The Department of Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University was awarded £1.15 million to establish a Q-Step Centre of Excellence in Undergraduate Quantitative Methods.
Out of 48 universities that applied for funding to establish a Q-Step Centre, only 15 universities across the UK were successful. In recognition of our commitment to pedagogic innovation and excellence in quantitative research methods, Manchester Metropolitan University was the only post-92 university to be awarded the Q-Step status.
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The key objective of the Q-Step programme and the work of its Centres is to make a step-change in quantitative social science training and to equip social science graduates with the necessary knowledge and skills needed for the contemporary economic and social climate we live in. It has been well documented that quantitative research skills are in short supply but in high demand; the Q-Step programme seeks to address this problem.
Here at Manchester Metropolitan University, our Q-Step Centre has a comprehensive programme of change and innovation in the way we teach and embed quantitative training, which includes: