University of Nottingham
Economic and Social Research Council
Doctoral Training Centre
2015-16
Advanced Training 

Date 2015-16	Course Name
	
11 & 12 Feb	M14201 Measurement Models
Participants should have studied quantitative methods at Masters or equivalent level to attend this module		
2 & 3 March 	M34175 Children and Research	
17 & 18 March	M14205 Social Epidemiology: theories and methods for understanding the social determinants of health
Participants should have studied quantitative methods at Masters or equivalent level to attend this module	
19 & 20 March	M14205 Structural Equation Modelling
Participants should have studied quantitative methods at Masters or equivalent level to attend this module	
5 & 6 May	L34096 Archival Methods
Participants should have studied qualitative methods at Masters or equivalent level	
9 & 10 May	L34097 Researching Media, Culture and Society
Participants should have studied qualitative methods at Masters or equivalent level	
9 & 10 May	L34114 / L34116 / L34100 Individual and Group Interviews
Participants should have studied qualitative methods at Masters or equivalent level	
18 & 19 May	L34111 Researching Public Policy and Management	
19 & 20 May	B74MMR Mixed Methods in Health Research
Participants should have studied qualitative methods at Masters or equivalent level	
18 & 21 April	Corpus Linguistics	

6 & 7 June (L34095)
2 & 3 June (L34115)	Doing Ethnography
Participants should have studied qualitative methods at Masters or equivalent level

This module runs twice – please state if you have a date preference, otherwise we will fill L34095 first, then L34115	
2 & 3 June	Intermediate Quantitative Analysis
Participants should have studied qualitative methods at Masters or equivalent level	

M14201 Measurement Models (Factor Analysis and Item Response Models) (10 Credits)
Module convenors: Prof Cees van der Eijk
School of Politics and International Relations
Room C16 Law and Social Science Bldg., University Park
cees.vandereijk@nottingham.ac.uk
Taught by:	Two full days of instruction which contain both lecture-like elements and hands-on practical training.
When taught:	Thursday 11 and Friday 12 February 2016, 9:30am – 5pm Location: room A25, Law and Social Science Building, University Park.
Assessment:	A practical application of multiple item measurement to be conducted and reported in an essay (up to 3000 words, including a 500 word reflection on the method in relation to other methods), in the form of a research note that could be submitted to a journal (or included in a thesis). The application can be in any area of social research where appropriate data are available (either form one’s own research or from secondary sources).
Assessment	Submission deadline Thursday 3 March 2016. Coursework should
submission:	be submitted to the School of Politics and International Relations, Law & Social Sciences Building, University Park.
Pre-requisites:	Foundations of Quantitative Analysis, or equivalent to be approved by the convenor.
Psychology students are strongly advised to have M14160 Intermediate Quantitative Analysis in addition to Foundations, in order that they can be adequately prepared with the software required for this module.
Module	Carole.yates@nottingham.ac.uk
administrator:
This module focuses on the use of methods commonly used to assess whether a set of observed variables can be assumed to measure the same underlying phenomenon (often referred to as a latent factor, trait, or dimension). If so, the information from the separate variables can be combined into a composite measure (multiple item measurement), which yields important benefits for conceptualisation and further analysis.
Common instances in which these questions arise can be found in education and psychology (where multiple items are used to construct tests of achievement, proficiency and various kinds of psychological traits); in survey research in sociology, political science and economics (where, e.g., a set of agree/disagree statements or Likert items are used to determine people’s level of attitudes or orientations); and in macroeconomics and social-indicator research (where a large number of conceptually and empirically related measures is available for macro-units such as regions or countries).

The module focuses in particular on two broad approaches that are very frequently used in the social and behavioural sciences: factor analysis (including exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis) and item-response scaling (including Mokken and Rasch scaling). The module covers both kinds of measurement models, practical considerations in actual applications, empirical examples from different disciplines, and hands-on training.
Some kinds of measurement modelling (particularly CFA) are strongly linked to the tradition of structural equation modelling (SEM), which is the topic of a separate DTC module (Structural Equation Modelling, M14205, taking place on 17 and 18 March 2016). Although there is no requirement to do so, there is therefore a distinct benefit in taking both modules (M14201 and M14205).
Please note: this is an interdisciplinary module that is open to students from across the social sciences. If you have any doubts about whether the course is suitable for your needs or level of study, please contact a course Convenor before  registering.

