>>> "Wendy K. Olsen" <[log in to unmask]> 06/30/00 11:40AM >>> Dear Andrew et al. (copied to a lot of people) Please if you are interested in coordinating a Workshop on Heterodox Economic Analysis methods read the following and reply to me (Wendy Olsen) so I can help coordinate an application from the AHE group that had such a successful conference this week. Below please see the ESRC's guideline URGING groups like us to apply for funds. However note that I am probably already going to be involved in 2 other workhsps during 2001 so we need an AHE WORKSHOP COORDINATOR to take this on. Ring me (number below) to get details of the scheme. I will be happy to teach on the workhsop but would prefer it to be at a venue elsewhere in UK. NonUK nationals can of course go to the Workshops but they need to be registered UK PhD 2nd-4th year students to ge t the funding. ESRC RESEARCH TRAINING DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES (TDA) 2001 EXTRACT: Guidance Notes for Applicants Completed application forms should be returned to the Postgraduate Training Division on or before 10 November 2000 1. Background to the scheme In July 1997, a proposal to invite Learned Societies to submit applications for advanced research training events was approved by the ESRC Training Board. The Board agreed to support 8 applications in December 1997, 11 in December 1998 and 11 in December 1999. There is now an opportunity for those that did not apply or who were unsuccessful last year to apply in 2000. The Board wishes to extend the range of events supported and the organisations putting forward proposals. The scheme is not therefore limited to learned societies in the social sciences and other organisations are encouraged to put forward applications for funding. The Board is also willing to consider supporting student-lead events and training activities directed towards supervisors rather than students. However, all applications for TDA funding should be made on a non-profit making basis. Please note that Departments or other units within a Higher Education Institution may not apply in their own right. The following Notes have been updated from last year to help applicants to meet the ESRC's requirements for the scheme. 2. ESRC requirements Advanced research training 2.1 The priority for TDA support is on 'advanced' research training. Events should build on and take further, but not replicate, the training requirements outlined in the ESRC Postgraduate Training Guidelines (1996). The ESRC considers provision of the training outlined in these Guidelines to be the responsibility of individual academic institutions and departments for provision in the first or foundation year of a research student's PhD study. Many students will require further training as they advance in their studies "to cover specialist and continuing training needs" (B1.1.3). Not all Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) might have the necessary resources or level of expertise available to provide such specialist training. Such provision has the potential to build on HEI research training to meet the ESRC Guidelines but not duplicate it. 2.2 Activities providing advanced training will be expected to address methodological and technical research-based knowledge, skills, understandings and related issues situated in the disciplines or subject areas within the social sciences. In general, the ESRC is prepared to consider training activities as 'advanced' if they are directed towards or based upon: i) advances in the sophistication and rigour of existing ways of thinking about or conducting research in a particular subject, discipline or interdisciplinary area; ii) advances effected by the incorporation of new ways of combining well tried and trusted traditional approaches in one area with those in another; iii) advances brought about by the need to adopt and adapt existing approaches to new or changing purposes, situations, or circumstances. However, applications which do not provided advanced training but which offer other benefits to the participants will also be considered provided that these benefits are clearly explained. further details are at www.esrc.ac.uk/ptd/tdals Wendy FROM: Wendy Olsen Lecturer in Quantitative Development Economics University of Bradford Bradford BD7 1DP 0044-1274-233965 fax 0044-1274-235280 email [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%