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Events Calendar
Thursday 21st November 2024
Engage every student. Practical, quick-change approaches to EDI in your teaching practice (online) (12:00)
Are you a busy academic looking to create a more inclusive and supportive learning environment for your students come the next academic year? Are you fed up of the need to make changes for individuals throughout the semester? Then join us for an engaging and practical workshop designed to introduce tips on inclusive education practices and enhance your teaching strategies from the start of the semester. Register now to start building a more equitable learning environment.
Why Attend?
- Identify and Support Your Learners. Learn simple, effective ways to recognize your students' diverse needs and how to support them best.
- Simplify Inclusive Practices. Understand why inclusive education is important and how it benefits both students and educators.
- Design Inclusive Experiences. Discover practical tips for creating accessible and welcoming learning environments.
- Implement Change Easily. Use the "plus one" approach to make small, impactful changes in your teaching practice.
- Network and Collaborate. Connect with colleagues across the University, share experiences, and build your professional network.
Session led by: Vanessa Mar-Molinero (CHEP) & Tamsyn Smith (Digital Learning)
Monday 25th November 2024
John Payne Seminar: Nature Conservation in Malaysia and Pointers for Future Approaches (12:30)
Seminar to given by given by Dr John Payne
25th November at 12.30pm in B44 (Geog) Rm1087 and via Teams.
Talk title: A FIFTY-YEAR BRIEF ANALYSIS OF NATURE CONSERVATION IN MALAYSIA AND POINTERS FOR FUTURE APPROACHES
ABSTRACT: After almost fifty years as a nature conservation practitioner in Malaysia, I see little need for further studies or technical data. Other than the baleful influence of governmental bureaucracy, “The problem is not to find the answer, it's to face the answer”. Habitat loss, deforestation, fragmentation, poaching, lack of public awareness, lack of funds and climate change are all “givens” that we have to live with. The answer to be faced is that all endangered species are on an inevitable trajectory to extinction, so targeted, species-specific management interventions will be needed to recover and sustain demographically viable populations. For many reasons interventions do not happen, not least because the late twentieth century model of powerful governments, IUCN and mainstream NGOs does not allow small groups of passionate, experienced and competent people to self-organise and decide what to do based on objective analysis. But even small groups are subject to a quintet of human cognitive biases that can be summarised as shifting baseline, risk aversion and us-and-them, and subservience to fashions and to opinions. The Hairy rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) will represent the first large mammal genus extinction in the 21st century for those reasons. Poaching and habitat loss ceased to be relevant for this species more than a century ago.
The challenges faced and lessons after five years garnered by a small NGO in Malaysia (Borneo Rhino Alliance, BORA; www.bringingbackourrareanimals.org) are presented. Despite a perception that endangered large animals are being taken care of by governments and mainstream NGOs, that is not so, because prevailing interventions are based largely on fashions and opinions. BORA’s approach to recovery of four endangered species and sub-species (Bornean orangutan, Bornean elephant, Bornean banteng and Malayan seladang) is by boosting the availability and productivity of key food plants and essential minerals in circumscribed sub-optimal areas, thereby bringing local animal population density and demography back to pre-Anthropocene, optimum habitat levels.
Bio: U.K-born tropical biologist John Payne has resided in Malaysia and Indonesia since 1975, including 25,000 hours living within tropical rain forest. He headed the nature conservation NGO WWF in Sabah from 1982 to 1998. Now, as head of a small, specialist NGO, Borneo Rhino Alliance (www.bringingbackourrareanimals.org), his aim is to highlight that knowledge of and actions to enhance demography, spatial distribution and reproductive performance are the vital parameters required to prevent extinctions. His current work involves the application of simple methods to increase carrying capacity of forest-plantation landscapes for endangered large mammals.
To join the seminar online please click here . Please note that the seminar will be recorded and remember to turn off your camera/microphone to save bandwidth.
Refreshments will be available in room B44/1087.
Tuesday 26th November 2024
Nursing & Midwifery Careers Fair (10:00)
Join us at Highfield Campus for the chance to meet and network with a range of employers such as Trusts, Charities and private providers within Nursing & Midwifery, with available work experience and job opportunities.
Why Attend?
- Explore opportunities: Discover a variety of work experience vacancies and graduate roles.
- Network: An invaluable opportunity to connect with employers and find out more about company culture, learning and development opportunities and gain an insight into available roles
To receive reminder emails, updates, exhibitor information and more, book onto the event via MyCareer.
How to Prepare:
- Research Participating Employers: Review the list of employers attending the fair as it grows, research their profiles and take a look at their vacant opportunities. Prepare questions to ask the representatives working at these organisations.
- Dress Professionally: First impressions matter. Present yourself as a professional candidate.
- Practise Your Pitch: Be ready to introduce yourself, discuss your background, and explain your career goals concisely and confidently. Ensure you can highlight your skills, experience, and achievements relevant to the fields of engineering and physical sciences.
- Prepare for the Fair Workshop: Ensure you also book onto one of our hybrid "Prepare for the Fair” workshops via MyCareer to gain top tips for networking and questions to ask employers.
We are pleased to confirm there will be a dedicated quiet time between 10:00 - 10:30 for students with accessibility requirements. If you wish to attend this session and you have any additional support needs, please email careers@soton.ac.uk ahead of the events and we will be happy to discuss any individual requirements.
Weekly Vigil for Palestine (11:30)
The University's Palestine Solidarity Network invites all students and staff to join weekly vigils in solidarity with Palestine with regular speeches from members to find out more about the network, engage in open discourse, and provide hope. Located on the Redbrick on Highfield Campus (outside of Nisa/SUSU Shop), drop by anytime between 11.30am and 12.30pm.
PAT Training: Supporting disabled students (12:00)
This session will be repeated on the 28th November from 14:00 - 15:30
In this session, the Student Disability and Inclusion team will discuss a variety of support, mechanisms and services aimed at supporting disabled students.
Alongside a presentation, this interactive session allows to explore a range of case scenarios that PATs or other academics may encounter when dealing with their students.
Finally, the session will provide tips on inclusive/accessible practice that benefits all learners.
By the end of this event, participants should be able to:
Outline the support provided by the Student Disability and Inclusion
Understand what Student Support Recommendations are and their significance in providing students with equal access to education
Take part in a set of case studies and identify support that could be provided to disabled students
Identify few ways of making teaching more inclusive and accessible
Session led by:
Anna McCann (Student Disability Faculty Liaison), Student Disability and Inclusion,
Beth Lawson (Student Disability Faculty Liaison Lead), Student Disability and Inclusion
& Lawrence Pearman (Student Disability Lead Practitioner), Student Disability and Inclusion.
AI@Southampton ECR Networking Event (13:00)
Our ambition is to increase the internal and external visibility of our ECRs and to promote cooperation between researchers working with AI and Data Science methods. We will also share with you upcoming opportunities that are available through the University’s membership of the Turing University Network.