M34175 Children and Research (10 Credits)
Module convenors:	Dr Nicola Pitchford
School of Psychology
University Park Campus
nicola.pitchford@nottingham.ac.uk	

Taught by:	Lectures and workshops
When taught: Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3 March 2016
Rooms and venues to be confirmed
Assessment:	2000 word essay
Assessment	Submission deadline 24 March 2016. Please submit to Reception,
submission:	School of Law, Law and Social Sciences Building, University Park
Assessment	Guidelines on layout and referencing will be provided in the module
format:	handbook and moodle
Pre-requisites: M14152 Foundations in Qualitative Methods or equivalent to be determined by convenor
Module	Lindsay.Mcloughlin@nottingham.ac.uk
administrator:
The module is one of a number of modules offered as part of the Universities ESRC doctoral training centre in advanced research methods. The module considers a number of issues in relation to children and research. Students will develop, through a range of learning methods, an advanced appreciation of different research methodologies with children, ethical considerations for research with children, and the role that children’s rights should play in terms of the design and implementation of research with children. Students will experience a range of learning methods including workshops, multimedia and group work. In common with the other advanced modules offered by the ESRC DTC the module is offered as a two day workshop with additional guided reading.
Please note, this is an interdisciplinary module that is open to students from across the social sciences. If you have any doubts about whether the course is suitable for your needs or level of study, please contact the course Convenor before registering.

B74SET Social Epidemiology: theories and methods for understanding
the social determinants of health (10 credits)

Module convenor: Dr Helen Boardman
School of Pharmacy
School of Pharmacy building
helen.boardman@nottingham.ac.uk
Taught by:	Intensive block – two full days
When taught:	Wednesday 2 March 2016, 09:30-16.30, Room C15 Pharmacy Wednesday 16 March 2016, 09:30-16.30, Room C15 Pharmacy
Assessment:	2000 word essay
Assessment submission:
Assessment format:	Monday 11 April 2016 by 16:00. Please submit to student administration reception, School of Pharmacy building (hard copy) and Moodle drop-box (electronic copy).
Please follow the university guidelines:
www.nottingham.ac.uk/studentservices/documents/planning-and-preparing-to-write-assignments.pdf	

Pre-requisites:	M14153 Fundamentals of Quantitative Analysis or equivalent to be determined by convenor
Module	Michelle.dickson@nottingham.ac.uk
administrator:
This module covers the methods and measurements used in social epidemiology. The basic epidemiological measurements will be introduced alongside the methods of measuring these through the various study types. The strengths and weaknesses of each study type will be considered. We will also consider the concept of causation and the controversies in its measurement.
This module will consider how social class and deprivation are measured in the UK and the advantages and disadvantages of these measures. We will discuss some of the available data sources and their limitations. Finally we will cover methods of statistical analysis.
Please note: this is an interdisciplinary module that is open to students from across the social sciences. If you have any doubts about whether the course is suitable for your needs or level of study, please contact a course Convenor before registering.

M14205 Structural Equation Modelling (10 Credits)
Module convenor: Prof Cees van der Eijk
School of Politics and International Relations
Room C16 Law and Social Science Bldg., University Park
cees.vandereijk@nottingham.ac.uk
Taught by:	Two full days of instruction which will contain both lecture-like elements and hands-on practical training.
When taught:	Thursday 17 and Friday 18 March 2016, 9:30am – 5pm Location: room A25, Law and Social Science Building
Assessment:	A practical application of multiple item measurement to be conducted and reported in an essay (up to 3000 words, including a 500 word reflection on the method in relation to other methods), in the form of a research note that could be submitted to a journal (or included in a thesis). The application can be in any area of social research where appropriate data are available (either form one’s own research or from secondary sources).
Assessment	Submission deadline Monday 18th April 2016. Coursework should
submission:	be submitted to the School of Politics and International Relations, Law & Social Sciences Building, University Park.
Pre-requisites:	Foundations of Quantitative Analysis, or equivalent to be approved by the convenor.
Module	Carole.yates@nottingham.ac.uk
administrator:
Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) is a form of multivariate analysis, just like, e.g., regression analysis is. The main difference is that in a regression model variables are either independent, or dependent. In a SEM model variables can also be mediating: they are dependent with respect to some other variables, yet independent for yet other ones. Obviously, this comes much closer than a regression model to represent many of our substantive theories that propose networks of causal relationships between variables, and chains of causation. The module covers the methodological background of SEM, practical considerations in actual applications, empirical examples from different disciplines, and hands-on training (using AMOS).
The measurement elements of structural equation modelling (i.e., confirmatory factor analysis, or CFA) will be discussed, but much of this is addressed in more detail in a different DTC module (Measurement Models, module M14201, taking place on 11 and 12 February 2016). Although there is no requirement to do so, there is therefore a distinct benefit in taking both modules (M14201 and M14205).

