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Universities awarded £19.5 million for overhaul of quantitative social science training

By Nuffield Foundation | Published: October 8, 2013

Fifteen universities across the UK will receive £19.5 million to overhaul their social science teaching over the next five years. This funding comes from Q-Step, an ambitious intervention to address the critical shortage of social scientists with the quantitative skills needed to evaluate evidence and analyse data. Together with […]

Words Vs. Numbers Social Science in the Commercial World

By Sarah-Louise Quinnell | Published: September 15, 2013

I am a Qualitative Social Scientist. I believe in that words tell you more than numbers and the emphasis on numbers in my current working environment has led me to think about why I feel so strongly about the importance of words and what Qualitative Social Science can offer the Commercial world. This leads me to make suggestions for ECRs considering leaving the Academy.

Using Quantitative Skills in the Third Sector

By British Academy | Published: May 1, 2013

Quantitative Skills (QS) give ‘empirical grit’ to the work of charities and third sector organisations. Here, Sharon Witherspoon, Director of the Nuffield Foundation and 2011 Winner of the British Academy President’s Medal and Aleks Collingwood, Programme Manager at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, explain how QS have been crucial to their careers.

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Universities awarded £19.5 million for overhaul of quantitative social science training

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Using Quantitative Skills in the Third Sector

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