Methods Fair 2015 Poster Competition NOW OPEN!

methods@manchester will be holding a poster competition at the Methods Fair 2015 on Wednesday 4th November 2015 in Roscoe Building. The poster competition is kindly sponsored by Sage Publications Limited and prizes will be awarded to the top three posters, as voted for by attendees. Posters must be A1 sized (portrait or landscape) and must… Read More Methods Fair 2015 Poster Competition NOW OPEN!

Methods Fair is coming! 4th November 2015

Date: Wednesday 4 November 2015 Time: 10.30am – 5.00pm Venue: Roscoe Building, The University of Manchester Programme Whilst the full programme for the event will be released shortly, we can confirm that the keynote speaker will be Professor Jane Green. Professor Green was one of two election experts featured on the ITV General Election 2015 election… Read More Methods Fair is coming! 4th November 2015

Upcoming methods@manchester events in Dec

Engaging Qualitative Material: two linked half-day workshops 2 December and 10 December 2014 1.30pm – 4.30pm   A ‘qualitative journey’ in academia today is fraught with inconsistencies and choicepoints for the new researcher. How can qualitative researchers develop their theses credibly and evidence their arguments plausibly from qualitative data? What substantive rationales and methodological criteria… Read More Upcoming methods@manchester events in Dec

New toolkit on using email interviews – Realities

Realities – New toolkit on using email interviews This new toolkit is based on Lucy Gibson’s experiences of using email interviews as part of her mixed-method study exploring the meaning of music in the lives of older music fans in three different ‘scenes’. Email interviewing proved to be a useful approach for collecting musical life… Read More New toolkit on using email interviews – Realities