Please note: this is an interdisciplinary module that is open to students from across the social sciences. If you have any doubts about whether the course is suitable for your needs or level of study, please contact a course Convenor before  registering.

L34096 Archival Methods (10 Credits)
Module convenor: Dr Anne-Marie Kramer
School of Sociology & Social Policy
Room B40 Law and Social Sciences Building
Anne-Marie.Kramer@nottingham.ac.uk 
Taught by:	Lecture and seminar
When taught:	Thursday 5 and Friday 6 May 2016, Room B2 Hemsley
Assessment:	2,000 word report

Assessment submission:

Submission deadline to be confirmed. Students need to submit the hard copy to the letterbox located in the glass panel that can be found on the wall at the School of Sociology and Social Policy Reception, B Floor, Law & Social Sciences Building, University Park.

Assessment format:

Please follow the university guidelines:
www.nottingham.ac.uk/studentservices/documents/planning-and-preparing-to-write-assignments.pdf

Pre-requisites:	M14152 Foundations in Qualitative Methods or equivalent to be determined by the convenor
Module	Alison.Haigh@nottingham.ac.uk
Administrator:
This hands-on module will give students experience in analysing archival records.
Archival methods and documents in general are often neglected in sociology, but they have been central to the practice of many other related disciplines, including history, political science and more recently, anthropology. Indeed there is a resurgence of interest in the archive (both public and private) across cultural studies and, in particular, memory studies. Informed by insights from other disciplinary contexts, this module will explore how and why the archive as a research site might similarly be of interest to qualitative sociologists and investigate how archival documents can be used in research. The module will therefore both offer an introduction to archive theory and a hands-on introduction to working with a variety of archival documents.
The module will consider the following issues:
•	How might we define the status and purpose of the archive and its contents?
•	How does the archive’s status and purpose influence our mode of engagement with it?

•	What are the politics of the archive? What ‘traces’ are present, what missing, with what gendered, ‘raced’, classed etc. results?
•	How have historians and others worked with and within the archive, given these limitations?
•	What are the advantages and limitations in ‘re-using’ qualitative archived data?
•	Approaches to interpreting archival documents
Students will be expected to complete background reading ahead of the taught sessions.
Please note this is an interdisciplinary module that is open to students from across the social sciences. If you have any doubts about whether the course is suitable for your needs or level of study, please contact a course Convenor before registering.

L34097 Researching Media, Culture and Society (10 Credits)
Module convenors:	Dr Anne-Marie Kramer
School of Sociology and Social Policy, Law and Social Sciences
Building.
Anne-Marie.Kramer@nottingham.ac.uk	

Taught by:	Lecture
When taught:	Semester two
Dates and venue details to be confirmed via Moodle and the module
handbook
Assessment:	2,000 word essay
Assessment submission:
Assessment format:	Essay submission deadline to be confirmed. Students need to submit the hard copy to the letterbox located in the glass panel that can be found on the wall at the School of Sociology and Social Policy Reception, B Floor, Law & Social Sciences Building, University Park.
Please follow the university guidelines:
www.nottingham.ac.uk/studentservices/documents/planning-and-preparing-to-write-assignments.pdf	

