Blog and updates
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28 Oct 2022
Census Data Evaluations and Continued Question of Christian Secularisation
With the religion data from the 2021 UK Census due to be released at the end of November, I've thinking about the criticism around the potentially leading religion questions - the subject of...
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27 Oct 2022
Is Inequality Inevitable? A Lesson Starter Video
Can we ever be equal? Should we be equal? These core debates are explored through both conflict and consensus theories in Sociology.
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26 Oct 2022
Does Austerity Kill?
Writing for the Conversation, Professor Danny Dorling analyses the impacts of austerity cuts on future policy and its impacts on the population. He links austerity to 335,00 excess deaths in the UK...
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25 Oct 2022
One in five girls in England don’t feel safe at school
A recent survey by charity Girlguiding has found that girls in the north of England are less likely to feel safe in their daily lives, and particularly at school.
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24 Oct 2022
How Iranian women’s hijab protests are a force for more than just women’s rights
Professor Scott Lucas outlines how protests following the killing of Mahsa Amini are generating discussion over widespread changes to Iranian society.
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21 Oct 2022
Insta Clergy and Dolly Parton!
This fascinating New York Times article discusses how many millennials have turned their backs on religious tradition because it isn’t sufficiently diverse or inclusive.
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18 Oct 2022
Anti-racism training in Wales to boost ethnically diverse teachers
Teachers are being given anti-racism training in Wales as pupils have spoken of their experiences of racist bullying and feeling isolated in schools as Wales becomes the first UK nation to make the...
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17 Oct 2022
The Cost of Childcare: Is It Worth It?
For many parents the cost of nursery fees could end up costing as much as 71% of their wages.
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13 Oct 2022
Media ethics: Daily Mail accused of breaking the law in order to obtain information on high profile figures
Prince Harry, Doreen Lawrence and Elton John amongst others launch legal action against Daily Mail for ‘breaches of privacy’
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12 Oct 2022
Black History Month: How Dangerous is the Single Story?
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie eloquently discusses the danger of the single story narrative and how problematic stereotypes can end up only telling parts of a person’s or country’s story.
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11 Oct 2022
Beliefs & Feminism: Black Churches Smashing the Stained Glass Ceiling!
Although in the past it has been suggested that black churches hold true to traditional, stereotypical gender roles, there has been significant change in recent years providing us with a plethora...
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10 Oct 2022
Sociology in the News: School absentees storing up problems for decades
Absenteeism from school is storing up problems for young people for "decades to come", a senior MP has warned. Education Select Committee chair Robert Halfon said more than 100,000 "ghost children"...
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10 Oct 2022
Watch Recommendation: BBC Panorama - The Channel Crisis
In this Panorama special, Jane Corbin investigates people smuggling into the UK.
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7 Oct 2022
Sociology in the News: The disproportionate impact of cost of living rises on ethnic minorities must be addressed
We have known for a long time that black, Asian and minority ethnic people in the UK are more likely to be poor than other groups, and that there is a strong link between ethnicity and class....
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7 Oct 2022
Evolution of the Patriarchy: Will Society Become More Equal?
In a recent edition of The Conversation, Professor Ruth Mace of UCL discusses the evolution of the patriarchy and whether society will eventually become more equal.
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5 Oct 2022
Broken Britain? Measuring social attitudes in contemporary society
The release of the 39th British Social Attitudes Survey highlights regional divisions in social attitudes to the public crises of the 21st century.
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4 Oct 2022
Religious Switching in the USA
The Pew Research Report, released in 2022 estimates that over the last 15 years, those identifying as any form of Christian in the US has dropped from 78% to 63%.
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3 Oct 2022
What impact does the narrative of "the American Dream" have?
It is Sunday morning. I wake up and look at my phone. Like most days I am bombarded with an array of information, including this article about a 23-year-old self-made millionaire...
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30 Sept 2022
The Poverty Premium: How being poor costs more
Being poor costs more. Here are four ways in which poor people are disadvantaged in how they consume goods.
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29 Sept 2022
Human trafficking: How middle-class Asians are being targeted for cyber-crime
Human trafficking targets young, educated and tech-savvy Asians to create online scams.
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