Research Workshop Programme Spring 2007
22nd January Supervision Petros Vourvachis Student’s perspective
Stavros Kalafartis Supervisor’s perspective
19 February Writing Papers Sunitha Narendran Writing papers
Wendy Lomax The writing process
19th March Getting PublishedKatie Truss Reviewer’s perspective
Rob Blackburn Editor’s perspective
April 23rd Large-scale Research ProjectsEmma Soane Managing an EPSRC project
Richard Ennals Collaborative research
21st May Philosophy of Research Sid Lowe Schumacher’s hierarchy
Simon Locke Can it be real? Combining quantitative and qualitative methods.
All session will be in room 387, from 1pm to 2pm. Sandwiches and refreshments.
RESEARCH WORKSHOPS SCHEDULE: SECOND SEMESTER 2005-6
All sessions are from 1 – 2 p.m. in room 329
Analysing Qualitative Research February 20th
Christina Butler, Diana Winstanley
Longitudinal and Cross-sector research March 27th
Rob Blackburn, Robert East
Finance for Research May 8th
Hugh Cunning, Miguel Imas
What I got out of my PhD June 27th
Enda Hannon, Dan Russell
Research Workshops Scheduled
Topic Date Room
Using Reference Software October 17th 327
Ref Works: Robert Elves
Reference Manager: Ruth Rettie
Individual Differences and Research Style November 14th 327
Emma Soane
At the previous session you can collect a
questionnaire to identify your own style
Using the Internet for Research January 23rd 2006 327
Online Surveys Maeve O'Sullivan
Qualitative Internet Research Mike Molesworth (Bournemouth)
Science as the research model
David I agree that we tend to assume that science has a pure research process where the research agenda is set in advance and it all proceeds in a logical and coherent process as suggested by the way that it is written up. However many studies in social studies of scientific knowledge (SSK) have shown that this is not the way science proceeds and that the papers written are constructed afterwards and leave out much of the actual research process. However, I also think it is the case that most of the time as researchers we have hidden research agendas which we employ not only in designing our methods but also in framing the results. Therefore it is worth while to try to identify these research questions and make them (and our resulting biases) apparent.
Desktop Search
If you only try one new form of software this year it should be a desktop search. I use both Copernic and Google and find the former has the best interface and is ideal for pdfs, the latter is more useful for emails.
Some uses for Copernic:
- Find any word, phrase or combination or words in any document on your PC. and immediately see where it is in the document. The search can be run or any or all drives, folders etc, can be narrowed to file type e.g. powerpoint or excel, and can be arranged by date or folder, etc.
- Search the K common drive
- Immediately find any information on a module or student.
- Give up filing for life.
So go and get it now and try it - it's free! http://www.copernic.com/en/products/desktop-search/download.html