Pre-requisites:	M14152 Foundations in Qualitative Methods or equivalent to be determined by the convenor.
Module	Alison.Haigh@nottingham.ac.uk administrator:
Exact content to be confirmed during semester one.
This module will explore a selection of key debates and issues in the Anglo-American media in order to introduce students to a range of i) theories about popular media and ii) different approaches to studying a range of media genres. It problematises the role of the media in contemporary culture and society in three specific contexts: ‘Gender and identity’; ‘Science and Society’ and ‘Culture and Citizenship’. Drawing on these contexts and case studies, it will equip students with appropriate theoretical and methodological tools to critically analyse a range of media texts and audienceship practices. Students will practice various research methods by experimenting with different methodological and analytical approaches. The first part of the module, ‘Gender and Identity’, will explore feminist theories about popular media, with the emphasis on exploring research methods and methodologies appropriate for analysing gendered mediated representations as they intersect with other axes of difference such as ‘race’, class and sexuality. The second part, ‘Science and Society’, aims to engage students with the way that the media frame issues through culturally situated language and images, exploring the advantages and disadvantages of these ways of framing, steering and stimulating

public debate about science and technology. The third part of the module, ‘Culture and citizenship’ will explore issues around media and citizenship with a focus on culture, ideology and politics.
Please note, this is an interdisciplinary module that is open to students from across the social sciences. If you have any doubts about whether the course is suitable for your needs or level of study, please contact a course Convenor before registering.

L34114 / L34116 / L34100 Individual and Group Interviews (10 credits)
Module	L34116	Dr Alison Edgley
convenors:
School of Health Sciences
D Floor Queen’s Medical Centre
alison.edgley@nottingham.ac.uk
L34114	Dr Claire Diver
School of Health Sciences
Clinical Sciences, Nottingham City Campus
Claire.diver@nottingham.ac.uk 
L34100	Dr Aimie Purser
School of Sociology and Social Policy
Law & Social Sciences Building, Park Campus
Aimie.purser@nottingham.ac.uk 
Taught by:	Workshop
When taught:	Please note that courses will be filled depending on demand commencing with L34116
L34116 – Monday 9 May, 09:30 – 16:30, B12 Engineering & Science
Learning Centre
Tuesday 10 May, 09:30-16:30, C1 Pope Building
L34114 – Monday 9 May, 09:30-16:30, A35 Life Sciences Tuesday 10 May, 09:30-16:30, B39 Life Sciences
L34100 – Dates and venues to be confirmed
Assessment:	2000 word report
Assessment submission:
Assessment format:	Please check Moodle for submission instructions.
Please follow the university guidelines:
www.nottingham.ac.uk/studentservices/documents/planning-and-preparing-to-write-assignments.pdf	

Pre-requisites: Candidates are required to have studied the theoretical underpinnings of Qualitative Methods at Masters level.
Module	Lisa.Burr@nottingham.ac.uk
administrators:
This block will involve practically-oriented sessions where to explore a variety of individual and group interview approaches. This will include focus groups as well as structured, semi-structured, and more open-ended styles of interviewing (including narrative approaches). It will also consider the use of stimulus material, vignettes, and critical incidents as possible ways of structuring interview interactions.

Sessions will include practical demonstrations of interviewing, and will involve the analysis of interview transcripts, along with published research papers, which use different analytical approaches. Among a range of issues that will be considered, it will discuss some of the ethical issues that can arise when this type of fieldwork is being conducted, and there will be plenty of opportunity for group members to draw upon their own research experiences within this and other discussions. This is a hands-on module.
Please note, this is an interdisciplinary module that is open to students from across the social sciences. If you have any doubts about whether the course is suitable for your needs or level of study, please contact a module convenor before registering.

L34111 Researching Public Policy and Management (10 Credits)
Module convenors: Dr Pauline Jas
School of Sociology and Social
Policy, Law and Social Sciences
Building.
Pauline.jas@nottingham.ac.uk 
Taught by:	Lecture
When taught:	Semester two
Wednesday 18 May, 1115 UP Tower Building 9.30 – 17.00. Thursday 19 May, Room A11 Highfields House, 9.30 – 17.00.
Assessment:	2,000 word essay
Assessment submission:
Assessment format:	12 noon, Thursday 9 June 2016. Students need to submit the hard copy to the letterbox located in the glass panel that can be found on the wall at the School of Sociology and Social Policy Reception, B Floor, Law & Social Sciences Building, University Park.
Please follow the university guidelines:
www.nottingham.ac.uk/studentservices/documents/planning-and-preparing-to-write-assignments.pdf	

