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Scottish Graduate School of Social Science

Sgoil Cheumnaichean Saidheans Sòisealta na h-Alba

Training Calendar

Below is an illustrative calendar for SGSSS training events over the 2025/26 academic term. 

Be sure to also check out the further training opportunities offered by ESRC and NRCM.

Please note these dates are subject to change and confirmation. Please check SGSSS Portal and our Friday Digest for firm dates and registration processes.

Month Date Event Theme Location Audience
September 22 September Social Network Analysis Masterclass Methods Heriot-Watt University Open registration
25 September Policy Event – Understanding Society Data Research in Practice Edinburgh Open registration
October 1 October Policy Event – Population Ageing and Social Policy Research in Practice Edinburgh Open registration
6–10 October Core Methods Module Residential PhD foundations Edinburgh By invitation
9 October Postdoctoral Fellows Induction Information Edinburgh By invitation
21 October Supervisor Induction Information Online / In person By invitation
29 October NVivo for Beginners Methods Edinburgh Open registration
November 3–4 November Student Induction PhD foundations Technology and Innovation Centre, University of Strathclyde By invitation: ESRC students starting PhD (Oct 2025)
6 November Co-Create, Communicate, Collaborate: Public Engagement and Participatory Approaches for Impactful Research Student-Led Training Edinburgh Open registration
7 November Student-Led Open Competition – Open Hour Webinar Information Online Drop-in
11 November NVivo – Going Further Methods Edinburgh Open registration
13 November Policy Event – Mental Health and Wellbeing Research in Practice Edinburgh Open registration
17 November Crafting Your Research Story: Pitching and Storytelling Skills for PGR Impact Student-Led Training Edinburgh Open registration
19 November Disrupting Method: Adventure and Creativity in the Postqualitative Paradigm Student-Led Training Glasgow Open registration
19 November Bayesian Statistics Masterclass Methods Edinburgh Open registration
24 November Crafting Your Research Story: Pitching and Storytelling Skills for PGR Impact Student-Led Training Online Open registration
24 November NVivo – Coding Workshop Methods Edinburgh Open registration
28 November Theatre of the Oppressed techniques as research methods: possibilities and challenges Student-Led Training Edinburgh Open registration
December 5 December Navigating Ethics in the Field – Research with Children Student-Led Training Edinburgh Open registration
9 December Introduction to Meta-Analyses with R Student-Led Training Online Open registration
15 December Intro to Mixed Methods Methods Online Open registration
TBC Social Science in the Age of AI: A Critical Guide Computational Online Open registration
January TBC Mentorship Launch Event Information Edinburgh By invitation
TBC Narrative Analysis Methods Edinburgh Open registration
TBC AI and Literature Reviews Computational Online Open registration
February TBC Collecting Digital Data: The Role of Web-scraping and APIs Computational Online Open registration
TBC Grounded theory: an introduction Methods Edinburgh Open registration
March TBC Thinking Longitudinally – Quantitative approaches Methods Stirling Open registration
TBC Research Culture Event Other Glasgow or Edinburgh Open registration
TBC Text Analysis for Social Scientists Computational Online Open registration
25 March Thematic analysis Part 1 Methods Glasgow or Edinburgh Open registration
April 29 April Thematic analysis Part 2 Methods Glasgow or Edinburgh Open registration
TBC Machine Learning for Social Scientists Computational TBC Open registration
April–May Various (Apr–May) Spring into Methods Methods Various Open registration
May TBC Supporting Academic Writing Using Computational Tools Computational TBC Open registration
TBC Working with survey data / preparation for longitudinal analysis Methods TBC Open registration
TBC Collaboration Showcase Research in Practice TBC By invitation
TBC Doctoral-led Symposium Other TBC Open registration
June TBC SGSSS Summer School Research in Practice Methods TBC Open registration
TBC Beyond the PhD Conference Other Dundee Particularly for students completing in the next 12 months

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The below events can be viewed live via SGSSS Social

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