NCeSS call on Quantitative Node Spotlight on Resources

  • Spotlight on Resources - Multilevel Modelling Online Course by Sacha Brostoff

  • Spotlight on Events - Experiences from the Research Methods Festival by Cathy Sullivan

 

Issue 15 - April 2008

  • Director's Corner - Chris Skinner

  • Viewpoint - Louise Corti, UKDA

  • Focus on the Hub

  • Focus on the Nodes - Phase 2 nodes

  • Spotlight on Resources - Getting More out of Conferences

  • Spotlight on Events - Deliberative Methods: teenagers' Considered Opinions on Climate Change Issues

   

Issue 14 - January 2008

  • Directors' Corner

  • Viewpoint

  • Focus on the Hub

  • Focus on the Nodes

  • Other News

  • Spotlight on Resources - The Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods

  • Spotlight on Events - Methodological Challenges for the Twenty First Century

 
 

Issue 13 - October 2007

  • Directors' Corner

  • Viewpoint

  • Focus on the Hub

  • Focus on the Nodes

  • Other News

  • Spotlight on Resources - The UK Data Archive

  • Spotlight on Events - NCRM Summer School

 

 

Issue 12 - July 2007
  • Directors' Corner

  • Viewpoint

  • Focus on the Hub

  • Focus on the Nodes

  • Other News

  • Spotlight on Resources - Practical Exemplars on the Analysis of Surveys

  • Spotlight on Events - Recent activity Visual Research Methods

 
 

Issue 11 - April 2007

  • Directors' Corner

  • Viewpoint

  • Focus on the Hub

  • Focus on the Nodes

  • Other News

  • Spotlight on Resources - Focus on resources: Neighbourhood Statistics

  • Spotlight on Events - NCRM Annual Centre Meeting 11-12 Jan 2007, Chancellors Conference Centre, Manchester

 

Issue 10 - January 2007

  • Directors' Corner

  • Viewpoint

  • Focus on the Hub

  • Focus on the Nodes

  • Other News

  • Spotlight on Resources - LIMMD and Geo-Refer: new online resources from RDI

  • Spotlight on Events - Involve Conference (6-7 September 2006)

 

Issue 9 - October 2006

  • Directors' Corner

  • Viewpoint

  • Focus on the Hub

  • Focus on the Nodes

  • Other News

  • Spotlight on Resources - Exploring Online Research Methods

  • Spotlight on Events - British Society for Population Studies Conference (18-20 September 2006)

  • Spotlight on Events - Second NCRM Summer School (11-14 September 2006)

 

Issue 8 - July 2006

  • Directors' Corner

  • Viewpoint

  • Focus on the Hub

  • Focus on the Nodes

  • Other News

  • Spotlight on Resources - CASS

  • Spotlight on Events - 2nd International Conference on e-Social Science (28-30 June 2006)

 

Issue 7 - April 2006

  • Directors' Corner

  • Viewpoint

  • Focus on the Hub

  • Focus on the Nodes

  • Other News

  • Spotlight on Resources - Insight

  • Spotlight on Events - Discourse Analysis Workshop (9 - 10 February 2006)

 

Issue 6 - January 2006

  • Directors' Corner

  • Viewpoint

  • Focus on the Hub

  • Focus on the Nodes

  • Other News

  • Spotlight on Resources - cemmap - The Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice

  • Spotlight on Events - ALT-C 2005: exploring the frontiers of elearning - borders, outposts and migration

 

Issue 5 - October 2005

  • Directors' Corner

  • Viewpoint

  • Focus on the Hub

  • Focus on the Nodes

  • News from ESRC Qualitative Archiving and Data Sharing Scheme (QUADS)

  • Spotlight on Resources - ESRC/JISC 2001 Census of Population Programme

  • Spotlight on Events - The British Educational Research Association (BERA) annual conference, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd (14 - 17 September 2006)

 

Issue 4 - July 2005

  • Directors' Corner

  • Viewpoint

  • Focus on the Hub

  • Focus on the Nodes

  • News from Census, NCeSS and RDI

  • Spotlight on Resources - CAQDAS

  • Spotlight on Events - National Centre for Research Methods Launch, St. Anne's College, Oxford (21 June 2005)

 

Issue 3 - April 2005

  • Directors' Corner

  • Viewpoint

  • Focus on the Hub

  • Focus on the Nodes

  • News from NCeSS

  • Spotlight on Resources - ESRC Society Today

  • Spotlight on Events - The British Sociological Association annual conference, York (2 -23 March 2005)

 

Issue 2 - January 2005

  • Directors' Corner

  • Viewpoint: Yet more meetings?

  • Focus on the Hub

  • Focus on the Nodes

  • News from NCeSS

  • Spotlight on Resources - The Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS)

  • Spotlight on Events - Biographic-Narrative Interpretive Methods, London (13-14 Jan 2005)

 

Issue 1 - October 2004

  • Directors' Corner

  • Viewpoint

  • Focus on the Hub

  • Focus on the Nodes

  • News from the Research Methods Programme

  • Spotlight on Resources - SOSIG

  • Spotlight on Events - ESRC Research Methods Festival, Oxford (1-3 July 2004)