BSA President discusses 'IMPACT'

In late July, Professor Brewer requested feedback about the impact of sociology in the face of budget cuts, and our need to measure economic value (read the article, BSA President discusses 'IMPACT').  Thank you to those who responded. 

• Review 'IMPACT' Debate Round II responses.
• View responses to BSA President discusses 'IMPACT'.

Other Relevant Items

• REF consultation document from the UK Council of Heads and Professors of Sociology
• The REF - panels and UOAs, presentation by Graeme Rosenberg, REF Manager, Higher Education Funding Council for England on 27 October 2009.
• A note of the discussion on the Research Excellence Framework (REF) proposals - Humanities and Social Science (HSS) Learned Society and Subject Association Meeting on 27 October 2009.
• UK Council for Graduate Education Bulletin - Ground-breaking university research depends on block grant funding (features report from Universities UK and HEFCE, 'Securing world-class research in UK universities: Exploring the impact of block grant funding')
• Field Study: Just How Relevant Is Political Science? - an article published in the New York Times on 19 October and sent to the BSA President by Professor Robert Dingwall.
• 'Research Dissemination: A Case Study', QJSA, 3, 3, 1987, 181-98 - This article appeared in the ESRC’s Quarterly Journal of Social Affairs in 1987, the research was funded by the ESRC.

If others wish to contribute to the debate, I welcome your comments.