We offer the opportunity to anyone interested to briefly introduce themselves and their work (5-minute talk). If you are interested in presenting, please tick the box on the registration form and you will then be contacted with more details.
Lunch will be provided.
Important information
If you have any questions about this event, please email Sam Collins, sac6@soton.ac.uk.
Following your registration for this event, you will be automatically added to our AI@Southampton mailing list so that we can keep you updated with future events. You are welcome to unsubscribe at any time.
The Howard Rein Lecture | Child Health across Charedi Worlds: Following Narratives of Non/Jewish Relations, Ri (18:00)
Join us for the annual Howard Rein Lecture, a memorial to a much loved Parkes Institute alumnus, Dr Howard Rein. This year we welcome Dr Ben Kasstan-Dabush to deliver this lecture.
Charedi Jewish families have been in the news for a number of disputes around healthcare, including childhood immunisation uptake and refusal to teach statutory relationships and sex education. This talk draws on fieldwork conducted in Jerusalem, New York and London to un-pick these narratives and show how relationships and ideas of religious freedom are shaped by place.
About the Speaker
Dr Ben Kasstan-Dabush is a medical anthropologist in the Department of Global Health & Development at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. His research interrogates ideas of health protection, what it means and according to whom. Over the past decade my research has explored social and religious engagement with childhood vaccinations, and sexual and reproductive health. His research has been published in discipline leading journals, including Social Science & Medicine, Medical Anthropology Quarterly, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, and Vaccine.
Since 2019, Dr Kasstan-Dabush has served as an Associate Editor at Anthropology & Medicine Journal. He is a committed to translating social science research to develop informed policy. His research on vaccination has been cited in WHO COVID-19 vaccine implementation guidance; His research has been submitted research evidence to parliamentary inquiries and have been acknowledged in a range of parliamentary reports (most recently APPG Vaccinations for All); He has been commissioned to provide expert reviews of vaccination policy outputs by the UK Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology; and my research has been featured by GAVI – The Vaccine Alliance (Vaccine Works). Finally, he has experience of informing decision-making at multiple levels of health governance, from UKHSA to CDC, and his expertise has been sought after to shape national and global agendas on vaccine and health inequalities.
STAG Public Science Lecture (18:30)
Science and Art with the James Webb Space Telescope
The STAG Research Centre organises a public science lecture on the James Webb Space Telescope. The speaker is Dr Nancy Levenson, the deputy director of the Space Telescope Science Institute.
The James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful telescope ever launched, has opened new windows to explore the Universe. Discoveries already span the full range of astrophysics, revealing details about the formation and evolution of the most distant galaxies and the composition of planets beyond our Solar System. The beautiful images are an artistic as well as scientific endeavour. Hear some of the latest results and get a view behind the scenes of the development and operation of 'Webb'.
The lecture will be at a level that is suitable for everybody who is interested in the topic (ages 12+). Registration is required and the price includes refreshments.
When: 26 November 2024, 18:30
Where: Sir James Matthews Building, 157-187 Above Bar Street, Southampton SO14 7NN
For tickets and more info, visit: https://go.soton.ac.uk/ghf
About the speaker: Dr. Nancy A. Levenson is the deputy director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, an 850-person, world-class research facility in Baltimore, Maryland. The institute conducts science and flight operations for NASA’s flagship astronomical observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope. It also performs science operations for the iconic Hubble Space Telescope and the upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The institute engages the public with the current scientific discoveries and scientific potential of all these missions. Dr Levenson is also a research professor at Johns Hopkins University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy.
The Southampton Theory, Astrophysics and Gravity (STAG) Research Centre brings together researchers at the University of Southampton with world-leading expertise on issues relating to fundamental physics and astronomy. More info: https://southampton.ac.uk/stag
Wednesday 27th November 2024
Data Visualisation with R
Data visualisation is one of the most important steps in any analysis journey.
Visualisations allow us to explore our data, identify errors and outliers, generate hypotheses about possible relationships between variables, and communicate results clearly and efficiently.
ggplot2 is a powerful R package that was designed to create publication-quality graphics in seconds. The joy of ggplot2 is its flexibility: graphs are built in layers which can be easily customised, ensuring novel plots to fit almost any situation.
This online course will introduce the ggplot2 package and its underlying grammar of graphics.
Participants will understand how to choose the most appropriate type of visualisation, based on the type and number of variables, and the intention of the plot. We will then build visualisations, layer by customisable layer, to transform simple plots into beautiful, informative graphics.
This course is run by the National Centre for Research Methods, which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13619
Staff Benefits Fair (10:00)
The University holds a staff benefits fair each year. This year's event will take place on Wednesday 27 November 2024 in Garden Court, Highfield Campus, from 10:00 to 14:00.
In addition to the benefits there are over 100 local and national retailers and suppliers who offer discounts to staff. A selection of these retailers and services will be present. This is an excellent opportunity for staff to appreciate their entire benefits package.
Over 40 exhibitors will be located across Garden Court. To ensure your entry into our free prize draw, check in with the Reward team on arrival. There is no need to print your ticket – you can show the Eventbrite QR code on your phone. University Staff ID Card required.
Book your ticket at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/university-of-southampton-staff-benefits-fair-2024-tickets-1054756578319?aff=oddtdtcreator.
For more information, please visit our SharePoint site https://sotonac.sharepoint.com/teams/my_rewardrecognition/SitePages/Benefits-fair.aspx.
If you have any questions on this, or other benefits available at the University of Southampton, please get in touch via reward@soton.ac.uk.
Webinar: PPI with policymakers and practitioners - the Active-6 study (10:00)
Patient and public involvement is a prerequisite for all research funded by NIHR. It can enhance the relevance and quality of research and help build trust in the research and its outcomes.
The Active-6 study assessed the impact of the COVID-19 lockdowns on children's physical activity. This webinar will explore the role of PPI in the study, with a focus on working with policy and practice colleagues and their involvement in the dissemination of the study's findings.
This webinar is ideal for:
· Researchers
· Patients and public
· Outreach Staff
Speakers:
Dr Danielle House, University of Bristol and Alan Inman-Ward, Age UK Gloucestershire
Event details:
Please note this event will be held online, through Zoom.
Once registration closes, further details will be sent to everyone who has reserved a ticket. The event lasts for 1 hour with a 30 minute presentation and 30 minutes allocated for Q&A.
You can register for the event here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iB2bjRhvQrCs5rfJ9Ik82A#/registration
Open Days 2024 (11:00)
Undergraduate Open Day 27 November 2024
Peer Feedback One Year On: What it is, Why It Works and How to Use It (14:00)
This session reworks a workshop that Josh and I delivered in the autumn of 2023. However, this year we have the benefit of an extra year of research into the process, and a more comprehensive set of results as the result of a CHEP Enhancement Funding award.
