NatCen Social Research

About NatCen Learning
We're a leading provider of social research training in the UK. All our courses are delivered by practising researchers, so whether you're starting out or a seasoned practitioner, we can help you build your skills and knowledge. Courses are run in partnership with the Social Research Association.
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Web survey design: 1 April, London (postponed)

Depth interviewing skills: 2-3 April, London (postponed)

Designing and moderating focus groups: 14-15 April, London (postponed)

Questionnaire design: 30 April, London (postponed)

Introduction to qualitative research: 15 May, London

Introduction to evidence reviews: 12 June, London

Pretesting methods: 19 June, London

Analysis of qualitative data: 1-2 July, London

Introduction to qualitative research: 10 September, London

Reporting qualitative data: 22 September, London

Cognitive interviewing: 8 October, London

Designing and moderating focus groups: 15-16 October, London

Depth interviewing skills: 22-23 October, London

Questionnaire design: 29 October, London

Managing challenging interviews: 10 November, London

Introduction to evidence reviews: 12 November, London

Survey pretesting methods: 19 November, London

Web survey design: 2 December, London

Basic statistical analysis for social research: 10-11 December, London
Contact us
If you have any questions please email our Head of NatCen Learning, Debbie Collins at: natcenlearning@natcen.ac.uk
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By getting to know you and your organisation, we'll design a training solution that is the perfect fit for your needs and quickly delivers improved performance.

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Feedback from delegates
- NatCen delivered six courses [...] we received consistently positive feedback from attendees and the training has helped raise the level of understanding of evaluation issues in the Department.
  
  Steven Finch, Department for Transport
- Excellent trainers! Good to see people who have done a lot of practical work in this area and are enthusiastic about it - it shows!
  
  Course attendee
- NatCen offers a service that is tailored to the specific themes and challenges of individual projects and its tutors go out of their way to make the training relevant to the needs of participants. Exceptional quality!
  
  Sussex University
- Our two-day training course enabled a group of completely novice qualitative researchers to come away understanding the 'how and why' of in-depth interviewing as well as feeling confident and motivated to give it go.
  
  Research Unit, University
- Meet the trainers
  
  Ruxandra Comanaru
  
  Ruxandra teaches courses on cognitive interviewing. She is a Senior Researcher in our Questionnaire Development and Testing Hub.
  
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