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> Dear Sir, Madam or Ms,
>
> We are writing to you, as a published point of contact, to invite you
> to participate in a consultation exercise which we have been commissioned
to
> undertake by the Economic and Social Research Council.
>
> As you may know, the ESRC is establishing a National Centre for Research
> Methods (NCRM) which has the aim of promoting the quality and range of
> methodological skills and techniques used by the UK social science
> community. The Centre will consist of a co-ordinating 'hub' and a series
of
> sub-centres distributed across a number of sites, thus drawing upon the
> knowledge and expertise of researchers across the country.
>
> The ESRC has decided to award the co-ordinating role of the NCRM to a team
> from the University of Southampton, of which we represent the principal
> applicants. The hub's first priority is to consult the UK social science
> community over the shape of the Centre's research and training programme.
> This exercise will inform the strategic direction of the Centre and the
> commissioning of the sub-centres.
>
> We should particularly welcome your views on:
> - the needs for training in research methods beyond existing undergraduate
> and postgraduate training provision, for example the delivery of short
> courses and web-based resources;
> - the needs for research in research methods.
>
> Some further information about this consultation is given on the web-site
> http://www.s3ri.soton.ac.uk/ncrm/ which includes a web-based questionnaire
> for completion by individual researchers.
>
> The deadline for receipt of responses is 19 January 2004. We apologise for
> the tight deadline for this consultation, which is outside of our control
> and results from the ESRC's commissioning timetable, but nonetheless hope
> that your society will be able to find the time to share some views with
us.
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
>
> Chris Skinner, Sue Heath, Grainne Conole and David Martin
> University of Southampton
>
> National Centre for Research Methods
> http://www.s3ri.soton.ac.uk/ncrm/
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