SO501 Seminar 1 for second year students

This course will focus on doing data analysis using materials made and collected as part of PhD research. Each student will present data to the group at least one time.  Students may submit the following types of data: (part of) a qualitative interview to code OR a collection of interview sections coded as ‘X’ to be analysed according to a specified method (e.g., narrative analysis, grounded theory); fieldnotes for coding or for reflections on what is needed for ‘thick description’; an image or text to code or analyse according to a specified method (e.g., discourse analysis); a map of the research situation (e.g., situational analysis, network analysis); a regression analysis that requires interpretation, etc.  All students will be asked to read the data before the workshop. The workshop will start with the student briefly presenting their data and contextualizing it within their research question, data set and methodological approach. As a group, that piece of data will be closely analysed using the method specified by the student.

SO501 Seminar 2 for 3rd year students

This course will be based around your 3rd tear progress review. It consists of the 3 sessions in the Autumn term and the Winter term is free for you to go through the review itself.

In the past students have found it most helpful to present a more polished piece of writing which contains a write up of some data. This could be an excerpt from a chapter that is at at near final draft stage or a draft section of a chapter needing more work that you would like feedback on. The sessions will be shared with each student having 30 minutes to present. This means that it is essential to provide the material in advance of the sessions, with a few sentences on what you would like feedback on.