Training and career development
This Generic & Transferable Skills Programme (GTSP) is for all postgraduate research students in The Faculty of Social Sciences. Postgraduate research students not in FoSS but in another Faculty may attend if their research is within the Social Sciences at the University of Reading.
Spring 2010
Negotiation Skillls for Postgraduates
Introduction to Policy and Practice in the University of Reading & UK HE
Confident and Effective Oral Presentations
Successful Networking
Writing: Planning and Getting Started
Assessment of Thesis
Organising Effective Teams
Presentation Skills Workshop
One Day Postgraduate Research Students' Conference Year 2+ for Postgraduate Research Students in Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities
Assertiveness Training
Workshop on How to Prepare Posters for Conferences
Worskhop on How to prepare Posters for Conferences - Hands-on session
Summer Term
Publicity and the Press
Survising the Viva
How (and Why) to get Published
Improving your Writing
Voice Coaching
Historical Archives
Planning for Life Beyond the PhD: Who are you now and who might you be?
Managing Performance nad People
First Year Postgraduate Students Research Day for Postgraduate Research Students in Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities
Managing Confict
The Research Methods Programme (RMP)
The RMP consists of 7 modules which take place during the Autumn and Spring Terms.Each Module is assessed.A detailed timetable can be found on the GSSS blackboard website.
Modules 1, 2, 4 and 5 take place in the Autumn Term. Modules 3, 5 and 7 take place in the Spring Term.
Module 1: Principles of Research Design 1
- Traditions of Social Science Research
- Epistemology
- Evaluating Research Papers
- Research Ethics in the Social Sciences
Module 2: Principles of Research Design 2
- Systematically Reviewing the Literature
- Research Questions and Styles of Research
- Principles of Research Design
- Research Plan and Thesis Plan
Module 3: Data Collection and Analysis 1: Statistics for Educational and Social Research
- Introductory Statistics 1
- Introductory Statistics 2
- Multi-variate Analysis
- Effect Sizes and Statistical Significance
- Reliability and Validity
- SPSS Workshop
Module 4: Data Collection and Analysis 2: Interviewing and Observation
- Interview Structures and Techniques
- Analysing and drawing conclusions from interview data
- Ethnographic Research Techniques
- Application of data analysis software (CAQDAS)
Module 5: Data Collection and Analysis 3: Questionnaires and Surveys
- Introduction to surveys - definitions and typologies
- Asking Questions-Principles and Practice of Questionnaire Design
- Assessing Quality in Survey Research 1
- Assessing Quality in Survey Research 2
Module 6: Data Collection and Analysis 4: Analysis of Language- and Text-based Data
- Analysing language- and Text-based Data – An Overview
- Content Analysis
- Discourse Analysis
- Focus Groups
Module 7:Data Collection and Analysis 5: Using Diverse Source Materials
- Diaries and Archives
- Elite Interviewing
- Online Research Skills
- Digital Technologies and Innovation