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I can't speak for any other disciplines, but I was asked what I wanted to do, told what training my sups think would be necessary and then left to get on with it myself. Mostly I just taught myself, but I have also been on a few training courses. From my experiences in the social sciences, you just get stuck in and, if you need help, it is up to you to ask for it, not for others to offer.
I know that the three S's that make a man feel like a man again - a shit, a shave and a shower (in that order.) So maybe cheering someone up is like that. I know! The three P's - a pint, a pie and......a prostitute?
It could work. Maybe a pint, a pie and another pint.
If we're going a bit more subject specific, Politics has two de facto core textbooks for research. You could probably get away with them in Geography, I'm sure there's some crossovers.
Research Methods in Politics / Burnham, Lutz, Grant and Layton-Henry
Theory and Methods in Political Science / Marsh and Stoker
These are quite good, particularly the second one.
Qualitative researching / Jennifer Mason
Ways of knowing : competing methodologies and methods in social and political research / Jonathon W. Moses and Torbjørn L. Knutsen.
Case study research : design and methods / Robert K. Yin
The new England shirt gives men more choice in size than is normal (it's done in inches across the chest, rather than S/M/L), so you can probably get him sorted with a nice fit....but you'll probably have to take him with you when you buy it. Sports Direct is selling them for £35 (or £38 if you buy it with "South Africa" written above the badge.)
After a bit of wandering around town trying to buy a new England shirt (I've got a choice of long and baggy or tight and a bit shorter. Apparently I'm not close to the build of the average football fan....in a good way, I think) I too am in the office. My arms are sticking to the desk...it's not nice.
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