Pre-requisites:	None
Module	Alison.Haigh@nottingham.ac.uk
administrator:
This module covers some of the main approaches to researching public policy and public management. The module will consider the role of theory in policy-related studies and then explore the pros and cons of the following designs/methods: comparative research (in particular cross-country research), researching networks and governance arrangements, use of performance indicators, elite interviewing and the evaluation of policies and cost-benefit analysis. The module will use case studies to illustrate the designs, methodologies and methods discussed.
Please note, this is an interdisciplinary module that is open to students from across the social sciences. If you have any doubts about whether the course is suitable for your needs or level of study, please contact a course Convenor before registering.

B74MMR Mixed Methods in Health Research (10 Credits)
Module convenors:	Dr Denis Walsh
School of Health Sciences Division of Midwifery, Floor 12, Tower Block, Park Campus denis.walsh@nottingham.ac.uk 	Dr Jo Cooper
Trust HQ, 3rd Floor
City Hospital Campus
joanne.cooper3@nuh.nhs.uk	

Taught by:	Lecture and Seminar
When taught:	Thursday 19 May, C1071, QMC South Block, 10.00 – 15.30
Friday 20 May, C1072, QMC South Block, 10.00 – 15.30
Assessment:	2000 word assignment + 500 word reflection

Assessment submission:
Assessment format:

Please check Moodle for submission instructions.
Please follow the university guidelines:
www.nottingham.ac.uk/studentservices/documents/planning-and-preparing-to-write-assignments.pdf

Pre-requisites:	M14152 Foundations in Qualitative Research or equivalent to be determined by convenor
Module	Lisa.Burr@nottingham.ac.uk
Administrator:
The module is one of a number of modules offered as part of the University’s ESRC doctoral training centre. This module will explore the philosophical and practical foundations for using mixed methods in health research. Mixed methods research will be explored by considering issues around conceptualising and designing mixed methods research to selecting methods, analysing and interpreting data and reporting findings. In common with the other advanced modules offered by the ESRC DTC the module is offered as a two day workshop with additional guided reading and work.
Please note, this is an interdisciplinary module that is open to students from across the social sciences. If you have any doubts about whether the course is suitable for your needs or level of study, please contact a course Convenor before registering.

Q34724 Corpus Linguistics (10 Credits)
Module	To be confirmed
convenors:
School of English
A Floor, Trent Building, Park Campus

Taught by:	Lecture and workshop
When taught:	Monday 18 April 2016, 9am – 2pm in LASS A25 Thursday 21 April 2016, 12noon – 5pm in LASS A25

Assessment:
Assessment submission:
Assessment format:

2000 word assignment
Friday 10 June 2016 by 14.00. Please submit two hard copies via the assessment box in the School of English corridor, outside A95 Trent Building.
Please follow the School’s guidelines:
https://workspace.nottingham.ac.uk/display/english/Producing+Asse ssed+Coursework 

Pre-requisites: M14151 Research Design, Practice & Ethics, or M14150 Philosophy of Research/Social Science, or equivalent as judged by the convenor
Module	liz.dennis@nottingham.ac.uk
administrator:
The module is one of a number of modules offered as part of the University’s ESRC doctoral training centre. Corpus linguistics provides methods for the study of collections of electronic texts (written texts, including literary texts, material from the internet, transcripts of spoken language, etc.). This module will explore fundamental methods in corpus linguistics, introduce basic concepts and give students the opportunity to complete hands-on tasks in the computer lab using corpus software such as WordSmith Tools. In common with the other advanced modules offered by the ESRC DTC the module is offered as a two-day workshop with additional guided reading and work.
Please note, this is an interdisciplinary module that is open to students from across the social sciences. If you have any doubts about whether the course is suitable for your needs or level of study, please contact the course convenor before registering.

