Dr Vince Miller, Reader in Sociology and Cultural Studies at SSPSSR, has published a new article which investigates the ruins and abandoned spaces of the … Read more
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Communicating Effectively with Vulnerable Children and Young People Due to the current COVID-19 crisis, we have arranged to run our free 4-week MOOC (Massive Online … Read more
Can flexible working help reduce the gender pay gap?
Dr Hejung Chung, Reader in Sociology and Social Policy and Principal Investigator at the Work Autonomy, Flexibility and Work Life Balance (WAF) project has published … Read more
Do you want to study child protection in a different and more effective way?
Here you will find highlights of the International Centre for Child Protection’s MA in advanced child protection Look what they are saying about our MA: … Read more
Social historian explains events in a family’s past
Dr Kate Bradley, Senior Lecturer in Social History and Social Policy, contributed to the BBC 1 programme ‘Who do you think you are?’ this week. … Read more
Chief Medical Officer to deliver Centre for Health Services Studies lecture
The UK’s new medical chief, Professor Chris Whitty, will deliver the annual Centre for Health Services Studies (CHSS) lecture at the University’s Canterbury campus. His … Read more
Call for Papers: Tensions at the front line of risk work: implications for policy and practice
Dr Jo Warner, Reader in Social Work, has co-organised a two-day conference in her capacity as co-convenor of the British Sociological Association’s Risk and Society … Read more
Social historian researches lives of first women JPs
Dr Anne Logan, Reader in Social Science, wrote the introduction and did much of the research for the latest update to the Oxford Dictionary of … Read more
Forget ‘Obamageddon’, ‘Prepping’ is now part of mainstream American politics and culture
Long considered an extreme reaction to fears of Armageddon and imminent nuclear disaster, ‘preppers’ in the US have traditionally been portrayed as motivated by extreme … Read more
Is the two-child benefit cap fair?
Professor Peter Taylor-Gooby appeared on BBC Radio Kent’s The Wake Up Call programme this week to discuss the two-child cap on benefit with MEP Ann … Read more