SeNSS

Consortium of ten United Kingdom universities

The South East Network for Social Sciences (SeNSS) is a consortium of ten universities in the UK. All pioneers and world leaders in social-science research, knowledge production and training, the universities cooperate under ESRC to provide funding, expertise and an arena for Social Science and Economics researchers; their ESRC funding was announced in August 2016 after SeNSS's 2015 foundation. In 2016, SAGE Publishing revealed that it would begin a partnership with SeNSS.[1][2]

## Member institutions

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SeNSS members are:[3]

* City, University of London
* University of East Anglia
* University of Essex (the co-ordinating institution)
* Goldsmiths, University of London
* University of Kent
* University of Reading
* University of Roehampton, London
* Royal Holloway, University of London
* University of Surrey
* University of Sussex

## Activities

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The SeNSS is funded by the ESRC and provides funding for PhD students in the social sciences, training and workshops as well as a yearly conference. SeNSS also provides post-doctoral fellowships, placements and researcher support; SeNSS started accepting applicants in 2017.[2]

SeNSS focuses on providing inter-disciplinary research training through engaging its scholars with expertise drawn from different scholarly fields.

## References

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1. ^ "SAGE Publishing announces collaboration with the South East Network for Social Sciences (SeNSS)". SAGE Publishing. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
2. ^ a b Broad, Mollie (9 March 2017). "Supporting PhD Students in the Social Sciences". Social Science Space. SAGE Publications. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
3. ^ "SeNSS Consortium". senss-dtp.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-11-19.