Scottish Programme of Advanced Training for Social Anthropology PhD Students, STAR 1
Location
The Burn
Glenesk Brechin DD9 7YP United KingdomDescription
The Scottish Graduate School of Social Science welcomes postgraduate research students to the following advanced training event:
Scottish Programme of Advanced Training for Social Anthropology PhD Students, STAR 1
28 April - 2 May 2014
The Burn, Glenesk
This workshop is specifically designed for postgraduate students in Social Anthropology departments in Scotland.
This event is student led and driven, and facilitated by staff from Edinburgh, St Andrews and Aberdeen (Dr Ian Harper, Dr Richard Baxstrom, Dr Arnar Arnarson, Dr Stephanie Bunn and Dr Mattia Fumanti). Students define the areas they want to explore and staff assist during this intensive pre-field work event. It is designed for all Social Anthropology students who are finishing their pre-field work training. Last year, this included sessions on:
- Writing fieldnotes
- Working with Archives
- Sound and fieldwork
Arrangements
The course takes place at The Burn and is residential from midday on Monday 28 April until midday on Friday 2 May 2014.
For any questions regarding this event, please contact Mhairi Aitkenhead.
Organised by
The Scottish Graduate School of Social Science is the UK's largest facilitator of funding, training and support for doctoral students in social science. By combining the expertise of sixteen universities across Scotland, the school facilitates world-class PhD research. The school is funded jointly by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Scottish Funding Council.
SGSSS is a highly attractive environment for doctoral research. Not only do our partner universities offer an excellent research environment, we also offer comprehensive and world-class research training in a number of discipline-specific and interdisciplinary pathways. In addition, the school manages a programme of advanced training courses and an annual summer school which together offers our students further opportunities to develop their research, knowledge exchange and transferable professional skills.
At the heart of the SGSSS is the Doctoral Training Partnership (formerly the Doctoral Training Centre) in Scotland. The SGSSS was established in 2011 and is the biggest of 14 Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) accredited DTPs in the United Kingdom. The bid for renewed funding has been successful and from 1 October 2017 the SGSSS will be one of the ESRC's 14 Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTP).