A new report investigates the stigma of claiming benefits – how widespread it is, what causes it (and in particular the role of the media), … Read more
Month: November 2012
Fabian Commission on Public Spending Choices – Kent academic leads debate
Peter Taylor-Gooby, Professor of Social Policy in SSPSSR, gave the lead presentation to the opening session of the Fabian Society’s Commission on Public Spending Choices (chaired by Lord John McFall, … Read more
Research Seminar – “Black and minority ethnic men’s constructions of emotional wellbeing”
Dr Frank Keating, Senior Lecturer at the Royal Holloway University, London, will be giving the third in our series of Seminars. “Black and minority ethnic (BME) … Read more
Domestic violence and women with learning difficulties project
Dr Michelle McCarthy, Senior Lecturer at the Tizard Centre, has been granted funding by the School for Social Care Research (part of the National Institute … Read more
Autism Spectrum Disorder Database
Staff at the University of Kent’s Tizard Centre and School of Psychology have come together in the hope of developing an official database of willing … Read more
Kent Sociologists’ “Key Articles” Success
In celebrating their 60th anniversary, the British Sociological Association has highlighted a selection of classic and contemporary articles (from the stable of BSA journals: Cultural … Read more