Peer review is an efficient and highly effective pedagogic mode for teaching writing in an HE context. It produces multiple positive outcomes for students, including improved engagement with formal feedback, the use of high-level cognitive skills, increased levels of independent learning, as well as enhanced writing and editing skills.
This session, run by Dr Alison Daniell, the University’s Post-entry Academic Skills Officer and Dr Josh Robertson from FEPS, will discuss a pilot peer review project run during the 2022/23 and 2023/24 academic years with Engineering Foundation Year students - and which benefitted from a CHEP Enhancement Fund award.
It will explain the approaches taken, discuss the results and share teaching resources that were developed for the project. There will be an interactive element to the presentation where we demonstrate how our model works, as well as the opportunity to ask questions.
Before the workshop, please think about an aspect of your module's formative assessment that you would like your students to practise using peer feedback.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
1. Understand what is meant by the term 'peer feedback' and its benefits for students and staff alike.
2. Recognise what constitutes high-quality peer feedback and how to teach this to students.
3. Discover how Blackboard can be used to run peer-review feedback sessions digitally and anonymously.
4. Create a sample rubric that addresses an aspect of written work their students find difficult.
5. Know where to go to find further resources, support and information
Online Hartley - William Fourie (16:00)
Featuring William Fourie
Location: Online - to access the Teams link, please contact Erin Johnson-Williams (e.johnson-williams@soton.ac.uk)
Thursday 28th November 2024
PAT Training: Supporting disabled students (14:00)
In this session, the Student Disability and Inclusion team will discuss a variety of support, mechanisms and services aimed at supporting disabled students.
Alongside a presentation, this interactive session allows to explore a range of case scenarios that PATs or other academics may encounter when dealing with their students.
Finally, the session will provide tips on inclusive/accessible practice that benefits all learners.
By the end of this event, participants should be able to:
Outline the support provided by the Student Disability and Inclusion
Understand what Student Support Recommendations are and their significance in providing students with equal access to education
Take part in a set of case studies and identify support that could be provided to disabled students
Identify few ways of making teaching more inclusive and accessible
Session led by:
Anna McCann (Student Disability Faculty Liaison), Student Disability and Inclusion,
Beth Lawson (Student Disability Faculty Liaison Lead), Student Disability and Inclusion
& Lawrence Pearman (Student Disability Lead Practitioner), Student Disability and Inclusion.
Solar electric vehicle project - A talk by Dr Christiaan Oosthuizen from the Tshwane University of Technology (14:00)
Students and Staff are welcome to join the School of Engineering for a talk by Dr Christiaan Oosthuizen from the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) in South Africa. Dr Oosthuizen will present on the design and performance of a solar electric vehicle project that has been part of an international research collaboration between the University of Southampton and TUT. The project has received prestigious funding from the Royal Academy of Engineering.
You can read more about the project here: Tshwane University of Technology - Royal Academy of Engineering awards prestigious funding to TUT’s solar car project
Refreshments will be provided. Please email soecomms@soton.ac.uk with any questions about the event.
Material Interests: Time As Contested Infrastructure (17:00)
Material Interests Lecture Series
Hear from leading artists and other world-changing practitioners across the fine arts and related industries in this flagship speaker series organised by Winchester School of Art's Department of Art and Media Technology and co-sponsored by Southampton Institute for Arts and Humanities.
Time as contested infrastructure
With Dr Tsvetelina Hristova and Dr Adam Procter
Venue: Lecture Theatre B, East Building, Winchester School of Art, Park Avenue, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 8DL / Online via Teams
Thinking about time as infrastructure, I look at time protocols and standards in automated environments, their relationship to past practices of time management and labour management and their role in instituting new practices of technological subjectivation.
A key question that arises from these practices is the political significance and potential of layered and hierarchirised temporalities and the production of slowness.
The Material Interests Lecture Series is co-sponsored by the Department of Art and Media Technology and Southampton Institute for Arts and Humanities.
Inaugural Lecture: Prof James Minney (18:00)
This talk will explore the complex and occasionally tense relationship between research and education in the context of higher education in the UK. It will then consider how higher education can inform professional practice, drawing specifically on James’s extensive experience as both a translator and as a linguist working with professionals in the aviation industry. James will then aim to “close the loop” by illustrating how insights from professional practice can stimulate further research which, in turn, can inform teaching and learning in higher education.
Live Music: Erland Cooper + Support (20:00)
Friday 29th November 2024
BFE Autumn Conference: Creative writing, music and ethnography (09:30)
Sarah Pierce in conversation at John Hansard Gallery (18:00)
Join artist Sarah Pierce in conversation with guest curator Rike Frank alongside Pierce’s solo exhibition, Scene of the Myth, on show at John Hansard Gallery. Chaired by Ros Carter.
29 November
6pm – 7:30pm
Scene of the Myth consists of performances, videos, installations, and archives. Sarah Pierce, who lives and works in Dublin, relocated to Ireland from the US in 2000. The exhibition brings together six works, spanning twenty years, to highlight patterns of making and thinking that define Pierce’s art practice. Borne out of sticky relationships between the narratives we reproduce and those we wish to leave behind, Scene of the Myth asks what it means to gather, reflect, and act in community.
John Hansard Gallery will be open from 6pm to view Scene of the Myth, with the In Conversation running from 6.30-7.30pm.
Monday 2nd December 2024
Workplace Stress Assessment Training for Line Managers (09:30)
Workplace Stress Assessment Training for Line Managers
As managers, we are responsible for managing workplace stress. It’s in UK H&S legalisation, in our policies and simply the right thing to do.
This course will help you to:
Know what workplace stress is and the consequences it brings.
To use a stress risk assessment to assess the causes of workplace stress..
To identify actions that will reduce the risk or manage existing workplace stress.
Know what support is available for you and your team.
Notes:
Please be in a suitable space for cameras to be on and to talk in group discussions.
Due to the sensitivity of discussions, this training will not be recorded. This includes the use of AI meeting notes which will be removed from the session. Training materials will be sent to attendees after the session.
Our sessions have a minimum of 8 attendees. If the session does not reach this, we will cancel and provide an alternative to those who have booked.
We look forward to having you attend the event!
Lunchtime Concert - Camila Cortina Bello (13:00)
https://www.turnersims.co.uk/events/free-uos-music-presents-camila-cortina-bello/
Location: Turner Sims Concert Hall
Tuesday 3rd December 2024
Workplace Stress Assessment Training for Line Managers (09:30)
Workplace Stress Assessment Training for Line Managers
As managers, we are responsible for managing workplace stress. It’s in UK H&S legalisation, in our policies and simply the right thing to do.
This course will help you to:
Know what workplace stress is and the consequences it brings.
