Long day and Hansard event

Now, I should really take a break. I was down again to the University of Surrey today, for a meeting at the Department of Political, International and Policy Studies. Still chilly, train still ahead of schedule, another stimulating session. Must be the place.

On the way back I will attend the Hansard Society / eSociety event in London tonight, 'Will the internet reconnect Britain?'. Though I have seen Catherine Bromley present their results last November, at the eSociety main event, I'm curious about the design of the second wave of the BES Internet module. We've sent on the questionnaire from our 2002 ESRC survey (beware: PDF), hopefully some will be replicated. Here's the line up for this evening:

Tuesday 8 March 2005
5pm till 6:30pm,
Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House.

Speakers:

Can we close the Digital Divide? – Catherine Bromley
(Research Director at the National Centre for Social Research)

New
Technology, New Politics? – John Curtice
(Professor of Politics at Strathclyde University)

A view from the commercial sector – Donna Young
(General Manager, BT Wholesale)

e-Democracy in Parliament – Brian White MP
(Chair, All Party Parliamentary Group on e-Democracy)

As part of the ESRC’s E-society programme this seminar will present initial findings from research by John Curtice, Catherine Bromley and Pippa Norris.

With Derek Wyatt MP (Chair, APPG on the Internet) chairing, the aim is to assess the state of the digital divide and the impact of the internet on political engagement in the UK.

I'll close with a hint: never say heteroskedasticity in public, and if they ask pretend you don't know. Worse than synergy as it happens. Blimey. I'll report on the Hansard event as I have a chance.