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Academy Response to the Browne Review and Comprehensive Spending Review
The Academy is launching a Development Appeal on 20th January 2011 to raise £250,000 to campaign for the social sciences. Further news about the campaign will be issued nearer the time. |
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President's Lunch The annual President's Lunch will be held on Wednesday 8th December in the elegant surroundings of the Old Hall at Lincoln's Inn in London. Kelvin Hopkins MP, Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Further Education and Lifelong Learning and Co-Chair All-Party Parliamentary Group for Family Courts, will speak. Click Here for more information Visit the Events page to book online |
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Work and Wellbeing Conference - report On 20 October the Academy brought together leading thinkers on the subject of Work and Wellbeing to explore issues affecting employment today. More... |
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"Myths and Realities" series of Public Debates The next debate on 'Class: Is it still relevant?' will take place on Monday 1st November at 6.30pm at the British Library. Click Here for more details. |
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Making the Case for the Social Sciences 3 - Sustainability, the Environment and Climate Change The third in the "Making the Case" series of booklets showcasing impact-making research is to be launched on 2 November in Whitehall. All Academicians will receive a copy by post. The pdf will also be available to download from the website following the launch event. |
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Future issues of Making the Case for the Social Sciences - Call for stories
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Nominations The closing date for the winter nominations round is Friday 10 December 2010. Forms and guidelines can be downloaded from within the Members' Area. The guidelines are also available here. Please note the Academy now welcomes nominations of social scientists based wholly overseas. |
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North East Regional Event On 3 February 2011 there will be a gathering for Academicians in the North East, hosted by Professor Irene Hardill AcSS, at Northumbria University in Newcastle. More information will be sent out in due course. |
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UNESCO World Social Science Report: Knowledge Divides. A commentary by Professor Miriam David AcSS Click Here |
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College of Learned Societies The College of Learned Societies is meeting on Monday 29 November between 11 and 1pm.Professor Paul Whiteley AcSS (left) will speak on "Why we should invest in Universities and not just STEM - Economic growth and investment in Universities in the OECD countries". . All official Learned Society representatives should have received notification of the event and the agenda will be issued shortly. If your Learned Society has not received notification, please contact the Communications Officer.
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In light of Lord Browne's recent report on student support and university funding, and the Comprehensive Spending Review announcement of 20th October, the Academy has issued a statement expressing its concern at the implications for the social sciences. 
News from the learned societies and Other News: Click here