To use a stress risk assessment to assess the causes of workplace stress..
To identify actions that will reduce the risk or manage existing workplace stress.
Know what support is available for you and your team.
Notes:
Please be in a suitable space for cameras to be on and to talk in group discussions.
Due to the sensitivity of discussions, this training will not be recorded. This includes the use of AI meeting notes which will be removed from the session. Training materials will be sent to attendees after the session.
Our sessions have a minimum of 8 attendees. If the session does not reach this, we will cancel and provide an alternative to those who have booked.
We look forward to having you attend the event!
AHRC Hub for Public Engagement with Music Research - Community Building Networking Event: Online (10:00)
Weekly Vigil for Palestine (11:30)
The University's Palestine Solidarity Network invites all students and staff to join weekly vigils in solidarity with Palestine with regular speeches from members to find out more about the network, engage in open discourse, and provide hope. Located on the Redbrick on Highfield Campus (outside of Nisa/SUSU Shop), drop by anytime between 11.30am and 12.30pm.
Wednesday 4th December 2024
Material Interests: ‘Electile Dysfunction’: Influencer politainment in the 2024 UK elections (11:30)
Material Interests Lecture Series
Hear from leading artists and other world-changing practitioners across the fine arts and related industries in this flagship speaker series organised by Winchester School of Art's Department of Art and Media Technology.
‘Electile Dysfunction’: Influencer politainment in the 2024 UK elections, with Shepuya Famwang
Venue: Lecture Theatre B, East Building, Winchester School of Art, Park Avenue, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 8DL / Online via Teams
In this talk, Shepuya Famwang will introduce notions of influencing, politics and entertainment in the last UK elections by focusing on social media satirist influencers to highlight an experiment in both influencing and its consequent effects on the distribution of entertaining political information in the digital age.
Register HERE to attend
Shepuya Famwang is a Teaching Fellow in Journalism and Communication and Alternative Journalism Strand Lead in MA Global Media Management in the Department of Art and Media Technology, Winchester School of Art.
The Material Interests Lecture Series is co-sponsored by the Department of Art and Media Technology and Southampton Institute for Arts and Humanities
Thursday 5th December 2024
Live Music: Elias String Quartet with Robin Ireland | Audience Choice (19:30)
Friday 6th December 2024
Skills for Success – Finding information for your assignment (13:00)
This is a session to go over resources for finding information that can be used for your assignments at university, recognising where and how that information can be found online.
Saturday 7th December 2024
Live Music: Southampton Concert Orchestra 2024 (19:30)
Monday 9th December 2024
Lunchtime Concert - A Christmas Concert (13:00)
https://www.turnersims.co.uk/events/free-uos-music-presents-a-christmas-concert/
Location: Turner Sims Concert Hall
Tuesday 10th December 2024
Workplace Stress Awareness Training for All Staff (09:30)
Workplace Stress Awareness Training for All Staff
Our wellbeing has a significant impact on how we feel and what we do. Taking small actions to build our personal resilience can make a big difference.
This course will help you to:
Know what workplace stress is and the consequences it brings.
Know what to expect of the university to manage the causes of workplace stress.
Identify ways to reduce stress and build up personal resilience.
Know what support is available to you when you need it.
Notes:
If the session is online, please be in a suitable space for cameras to be on and to talk in group discussions.
Due to the sensitivity of discussions, this training will not be recorded. This includes the use of AI meeting notes which will be removed from the session. Training materials will be sent to attendees after the session.
Our sessions have a minimum of 8 attendees. If the session does not reach this, we will cancel and provide an alternative to those who have booked.
If a session is fully booked, please contact wellbeing@soton.ac.uk. We’ll add you to our waitlist and keep you notified.
CHEP Online CPD Workshop: Advancing your educational portfolio (12:00)
A strong educational portfolio is increasingly important in supporting career progression for all staff involved in education, and particularly for those in teaching focussed roles. However, it can be a challenge to engage in the kinds of activity that contribute to such a portfolio given the pressures associated with the multi-faceted role of the modern academic.
This workshop will give practical examples of how colleagues can develop their educational portfolio in a way that complements the ‘day job’, supporting enhanced effectiveness as well as enhancing the CV. Pathways to Senior/Principal Fellowship of the HEA will be discussed, along with the prestigious National Teaching Fellowship administered by AdvanceHE.
The workshop will be facilitated by CHEP colleagues who have achieved promotion here at Southampton.
By the end of this event, participants will be able to:
- Describe activities that support the development of a broad-based educational portfolio.
- Identify challenges for enhancing your personal educational portfolio.
- Plan future activities to enhance personal educational portfolio.
Session led by: Dr Jonathan Leader, Director of Programmes, Centre for Higher Education Practice (CHEP)
Doctoral Research Poster Showcase 2024 (13:00)
We are excited to announce that we have received just over 100 posters for this year’s showcase! This is a fantastic opportunity to engage with our postgraduate researchers (PGRs) and learn about their innovative work.
Join us for an exciting afternoon at the Doctoral Research Poster Showcase!
Ὄ5 Date: Tuesday 10 December 2024
ὕ0 Time: 13:00 - 15:30
ὌD Venue: Garden Court (Building 42), Highfield Campus
Come along to discuss research, participate in the People’s Choice Voting, and enjoy the vibrant atmosphere. All posters will be displayed in an online gallery on the day, with voting remaining open for a week after, when the People’s Choice winner will be announced.
All posters displayed at the Showcase will be judged by a panel of academic and professional service staff, and a number of prizes will be awarded.
Best poster (AHSS & STEMM)
Most innovative poster (AHSS & STEMM)
Runner Up (AHSS & STEMM)
Winners - £100
Most Innovative - £100
Runners-up - £50
We can’t wait to see you there! ἱFLight refreshments and festive treats will be provided.
The Doctoral College Research Poster Showcase exhibits the excellent research undertaken by doctoral researchers at the University of Southampton. As a postgraduate researcher, it's your chance to share your research, to practice giving a poster presentation, and to meet other PGRs (postgraduate researchers) from across the University. All PGRs, staff, and students are welcome to attend this special event along with invited VIPs and guests.
Jewish Life after Stalin (18:00)
Join us for a talk from Emeritus Professor Gennady Estraikh.
The period between Stalin’s death and the Six-Day War played a secondary role in Soviet Jewish studies. The years of Khrushchev’s “Thaw” seemed uneventful compared with the prior repressive campaigns (the “Doctors’ Plot,” anti-“cosmopolitanism,” and liquidation of the Yiddish cultural milieu) by the end of Stalin’s rule and the later emigration drive. In reality, the fourteen years saw many important developments in Soviet Jewish life. Thus, thousands of surviving gulag inmates could return to their families, former Polish citizens had a chance to repatriate, and the authorities sponsored some revival of Jewish culture. Meanwhile, the present and future of Soviet Jews appeared on the agenda of international politics.
About the Speaker
Gennady Estraikh was born in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, he later lived in Moscow, where he turned to writing in Yiddish and worked as Managing Editor of the Yiddish literary journal Sovetish Heymland (Soviet Homeland) from 1988 to 1991. In 1991-2002, he lived in England, where he worked at the Oxford-based Institute of Yiddish Studies and the London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies. In 1996, he received his doctorate from the University of Oxford. His fields of expertise are Jewish intellectual history, Yiddish language and literature, and Soviet Jewish history. His publications include Intensive Yiddish (Oxford, 1996), Soviet Yiddish: Language Planning and Linguistic Development (Oxford, 1999), In Harness: Yiddish Writers’ Romance with Communism (Syracuse University Press, 2005), Yiddish in the Cold War (Oxford: Legenda, 2008), Yiddish Literary Life in Moscow, 1917-1991 (St. Petersburg: European University Press, 2016, in Russian), Yiddish Culture in Ukraine (Kyiv: Dukh i Litera, 2016, in Ukrainian), Transatlantic Russian Jewishness: Ideological Voyages of the Yiddish Daily Forverts in the First Half of the Twentieth Century (Boston, 2020), fifteen co-edited scholarly volumes, and several books in Yiddish.
Wednesday 11th December 2024
Four Qualitative Methods for Understanding Diverse Lives (for academics)
In this one-day online training workshop you will be introduced to four qualitative research methods to better understand diverse lives – Photo Go-Alongs, Collage, Life History Interviews and Participant Packs.
When researching social groups, researchers may focus on categories such as age, gender, sexuality and so on. These categories can turn catch-all terms into catch-all agendas.
Treating groups of people with one shared characteristic as homogenous risks a cookie-cutter approach which overlooks diverse lives and needs. Given the complexity of what it means to be a person, a one-size fits all approach to engagement cannot suffice.
The methods introduced in this training workshop are beneficial in exploring diverse lives and can be used when researching with any group.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13411
Thursday 12th December 2024
The Successful Futures Pathway - An introductory session for Personal Academic Tutors (12:00)
The Successful Futures Pathway supports students to reflect on their career ideas and plan how they are going to develop their skills within and outside of their curriculum while at university.
Sunday 15th December 2024
Live Music: GreenMatthews | Gaudete! (15:00)
Wednesday 18th December 2024
Ask us Anything coffee drop-in: TNE Growth Programme (Avenue) (10:30)
As the first university to set up a full international campus in India under the University Grants Commission, we are immensely proud of the hard work of all colleagues involved.
To enable staff to find out more and ask questions about TNE in general, as well as our new and exciting campus, sessions with tea and coffee will be hosted by Professor Andrew Atherton, Vice-President (International and Engagement) and Zoë Marlow, Associate Director (TNE), across our campuses.
Free and bookable by all staff, the sessions will include a 20-minute presentation, with 30 minutes for Q&A.
Location
This event will take place on Avenue campus, B65 R1097.
Book your ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tne-growth-programme-ask-us-anything-avenue-tickets-995198173527
An overview of academic conduct and the use of Turnitin (12:00)
This workshop is aimed at those involved in teaching and assessing student assignments. It is essential that students and staff conduct their educational and research activities with academic conduct. Annually the University's regulations and guidance are revised to keep abreast of new developments, such as the availability of software utilising generative artificial intelligence.
We will discuss the University’s Academic Conduct regulations and explore Turnitin. We will consider the interpretation of Turnitin reports to detect plagiarism, the student academic conduct breach most commonly detected.
By the end of this event, participants should be able to:
Describe the importance of maintaining high standards of academic conduct.
Differentiate the different breaches in the University of Southampton academic conduct regulations.
Evaluate sample Turnitin reports.
Session led by:
Dr Elizabeth Miles, Principal Teaching Fellow, School of Human Development and Health
Dr Bernadette Fernandez, Senior Teaching Fellow, School of Clinical and Experimental Science
Skills for Success – Finding information for your assignment (14:00)
This is a session to go over resources for finding information that can be used for your assignments at university, recognising where and how that information can be found online.
Sunday 22nd December 2024
Live Music: Swing into Christmas with The Down for the Count Orchestra (14:30)
Live Music: Swing into Christmas with The Down for the Count Orchestra (19:00)
Saturday 4th January 2025
Live Music: Welsh National Opera | A New Year’s Celebration (19:00)
Wednesday 8th January 2025
Conducting Ethnographic Research
The aim of this two-day online training course is to introduce participants to the practice and ethics of ethnographic research.
Through a mix of plenary sessions, group and independent work, participants will learn the basic principles of participant observation and research design, as well as the foundations of ethical ethnographic research.
The course will also examine the ways in which other qualitative and creative methods of data collection may be productively integrated in ethnographic research.
It is being run by the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences and runs more than 50 research methods training courses a year.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13824
Thursday 9th January 2025
The Successful Futures Pathway - An introductory session for Personal Academic Tutors (12:00)
Tuesday 14th January 2025
Facilitation techniques: How to get students engaging in seminars and classes (in-person) (10:00)
This in-person workshop will introduce basic facilitation techniques to get students talking in seminars and classes. We will explore barriers to participation and introduce simple techniques to develop students’ confidence and encourage active learning in seminars.
The workshop will model facilitation techniques that you can use to get students participating in your sessions, and participants should expect to take part in activities and discussion.
This workshop is suitable for anyone delivering discussion seminars and classes for small groups (up to about 30 students).
By the end of this event, participants should be able to:
Identify some of the most common barriers to student participation in seminars.
Plan and structure classroom activities to encourage active participation from all students whilst covering the content.
Apply communication techniques such as positive affirmation, listening and questioning, and re-directing questions to create a positive and inclusive learning environment.
Session led by:
Neil Ford, Principal Teaching Fellow, Centre for Higher Education Practice (CHEP) & Dr Pina Franco, Teaching Fellow, Centre for Higher Education Practice (CHEP)
A new resource guide
There is a new resource guide to complement this workshop: Facilitation skills: A resource guide for small group learning and teaching
Ask us Anything coffee drop-in: TNE Growth Programme (City Centre) (14:00)
As the first university to set up a full international campus in India under the University Grants Commission, we are immensely proud of the hard work of all colleagues involved.
To enable staff to find out more and ask questions about TNE in general, as well as our new and exciting campus, sessions with tea and coffee will be hosted by Professor Andrew Atherton, Vice-President (International and Engagement) and Zoë Marlow, Associate Director (TNE), across our campuses.
Free and bookable by all staff, the sessions will include a 20-minute presentation, with 30 minutes for Q&A.
