June 21st, 2010
£25,751 – £31,671
Ref: 6521
Based in Milton Keynes
Two or three year temporary contract initially, according to qualifications
The Open University Business School has been awarded a Management and Business Development Fellowship by the ESRC and Society for the Advancement of Management Studies (SAMS). This research post provides an entry pathway into an academic career in management and business studies for early to mid career individuals.
Possible research areas include:
- The governance of inter-organisational partnerships between public and third sector organisations
- The role of chairs of governing bodies and their relationships with chief executives.
There are two types of eligible candidates for each post.
- Individuals who already have a PhD in a field other than management and business, but wish to change disciplines, will be eligible for a two year award.
- Individuals with experience of professional management practice will be eligible for a three year award during which they will be expected to register for a PhD.
All candidates must be able to demonstrate the achievement of, or potential for, excellent research skills and a wish to pursue an academic career.
Closing date for electronic applications: 12:00 noon on 19 July 2010
Interview date: 16 September 2010
Further particulars are available in large print, disk or audiotape (minicom 01908 654901).
We promote diversity in employment and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
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March 29th, 2010
NCVO/VSSN 16th Researching the Voluntary Sector Conference
6th-7th September 2010, University of Leeds, UK
As part of the annual NCVO/VSSN Researching the Voluntary Sector Conference, a special session will be run for ‘new’ researchers on the afternoon of the 6th September. The session (which has now run for the last seven years) is aimed at early career voluntary sector researchers, whether post graduate students or researchers in the sector. It is a fantastic opportunity to meet, discuss research and share ideas with other researchers.
If you would like to present in this session please send an abstract of 200-400 words to Jennifer.russell@volunteeringengland.org by April 20th 2010. Presentations are typically 10 minutes long with a further 10 minutes for discussion. You need not discuss a completed project-work in progress or preliminary findings would be welcome. Papers on methodologies or issues faced carrying out research are also welcome.
If your abstract is accepted into the session you will be notified by April 30th 2010. There is no need to submit a full paper when presenting in the New Researcher’s Session, although those who want to are encouraged to do so.
Delegates attending only the New Researcher’s session of the conference may do so free of charge; just let us know that you are coming by emailing me on Jennifer.russell@volunteeringengland.org.
I really hope you will be able to join us in September
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October 26th, 2009
The Association for Research in the Voluntary and Community Sector (ARVAC) in partnership with Islington Voluntary Action Council (IVAC) are hosting a half day seminar on community research on November 11th.
The seminar includes presentations from eminent speakers from policy, academia and practice and a number of practical workshops covering diverse issues related to conducting community research. Read the rest of this entry »
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September 17th, 2009
Bassac are looking for a PhD intern to carry out a key research project into community groups and local democracy. This will involve exploring how the work of community anchors can strengthen local democracy, how they can link citizens with local councillors and what barriers stand in the way of their engagement with the elective democratic process.
You must be an ESRC funded PhD student in your second or third year of study, or part-time equivalent, and available to begin the internship from mid Jan/early Feb 2010. Applications are open now, with a deadline of 30 September 2009.
For full details of this opportunity and how to apply please go to: http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/Support
/postgraduate_students/BASSAC.aspx
For more information about bassac go to: http://www.bassac.org.uk/
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September 17th, 2009
Thank you to everyone who came along to the new researchers’ sessions at the NCVO/VSSN conference this year. Loads of great presentations and discussion - a really useful couple of days. For future events watch this space…..
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August 24th, 2009
The ESRC PhD Internship Scheme is now live. This has been designed to provide current ESRC funded PhD students with the opportunity to carry out a 3 month placement with an organisation in the Public, Private or Third (Voluntary) sector.
All of the opportunities have been posted online on the following page: http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/Support/postgraduate_students/Internships.aspx
These opportunities will remain open until the 30th September 2009
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August 13th, 2009
This year at the NCVO/VSSN conference the new researchers’ session is going to be run over two days on September 7th and 8th.
We have a great line up this year with 13 presentations from new career researchers on a wide range of topics (see programme below). We will also have two guest speakers - Jenny Harrow, Co-Director of the ESRC Research Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy, who will be talking about using theory in research and Fiona Armstrong, Head of Knowledge Transfer at the ESRC.
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June 7th, 2009
This might be interesting:
25th June; Social Research as a Career; Pathways for early career researcher. This highly interactive session will look at pathways and options for early career researchers and how the SRA can assist. See www.the-sra.org.uk for more info.
