Social Science Space

UK Government and research funding agencies are pursuing a strategy of focusing and concentrating the funding of social science research […]

Perri 6, Professor of Social Policy at Nottingham Trent University, has produced a detailed analysis of the implications of concentrating […]

The Universities and Science Minister, David Willetts MP, has made several key speeches recently setting out the Government’s views on […]

A blog by Les Back on Sociology and the Cuts argues that it is wrong to blame consumerist students for the […]

The Campaign for the Public University defends and promotes the idea of university as a public good. The following is an […]

The National Student Survey does not provide the valid, reliable data needed to compare higher education institutions. Such differences as […]

The National Science Foundation’s director, Subra Suresh, recently met with various scientific societies and universities to discuss the future of […]

A campaign to fight for the future of social science in the UK was launched today at the House of […]

Les Back explains in a blog on BSA’s ‘Sociology and the Cuts’ why an understanding of sociology would help senior […]

I’m not sure if it was sensible to agree to join the blogosphere with an initial contribution on University Finance? […]

OppNet is the NIH’s Opportunity Network for basic behavioral and social science research grants. Dr William N. Elwood, OppNet’s Facilitator, […]

The Academy has issued the following statement in response to the Browne Review and the Comprehensive Spending Review announcement of […]