Dr Eleanor Jupp, Lecturer in Social Policy in the Faculty of Social Sciences, worked with the University’s Digital Media Hub to produce an animation based … Read more
Tag: social policy
WelfSoc in Florence
The WelfSoc “Our Children’s Europe” project presented eight papers at the final conference of the Norface Welfare Futures programme at the European University Institute in … Read more
Ageing is both a physiological and cultural phenomenon
Professor Julia Twigg was invited speaker at an evening event held at the Wellcome Collection in London. The event was led by the Edinburgh GP … Read more
The biggest consumers of illicit drugs in Europe
Alex Stevens, Professor in Criminal Justice, says the Global Drug Survey 2018 – showing the UK only behind Finland and Norway for illicit dark web … Read more
Men, dress and age
Julia Twigg, Professor of Social Policy and Sociology, spoke about men, dress and age on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Thinking Allowed’ yesterday. Julia talked about the … Read more
Project findings show public support for social investment
Peter Taylor-Gooby, Research Professor of Social Policy, gave the keynote speech at the EXCEPT project conference, introduced by Rosie Duffield MP, at the House of Commons … Read more
Fashion and Physique Symposium in New York
Professor Julia Twigg was a keynote speaker at the recent Symposium on Fashion and Physique at the New York Museum at FIT. Held in the old … Read more
Nearly 2 in 5 children will be in poverty by 2021
Commenting on a report from a leading thinktank that poorer Britons face three years of income stagnation, Peter Taylor-Gooby, Professor of Social Policy, says the impact … Read more
Review of disability benefit claims highlights problems
Peter Taylor-Gooby, Professor of Social Policy, says the Government’s decision to order a review of all 1.6 million disability benefit claims is evidence of serious problems … Read more
Why British people don’t trust the government any more – and what can be done about it
The Conversation has just published an article by Peter Taylor-Gooby, Professor of Social Policy, University of Kent and Bejamin Leruth, Assistant Professor in Politics and … Read more