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UK backs Social Science, the World benefits

By Academy of Social Sciences | Published: June 13, 2013

Studying ourselves is something the British do exceptionally well: specialists flock here from all over the world seeking answers to fundamental questions from our unique series of cohort birth studies, and no one else has anything quite like them.

Posted in Academic Funding, Featured, Higher Education Reform, International Debate | Also tagged Administrative Data Taskforce, Birth Cohort, Birth Cohort Studies, British Government, Campaign for Social Science, Coalition, David Willetts, Department of Business, Diana Kuh, Economic and Developmental Demography, employment data, ESRC, FE data, HE data, Heather Joshi, innovation, Longi, Making the Case for the Social Sciences, National Science Foundation, NRC Unit of Lifelong Health and Ageing, Polly Toynbee, SAGE, Social Mobility Transparency Board, Social Science, Universities and Science, Ziyad Marar | Leave a comment

Public letter from academics on AHRC decision to promote Big Society research

By Social Science Space | Published: April 3, 2011

188 academics, mainly from the UK, have signed a letter published in today’s Observer newspaper, on the decision by the Arts and Humanities Research Council to prioritise funding for research relating to the ‘big society’. The text of the letter is below, along with the list of signatories. “We were appalled that the Arts and […]

When did the Big Society turn into Big Brother?

By Social Science Space | Published: March 29, 2011

A column by Tom Sutcliffe in today’s Independent addresses the question of academic freedom posed by reports that the Arts and Humanities Research Council will require academics seeking research funds to study the Big Society as a priority. The AHRC denies that it has been subject to government pressure, and insists that it remains independent. […]

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