Social, Behavioral Scientists Eligible to Apply for NSF S-STEM Grants
Solicitations are now being sought for the National Science Foundation’s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program, and in an unheralded […]
This was originally published on the Guardian Higher Education Network blog. By Patrick McGhee As a busy vice-chancellor I cherish those moments […]
Duncan Watts writes in New Scientist that ‘common sense’ can help us make sense of human behaviour – but can also undermine […]
The new government’s announcements of forthcoming changes to the workings of British higher education have inspired much debate. The major newspapers have […]
Michael Haederle describes a new research method to work out the mood of a group of people. Social scientists seeking to assess the […]
A report published by the UK’s House of Lords Science and Technology Sub-committee on behavioural change policy finds that ‘nudges’ and similar […]
This was originally published on the Guardian Higher Education Network blog. By Tamson Pietsch In June results were released of the pilot […]
I was going to write about last week’s decision by the UK Information Commissioner to force the University of East Anglia to […]
There is no government mandate for the privatisation of higher education and for the despoiling of the social and cultural value of […]