Grandparents are a key source of childcare for many families - does the amount they get in old age social security (state pensions) affect children's outcomes? Come and find out from Lucie Schmidt Centre for Ed Policy & Equalising Opportunities seminar this Thursday at 3pm.

Join in person or online. Sign up 👇

Piece highlighting the reputation risk to the UK of axing the Graduate Route. Agree with the point that it poses a major problem for our R and D sector if talented students choose not to study in the UK as a result.

'We need an urgent review and thorough overhaul of the way government engages with universities, including a robust, independent regulator responsible for the system as a whole – both teaching and research.' The British Academy President Julia Black thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/just-like…

Excited to be offering Economic and Social Research Council grants of £280k to £800k for work using AI-powered research tools to address major social or economic issues.

The funding can be used for research, methodological development, and research infrastructure.

Find out more here:
ukri.org/opportunity/es…

We're recruiting a fully-funded PhD (at UK fee rates) for a Sept 24 start.

Using urban & rural churchyards, this project studies the perceptions & values of communities alongside the ecological benefits of churchyard biodiversity.

Find out more & apply
york.ac.uk/professorial-j…

Again an educational experience for me talking to the brilliant Anand Menon and Hannah White about populism. Again I’m asking all the daft questions and they are patiently explaining.

Well worth a listen.

I am honoured and delighted to be giving this lecture.

In case you missed it 🎙️Philip Leverhulme Prize winner Dr Ella Cockbain joined Will Hutton on the We Society podcast to discuss precarious work, exploitation, trafficking and abuse.
Listen➡️podfollow.com/the-we-society…

Academy of Social Sciences UCL Crime Science #WeSociety #socialscience

Excited to see new #LEOdata resources out today, including a new look gov.uk webpage! Great to work with colleagues Department for Education on these, supported by our ADR UK LEO grant.

gov.uk/government/pub…

Not the shortest or catchiest link, but we'll take it!

We’ve awarded over 60 ‘pump priming’ grants for researchers to develop Horizon Europe collaborations. Pleased to say 40% of awards have gone to researchers who have never engaged with EU Framework Programmes and 40% have gone to early career researchers thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/the-briti…

Daron Acemoglu writes a Letter from America ‘AI and economic growth: Dreams versus theory’ in the latest RES Quarterly Newsletter – Issue 205, April 2024.

Read more👉bit.ly/43YN5UK

#EconTwitter #economy #news #membership #AI

🗳️Following this year’s #RESCouncil Elections , we are pleased to confirm that six new members will join Council in May! Congrats to Sonia Bhalotra Julia Darby University of Strathclyde Hamish Low Katy Peters HM Revenue & Customs Maria Psyllou Anna Valero.

#RESCouncil #econtwitter #RESMembers

Come and work with us Department of Environment and Geography on an exciting, multi-institution two year The Leverhulme Trust funded project looking at the impact of #flooding on #earthworms #job #postdoc #SoilHealth

See jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/resear… for details or email me direct [email protected]

Thank you for the likes and reposts on this one. HE funding is such an important issue we need to make sure it gets properly debated at this critical juncture - do come along if you want to hear more.

What’s the future for higher education?

- International student numbers down. 
- UK universities making job cuts. 
- Policy ideas flying about. 

But what does a fair and sustainable higher education funding system look like?

I’m looking forward to asking all the difficult…

🌟 Thank you Lord Karan Bilimoria for highlighting the importance of universities to the UK economy and job market in House of Lords 🎙️

Unis support 768,000 jobs and contribute £130 billion to the economy

They are one of the UK's greatest success stories👇
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Great small grants available in humanities and social science. The BA Leverhulme Small Research Grants scheme open now 😁

NEW: Sure Start, England’s first large programme to provide holistic support to families with children under five, greatly improved disadvantaged children’s GCSE results.

Read Nick Ridpath Sarah Cattan Pedro Carneiro’s report, funded by Nuffield Foundation: ifs.org.uk/publications/s…

Read Bart van Ark and Mary O'Mahony's Economics Observatory blog about the UK productivity slowdown.
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