Target audience: mid stage postgraduate research students and early careers researchers

This course is for you if you have some knowledge of the theoretical principles associated with the qualitative research paradigm and would like to learn more about the practical application of the approaches used in conducting qualitative research.

Description:

This one day course offers participants practical grounding in research approaches within the qualitative paradigm. It aims to help you identify appropriate data collection and analysis procedures in keeping with each approach. There is an emphasis on helping participants to move forward from research theory to practical design issues in qualitative research.

Aims/ Objectives:

The aim of this course is to provide participants with practical grounding in common research approaches within the qualitative research paradigm.

By the end of the course you will:

• understand the defining features of the following traditions in qualitative research;
  • Ethnography
  • Phenomenology
  • Case study
  • Biography
  • Action research
  • Grounded theory
• be able to identify appropriate data collection and analysis procedures in keeping with each approach
• have identified further appropriate reading

Process: The course combines guided discussions with practical exercises.

Related Courses:

This course builds on Introduction to Qualitative Research, which we advise you attend prior to booking this course. 

Research Interview Skills

Please note that due to the COVID-19 crisis, the Researcher Academy will not be offering face to face courses in semester 1 of 2020.

Qualitative Methods Tutor (a moderated online learning course)

Research Integrity - stand-alone online course designed to strengthen your awareness of your own responsibilities and accountability when planning and conducting research and provides guidance on what to do should things go wrong. 

Course Accessibility

The following table shows a summary of what is needed to participate in the course. 

If you feel you will experience any difficulties participating, please let us know via the ‘special requirements’ tab, providing as much information as possible. The special requirements tab can be completed when you book your place. Alternatively, you can contact us directly at ra-training@nottingham.ac.uk.

Print off pre-requisite paperwork/ resources and bring them to the course (optional)
Bring your own laptop/ PC (optional)
Access seminar room on campus
Attend the course at the specified date and time
Watch and listen to the course tutor(s) and/ or other attendees
Follow presentation slides during the course

Booking Conditions

Latecomer policy

Researchers should plan to arrive prior to the advertised course start time. Except for exceptional reasons, there will be no admittance to a Researcher Academy or Faculty Training Programme (FTP) course 15 minutes after the advertised course start time.

Importance of booking commitment

When booking on to a Researcher Academy short course you are entering into a commitment to attend. If you find that you are no longer available to attend you MUST cancel your place (on the system if more than three days before the course) or if at short notice by emailing ra-training@nottingham.ac.uk. This will ensure that your place can be offered to another researcher on the waiting list. Failure to cancel a place results in other researchers missing out on places through the waiting list process.

It is unacceptable for researchers to just not attend when booked onto a course. The Researcher Academy maintains records of those who repeatedly do not attend courses they have booked. This may affect future eligibility to book onto further Researcher Academy courses and will affect considerations for Researcher Academy funded opportunities.

Pre-Requisites

Pre-requisites

The course requires participants to download and read the two extracts on the following page:

https://workspace.nottingham.ac.uk/display/ResearchTrainingResources/Further+qualitative+research

Please note that these readings form an important element of the course and must be read for participants to fully participate and appreciate the issues covered.