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Peter Taylor-Gooby’s new book, The Double Crisis of the Welfare State and What We Can Do about It, deals with the welfare state debate. The … Read more

Dr Lavinia Mitton supplies the ‘Expert View’ on studying social policy on the independent-sector education website Hotcourses.com. In the article, Dr Mitton outlines what students … Read more

The experience of navigating supervisory relationships is one thing research students from across the university have in common. But while supervision is the topic of … Read more

BBC Radio 4 ‘You and Yours’ interviewed Professor Peter Taylor-Gooby on benefit cuts on Easter Friday. Drawing on material from his new book (The Double … Read more

A new article by Professor Peter Taylor-Gooby examines the paradox of declining support for welfare spending at a time of rapidly growing inequality and rising … Read more

Kent Professor of Social Policy, Peter Taylor-Gooby cited in Polly Toynbee Guardian article on public spending cuts, read the full article in the Guardian online.

The Medway Social Science Group are pleased to announce a “Question Time” event at the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research. The invited … Read more

SSPSSR student Hannah Perrin has won the Graduate School’s Postgraduate Experience Award for a project supporting postgraduate students. The innovative “Shut Up and Write!” scheme … Read more

The School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research is pleased to announce a new and exciting partnership with Department of Sociology and Social Work … Read more

It would have been a safe bet that last week’s budget would include further cuts to welfare. Many people assume that the grand tradition of … Read more