The Academy of Social Sciences has received funding from the ESRC to commission a systematic evaluation of the contribution made by learned societies. This is a follow-up to the largely descriptive work undertaken in 2008 and published as...
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Guy Lodge (IPPR) and Sir Leigh Lewis
Civil service reform has been a core element of the coalition government's constitutional agenda, with Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude publishing his reform plan in June 2012. In September 2012, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) was...
Prof Charlie Jeffrey and Sir Stephen Laws (McKay Commission)
In the context of devolution, roughly half of all Acts of Parliament apply to only part of the UK, with some 30 per cent applying only to England and Wales. How to deal with such legislation in Westminster (or "English votes for...
The Foreign Affairs Committee has published its sixth report into whether Scottish separation would have an impact on the future foreign policy of the UK and that of an independent Scotland.
You can access the Report...
On 1 May, 2013, the ESRC pledged £64 million to be invested in Big Data. The investment will support the development of innovative technologies and strengthen the UK’s competitive advantage in Big Data.
A full breakdown of the ERSC's investment is available on their...
The ESRC has announced the first call for outline proposals for their 2013/14 Centres and Large Grants competition. This competition is for experienced researchers requiring longer term or extended support for research groups, inter-institutional research networks, project-linked research...
The Latin American Society at the University of Sheffield (LAS) and the Society of Mexican Students in the United Kingdom (MexSocUK) are proud to invite you to the XI Symposium of Mexican Students and Studies: Mexican science, as big as the challenge?
The Symposium of Mexican Students and...
27-28th September 2013,
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
Over the last decades, the academic landscape of European Integration has been reshaping - leading to the emergence of interdisciplinary and multinational educational...
A two – day conference organised by the Centre for British Politics at the University of Hull and the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRISS) at the University of Ulster in conjunction with the Political Studies Association’s (PSA) Conservatives and Conservatism Specialist Group....
On 29 April, 2013, Science Europe, an association comprised of 51 European Research Funding Organisations (RFO) and Research Performing Organisations (RPO) from 26 countries, published a...