Trystan Williams, Principal at Springfield Academy, recently took 10 pupils with behavioural problems including ADHD and Autism on a 100 mile trek through Tanzania – his … Read more

The government has  published its final report into the events at Winterbourne View Hospital and has set out a programme of action to transform services … Read more

This report is now available to download. The annual Million Pound Donor Report , produced by SSPSSR’s Centre for Philanthropy, Humanitarianism and Social Justice in … Read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

A British Library event on ethnicity and identity will feature  Miri Song, Professor of Sociology at Kent.  The event on 13th Nov at the British Library … Read more