apologies for x-posting -

This should be a good seminar - the Spencer & Ritchie work is very
interesting

ESRC Teaching and Learning Research Programme
Research Capacity Building Network


                        Qualitative research in teaching and learning:
quality, innovation and future directions

Seminar series
2003 -2004
In collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan University

This seminar series provides a forum for debate and discussion about the
present use of, and future directions for qualitative research within
teaching and learning, and educational research more generally. The series
addresses the ways in which qualitative research is conducted within
teaching and learning arenas and, how qualitative data are used to inform
scholars, practitioners and policy makers. In particular the series
considers issues of quality within qualitative research, in a context of
methodological consolidation, development and innovation. The series is
jointly organised by the TLRP Research Capacity Building Network (RCBN) at
Cardiff University and Manchester Metropolitan University. For more
information about the seminar series please visit the RCBN website (details
below).

Seminar 1: Quality in qualitative research: setting a new agenda

Thursday 4th December 2003
Manchester
11am (with coffee from 10.30). The seminar will finish by 4pm

This seminar will consider the implications for educational research of the
recently published report Quality in Qualitative Evaluation: A framework for
assessing research evidence (commissioned by the UK Government Chief
Researcher's Office). The seminar will also provide an opportunity for
discussion about the content and format of future seminars.

Full details of the report are as follows:
Quality in Qualitative Evaluation: A framework for assessing research
evidence (2003)
Authors: Liz Spencer, Jane Richie, Jane Lewis and Lucy Dillon, National
Centre for Social Research
Government Chief Social Researcher's Office.

Copies of the report can be obtained from the RCBN office, or a web version
is available directly from the cabinet office (www.policyhub.gov.uk)

Venue: Room 0.11, Simon Building Manchester Metropolitan University
Institute of Education 799 Wilmslow Road Didsbury Manchester M20 2RR
Directions: Maps &  locations available on the MMU website at:
http://www.mmu.ac.uk/about/locations/didsbury.php  [Didsbury Campus]
http://www.mmu.ac.uk/about/locations/manchester.php  [Manchester area]

If you are interested in attending this event then please contact the RCBN
([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>) or complete booking forms (available
from the RCBN website). All other contact details are below.




Mark Newman
Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Coordinating Centre (EPPI-
Centre)
Social Science Research Unit (SSRU)
Institute of Education
University of London
18 Woburn Square
London WC1H 0NR

Tel: +44 (0) 207 612 6575
Fax: +44 (0) 207 612 6400