Install the app
Install this application on your home screen for quick and easy access when you’re on the go.
Just tap then “Add to Home Screen”
Install this application on your home screen for quick and easy access when you’re on the go.
Just tap then “Add to Home Screen”
Menu
Install this application on your home screen for quick and easy access when you’re on the go.
Just tap then “Add to Home Screen”
Which types of courses are on offer at the ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques?
Is there a limit to the number of courses I can take at the SSMT?
When do I need to pay my course fees?
Does the course fee include accommodation?
Once I have paid will I receive confirmation of my registration?
When is the deadline for registration?
Is there a waiting list for fully-booked courses?
When will I receive the reading material?
I have already registered but would like to change my course selection. What should I do?
Will I receive a certificate of attendance?
Can I obtain ECTS credits for my course?
When should I arrive at the ECPR Summer School and when do courses finish?
Where will the ECPR Summer School take place?
How will participants be accommodated?
Will I have internet access at the University?
The Summer School programme consists of three-day Intensive Refresher courses (15 teaching hours / five hours per day) 23, 24 and 25 July, followed by four types of one-week or two-week courses, as detailed below (15 teaching hours over five days or 30 hours over 10 days) between 27 July to 7 August. Please note, two-week courses have an optional exam for ECTS credits on the morning of Saturday 8 August.
Short Intensive Refresher courses: There are seven Intensive Refresher courses offering tools that will be useful for further courses. Typically, software training, before taking a data analysis course.
Main courses
Research design/fundamentals course: An ‘upstream’ course enabling you to think about your research more broadly, so you can make more informed choices about specific methods/techniques.
Data collection/generation course: A hands-on course focused on a specific method (or family of methods) for data collection or generation.
Data analysis course (introductory): A hands-on course focused on a specific method (or family of methods) for data analysis, bringing you to a level of well-informed use.
Data analysis course (advanced): A hands-on course focused on a specific method (or family of methods) for data analysis, bringing you to an expert level, including more recent refinements.
The full list of courses is detailed on the About The Courses page
You can choose from the following course / combinations:
See the Course Fees page for all course fees.
Within 15 working days of your registration. Registrations after 29 May 2015 will require full payment within 24 hours via credit or debit card from the ECPR website. Please note that your place on the course will not be guaranteed until payment has been received in full. Please allow extra time for this if you are paying by bank transfer. Your payment due date is stated on your invoice, which you can access via your MyECPR account My Invoices. You can also pay directly by credit or debit card directly from the website. Full details of course fees and payment can be found on the course fee page.
The fee is for the course(s) only. We have negotiated special deals for SSMT participants. Please see the Accommodation Information page.
Please do not book travel or accommodation until you have been notified by ECPR that your course(s) are confirmed. This happens as soon as the course reaches a sufficient number of registered and paid participants. The deadline for courses to be confirmed is 8 June 2015.
Yes, we will send you a confirmation by email to the email address used for your registration. If you have more than one ECPR profile please make a note of the email address used when logging in to register. It greatly helps the ECPR if you only have one ECPR account.
Midnight on Thursday 25 June 2015. You can still register after 25 June but we cannot guarantee you will be given a place on the course you are interested in as it may be fully booked. Registrations after 25 June 2015 require full payment within 24 hours via credit or debit card through the ECPR website.
Yes. You will be notified on a first come, first served basis if a place becomes available. To be placed on a waiting list, please email methodsschool@ecpr.eu.
Reading material for the course is detailed in the course outline. Some reading material will be uploaded onto the online platform, Moodle from mid-June 2015, however you will need to purchase or source the remainder yourself. You may wish to clarify the specifics for your course with your Instructor.
You can change courses if there is a space available but this will incur a €25 administration charge. Changes can only be made by the Summer School co-ordinators, please email methodsschool@ecpr.eu
Yes. Provided you attend 80% of the course hours, you will be given a certificate of attendance for each course attended. You can collect your certificate on the last day of your course or the certificate will be emailed to you after the Summer School.
Yes, from the University of Ljubljana Full details are on the ECTS Credits page.
| Wednesday 22 July | |
| Registration: Refresher courses | 14:00 - 18:00 |
| Thursday 23 July | |
| Registration: Refresher courses | 08:00 - 09:00 |
| Friday 24 July | |
| Registration: Main courses starting Monday 27 July | 09:00 - 15:00 |
| Saturday 25 July | |
| Registration: Main courses starting Monday 27 July | 09:00 - 15:00 |
| Sunday 26 July | |
| Registration: Main courses starting Monday 27 July | 14:00 - 17:00 |
| Welcome plenary session | 17:00 - 17:55 |
| Course Taster Sessions | 18:00 - 19:00 |
| Welcome reception with refreshments | from 19:00 |
| Monday 27 July | |
| Late registration main courses starting Monday 27 July | 08:00 - 09:00 |
| Sunday 2 August | |
| Registration: Week two main courses starting Monday 3 August | 14:00–17:30 |
| Poster session | 18:00–20:00 |
| Cheese and wine reception | from 19:30 |
| Monday 3 August | |
| Late registration main courses starting Monday 27 July | 08:00 - 09:00 |
Refresher courses start at 10:00 Thursday 23 July and finish on Saturday 25 July 17:00 and Main courses finish Friday 31 July or 7 August 17:30. Please note, two-week courses have an optional exam for ECTS credits, on the morning of Saturday 8 August.
A detailed course timetable will be issued in January. Once all of the courses have been confirmed no later than 8 June 2015, the academic timetable will be published on Moodle, where you can check if your course finishes earlier. Please note, even if Instructors have indicated a time preferences in their course outline, the ECPR cannot guarantee courses will take place at these times until the official timetable is published.
The 2015 Summer School will be hosted by the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Kardeljeva ploscad 5, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. All classes and labs are located at the Faculty, which is easily reached from the city centre by bus no 6-Crnuce, no 8-Brnciceva and 11-Jezica. Get off the bus at Mercator. Maps and directions are on the website and will be uploaded to Moodle.
We ask participants to organise their own accommodation, see the Accommodation Information page. However, based on positive feedback from 2014 we have made special arrangements with two hotels: Dormitory Dijaski Dom Bezigrad and Hotel Park, please see the quick links on the Summer School home page.
The Eduroam service provides users with secure access to the wireless network of their own organisation and to hosting networks of other institutions in the Eduroam network. You can access the Eduroam network in Ljubljana free of charge using the same username and password as for your home Eduroam network.
Full details of how to get to Ljubljana are on the Travel Information page. To find out about Ljubljana’s transport, restaurants, entertainment culture, heritage and more, go to Visit Ljubljana
If there’s anything else you’d like to know, don’t hesitate to contact ECPR Methods Schools organiser at methodsschool@ecpr.eu.