Location
This event will take place at the City Centre campus, B135, R6031
Book your ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tne-growth-programme-ask-us-anything-city-centre-tickets-995203870567
Ask us Anything coffee drop-in: TNE Growth Programme (NOCS) (15:30)
As the first university to set up a full international campus in India under the University Grants Commission, we are immensely proud of the hard work of all colleagues involved.
To enable staff to find out more and ask questions about TNE in general, as well as our new and exciting campus, sessions with tea and coffee will be hosted by Professor Andrew Atherton, Vice-President (International and Engagement) and Zoë Marlow, Associate Director (TNE), across our campuses.
Free and bookable by all staff, the sessions will include a 20-minute presentation, with 30 minutes for Q&A.
Location
This event will take place on NOCS campus, Room 166/37 (Lab T)
Book your ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tne-growth-programme-ask-us-anything-nocs-tickets-995201744207
Wednesday 15th January 2025
CHEP Online CPD Workshop: How to create an online reading list (12:00)
Learn how to create manage and find your online reading lists, including: ordering resources, requesting digitisations and accessing student engagement data.
By the end of this event, participants should be able to:
· Create a Talis online reading list.
· Add a list structure.
· Order library resources via their reading list.
· Request a digitisation via their reading list.
· Access and understand the list analytics (student engagement data).
· Locate your list: on Blackboard and from the Talis home page.
· Know where to find additional support and online guidance – including information on best practice.
Session led by:
Nick Gates, Reading List Manager, Library
Liesbeth Meilink, Reading List Principal Library Assistant
Ask us Anything coffee drop-in: TNE Growth Programme (SGH) (12:30)
As the first university to set up a full international campus in India under the University Grants Commission, we are immensely proud of the hard work of all colleagues involved.
To enable staff to find out more and ask questions about TNE in general, as well as our new and exciting campus, sessions with tea and coffee will be hosted by Professor Andrew Atherton, Vice-President (International and Engagement) and Zoë Marlow, Associate Director (TNE), across our campuses.
Free and bookable by all staff, the sessions will include a 20-minute presentation, with 30 minutes for Q&A.
Location
This event will take place at Southampton General Hospital, 9510 LPB / LF9.
Book your ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tne-growth-programme-ask-us-anything-sgh-tickets-995206749177
Ask us Anything coffee drop-in: TNE Growth Programme (WSA) (15:00)
As the first university to set up a full international campus in India under the University Grants Commission, we are immensely proud of the hard work of all colleagues involved.
To enable staff to find out more and ask questions about TNE in general, as well as our new and exciting campus, sessions with tea and coffee will be hosted by Professor Andrew Atherton, Vice-President (International and Engagement) and Zoë Marlow, Associate Director (TNE), across our campuses.
Free and bookable by all staff, the sessions will include a 20-minute presentation, with 30 minutes for Q&A.
Location
This event will take place at Winchester School of Art campus, 63G South / T3007 (Seminar room 9).
Book your ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tne-growth-programme-ask-us-anything-wsa-tickets-995207080167
Mini Hartley - Music Making and the Civic Imagination (16:00)
Featuring Dave Camlin
Location: Building 28 Room 2049, Highfield Campus
Friday 17th January 2025
Live Music: Natalie Clein & Marianna Shirinyan (19:30)
Tuesday 28th January 2025
Radical Research Ethics
This one day online course (taught over two mornings) is designed to raise your awareness of why and how you need to think and act ethically in practice throughout your research work.
The current system of ethical review by committee can lead to the misleading sense of having 'done ethics'.
This course shows you how to conduct research which is truly ethical. It also provides the opportunity for discussion of your own ethical dilemmas, if you wish.
It is being run by the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences and runs more than 50 research methods training courses a year.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13698
Wednesday 5th February 2025
Conducting Advanced Ethnographic Research
This course moves beyond standard understandings of ethnography that depict it as a generic qualitative method founded on ‘participant observation’ to provide learners with a sophisticated, state-of-the-art approach based on cutting-edge academic research.
The course will blend theorical and practical considerations.
On the one hand, the course examines the theoretical scaffolding of ethnography, recognising that a thorough understanding of the epistemological foundations of the methods we use is essential to conducting rigorous and ethical research.
On the other, the spirit of the course is inherently practical and pragmatic, as it aims at preparing researchers to design and conduct ethnographic fieldwork, as well as writing it up for academic and non-academic audiences.
The course is being run by the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences and runs more than 50 research methods training courses a year.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13861
CHEP Online Workshop: Increasing interactivity and engagement with Teams, ‘Polls’ and ‘Forms’ (12:00)
Come along to this practical session which will focus on increasing interactivity and engagement in both online and in-person sessions. We’ll review some of the features of Polls and Forms and how they integrate with Teams and PowerPoint. We will show how you can use these tools to:
· Design online quizzes
· Carry out an online survey
· Pose a question online and collate ideas from others
In addition, we’ll share resources and information on where you can get support.
Session led by:
Alison Ormesher, Learning Designer, iSolutions
Student Virtual Active Bystander Training (16:00)
This workshop aims to empower you to challenge poor behaviours, and bring about cultural change through reinforcing messages defining the boundaries of unacceptable behaviour.
This session includes tips on:
- Overcoming fear and paralysis in challenging situations.
- Using the right words and expressions when challenging behaviours.
- How to tackle micro-aggressions, including eye-rolling, sighing and constant interruptions.
Please note this session is not recorded. If you have any accessibility requirements or any questions, please contact diversity@soton.ac.uk
Thursday 6th February 2025
Theories of Change and Pathways to Impact: Change Busters workshop (In-Person) (11:00)
This session will provide practical approaches to creating Theories of Change and Pathways to Impact, for your education, student experience, research or knowledge exchange projects and activities. Change Busters aims to reconceptualize evaluation as a dynamic and interactive learning experience. This session is suitable for any level of evaluation experience and we welcome staff from all career pathways, and PGR students.
Change Busters poses fundamental evaluation questions within a playful environment. During this session, players will engage in creating a Theory of Change. Players will participate in discussions focusing on how change happens, how we evidence change, and how we can rethink traditional evaluation methods.
The session will be particularly useful for staff and PGRs grappling with how to evidence the impact of their work.
By the end of this event, participants should be able to:
Understand the stages of a Theory of Change.
Confidence with theorising change by using pre-determined scenarios.
Extend learning through application to your own context.
Session led by:
Naomi Clements, Senior Teaching Fellow in Academic Practice (Evaluation), Centre for Higher Education Practice (CHEP)
Tahrima Hossain, Teaching Fellow, Centre for Higher Education Practice (CHEP)
Jess Macpherson, Teaching Fellow, Centre for Higher Education Practice (CHEP)
Tuesday 11th February 2025
Introduction to Impact Evaluation
This online course will introduce you to various empirical, quantitative methods that can be used to estimate the impact of a specific policy intervention.
