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.

Our open courses are run in partnerships with the Social Research Association and National Centre for Research Methods.
Book an online course
Our January 2021 courses are fully booked.

Upcoming courses:

Depth interviewing skills (fully booked): 4-5 February
online course with Mehul Kotecha and Sarah Frankenburg

Managing challenging interviews: 23-24 February
online course with Jane Kerr

Reporting qualitative data (fully booked): 23-24 February
online course with Lydia Marshall, Ceri Davies and Nilufer Rahim

Taking deliberative research online: 24-25 February
online course with Ceri Davies

Web survey design: 4-5 March
online course with Debbie Collins

Introduction to qualitative research (fully booked): 11-12 March
online course with Mehul Kotecha and Sarah Sharrock

Introduction to evidence reviews: 16-17 March
online course with Daniel Phillips

Cognitive interviewing: 17-18 March
online course from NatCen's Questionnaire and Development Testing team

Questionnaire design: 18-19 March
online course with Debbie Collins

Analysis of qualitative data: 23-24-25 March
online course with Jane Kerr and Mehul Kotecha

Designing and moderating focus groups: 27-28-29 April
online course with Caroline Turley

Reporting qualitative data: 5-6 May
online course with Lydia Marshall, Ceri Davies and Nilufer Rahim

The current COVID-19 situation is changing the way in which we are delivering training and we are moving to delivering online courses. We have been working with the SRA to transition our courses online and those listed are the ones which are available, more will come in due course. We are also able to deliver bespoke training online.
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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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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