Social Science Space

The latest blog-post on ‘Sociology and the Cuts’ is a pulling-no-punches critique of the proposal by the University of East […]

At a recent seminar of the Campaign for the Public University, someone raised what is an increasingly pressing question. Why […]

188 academics, mainly from the UK, have signed a letter published in today’s Observer newspaper, on the decision by the […]

A column by Tom Sutcliffe in today’s Independent addresses the question of academic freedom posed by reports that the Arts […]

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 […]