The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is the UK’s largest organisation for funding on economic social issues.
This year ESRC celebrates its 50th anniversary and will be holding a variety of exciting activities and events, such as a writing competition for ESRC-funded PhD students (May 2015), a look at 50 Years of Population Change (June 2015) and the ESRC Festival of Social Science (31 October to 7 November 2015). For further details of events that they intend to hold as part of their anniversary celebration, along with details of potential funding opportunities, please follow the link.











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Boost Your Research Toolkit: Digital Confidence & AI Literacy Workshop – Friday 26 June 10am-12pm
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