These methods can be referred to as “programme evaluation”, “impact assessment”, “causal estimation” or “impact evaluation”.
The course assumes knowledge of basic algebra and statistical concepts (mean, median, correlation, expected value, statistical significance and confidence intervals).
The course is being run by the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences and runs more than 50 research methods training courses a year.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13785
Wednesday 12th February 2025
Online Hartley - First Editions: Art and Entertainment (16:00)
Featuring Andy Hamilton
Location: Online - to access the Teams link, please contact Erin Johnson-Williams (e.johnson-williams@soton.ac.uk)
Thursday 13th February 2025
Introduction to ArcGIS Online
This practical, one-day course provides a guided introduction to ArcGIS Online (AGOL), a cloud-based GIS platform that allows users to create maps and other web applications for data sharing, collaboration and analysis.
You will learn how to publish existing vector data to AGOL, set sharing and group privileges and create a web map that drives field-based data collection.
You will use Experience Builder to create a web application that is used for sharing and visualising spatial data. The course comprises hands-on exercises each introduced with a short presentation and a live demonstration.
The course is being run by the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences and runs more than 50 research methods training courses a year.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13863
The Successful Futures Pathway - An introductory session for Personal Academic Tutors (12:00)
The Successful Futures Pathway supports students to reflect on their career ideas and plan how they are going to develop their skills within and outside of their curriculum while at university.
Thursday 20th February 2025
Using the English for Academic Purposes Toolkit to support your students' study & writing skills (In-Person) (12:00)
In this hands-on workshop, you will explore the EAP (English for Academic Purposes) Toolkit and find out how you can use it to support students, in a blended context or by using resources as additional support materials for self-study.
You will learn how to add the resources to your courses, and find out about the improvements we've made to broaden the range of resources to allow them to be used with both home students and those for whom English is not a first language.
By end of this event, participants should be able to:
Find the EAP Toolkit on Blackboard
Understand the basis of the pedagogy behind the resources
Understand the type and range of resources available in the Toolkit
Know how to select resources to use in their teaching
Know how to encourage use of the Toolkit by their own students
Insert resources from the Toolkit into their own Blackboard modules
Session led by:
Andrew Davey, Specialist Technician, eLanguages, Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Thursday 27th February 2025
Southampton Stonewall Lecture 2025 (18:00)
Annual Southampton Stonewall Lecture, organised by the Faculty of Arts & Humanities (hybrid).
Further details will be added in due course.
Please contact fahevent@soton.ac.uk for more information.
Friday 28th February 2025
Into the Fold - Artist Book & Zine Fair 2025
Following the success of Winchester's first artist book and 'zine fair, Into the Fold will return on the weekend of 28 February and 1 March.
More details will be available in due course. In the meantime, please see the Into The Fold 2024 event webpage for more information about last year's event.
For more information, please contact fahevent@soton.ac.uk and wsaabf@soton.ac.uk.
Monday 3rd March 2025
Day Skipper Package
Our Day Skipper package is ideal for anyone looking to get their Day Skipper qualification or International Certificate of Competence.
The following courses will take you through the basics of undertaking a short passage from harbour to harbour in a safe manor. Please access each course and arrange the dates in the following sequence:
You can schedule the following 2 courses at at a time suitable for you.
These qualifications are the base level required for students or staff to charter the University yacht.
You will need these qualifications to apply for an International Certificate of Competence (ICC) for a sailing vessel.
Prices
If you book all of these courses at the same time through our Day Skipper Package, you will save money.
A Southampton sports member will pay £896.50 booking our Day Skipper Package compared with a non-member paying £1,790.00 to book the courses seperately. This is a potential saving of £893.50!
Course
Southampton Sports Membership
Mayflower Member, Sports Pass or Non-Member
RYA Competent Crew
£346.50
£630.00
RYA Day Skipper Theory
£203.50
£370.00
RYA Day Skipper Practical
£346.50
£630.00
RYA First Aid
£52.25
£95.00
RYA Marine Radio SRC (VHF)
£35.75
£65.00
Total booking seperately
£984.50
£1,790.00
Day Skipper Package
£896.50
£1,630.00
Booking the Day Skipper Package
To book the Day Skipper Package, please contact the booking team directly.
The booking team work 9am to 5pm on Monday to Friday.
Phone: +44 (0)23 8059 2199
Email: southamptonsport@soton.ac.uk
Discounts will not be applied directly if you book online.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss if this is the right course for you, please contact the watersports team:
Phone: +44 (0)23 8059 0110
Email: watersports@soton.ac.uk
Wednesday 5th March 2025
Online Hartley - Sara Glojnaric (16:00)
Featuring Sara Glojnarić
Location: Online - to access the Teams link, please contact Erin Johnson-Williams (e.johnson-williams@soton.ac.uk)
Thursday 6th March 2025
Growing up in England
This course is run as a collaboration between the National Centre for Research Methods and Administrative Data Research UK and is part of a series on short courses on administrative data.
The aim of the course is to provide an introduction to the Growing Up in England (GUiE) dataset. GUiE is a flagship ADR dataset and provides a link between 2011 Census data and longitudinal administrative data from the education and children’s social care systems.
The course is being run by the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences and runs more than 50 research methods training courses a year.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13624
Friday 7th March 2025
Southampton Science and Engineering Festival (SOTSEF)
Southampton Science and Engineering Festival (SOTSEF) the University of Southampton’s annual, award-winning interdisciplinary science festival that welcomes everyone to explore and discover the world of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics).
The annual 10 day festival celebrating all things STEAM is run to coincide with British Science Week
For more information including how you can get involved please visit www.sotsef.co.uk
Wednesday 12th March 2025
Student Virtual Active Bystander Training (16:00)
This workshop aims to empower you to challenge poor behaviours, and bring about cultural change through reinforcing messages defining the boundaries of unacceptable behaviour.
This session includes tips on:
- Overcoming fear and paralysis in challenging situations.
- Using the right words and expressions when challenging behaviours.
- How to tackle micro-aggressions, including eye-rolling, sighing and constant interruptions.
Please note this session is not recorded. If you have any accessibility requirements or any questions, please contact diversity@soton.ac.uk
Thursday 13th March 2025
The Successful Futures Pathway - An introductory session for Personal Academic Tutors (12:00)
The Successful Futures Pathway supports students to reflect on their career ideas and plan how they are going to develop their skills within and outside of their curriculum while at university.
Saturday 15th March 2025
Science and Engineering Day (10:30)
Science and Engineering Day is part of Southampton Science and Engineering Festival (SOTSEF) the University of Southampton’s annual, award-winning interdisciplinary science festival that welcomes everyone to explore and discover the world of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics).
Established in 2002, this event has grown to welcome over 5,000 people every year from across the region and further afield.
