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Call for nominations for VSSN positions

Steering Group and Editorial Management Board Elections. VSSN is run by an elected Steering Group, and our journal Voluntary Sector Review by an elected Editorial Management Board. Those elected by VSSN members serve fixed terms of office. We are now asking members of VSSN to consider nominating themselves for either body. VSSN members will receive […]

New Researchers Session at September’s Conference: Call for Proposals

As part of the annual Voluntary Sector and Volunteering Research Conference on 10-11th September 2013, at Sheffield Hallam University, a special session will be run for “new” researchers. A call for proposals to be presented at this session has been made: details about the conference and how to submit proposals can be found here. UPDATE: […]

Annual Research Conference 2013 – Call for Abstracts

The 19th Voluntary Sector and Volunteering Research Conference will take place on 10-11th September 2013 at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. A call for abstracts for papers to be presented at the conference. The deadline for all submissions is 5pm 15th May 2013. Further details can be found here.

Call for abstracts – May 2013 day conference

The next VSSN Day Seminar will take place at London South Bank University on Wednesday 15th May 2013, 10.30 – 4.00. The call for abstracts is now open. Please submit an abstract of around 250 words and a brief biography by email to Peter Maple maplep@lsbu.ac.uk, no later than Mon 18th March 2013.

Results of the Voluntary Sector Review EMB Elections

Changes to the editorial roles for Voluntary Sector Review have been agreed and Cathy Pharoah is to become the editor of the Policy Review section of the journal. The holder of this role is an ex officio member of the EMB. For this reason Cathy has withdrawn her nomination for election. Since there were 3 […]

Voluntary Sector Review Prize Winner

Sarah Chew of the University of Leicester is the winner of the Voluntary Sector Review (VSR) prize draw of £50 worth of Policy Press books of her choice. Her name was drawn from among the large number of people who visited the newly launched VSR Editorial Manager (EM) site to update their details before 1 […]

Day Conference 4 December 2012 – Bookings now open

The next VSSN Day Seminar will take place at Cardiff University on Tuesday 4th December 2012: 10.30 – 4.00. The seminar is hosted by Wales Council for Voluntary Action with WISERD – the Wales Institute for Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods. The programme has now been finalised. It features an exciting programme of […]

Election to Voluntary Sector Review Editorial Management Board

An election will open shortly for the Voluntary Sector Review (VSR) Editorial Management Board (EMB). The Editorial Management Board is elected by VSSN members and is responsible for appointing and advising the Editorial Team, in consultation with The Policy Press (the publishers of VSR). All VSSN members will receive an email inviting them to participate […]