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ESRC's
Summer School on
Evidence Based Policy Research
to be held at
Kings College, London
3-7 July 2006
 
This week-long School, supported by the Economic and Social Research Council, is intended for MPhil/PhD students registered at a UK University undertaking research on topics relevant to public policy.  They may, for example, be seeking to explore the nature of policy issues or policy processes, comparing policy over time or between countries, analysing policy delivery or evaluating the performance of policies.  The School will be open to postgraduates from any discipline, working in any field of public policy.
 
The School is provided by the ESRC UK Centre for Evidence Based Policy and Practice at Kings College, London which supports and develops the contribution of social science to policy and practice.  Professor Charlotte Humphrey, Director of the Centre, will direct the School, and colleagues from the Centre will be tutors.  Information on the work of the Centre can be found on http://www.evidencenetwork.org/.
 
The School has three aims:
1.  to enhance doctoral students' perspectives on how policy is made and delivered in fields relevant to their research
2.  to introduce students to the sources - and the challenges they represent to researchers - which they will need to access for policy relevant research
3.  to develop students' skills in the methods and techniques appropriate to undertaking policy relevant research.
 
Each day's programme will comprise a mix of presentations by course staff, exercises (including discussion groups and hands on practice with sources and methods), and seminars with expert outside speakers.  Participants will receive a course pack with reference material for retention.
 
The School will be held at Kings College's campus at Waterloo, Central London.  Residential accommodation will be available on campus in single en-suite study bedrooms for those who require it. All disability can be accommodated, and most areas of the campus are accessible, please indicate when applying if you have any form of disability and we can follow this up by an assessment of your needs.  This prospectus and the course material can be made available in alternative formats e.g. large print or on disc, if required.
 
The School will be free, but participants will need to pay for their own accommodation, meals and travel.  Once offered a place at the School, participants will be asked to pay a deposit of £100, returnable upon completion of the School.  
 
 
APPLICATION AND DEADLINES
 
For an application form email Jane Bailey: [log in to unmask]  
The application form should be completed and TWO copies returned (as hardcopies) to the address on the form.  
 
The closing date for applications is 5 May 2006. Anything received with a postmark up to the 5 May will be considered.  
If you have been successful in your application you will be notified around the 19 May 2006.
 
If you have trouble opening the documents please let me know and I will be happy to send them by post to your address.
 
Kind regards
Jane Bailey
Summer School Administrator
UK Centre for Evidence Based Policy and Practice
Tel: 020 7848 3663 / 6603
 
 
PROGRAMME 
DRAFT ONLY
ESRC Residential Summer School
3rd-7th July 2006
 
Session 1 Monday 3rd July
 
13.15     Registration
14.00  Welcome by Professor Charlotte Humphrey, Centre Director
    Staff introductions
    Participants' introductions
14.30  Introduction to School programme
15.00  Tea
15.30  Group exercise: Carrots, sticks and sermons
17.00  Individual sessions with tutors
18.30 Dinner at local restaurant
 
Session 2 Tuesday 4th July
09.30  Perspectives on policy making
11.00  Coffee
11.30 Group exercise: Interests, ideologies, information (evidence) and institutions
13.00  Lunch
14.00  Using Research in policy and practice
15.30  Tea
16.00 Poster session: Opportunity for participants to present their research
17.30  Close and Free Evening
 
Session 3 Wednesday 5th July
9.30  Reviewing the literature
11.00  Coffee
11.30  Information sources for policy research
    IT Lab, (venue to be confirmed)
13.00  Lunch
14.00  Practical session: Information retrieval for policy research
    IT Lab, (venue to be confirmed)
16.00  Tea
16.30  Individual sessions with tutors
17.30  Free Evening
 
Session 4 Thursday 6th July
09.30  Doing it well: achieving quality in policy research
11.00  Coffee
11.30 Choice of Workshop: topics to be announced
13.00  Lunch
14.00  Choice of Workshop: topics to be announced
15.30  Tea
16.00  Group exercise: What counts are good quality policy research?
Conducting a critical appraisal
20.00  Dinner with after dinner speaker
 
Session 5 Friday 7th July
09.30  Competing perspectives on evidence
11.00  Coffee
11.30  Individual review session with tutors
13.00  Farewell, presentation of certificates, prize giving, return of deposits
 

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