Welcome to the inaugural meeting

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• Welcome to the inaugural meeting
• John Stillwell
• (UPTAP Co-ordinator)

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Primary aims of the UPTAP initiative are to

• build capacity in secondary data analysis
• promote the use of large-scale social science
  data sets, both qualitative and quantitative
• improve our understanding of demographic trends
  and processes which affect society and the
  population

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Principal objectives of the UPTAP initiative are
to

• build capacity in secondary data analysis amongst
  new and mid-career researchers
• spread knowledge and use of secondary analysis
  through and beyond the social science community
• add value to the ESRC investments in the
  collection, preservation and promotion of
  large-scale national data sets by encouraging
  their use and exploitation
• in the longer term, to maximize the knowledge
  gained about economic and social change from
  secondary data analysis

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UPTAP projects

• 4 postdoctoral fellowships
• 7 mid-career research fellowships (including 1
  user fellowship)
• 7 small research projects
• 3 larger capacity building projects
  (with linked studentships)
• In total, 21 projects

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Various start times and durationsThose that have
begun

• 1 October 2005
• Saffron Karlsen and James Nazroo Yaojun Li and
  Anthony Heath Paul Norman
• 1 November 2005
• Roona Simpson Eric Kaufman
• 1 January 2006
• Ernestina Coast Shu-Li Cheng Dan Vickers
  Dimitris Ballas Daniel Guinea-Martin
  Kirstine Hansen, Heather Joshi and Denise Hawkes
  Sarah Smith and Mike Brewer Harriet Young
  and Emily Grundy
• 1 February 2006
• Paula Surridge
• 1 March 2006
• Patrick Sturgis and Nick Allum

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Those that will begin in the future

• 1 June 2006
• Paul Boyle, Vernon Gayle, Elspeth Graham and Ali
  Zohoor
• 1 August 2006
• Alison Smith Oliver Duke-Williams
• 1 October 2006
• Michelle Jackson Gopalakrishnan Netuveli
• 1 May 2007
• Claudia Thomas

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Programme (and changes)

• Today
• 1.40-3.00 Session 1 Fertility, Motherhood,
  Childlessness and Childcare
• (4 papers)
• 3.00-3.30 Tea and biscuits, Foyer
• 3.30-5.30 Session 2 Health, Well-being,
  Employment and Demographic Change (6 papers)
• 6.00 Reception in Foyer, School of
  Geographyfollowed by meal in Leeds
• Tomorrow
• 9.20-11.00 Session 3 Identity, Ethnicity,
  Segregation, Religiosity, Political and Social
  Values 6 papers)
• 11.00-11.30 Coffee, Foyer
• 11.50-1.00 Session 4 Mobility and Education (2
  papers open session)

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Two questions we will return to for your feedback

• Communication and dissemination
• How do you want to communicate the results of
  your work beyond the academic community?
• Training or developing new skills
• What demands do you have for training and
  acquiring new skills or for training others?

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Presentations to go on web site
http//www.uptap.net/