Category Archives: Industry news

“Horizon 2020” – EU’s funding mechanism for research and innovation – Where are we now?

Guest post by Michael Galsworthy, Department of Applied Health Research, University College London. Last month the Journal of Health Services Research & Policy published an academic paper regarding the Horizon 2020 programme, the European Commission’s science funding programme, due to … Continue reading

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Primary Sources Appear with a Click

By Melissa Crowley, Journals Marketing Manager It wasn’t that long ago that if you wanted to use primary sources in your research, your choices were largely limited to fighting with the microfiche machine or traveling to far corners of the globe to … Continue reading

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“It’s true that some people’s reading habits are changing, though nothing beats the simple beauty and utility of a book for me”

To mark the first birthday of the LSE Impact Blog, the LSE Review of Books is holding an awards ceremony on 16 May 2013 to recognise the hard work of our contributors and to thank all parties involved in helping … Continue reading

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SAGE and Coursera come together for MOOC success

By Camille Gamboa, PR Asssociate, SAGE US Committed to the broad dissemination of scholarship and education, today we were happy to announce that we will be partnering with Coursera, a leading massive open online course (MOOC) provider, to launch a … Continue reading

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A special “Vielen Dank” to my favorite teacher

By Charline Maher, Marketing Communications Manager, Corwin Everyone has a favorite teacher. Ask someone about it, and most likely they’ll be able to tell you stories of a teacher who changed their life, inspired them to pursue a certain career, … Continue reading

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Are our methods of policing and punishing crime actually having an adverse impact on the safety of our society?

Is the way that we treat and approach crime too soft on perpetrators, does it actually work? With many theories about crime, its causes and its treatment, how do we decide which ones are most effective?  Talking with David Edmonds … Continue reading

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What is the value of Social Science?

Guest post by Ziyad Marar, Global Publishing Director, SAGE …In US political circles, the answer seems to be not very much at all… Last month a bizarrely under-reported “voice vote” of the US Senate waved through an amendment designed “to … Continue reading

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When the lights go out, what book do you reach for?

By Katie Baker, PR Executive, SAGE UK Reading enables us to experience other worlds, to take ourselves away from our lives and put ourselves into someone else’s shoes.  I don’t know about you, but I like nothing better than tucking … Continue reading

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So what happened this year at UKSG?

Guest post by Bernie Folan, Head of Library Marketing in London. Last week saw the annual UKSG conference take place in Bournemouth on England’s south coast. For those who may not be familiar with UKSG, more information can be found here. … Continue reading

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A Librarian’s Take on the Newly-Released Ithaka S+R Faculty Survey

By Elisabeth Leonard, Market Research Analyst, SAGE SAGE was happy to be a sponsor of the 2012 Ithaka S+R Faculty Survey which came out last week! As part of National Library Week, we asked one of our own librarians to … Continue reading

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