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Economic and Social Research Council retweeted
Apply for funding to develop partnerships and activities that contribute towards increasing diversity and inclusion in the NERC community.
⏰ Closes 1 April 2025.
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ALT Funding opportunity Funding opportunity:Opening up the Environment 2025 Opportunity status: Open Funders: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Funding type: Grant Total fund: £1,000,000 Maximum award: £62,500 Publication date: 18 November 2024 Opening date: 18 November 2024 9:00am UK time Closing date: 1 April 2025 4:00pm UK time
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🎉 National Productivity Week is back! 🚀 Join us 27-31 January for events, seminars, and more! 💡 Curious about how your business can help lead the charge to a more productive UK? Find out more: eu1.hubs.ly/H0frSPl0 #NationalProductivityWeek
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The deadline to apply for the “Envisioning Governance Systems that Work” Knowledge Synthesis Grants is December 12th. Up to 47 grants of up to $30K each are available to synthesize knowledge on this theme. Apply today! sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-fin…
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Economic and Social Research Council retweeted
Apply for funding to develop partnerships and activities that contribute towards increasing diversity and inclusion in the NERC community.
⏰ Closes 1 April 2025.
🗓️Join our webinar on 22 January 2025 to learn more.
For more information: orlo.uk/l6xOl
ALT Funding opportunity Funding opportunity:Opening up the Environment 2025 Opportunity status: Open Funders: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Funding type: Grant Total fund: £1,000,000 Maximum award: £62,500 Publication date: 18 November 2024 Opening date: 18 November 2024 9:00am UK time Closing date: 1 April 2025 4:00pm UK time
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Can AI detect how you feel? What are the challenges of reading our emotions? And does this tech offer help or harm? In our latest blog @S_A_R_Lab reflects on a public demo of emotion reading tech and consider some of the questions it poses.
Read sociodigitalfutures.blogs.br…
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We have published another report today in collaboration with @CarersUK for #carersrightsday, looking at the value of #unpaidcare in all four nations of the UK, estimated to be a staggering £184 billion per year.
Read this report here: centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/…
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Local police services across Britain are failing to meet the public’s minimum standards of service delivery, according to a new @VP_Centre report, which our Co-Director @Crawford1Adam will speak about at the APCC NPCC Summit today 🧵 1/8
vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk…
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🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS
The Productivity Institute is hosting an international research conference on Productivity on 4–5 September 2025. The deadline for paper/abstract submissions is 31 January. Find out more: eu1.hubs.ly/H0drNdn0
Economic and Social Research Council retweeted
The UK government has ambitious plans for a National Data Library, and a lot of the important technical choices remain to be made.
Together with @wellcometrust, @esrc is running a Technical White Paper challenge to invite proposals for how to make it work best!
Economic and Social Research Council retweeted
🗞️UK National Data Library!
@wellcometrust and @ESRC have launched a Technical White Paper Challenge inviting experts to submit ideas for a future NDL to benefit the research community and the UK population.
Find out more below👇
wellcome.org/what-we-do/our-…
Economic and Social Research Council retweeted
Governments around the world are rolling out tech aimed at making borders more efficient. Do these offer a solution or are they changing where & when delays occur?
Read more bristol.ac.uk/research/centr…
@MiMoBristol
@SPAISBristol
@UoBrisSPS
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#smartborders #bordertech
ALT Why are we queuing to move faster? An image shows lorries waiting to board a ferry at the Port of Dover.
Economic and Social Research Council retweeted
Excellent news! Evaluation finds @adr_uk is a beneficial data linkage investment, returning significant value to government and researchers.
Read more below👇adruk.org/news-publications/…
Economic and Social Research Council retweeted
An independent evaluation has found that ADR UK returns significant economic value to government and academic researchers: for every pound spent, there are just over £5 of benefits.
adruk.org/news-publications/…
Read on for the main takeaways 👇🧵
This is massive... the independent economic evaluation of the ADR UK programme found "Overall... ADR UK is a beneficial investment which is returning significant value to both government and academic researchers." Read on! adruk.org/news-publications/…
Economic and Social Research Council retweeted
We’ve reached the end of our @ESRC Festival - a two-week celebration of the social sciences! 🎪
Researchers from @CDaRE_CU, @CovUni_CPC, @covuni_chc & @CovUni_CSM led panels, workshops & exhibits exploring dance, gaming, nutrition & AI ✨
Check out the festival in action💥👇
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Get guidance from leading experts in this #PolicyEngagement training. Learn how to turn your research into actionable policy insights.
Register by 5 pm (UK time) on Wednesday, 4 December, to secure your place 🔗 methodsinnovation.org/policy…
This virtual training for #UKResearchers is offered at no cost on behalf of @NERCscience and @ESRC.
#ResearchImpact
Economic and Social Research Council retweeted
The film ‘A Life Less Safe’ is a powerful portrayal of the experiences of those from ethnically minoritised groups with long-term health conditions during the pandemic.
Read about film's screening at @RitzyCinema last month and new accompanying research kcl.ac.uk/news/a-life-less-s…
ALT Photograph of the panel at the screening of short film 'A Life Less Safe' at the Ritzy cinema Brixton
Economic and Social Research Council retweeted
Social scientists📢 Do you have expertise or experience in designing & managing data infrastructure or data skills activities? @ESRC is inviting applications to join their Expert Advisory Group for Data Infrastructure, Skills & Methods. Apply by 3 Dec⬇️
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New insights on childbearing in the different countries of the UK from the @ESRC sponsored Fertility Trends project @CPCpopulation using data from the three Longitudinal Studies @SLS_DSU @NILSRSU @celsiusnews
‘Childlessness in the UK remains positively correlated with educational attainment. #Fertility levels vary across the UK's countries not only due to #childlessness but also because of differences in #family size’. demographic-research.org/art…
ALT Image showing Levels of childlessness, by education and UK Country Source: ONS Longitudinal Study, Scottish Longitudinal Study, Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study
Economic and Social Research Council retweeted
TV has long been positioned as a threat to public and family life or as detrimental to health and cognitive abilities.
Does digitisation offer a solution or more cause for concern?
Read bristol.ac.uk/research/centr……
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Economic and Social Research Council retweeted
The #ESRCFestival of Social Science is back! A celebration of the social sciences and a key part of @ESRC’s commitment to promote awareness of UK social science research to new audiences.
Browse this year's events👉 le.ac.uk/festival-social-sci…
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