A final reminder to interested list members that the Social Research
Association's Annual Conference takes place next Wednesday. Please contact
the administrator (details below) if you are interested.
Juliet
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Juliet Whitworth
Membership Secretary
Social Research Association
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Building Bridges Between Research and Statistics
The SRA's Annual General Meeting and Annual Conference 'Building bridges
between research and statistics' will be held on Wednesday 6th December at
the London Voluntary Sector Resource Centre, 356 Holloway Road, London N7
6PA.
The structure of the programme has been changed in light of the lower
numbers of delegates we are expecting this year due to the current travel
difficulties.There will be no late booking fee.
11.00 Chair: Professor Jean Martin, Director, Data Methodology &
Evaluation Division, ONS
11.10 - 11.45 Keynote speaker: Len Cook, National Statistician, Office for
National Statistics
11.45 - 1.00 Respondents - bringing research and statistics closer
together
Ian McLean, Statistics Users Council
Mike Hughes, Chief Statistician, DETR
Martin Callingham, Whitbread plc representing Market
Research Society
2.00 - 3.30 Plenary sessions: Bringing research and statistics closer
together
2.00 Evidence-based policy - Professor Ken Young, Queen Mary
College
2.30 Neighbourhood Statistics - Dev Virdee, ONS
3.00 Research and intelligence to support the regional agenda -
Wendy Russell-Barter,DETR
3.30 Question Time: Question and answer session to an expert
panel on national, regional and neighbourhood statistics - Ben Page, MORI
and Gill Easterbrook, Statistics Commission
4.30 Conference Closes
4.45 - 7.00 Drinks reception sponsored by Sage Publications
Cost
2000 SRA members £85 each; non-members £130 each to secure attendance plus
SRA membership for twelve months; full-time students/unwaged @ £35 (a copy
of student ID should be sent with the application). Credit card bookings
accepted.
A booking form can be found on our website <http://www.the-sra.org.uk>
www.the-sra.org.uk. Please post or fax back the form to the administrator
(details below), or telephone for a booking form:
Administration Office,
Social Research Association,
PO Box 6688 London,
SE15 3WB
Tel: 020 8670 5460
Fax: 020 7635 6014
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