L34095, L34115 Doing Ethnography (10 Credits)

Dr Stephen Timmons (L34115)

Module convenors: 

Dr Samuel Okyere (L34095)

School of Sociology and Social Policy, Law and Social Sciences Building. Samuel.Okyere@nottingham.ac.u  k

Nottingham University Business School stephen.timmons@nottingham.ac.  uk

Taught by:	Lecture and workshops
When taught:	Please note that courses will be filled depending on demand commencing with L34095
L34095: Monday 6 and Tuesday 7 June 9.30 – 17.00, D137 Portland Building.
Assessment:	2,000 word essay	L34115: Thursday 2 and Friday 3 June, 09.30 – 17.00, Room TBC	

Please follow the university guidelines:
www.nottingham.ac.uk/studentservices/documents/planning-and-preparing-to-write-assignments.pdf

Assessment submission:
Assessment format:

L34095: Submission deadline 12 noon, Thursday 28 June 2016. Students need to submit the hard copy to the letterbox located in the glass panel that can be found on the wall at the School of Sociology and Social Policy Reception, B Floor, Law & Social Sciences Building, University Park.

L34115: Essay submission deadline to be confirmed. Please submit to Andrea Tomlinson, A73 Postgraduate Office, North Business School.

Pre-requisites:	M14152 Foundations in Qualitative Methods or equivalent to be determined by the convenor.
Module
administrators:	L34095:
Alison.Haigh@nottingham.ac.uk	L34115:
Amanda.Shacklock@nottingham.a  c.uk 	

This module considers in detail 'ethnography' as a qualitative research method. It explores the underlying principles and practices of the approach, which, broadly speaking, involves studying people 'at first hand', in detail, usually at length and in the context in which they live, work, play etc. It will explore:
•	Key concepts and approaches
•	Important ethnographic studies
•	Critiques, strengths and weaknesses
•	Designing and planning your own ethnographic study.

Students will experience a range of learning methods including lectures, workshops, film viewings, student presentations and group work. The course will explore the historic development of the ethnographic tradition from its inception in the field of anthropology (e.g. Malinowski), early use in sociology (including the Chicago School's research into urban sociology). It will consider the contested terrain of defining what constitutes ethnographic research and how it has been conceptualised and theorised, paying particular attention to researcher subjectivity and how this impacts 'hands-on' research. Data-collection methods including interviewing, participant observation, text collection and photography will be explored in great detail, and students will be required to design a study with the above considerations in mind.
Please note, this is an interdisciplinary module that is open to students from across the social sciences. If you have any doubts about whether the course is suitable for your needs or level of study, please contact a course Convenor before registering.

M14160 Intermediate Quantitative Analysis (10 Credits)
Module convenor: Dr Anja Neundorf
School of Politics & International Relations
Room C17 Law & Social Sciences Building
anja.neundorf@nottingham.ac.uk 
Taught by:	Seminars and Computer Lab
When taught:	Thursday 2 and Friday 3 June 2016
Venues to be confirmed via moodle and the course handbook
Assessment:	2000 word assignment
Assessment submission:
Assessment format:	Submission deadline Thursday 23 June 2016. Coursework should be submitted to the School of Politics and International Relations, Law & Social Sciences Building, University Park.
Please follow the university guidelines:
www.nottingham.ac.uk/studentservices/documents/planning-and-preparing-to-write-assignments.pdf	

Pre-requisites:	M14153 Fundamentals of Quantitative Analysis or equivalent to be determined by convenor. Stata working knowledge required.
Module	Carole.yates@nottingham.ac.uk
administrator:
Categorical dependent variables such as turnout (yes, no), educational attainment (GCSE, A-levels, degree), or opinions measured using Likert scales (e.g. 1=absolutely disagree; 5=absolutely agree) are very common in research and, consequently, models for analysing these variables are now standard research tools.
This is a two-day course that will introduce students to specific issues of quantitative data analysis using such non-continues dependent variables. The lecture component of the module will explore the most common issues that arise when examining categorical data. This includes different forms of choice models such as binary logit models, ordinal logit models, as well as multinomial logit models. As part of the statistical theory, we will also cover maximum likelihood estimation.
By the end of this two-day course, students will be able to read articles that employ such logit models. In addition, they will be able to use these models in their own research. You can only learn statistics by doing statistics. This is why this module includes a laboratory component, where you will learn to apply these techniques to the analysis of discipline specific data. The practical skills include hands-on analysis of categorical data in Stata, as well as extensive training in the interpretation of logit results. Using a range

