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Introduction to the WR DTC

Anne KerrAndrew Webster

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• Collaboration between Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York

• Encompasses all of the PGR social science provision at these institutions

• One of the largest DTCs in the UK• Part of a national network of 21 centres of excellence

• 48 studentships per annum across 20 pathways

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Our Vision

• Building capacity and enhancing PGR training in the social sciences to meet the demands of the contemporary knowledge economy

• Build from our current strengths in – qualitative and quantitative methodologies – sector‐leading skills training– international leadership in core social science subject areas

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Our Vision• Develop our interdisciplinary strengths in key areas of – Environment and Energy – Health and Wellbeing – Security and Justice– Science and Technology Studies

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Our Vision• Broaden and deepen the quantity and quality of social science training provision and address national shortage areas for doctorates in – Economics– Education – Language Based Area Studies – Management and Business Studies– Social Work– Socio‐legal Studies 

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OVERVIEW OF WHITE ROSE PATHWAYS

Pathways 

Disciplinary clusters Politics and International Relations  Politics and International Relations, 

Politics, Philosophy & EconomicsSociology  Sociological Research, Gender 

Studies, Women’s Studies Social Policy  Social Policy and Social Research, 

International, Comparative Social and Public Policy 

Human Geography  Human Geography Psychology  Psychology, Neuroscience Management and Business, Accounting and Finance, and Work Psychology 

Management and Business, Accounting and Finance, International Business, Work Psychology, Work Science 

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OVERVIEW OF WHITE ROSE PATHWAYS

Pathways 

Capacity Building Clusters Economics  Economics, Health Economics, 

Transport Economics, Politics, Economics and Philosophy (PEP) 

Education  Education Socio‐legal Studies  Criminology, Socio‐legal Studies Language‐based Area Studies  East Asian Studies, East Asian 

Business Studies, Asia‐Pacific Studies 

Social Work  Social Work and Social Care 

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OVERVIEW OF WHITE ROSE PATHWAYS

Pathways 

Interdisciplinary Clusters International Development  International Development Planning  Planning and Design, Transport 

Planning Environment and Sustainability  Environment and Sustainability, 

Climate Change Linguistics and Language Sciences  Linguistics, Forensic Speech Science, 

Conversation Analysis, Language Learning and TESOL 

Social History  Social History Communication and Media Studies  Communications Studies, Journalism 

Studies ESRC Challenge Clusters Health and Wellbeing  Health and Wellbeing Security, Conflict and Justice  Security, Conflict and Justice Science and Technology Studies  Science and Technology Studies 

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Support Research on Grand ChallengesStage 1 (Y1&2) •Dedicated WR studentships to grand challenge pathways •Develop a Science and Technology Studies pathway and links with existing science DTCs •Align WR training with other grand challenge agendas

Stage 2 (Y3&4) •Interdisciplinary events and opportunities for PGR student•Links with other DTCs•Seek additional funding for scholarships•Establish further grand challenge pathways

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Enhance Training via CollaborationStage 1 (Y1&2) •Co‐supervision, shared provision and course materials•Catalogue of open advanced training provision•Align skills training & open this up to regional HEIs •Working group on quantitative methods

Stage 2 (Y3&4) • Align core methods 

training• Master classes and 

summer schools on innovative methods

• Virtual graduate school• Regional supervisors 

forum • Advanced quants

pathway

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Engage with StakeholdersStage 1 (Y1&2) •Broaden portfolio of externally funded PGR studentships •Catalogue of placement and internship opportunities•Showcase PGR research with impact

Stage 2 (Y3&4) •Follow on funding for PGRs•Annual competition on research with impact

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Build critical mass &diversityStage 1 (Y1&2) •Taster sessions to undergrads•Undergrad scholarships•Showcase PGR research with impact•Working group on widening participation

Stage 2 (Y3&4) •Open skills training to regional partners•Virtual graduate school•Develop career change scholarships, distance learning, part time options

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Challenges

• Developing a ‘whole social science’ approach• Alignment of diverse systems and practices• Moving from allocation of studentships to activities within and between the pathways

• Getting the message across: this DTC is for all social science students & supervisors

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A few words about methods…

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ESRC priority: National Centre for Research Methods

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Three levels of training:

-Generic cross-DTC package of activity (summer schools etc)

-Generic training programmes that each WR university provides as a matter of course to students (e.g. one day events on impact, developing research grants, dissemination of results etc)

- Pathway specific activities mentioned in the proposal (existing research training and subject specific modules at M-level)

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ESRC national portfolio of methods courses to be made available 2012‐13

e.g. within White Rose DTC  2011/12/13– for PGRs:

Advanced Quantitative Methods:data management using the SPSS syntax languagepanel/longitudinal estimationmodelling non continuous dependent variables and censored datasimultaneous equations and instrumental variable analysismulti‐level modelling and structural equations 

Advanced Courses in Spatial Analysis:Introduction to Geographical Information Systems ‐ Using ArcGIS (Vector Applications)Introduction to Geographical Information Systems ‐ Using ArcGIS (Raster Applications)Introduction to Geographical Information Systems ‐ Using MapInfoGIS for Criminology ResearchGIS for Health Sciences and EpidemiologyReal Time Data Analysis and ExtractionWeb 3.0 for Spatial Data Analysis and Mapping

Conversation Analysis:

Transcribe their data appropriatelyUnderstand and apply the basic concepts of CAIdentify and explore the management of social actions in talk‐in‐interactionIdentify specific interactional patterns and phenomena in original dataMake collections of those phenomena, as an essential step towards analysisExplore the connections between the details of talk, and different interactional/ethnographic settings

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As enter PhD level the student will be asked to discuss with his/her Supervisor and agree a training plan.

Training Needs Assessment:  Year 1 Year2 Year 3

Substantive topic?

Date required and sources?

Practical/ethical issues raised?

Analysis of datasets

TNA1: Methods to secure data

TNA2: managing research

TNA3: Data analysis skills

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Future activity:

Working Group on AQM – explore new and emerging areas such as population modelling, consumer sciences, high level social statistics and in partnership with the biosciences

Academic Conference May 2 2012: speakers on cutting‐edge methodological and interdisciplinary developments within the consortium