Summer School 2023: Publishing hackathon: a collaborative writing workshop

John McIntyre Conference Centre, University of Edinburgh Pollock Halls, 18 Holyrood Park Road, Edinburgh

While your PhD may be a lonely and autonomous endeavour, most academic writing is done collaboratively. The outcome of this session will be a title and a paper abstract written collaboratively during the session.

Summer School 2023: Quiz Night

Loft Bar, Teviot Row House 13 Bristo Place, Edinburgh

After an exciting day of learning new things and meeting your fellow PhD students, why not come and win some prizes at our legendary SGSSS Summer School Quiz Night?

Summer School 2023: NVivo for Qualitative Data Analysis

John McIntyre Conference Centre, University of Edinburgh Pollock Halls, 18 Holyrood Park Road, Edinburgh

In this workshop we will look at how to make the best use of NVivo in your qualitative data analysis.

Summer School 2023: Decolonisation and Research for Social Change

John McIntyre Conference Centre, University of Edinburgh Pollock Halls, 18 Holyrood Park Road, Edinburgh

What does it mean to decolonise within the academy? How can this relate to creating research for social change? This workshop explores these two critical questions.

Summer School 2023: Teaching Research Methods for the First Time

John McIntyre Conference Centre, University of Edinburgh Pollock Halls, 18 Holyrood Park Road, Edinburgh

This workshop is designed to talk through some of the practical challenges of teaching these types of courses for the first time. The workshop will be a mix of open discussion led by the convenor of the session along with group discussions, to help understand what concerns others might have and share experiences that might help.

Summer School 2023: Diary Methods in the Social Sciences

John McIntyre Conference Centre, University of Edinburgh Pollock Halls, 18 Holyrood Park Road, Edinburgh

This workshop will introduce students to diary methods through two key approaches. First, students will read and analyse a series of diary excerpts collected during the pandemic. Secondly, students will then analyse their own diary entries.

Summer School 2023: Can the Postgraduate Community in Scotland Mutate to a Wellness Economy?

John McIntyre Conference Centre, University of Edinburgh Pollock Halls, 18 Holyrood Park Road, Edinburgh

This session is an opportunity to sense the way ahead using U-theory's approach to innovation development that places wellness at the centre, with Steve Earl of University of Edinburgh's Future Institute and Beth Cross, lead for the professional doctorate at UWS.

Summer School 2023: Data Visualisation Using R, for Researchers Who Don’t Use R

John McIntyre Conference Centre, University of Edinburgh Pollock Halls, 18 Holyrood Park Road, Edinburgh

We will provide a beginner’s introduction to quantitative data visualisation using the statistical programming language R. We expect no prior knowledge of using R, this is meant for complete beginners, but more experienced users are welcome.

Summer School 2023: NVivo For Qualitative Data Analysis

John McIntyre Conference Centre, University of Edinburgh Pollock Halls, 18 Holyrood Park Road, Edinburgh

In this workshop we will look at how to make the best use of NVivo in your qualitative data analysis.

Summer School 2023: Research Design in the Social Sciences

Online

By using a hands-on approach, this course will show how theories can be tested through different research designs with different types of data, will investigate the implications and suitability of research designs, and will reveal how these designs can be best presented to broader audiences.