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Census Programme workshop on spatial and social classification, Leeds, 8 June 2010
The Census Programme are holding a workshop on ‘Spatial and Social Clasification’ at the School of Geography, University of Leeds. The event will take place on Tuesday 8th of June, 2010. Booking and further information are available at: http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/news/eventdetail.asp?id=2455 The classification of places and people has become an increasingly popular activity from the perspective of [...]
Workshop: Exploring population and health trends – the ONS Longitudinal Study
Workshop details: Time: 14.00-16.30 Date: Friday, 22 January 2010 Venue: Room 46AD03, The University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH The Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study (LS) offers a 1% sample of the population of England and Wales. It draws its data from each Census (1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001 so far), linking the [...]
ESRC Seminar Series ‘Challenges in neighbourhood effects research: does it really matter where you live and what are the implications for policy?’
The forthcoming ESRC Seminar Series ‘Challenges in neighbourhood effects research: does it really matter where you live and what are the implications for policy?’ is organised jointly by the Centre of Housing Research, University of St Andrews, Department of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow and CCSR, University of Manchester. The first seminar, ‘Neighbourhood Effects: Theory [...]
Teaching quantitative methods: the challenge and how to meet it
The Royal Statistical Society are hosting a workshop on developing undergraduate quantitative methods teaching in sociology, social policy, politics and international relations, social anthropology and other social science subjects beyond economics and psychology. It will take place on Friday 23rd October at the Royal Statistical Society, Errol St, London from 09.30 to 16.30. Those speaking [...]
Census.ac.uk Announce New Workshops
Census.ac.uk are pleased to announce a new series of workshops for the coming academic year. The workshops are free and you can book as many as you like. The first two workshops will be held on 27 and 28 October at the University of Stirling. Book soon to avoid disappointment. Click on the links below [...]
Courses in Small Area Estimation
The University of Southampton has two upcoming courses in “small area estimation” run out of the Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute by Danny Pfeffermann and Pedro Silva. The first course “Small Area Estimation” runs from 12th to 14th October 2009. This is followed by “Advanced Methods for Small Area Estimation” taking place 15th – 16th [...]
Longitudinal Studies Centre Scotland – Training Workshop, Sept 09
The University of Stirling are holding the forthcoming LSCS Introductory Training Workshop on Tuesday 15th September 2009. This training workshop is open to academics, non-academics and students and is designed to provide a detailed introduction to the data that are available and how they may be used. The course is introductory and no prior knowledge [...]
Workshop: Fertility declines in the past, present and future
Call for participants ‘Fertility declines in the past, present and future: what we don’t know and what we need to know’ A joint workshop of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, the British Society for Population Studies and the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure Dates: [...]
‘The Multi-disciplinary Toolkit for Global Ageing’ – Univ. of Oxford
Oxford Institute of Ageing Spring School ‘The Multi-disciplinary Toolkit for Global Ageing’ University of Oxford 19-23 April 2009 Deadline for registrations: 2 April 2009 Download the updated brochure here: http://www.ageing.ox.ac.uk/system/files/SpringSchoolBrochure2009.pdf This four day school will address concepts and tools in demography, bio-demography, bio-medical research and practice, economics, sociology, health and policy. Special emphasis will be [...]