It’s the time of year again when we ask for your help. As you know, VSSN relies on the voluntary commitment of its steering group members (trustees) to organise many of its ongoing functions. While our Executive Officer has enabled us to expand our activities by taking on responsibility in areas such as membership subscriptions […]
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VSSN needs members’ views on pricing its new journal
The VSSN Steering Group has been negotiating with The Policy Press over the launch of a new journal and we are pleased to report that they are keen to proceed in principle. The majority of the journal’s content will comprise academic, peer-reviewed articles of around 8,000 words but it will also include two separate sections […]
New ESRC newletter talks about the third sector
The new online newsletter for the ESRC community, eNews, was launched May 2008 and is issued every two months, highlighting funding opportunities, corporate news and other information. If you wish to receive eNews by email, you will need to be a registered user of ESRC Society Today and will need to subscribe. This can be […]
Exciting volunteering opportunity at NCVO/VSSN Research Conference
Some of you may be attending this year’s NCVO/VSSN research conference in Warwick on Tuesday 9 -Wednesday 10 September. If you are, an exciting opportunity has arisen! VSSN will be having a small table in the exhibition area, and is looking for volunteers to help staff the stall during lunch and tea/coffee breaks. What an […]
VSSN members well represented at ISTR Conference
A number of people who are members of VSSN are presenting papers at the forthcoming ISTR Conference in Barcelona in July (9 -12th). The list of all the individual papers and panel sessions is now available on the ISTR website. If you are going to the conference and would like to meet up with VSSN […]
Constitutional amendments proposed
Notice of Special General Meeting – to VSSN Members Wednesday 14 May 2008 – 12:30 – 13:00 – University of the West of England, Bristol Under the terms of clause R of the VSSN Constitution, the Secretary (Angela Ellis Paine) hereby gives notice of a Special General Meeting (SGM) of VSSN Members to be held […]
Online Courses Guide launched
A wide range of courses on voluntary and community sector studies is offered by the institutions to which VSSN members belong. Details of the courses are now available in our Courses section. Is your course missing from our list? Any VSSN member who would like to add details of a course to this Guide, please […]
Successful BLF bid
We are continuing to make good progress towards launching a new academic journal. Our bid to the Big Lottery Fund for £5,000 towards development costs has been successful, and this will reduce the financial risk to the publisher and help towards a well-resourced launch. The publisher that has been very encouraging towards our proposal, and […]
VSSN meets the ESRC
On 30 January the ESRC hosted a meeting with the VSSN Steering Group to discuss closer working relations. Peter Halfpenny, Pete Alcock, Cathy Pharoah, Jeremy Kendall and Angela Ellis-Paine attended on behalf of VSSN. Astrid Wissenburg (Director of Communications and Information), David Guy (Head of Knowledge Transfer) and Amanda Williams (Impact and Policy Manager) attended […]
ESRC invites proposals for Centre for Third Sector Research
News just arrived via Peter Halfpenny:- The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), in funding partnership with the Office of the Third Sector (OTS) and The Barrow Cadbury Trust wish to commission an independent, multidisciplinary Research Centre for the Third Sector. The Centre will develop knowledge and expertise about, with and for the Third Sector, […]
