We are happy to announce that we have launched our Digital Skills in Music Research: A Follow-Up Assessment of Needs and Training Impact Survey. We are inviting UK-based music researchers to participate in this online study to help us understand the digital skills needs of researchers and also assess the impact of the training events we carried out last year.
If you are a UK-based music researcher but have not attended any of the training events - that's okay as well! We would appreciate your contribution to the digital skills needs mapping part of the survey. Findings from this survey will contribute to a report on digital skills needs mapping and help assess the impact of the training materials used during the training events.
The study takes about 15-25 minutes, based on the number of sections completed. Individuals who are eligible to complete all sections of the survey may qualify for a token of appreciation.
Participate in the survey here!
We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the following Autumn Activities:
Head over to our Workshops page to learn more about the activities and how to sign up.
Kindly note that to be eligible to participate in the activities, you have to be based in the UK. A finite number of places are available, and completing the registration form does not automatically guarantee you a place. Applicants will be notified if they are allocated a place.
A Q&A session about the first batch of workshops was held on Zoom on Monday 31st July at 10am BST. Please find the slides from this session for download.
We are now on Twitter! Follow us on @DigSkills4Music to keep yourselves updated with our latest news.
We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the first batch of free online digital skills training workshops running in August 2023:
Head over to our Workshops page to learn more about the workshops and how to sign up. Registration is open until 8 August 2023.
Kindly note that to be eligible to participate in the workshop, you have to be based in the UK. A finite number of places are available, and completing the registration form does not automatically guarantee you a place in the workshop. Applicants will be notified if they are allocated a place in due course.
If you want to find out more about the workshops, please join us for a Q&A session on Monday 31st July at 10am BST on Zoom by registering to the session here.
You can now keep yourself informed of the latest updates of the project by subscribing to our JISCMail list: DIGITALSKILLS-MUSIC-ANNOUNCE
We are happy to announce that we have now launched our Digital Skills and Needs of Music Researchers Survey. We are inviting UK-based music researchers to participate in this online study to help us understand the needs of researchers with regards to working with web data for their music research. Findings from this survey will inform the structure of the free online training workshops which will be carried out in the future.
The study takes approximately 15-20 minutes, and at the end of the survey, participants may opt in to receive updates on the workshops and other studies connected to this project, as well as participate in a raffle for a £10 Amazon voucher.
Participate in the survey here.
We are pleased to announce that the AHRC-funded project, “Accelerating embedded computational analysis of Web data about music in UK universities” is starting soon. We will begin with a series of trainings for workshop leaders in the Software Carpentries methodology. We will also soon circulate a survey to music researchers based in the UK to determine the skills gap in music research with Web data so as to better tailor the proposed training sessions to the your needs. If you would like to learn more about the project, please contact Eamonn Bell.