AS-AC Seminar: Publicly available datasets in Ireland

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PEPAYS IRELAND

AS-AC Seminar: Publicly available datasets in Ireland

Wednesday 4^th May 2016, Dublin City University

Room X101 (1st floor of the X building on the Glasnevin Campus)

PEPAYS Ireland is delighted to announce that registration is now open for a ½ day seminar on publicly available datasets on Wed 4^thMay in DCU. The seminar will provide an overview of the many large datasets that are freely available to researchers. Both quantitative and qualitative data will be highlighted.

This is a FREE EVENT but registration via the following link is essential:

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/pepays-ireland-as-ac-seminar-publicly-available-datasets-in-ireland-tickets-23165167640

Speakers include:

Jenny O'Neill (UCD), Data Manager, Irish Social Science Data Archive (ISSDA) www.issda.ie

Jane Gray (NUIM), Director of the Irish Qualitative Data Archive (IQDA) www.iqda.ie

Amanda Quail, Growing Up in Ireland - The National Longitudinal Study of Children in Ireland (NLSCI) www.growingup.ie

A session on “tips and tricks” from those working with the datasets on topics relating to physical education, physical activity and sport will also be included in the seminar.

Elaine Murtagh (MIC) and Sarahjane Belton (DCU)

Organisers on behalf of the Active Schools – Active Communities Research Cluster, PEPAYS Ireland

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