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Students as consumers – the impact of individual choice
The higher education White Paper published this week by the UK government (‘Students at the heart of the system’) will, […]
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Career
At the beginning of your career, what are the key issues and challenges you face as a social scientist? On this page – and across Social Science Space, in fact – are some tools and resources that may be of use.
Discuss with other early career researchers
Use our forum to get more direct information from others in the same boat as you
Getting published
Need help getting your article or book published? Here are some useful tips and tools:
SAGE gateway – advice on getting published
Guardian Higher Education live chat on getting published
The SAGE series on getting published, from SAGE Connection: part 1, part 2, part 3, and part 4
Nominate more resources for this section: email us
Links
Some other useful sites with support for early career researchers in the social sciences
‘Dismantling excellence, reducing quality, and increasing costs for students’
The Campaign for the Public University has posted a response to the UK Government’s White Paper on higher education, arguing […]
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“Research matters: Graduates with quantitive methods skills are increasingly sought after”
Ricky Rylance writes in the Independent about the value of quantitive methods to social science students. “Mention quantitive methods to […]
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A US perspective on England’s new private ‘liberal arts’ college
A US perspective on the New College of the Humanities in the UK, which will charge students £18,000 per year and […]
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Plagiarism and academic integrity
I first thought of doing a piece on stealing intellectual property when I started noticing my words being used without […]
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How did students become ‘academically adrift’?
‘Academically Adrift’, a new book on the failures of higher education, finds that undergraduates don’t study, and professors don’t make […]
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The Research Ethics Guidebook: a free online resource for social science researchers
What is it? The Research Ethics Guidebook – www.ethicsguidebook.ac.uk – is a new free website for social science researchers, funded […]
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The Impact Agenda – an ESRC-funded seminar series
Seminar 1 Impact: approaches and contexts Wednesday 12 January 201, University of Manchester
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methods@manchester: research methods in the social sciences
methods@manchester is an initiative funded by the Faculty of Humanities, University of Manchester. It aims to: highlight Manchester’s strength in […]
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Open Web Division
Future Internet = Future Democracy –> Open Web Division of The Civic Media Institute http://www.cmiarts.org
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The Future Seminar
Today was the Brown Bag Speaker Series topic The Future of the Internet: Concepts. Multimedia slides only: http://www.otoole.info/AIP/seminars/Future-Web-Concept/slides.html Recorded Presentation: […]
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Statistics: because you’re worth it
I’m a member of a university (the University of Southampton) which forces its budding social scientists through two courses in […]
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