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May 26th, 2009
A special session is being run for new career researchers at the NCVO/VSSN Voluntary Sector Researchers Conference on September 7th at Warwick University. There will be seven presentations on a range of topics related to the voluntary sector and volunteering. If you are coming along only to this session it is totally free, but please email joanna.stuart@volunteeringengland.org to let her know you will be coming.
A preliminary programme for the session will be available in early July.
If you were hoping to submit an abstract for this session I’m afraid we have now hit the deadline but please do come along!
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April 21st, 2009
Each year at the NCVO/VSSN Voluntary Sector Researchers Conference a special session is run for researchers who are relatively new to the voluntary sector. We are now inviting abstracts from all those interested in presenting at the event. The session will be held on the afternoon of 7th September.
Please send an abstract of 200 to 400 words to joanna.stuart@volunteeringengland.org by May 22nd. We will then let you know if your abstract has been accepted by May 29th. Whether you are a post-graduate student or researcher in the sector we really encourage you to submit an abstract as it is a great opportunity to share your research and to meet others in the field. If you are only coming the the new researchers’ session it is absolutely free!
Presentations are typically 10 minutes long with a further 10 minutes for discussion. You need not discuss a completed project – work in progress or preliminary findings would be welcome. Papers on methodologies or issues faced carrying out research are also welcome.
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April 21st, 2009
The Charity Commission has recently published some interesting research looking at the impact of the economic downturn on charities. The research involved 1,003 telephone interviews and found that:
- 52% of charities reported that they have been affected so far by the economic downturn
- Of those affected, 58% reported a reduction in income
- 20% of charities reported an increase in the demand for their services or charitable activities
The Economic Survey of Charities can be found at:
http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Library/common/downturn.pdf
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March 20th, 2009
The European Summer School on Social Economy ‘The Future of Social Enterprise: Models and Experience’ will be held from 6th to 11th July, 2009 in Italy. Deadlines for applications is March 31st 2009.
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March 13th, 2009
This website, which brings togther civil society and third sector research looks useful: http://www.civilsociety.se
StudentCorner is aimed at researchers, PhD candidates and other students in Europe and focuses on publications, programmes, places, people and PhD resources.
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February 11th, 2009
The Centre for Nonprofit Management is organising its next summer school on 16-17 June 2009 in Dublin (Fee: €250, includes dinner)
This year the topic is Philanthropy in Ireland. The Summer School will provide an opportunity to further deepen an ongoing conversation about the nature and practice of philanthropy.
Further information will soon be available from: http://www.cnm.tcd.ie
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February 4th, 2009
Hey,
New member here.
What are people’s thoughts on Online Survey providers.
I would like to produce one cheaply. (Shock Horror)!
Does any one know of any free providers, or would any body be able to recommend any software?
Thanks!
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December 21st, 2008
For the latest information on the ESRC’s public policy seminar series visit the ESRC website here. This includes information about the session on February 13th 2009 on the recession and the third sector being organised by Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) and ESRC.
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December 21st, 2008
Call for papers
Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers Annual
International Conference: Manchester, 26th – 28th August 2009.
A session is being planned at the above conference on ‘Volunteering: the making of communities?’
Please submit any questions and abstracts (of approximately 250 words) to Mike Woolvin (m.r.woolvin@dundee.ac.uk). For further information about the conference look here
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November 23rd, 2008
May 28-31, 2009, Leuven, Belgium
This call is directed toward PhD students from European universities doing research on civil society and third sector issues.
What is the Ph.D. network about?
The meeting is an opportunity for young academics to get to know fellow researchers from across Europe and to discuss their research in small working groups. In addition, the program consists of plenary lectures addressing both scientific themes and practical issues. The active participation of academic staff and graduated PhD students also allows for informal discussion about academic work and (post-)doctoral life. Former network meetings were held in Windsor (2001 & 2002), Dublin (2003), Stockholm (2004), Rolduc (2005), Vienna (2006), Münster (2007), and Kaunas (2008).
Further information
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October 15th, 2008
We had some really fantastic ideas from the recent new researchers’ session at the NCVO/VSSN conference in September about how we could develop this site. We are currently working on implementing these including having a new section for resources. Do you have any ideas about how we could improve it and make it as useful as possible? Please post your thoughts!!!
We are having temporary problems uploading documents, so it hasn’t been possible to post the presentations from the latest new researchers’ session yet but we are hoping these will be available soon!
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September 25th, 2008
Funding will soon be available for UK HEIs and Independent Research Institutes (approved by the ESRC) to set up seminars to advance research knowledge and sharing. The seminars should be multi-institutional groups of academic researchers, postgraduate students and non-academic users. The competition is likely to open in October 2008.
More information
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