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New Warwick Q-Step Centre Website Launching Friday 26 August

Thu, 25 Aug 2016 12:26:08 GMT

The Warwick Q-Step Centre launches its new website on Friday 26 September 2016.

The current website will be migrated over to the new location on this date. Please note that any links to the old website may no longer work when the migration is complete.

Please contact Warwick Q-Step Centre if you have any questions about the new website: q-step@warwick.ac.uk

Latest research by Warwick Q-Step Centre Professor on the bullying experiences of disabled children and young people in England

Mon, 06 Jun 2016 13:22:58 GMT

Stella Chatzitheochari, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Warwick Q-Step Centre, has conducted important research in collaboration with Sam Parsons (IOE) and Lucinda Platt (LSE) on the bullying experiences of disabled children and young people in England.

The Faculty of Social Sciences and Warwick Q-Step Centre Co-host Big Data Network Forum Lunch

Mon, 06 Jun 2016 11:01:46 GMT

On Wednesday 1 June, the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Warwick Q-Step Centre co-hosted the Big Data Network Forum Lunch. This was an excellent opportunity for big data researchers at the University of Warwick to engage with other colleagues working in big data research, to explore possibilities for collaborative links and to share ideas.

Warwick Q-Step Centre hosts first Methods Spring Camp

Wed, 04 May 2016 15:45:56 GMT

On 21 and 22 April 2016, the Warwick Q-Step Centre hosted the inaugural Q-Step Spring Camp. See our webpages (http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/q-step/study/springcamps/sc2016/) for further details.

Sir David Spiegelhalter's Talk on 10 March

Tue, 08 Mar 2016 16:11:54 GMT

Warwick Q-Step Centre is organising an event for schools on Thursday 10 March 2016 and Sir David Spiegelhalter will be giving a presentation based on his book Sex by Numbers. A few places are still available, please contact Q-Step team (Q-Step@warwick.ac.uk) if you are interested in attending the talk.

Warwick Q-Step - New Posts

Mon, 18 Jan 2016 11:44:15 GMT

Applications are currently being invited for two new posts:

Assistant Professor – Politics and International Studies/Q-Step (Closing date: 16 February 2016)
Associate Professor – Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies/Q-Step ( Closing date: 15 February 2016)

Details of both posts can be found on the University’s recruitment web pages: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/humanresources/jobsintro/.

Dr Stella Chatzitheochari - Article Published in International Journal for Time Use Research

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:21:56 GMT

Dr Stella Chatzitheochari has had an article published in the electronic International Journal of Time Use Research.

Fisher, K., Chatzitheochari, S., Gilbert, E., Calderwood, L. Fitzsimons, E., Cleary, A., Huskinson, T., and Gershuny, J (2015) A Mixed-mode Approach to Measuring Young People's Time Use in the Millennium Cohort Study electronic International Journal of Time Use Research 12(1): 174-180.

Forthcoming FSS/Q-Step Event - Big Data, Social Data: 10 December 2015

Thu, 03 Dec 2015 09:10:39 GMT

Come along to this exciting one-day event to find out more about the uses and challenges of big data for social science research! Sessions/speakers include:

09:45-10:45 – Big Data and Cities Prof. Rob Ktichin

11:15-12:15 – Big Data and Health Dr Nathan Lea

13:15-14:15 – Big Data and Administrative Data Ms Trazar Astley-Reid

14:15-15:15 – Big Data and the Economy Dr Ana Gross

15:45-16:45 – Big Data and Education Dr Ben Williamson

All welcome!

Register at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/big-data-social-data-tickets-18990130993

IBM and Warwick Develop New Big Data Ethics Course

Wed, 02 Dec 2015 15:55:21 GMT

A partnership between the University of Warwick and IBM is to offer researchers guidance through the ethical minefield of using big data and real time analytics.

Following an existing successful academic partnership between the two organisations, IBM is providing support for the development of new postgraduate training through the IBM Faculty Awards programme.

For further information see the full University press release and other press cuttings:

Compute Scotland

Phys Org

Newswise

New Publication from Professor Tak Wing Chan

Wed, 02 Dec 2015 14:52:19 GMT

Prof Tak Wing Chan and Professor John Ermisch have had an article published in the Population Studies Journal. The article entitled Residential proximity of parents and their adult offspring in the United Kingdom, 2009–10 can be found in Population Studies, 2015, Vol. 69, No. 3, 355–372.