of the most popular survey data sets including the British Election Study and the European Social Survey.
The module should provide the skills necessary to take one or more survey data sets, and conduct the data management and analysis necessary to conduct a full-scale research project.
Your coursework assignment will be based on the need to actually implement these methods with real data. Thus, your goal will be to apply one of the methods you will have learnt on these data to answer questions about whether some variable X affect a categorical dependent variable Y.
Please note, this is an interdisciplinary module that is open to students from across the social sciences. If you have any doubts about whether the course is suitable for your needs or level of study, please contact a course Convenor before registering

B74EIS Evaluating Interventions, Services and Health and Social Care (20 credits)

Module convenors:
Ms Stacy Johnson
School of Health Sciences
B Floor Queen’s Medical Centre stacy.johnson@nottingham.ac.uk

Online with flexible, optional group and one-to-one tutorials that can be attended face-to-face, by phone or by Skype. Consequently, students do not have to come into the University of Nottingham to take this module.

When taught:
Thursdays 13:30-16:30, weeks 19-27 and 29-30, B137 Med School

Assessment:
Written assignment, up to 3000 words, on one of the following options:
1. Design an evaluation strategy for an intervention, service or policy of your choice. Or
2. Analyse and systematically critique the evaluation strategy of an existing intervention, service or policy.
Assessment submission:
Please check Moodle for submission instructions.
Assessment format:
Please follow the university guidelines: www.nottingham.ac.uk/studentservices/documents/planning-and-preparing-to-write-assignments.pdf

Pre-requisites:
To be advised by module convenor
Module administrator:
Lisa.Burr@nottingham.ac.uk

This module will introduce students to the main approaches and methods available for the evaluation of health and social care policy and practice. The module will prepare students to assess the effectiveness of the interventions they implement, the programmes and services they deliver and the policies they plan or seek to enact using both qualitative and quantitative methods. Students will be taught frameworks to support their decision-making concerning the appropriate criteria by which to measure effectiveness in different situations. Students will be able to distinguish between interventions, services and policies that aim for the achievement of goals, and outcomes and interventions that are goal free. Students will therefore be equipped to evaluate structures, processes and outcomes and - more importantly - be able to identify where best to evaluate structures, processes or outcomes. The module will prepare students to identify and demonstrate the benefit of interventions to individual users, organisations or whole populations.

B74CSR Principles and Processes of Comprehensive Systematic Review (10 Credits)

Module convenors:
Professor Fiona Bath-Hextall
School of Health Sciences
D Floor Queen’s Medical Centre
fiona.bath-hextall@nottingham.ac.uk

Taught by:
Lecture

When taught:
Semester Two, Thursdays 13:30-16:30

Assessment:
3500 word assignment

Assessment submission:
Please check Moodle for submission instructions.

Assessment format:
Please follow the university guidelines: www.nottingham.ac.uk/studentservices/documents/planning-and-preparing-to-write-assignments.pdf

Pre-requisites:
To be advised by module convenor

Course administrator:
Lisa.Burr@nottingham.ac.uk

This module will promote an understanding of the process of conducting a comprehensive systematic review of evidence in order to inform the conduct of health care practice. The module will enable students to:
•	critically discuss the role of systematic review within the context of evidence translation, transfer, utilisation and generation and the evidence based health care movement;
•	explore the use of systematic reviews to explore issues relating to the appropriateness, meaningfulness, feasibility, effectiveness and costs of health care interventions;
•	frame an appropriate review question and develop a review protocol relevant to their own area of practice;
•	develop approaches to design an appropriate search strategy
•	critically explore the processes of assessment of methodological quality, data extraction and data synthesis for a range of health related research;
•	critically discuss the available frameworks for the systematic review of quantitative and qualitative research and the process of meta analysis and meta synthesis;
•	critically discuss the use of a range of evidence, including narrative opinion and text in the process of systematic review.

Please note, this is an interdisciplinary module that is open to students from across the social sciences. If you have any doubts about whether the course is suitable for your needs or level of study, please contact a module convenor before registering.