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Telling a story or reporting the facts in qualitative health research? | 19 April 2023 | 11:00 – 12:00pm
Telling a story or reporting the facts? The potential for interpretation vs the dominance of description in applied qualitative health research analyses? Abstract: Interpretative analysis of qualitative data has been likened to a form of creative storytelling. However, analysis of qualitative health research data is often subject to concerns derived from quantitative empiricism such as replicability, […]
Spring Festival of Family Wellbeing, 15th March 2023
On 15th March 2023, ActEarly researchers took part in the Spring Festival of Family wellbeing in Tower Hamlets, London organised by Bromley by Bow Centre. Approximately 360 people attended the community and family event, taking part in interactive sessions. To read more, click here t
NEW – March ActEarly e-Bulletin
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Research Assistant (Qualitative/ Mixed Methods Health Researcher)
The postholder will provide qualitative/ mixed method research support to academics on the ActEarly research project. ActEarly is a 5-year UKPRP funded research programme (finishing in August 2024) which aims to co-produce, implement and evaluate multiple novel early life interventions to prevent disease and reduce inequalities. In the last 17 months of the project there are several […]
ActEarly Methods Club: Introduction to causal graphs for study design & analysis | 15th March 2023 | 2:00 – 3:00pm
A casual introduction to causal graphs for study design and analysis: what are they, how do we build them, and why should we care? Abstract: Graphical causal models, such as directed acyclic graphs or DAGs, are a valuable tool for synthesizing the known and unknown relationships relevant to our research questions. Using these tools can help […]
ActEarly Methods Club: Measuring Social Trust in the Community | 17th January 2023 | 12:00 – 13:15
Measuring Social Trust in the Community Abstract: Stronger Communities has been funded by the Council of Europe to test/develop a mechanism for measuring, and acting upon, levels of Social Trust in neighbourhoods throughout the Bradford District. The work is led by the Social Trust Collaboratory in Canada, but co-designed and delivered here. Bradford is the […]
Webinar: Policy, inequality and the cost of living crisis – 13th December 2022
This is a free event open to anyone interested in issues of social justice. We’ll discuss policy, inequality and rising living costs. Sign up now for this webinar on 13th December where researchers will share insights and learning from research being carried out by the Cost of Living Research Group at the University of York […]
ActEarly Methods Club: A Whole Systems Data Linkage Accelerator | 16th November 2022 | 11:30-13:00
A Whole Systems Approach to Addressing Wider Determinants of Health: The Case of Connected Bradford Abstract: The Connected Bradford Whole System Data Linkage Accelerator was set up to link health, education, social care, environmental and other local government data to drive learning health systems, prevention and population health management. Data spanning a period of over […]
Job opportunity – Research Fellow
The UCL Institute of Education (IOE) is a world-leading centre for research and teaching in social science and education, ranked number one for education worldwide in the 2021 QS World University Rankings for the eighth year running. Within UCL IOE, Social Research Institute (SRI) is one of the largest centres of multi-disciplinary, social science research […]
PhD studentship: The Built Environment and Adolescent Mental Health
One three-year studentship for a UK candidate with strong spatial data analytical skills beginning in September 2023. The candidate will need to apply to the Architectural Space & Computation MPhil/PhD programme by clicking here at The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, where s/he will be supported in developing a broad characterisation of Bradford’s […]
ActEarly Methods Club: Synthetic Controls: Methods and Applications | 19th October 2022 | 11:00-12.15
Bio: Dr. Javier Gardeazabal is a Professor of Economics at the University of the Basque Country. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from The University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. from the University of the Basque Country. His research is on empirical economics applied to fields such as international finance, economic growth, labor economics, cultural […]
ActEarly Methods Club: Unlocking Connected Data: How Visual Analytics Help? | 14th September 2022 | 11:00-12.15
Bio: Dr Mai Elshehaly is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University of Bradford. She holds a PhD and MSc. in Computer Science from the Center for Human-Computer Interaction at Virginia Tech. Before her current appointment, she held post-doctoral fellowships at the University of Leeds and University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Her primary […]
Covid-19: The children most likely to benefit from early childhood provision lost out the most
The Covid-19 pandemic took a heavy toll on everyone, but on some people more than others. Young children were not at especial risk of infection but the measures to control the spread of Covid affected every aspect of their lives, as our Families in Tower Hamlets project has shown. Click here to read the full […]
Born in Bradford Open Space Event, 16th June 2022, 12.30-3.00pm
Born in Bradford will be hosting an open space event to share information about our research. This is a drop in event where you can speak to staff from various research projects. Booking is not necessary and everyone is welcome to come along anytime. Venue: Kala Sangam, Thursday 16th June, between 12:30pm and 3:00pm To […]
ActEarly Methods Club: Should we abolish “statistical significance”? | 8th June 2022 | 14:00
Dr Peter Martin, is a Lecturer in Applied Statistics in the Department of Applied Health Research at University College London. One of the joys of being a statistician is that he gets to collaborate with fellow researchers from many disciplines, including psychology, sociology, medicine, health care, and epidemiology. He has a particular interest in mental […]
