Blog and updates
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19 Feb 2024
Exploring Beliefs: The Moonies as a Long-Term Sect
The Unification Church of South Korea, more commonly known as the Moonies fits the typology of a sect in many ways.
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14 Feb 2024
Multi-faith Peace Walk
Muslims, Jews, Christians, Hindus and Buddhists walked side-by-side from Trafalgar Square to Parliament Square and back in solidarity with people affected by the conflict in the Middle East.
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2 Feb 2024
Churches "critical" in supporting Ukraine's people
An article from 2023 demonstrates that even in an arguably secularising UK, churches still play positive functions in our society. Durkheim and Parsons, amongst other functionalists, pointed to the...
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22 Jan 2024
tutor2u launch The Outlet
tutor2u has been around for a while now. And some of our resources have reached that point where, having done their duty in the classroom, they've been replaced by newer versions! Not to worry...
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18 Dec 2023
Our First Secular Christmas?
A recent Guardian article questions the future of Christmas, now we have reached the point of less than 50% Christianity in the UK. It points out that “the religious aspects of Christmas have long...
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13 Dec 2023
2023 Festive A-Level Sociology Quizzes
Here are this year's festive quizzes. We've gone to town a bit this year and included a quiz for every topic, including all optional topics. There's also the tutor2u Christmas quiz if you feel the...
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17 Nov 2023
Pedagogy & Sociology with Andrew Jones
Returning guest Andrew Jones joins Katie in the Sociology Staffroom for a fascinating look at applying sociological theory to pedagogy.
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15 Nov 2023
Secularisation in the UK: Is Collective Worship Archaic?
This 2023 article tells us that ‘more people under 40 in England and Wales now declare “no religion” than profess to be Christian – the first time the UK’s dominant religion has been pushed into...
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10 Nov 2023
Religious Education? Jodi Turner-Smith as God, a Sociological Analysis
For those of you in Year 13 who have turned eighteen, you may have watched the most recent series of Sex Education on Netflix. In Season 4 of Sex Education, Eric (played by Ncuti Gatwa) grapples...
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10 Nov 2023
Sociology in the News
A post-lunch quick scroll through the news threw up two interesting news articles that would be really useful for the Families unit - both at GCSE and A-Level...
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11 Oct 2023
‘The Strength of the Hijab’: Functionalist Totem or Feminist Social Solidarity?
A sculpture of a woman wearing a hijab - called "The Strength of the Hijab" - is due to be revealed in Birmingham this month. It is believed to be the first sculpture in the world of a woman...
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9 Oct 2023
GCSE Sociology: Families Halloween Quiz
Here is a Halloween-themed quiz to use in the run-up to half term to recap the families unit with your new Year 10 cohort or with your Year 11s as part of their mocks preparation. Completely free -...
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16 Jun 2023
OCR wants your thoughts on its redeveloped A Level Sociology spec (first teaching 2024)
As some of you may know, OCR has been working on its A Level Sociology specification which is due to begin being taught from September 2024. They want teachers to have a look at it, and some...
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22 May 2023
Professor Woodhead on the magical future of religion in Britain
Year 13 Sociology students will find themselves no stranger to Professor Linda Woodhead’s research on religion and religiosity. Described in this article as a leading academic, Woodhead predicts...
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17 May 2023
Rental reform - no-fault evictions to be banned
Back in the 1980s the Conservative Government's Right To Buy scheme allowed many low income families to get onto the property ladder by being able to buy their council house at a discounted price....
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10 May 2023
Deep dive into "any other religion" part 3: Zoroastrianism
Welcome to Part 3 of this blog series, exploring the ‘any other religion’ option of the 2021 Census (the religion data was released in November 2022). “No religion” was the second most common...
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9 May 2023
AQA A Level Sociology Grade Booster 2024 Workshops | Provisional Dates and Locations Announced
The provisional dates for our AQA A Level Sociology Grade Booster 2024 cinema workshops have been released. Please use these to enter dates in the school/college calendar for 2023/24.
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8 Mar 2023
International Women's Day - Why is it so important?
International Women's Day (IWD) has been observed for over 100 years - but what is it and why is it still important?
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7 Mar 2023
Same-sex families - just as good as the traditional set-up!
For many years certain groups of sociologists have argued that the traditional nuclear family is the best family form - offering the best environment to bring up children. Well recent research is...
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2 Mar 2023
Deep Dive Into "Any Other Religion": Part Two (Humanism)
This is the second part of a series of blogs looking at what is meant by "any other religion" in the 2021 census data (released in November 2022). This time we are focusing on humanism.
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