The National Centre for Research Methods are offering new training courses for 2019. We will be announcing more courses as they are finalised, but here are the confirmed courses for 2019 so far:

Quant for qual researchers | 8-10 January | Cardiff

Longitudinal structural equation modelling with R | 31 January – 1 February | Southampton

Understanding small areas: spatial analysis of population & neighbourhood data | 7-8 February | Manchester

Accessing data quality and disclosure risk in numeric data | 20 February | London

How to write your methodology chapter | 26 February | Southampton

Introduction to GIS | 4-7 March | Southampton

Introduction to latent class analysis | 14-15 March | Manchester

Introduction to spatial data and using R as a GIS | 27 March | Southampton

Spatial interaction modelling | 28-29 March | London

Introduction to data linkage and analysing linked data | 1-2 April | London

Using creative research methods | 3 April | Cardiff

Interpretive political science | 20-22 May | Southampton

Introduction to spatial data and using R as a GIS | 23 May | London

Drawing, multimodality & interaction analytics | 28 November | London

As a rule, our courses cost £30 a day for UK/EU students and £60 a day for UK/EU academics, researchers or public service staff. More details on specific course costs are available by clicking the above links.

For more information about our training courses, please visit: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/

The Royal Institution (Ri) is looking for an intern to start in mid to late January 2019 to assist the Ri team with preparation for the Big Bang Fair in March 2019. This placement will involve working with the Ri during the peak period for science engagement with schools in the UK, the period around National Science Week. Due to the focus of the internship, the dates are not flexible.

The role is based in Central London (with the requirement to travel to Birmingham for the Big Bang Fair) so students will be expected to base themselves within or near to London for the period of the placement.

The closing date for receipt of applications is midnight on Tuesday 4th December 2018 and interviews are scheduled to be held during week commencing 17th December 2018.

Please find the job description for the internship here: Big Bang Fair intern JD

More information about the Ri’s internship programme and details on individual placements, timeframes and how to apply can be found here:

http://www.rigb.org/about/work-with-us/programme-placements/phd-internships

The JSPS Summer Programme provides the opportunity for current MPhil or PhD students to receive a one-week orientation on Japanese culture and research systems on arrival and then move to a host institution in Japan of their choice and approved by JSPS, to conduct collaborative research activities for two months during the summer.

For the 2019 Programme, 18 fellowship places are available for UK nationals.

Value of award: Return international airfare, maintenance allowance (534,000, JPY), research support allowance (158,500 JPY) and overseas travel and accident insurance policy are provided.

Eligibility: Applicants must be a UK national and a current MPhil or PhD student based at a UK university or research institution at the time of application. Eligible research fields are not limited.

Applications should be sent to the British Council Tokyo. A link to application guidelines and form are available on the JSPS London website here:

http://www.jsps.org/upcoming/2018/11/jsps-summer-programme-2019-for-mphil-or-phd-students.html

Also, reports written by former UK JSPS Summer Programme Fellows about their experiences of this programme can be found on the JSPS London website at the following link:

http://www.jsps.org/funding_case_studies/fellowsummerprogramme/

For any Enquiries please e-mail: science@britishcouncil.or.jp

Please note the deadline for applications is 23:59 GMT on 15^th January 2019. The Fellowship is to take place during the fixed period 11th June 2019 to 21^st August 2019.

The 2019 Celebrating Impact Prize is now open for applications. This is ESRC’s annual opportunity to recognise and reward ESRC-funded researchers who’ve created or enabled outstanding impact from social science research.

The Prize is open to current and previous ESRC-supported researchers, including doctoral students, and there are six Prize categories including Outstanding Early Career Impact.

We celebrate researchers at all career stages whose actions have supported changes in practice, thinking or capacity that create a positive impact in our society, economy and in our lives, in the UK and internationally.

All finalists have a film professionally made about their work and its impact, and winners are awarded £10,000 to spend on further knowledge exchange, public engagement or other impact related activities.

The deadline for applications is 16:00 on Tuesday 8th January 2019. More information and application forms can be found at:

https://esrc.ukri.org/research/celebrating-impact-prize/

Catholic Theological Faculty Charles University has announced a call for papers for the international conference for doctoral students. The conference will take place on 11 April 2019.

The conference is intended for all Czech and international doctoral students on full-time or part-time study programmes in the fields of art history, theology, literature, music, and other cultural and historical disciplines. The aim of the conference is to enable students to present the results of their research so far, to introduce new and current insights based on their work on their dissertation, to compare their methodological approaches, and thus to support their research activities.

For more information please see the Call for Papers PDF and Application Form.