A JISC-funded, open access publishing initiative co-edited by Clare Birchall goes live. Open Humanities Press publishes twenty-one open access Living Books About Life LIVING BOOKS … Read more
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Rising Value of Postgraduate Degrees
The gap between the salaries of workers with postgraduate degrees and those holding only undergraduate degrees has grown significantly, a study has shown. According to … Read more
Democratic citizenship is more important than ever
In a presentation to the Council of Europe’s ‘Forum for the Future of Democracy’ in Cyprus on 14 October, the University of Kent’s Professor Peter … Read more
Cities and Sexualities
In October 2011, Prof Phil Hubbard’s new book Cities and Sexualities will be published by Taylor and Francis. Detailing the relationships between sexed bodies, sexual … Read more
ESRC fund awarded for research on safety in British cities at night
Prof Phil Hubbard, together with Dr Rachela Colosi of Lincoln University, has been awarded £117839 over 12 months by the ESRC to investigate the impacts … Read more
SSPSSR in British Library Link
Postgraduate research students enjoyed tailor made, individual sessions with a representative from the British Library on Wednesday 11 October as Simone Bacchini travelled from London … Read more
PhD Advanced Study Travel/Writing Scholarships
As a result of its successes in recent rankings and reviews, the School is delighted to announce that up to four scholarships will be made … Read more
What is food? How research changes the things we research
Speaker – Emma Uprichard (Goldsmiths) Chair – Chris Shilling
Staff roundtable
Speaker – SSPSSR staff Chair – Johnny Ilan The staff roundtable will involve us discussing issues of sociological import and interest. In the run … Read more
How are the children in interethnic partnerships faring?
Speaker – Lucinda Platt (Institute of Education) Chair – Miri Song