Attendees explore over 145 different practical festival stalls, workshops and talks – ranging from close encounters with local fossil finds, learning about how choices in life can influence dementia likelihood to writing poetry inspired by black holes.
The festival is focused on providing positive experiences with STEAM, innovation, and diverse career role models for attendees. Many of the exhibits focus on practical skills encounters and development and invite visitors to go beyond the one-off by contributing and getting involved in current research.
Tuesday 25th March 2025
Questionnaire Design for Mixed-Mode, Web and Mobile Web Surveys
In this live online course, learn about questionnaire design in the context of different modes of data collection.
Explore question wording issues, the questionnaire as a whole and visual concerns when moving from interviewer-administered to web survey, when creating a web survey in general and when facing the questionnaire design challenges in creating mobile-friendly web surveys.
Mirroring in-person training this will be an interactive course and will also have breakout rooms sessions throughout.
The course is being run by the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences and runs more than 50 research methods training courses a year.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13699
Tuesday 1st April 2025
Introduction to QGIS: Spatial Data and Spatial Analysis
In this online two day course (taught over four mornings) you will learn what GIS is, how it works and how you can use it to create maps and perform spatial analysis.
We assume no prior knowledge of GIS and you will learn how to get data into the GIS, how to produce maps using your own data and what you can and cannot do with spatial data.
You will also learn how to work with a variety of different data sources and types (including XY coordinate data and address or postcode data) and using spatial overlays, point in polygon analysis and spatial joins.
The course is being run by the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences and runs more than 50 research methods training courses a year.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13700
Thursday 10th April 2025
Introducing Institutional Ethnography
This online workshop will introduce Institutional Ethnography (IE), an interdisciplinary feminist approach to social research that focuses on how texts and language organise our everyday lives.
IE is not just a methodology, but an entire approach to research with a specific ontology of how the social world works and the organising role of texts and language.
In IE, the researcher ‘takes sides’ using a specific version of standpoint to explore how institutions work in practice rooted in peoples’ experiences.
This often involves researching as, with, or alongside marginalised groups and making visible how institutions exclude or make invisible certain groups of people and experiences.
The course is being run by the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences and runs more than 50 research methods training courses a year.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13851
The Successful Futures Pathway - An introductory session for Personal Academic Tutors (12:00)
Thursday 1st May 2025
Introduction to Hospital Episode Statistics
This course will provide participants with an understanding of how Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data are collected and coded, their structure, and how to clean and analyse HES data.
A key focus will be on developing an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of HES, how inconsistencies arise, and approaches to deal with these.
Participants will also learn how to ensure individuals’ anonymity and confidentiality when carrying out analyses and publishing results based on HES.
The course consists of a mixture of lectures and practicals for which participants will use Stata software to clean and analyse HES data.
It is being run by the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences and runs more than 50 research methods training courses a year.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13731
Thursday 8th May 2025
The Successful Futures Pathway - An introductory session for Personal Academic Tutors (12:00)
The Successful Futures Pathway supports students to reflect on their career ideas and plan how they are going to develop their skills within and outside of their curriculum while at university.
Friday 16th May 2025
How to write your Methodology Chapter
This online workshop aims to give participants a range of practical approaches they can adopt when writing about methodology in the social sciences, with a particular focus on writing a PhD methodology chapter.
Using a range of exercises throughout, the course focuses on 20 or so writing strategies and thought experiments designed to provide more clarity and power to the often-difficult challenge of writing about methods.
The course also looks at common mistakes and how to avoid them when writing about methods.
The focus throughout is on building confidence and increasing our repertoire of writing strategies and skills.
The course is being run by the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences and runs more than 50 research methods training courses a year.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13732
Wednesday 21st May 2025
Online Hartley - Yvonne Liao (16:00)
Featuring Yvonne Liao
Location: Online - to access the Teams link, please contact Erin Johnson-Williams (e.johnson-williams@soton.ac.uk)
Thursday 22nd May 2025
Introduction to ArcGIS Online
This practical, one-day hands-on course provides a guided introduction to ArcGIS Online (AGOL), a cloud-based GIS platform that allows users to create maps and other web applications for data sharing, collaboration and analysis.
You will learn how to publish existing vector data to AGOL, set sharing and group privileges and create a web map that drives field-based data collection.
You will use Experience Builder to create a web application that is used for sharing and visualising spatial data. The course comprises hands-on exercises each introduced with a short presentation and a live demonstration.
The course is being run by the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences and runs more than 50 research methods training courses a year.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13864
Tuesday 27th May 2025
Introduction to Spatial Data and Using R as a GIS
In this one day online course (taught over 2 mornings) we will explore how to use R to import, manage and process spatial data.
We will also cover the process of making choropleth maps, as well as some basic spatial analysis.
Finally, we will cover the use of loops to make multiple maps quickly and easily, one of the major benefits of using a scripting language to make maps, rather than traditional graphic point-and-click interface.
The course is being run by the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences and runs more than 50 research methods training courses a year.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13706
Wednesday 4th June 2025
Four Qualitative Methods for Understanding Diverse Lives
In this one-day online training workshop you will be introduced to four qualitative research methods to better understand diverse lives - Photo Go-Alongs, Collage, Life History Interviews and Participant Packs.
When researching social groups, researchers may focus on categories such as age, gender, sexuality and so on. These categories can turn catch-all terms into catch-all agendas.
Treating groups of people with one shared characteristic as homogenous risks a cookie-cutter approach which overlooks diverse lives and needs.
Given the complexity of what it means to be a person, a one-size fits all approach to engagement cannot suffice. The methods introduced in this training workshop are beneficial in exploring diverse lives and can be used when researching with any group.
The course is being run by the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences and runs more than 50 research methods training courses a year.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13853
Tuesday 10th June 2025
The Global Jane Austen: Celebrating and Commemorating 250 years of Jane Austen (00:00)
Thursday 12th June 2025
The Successful Futures Pathway - An introductory session for Personal Academic Tutors (12:00)
The Successful Futures Pathway supports students to reflect on their career ideas and plan how they are going to develop their skills within and outside of their curriculum while at university.
Thursday 26th June 2025
Advanced R as a GIS: Spatial Analysis and Statistics
In this online course, run over two mornings, we will show you how to prepare and conduct spatial analysis on a variety of spatial data in R, including a range of spatial overlays and data processing techniques.
We will also cover how to use GeoDa to perform exploratory spatial data analysis, including making use of linked displays and measures of spatial autocorrelation and clustering.
The course is being run by the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences and runs more than 50 research methods training courses a year.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13707
Thursday 10th July 2025
The Successful Futures Pathway - An introductory session for Personal Academic Tutors (12:00)
The Successful Futures Pathway supports students to reflect on their career ideas and plan how they are going to develop their skills within and outside of their curriculum while at university.