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University of ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ - Archive (SoSS News)

2025
13
March
2025
| 16:06 Europe/London
Activist, speaker and author Laura Bates visited the School of Social Sciences in February to deliver an impactful lecture on extreme misogyny and why she feels it’s imperative we declare acts carried out in its name as terrorism. Reflecting on
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11
March
2025
| 10:23 Europe/London
On Tuesday, 25 February, students and academics gathered at ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ to hear first-hand accounts of resilience and democratic resistance from Ukrainian leaders. The event, Democratic Resilience After De-Occupation: Local
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10
March
2025
| 16:00 Europe/London
Margot first came to ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ to study Law as an undergraduate, graduating in 1971. Her initial career plan was to go to the Bar, but given her relative youth at the time, she decided she would wait a couple of years. In
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03
March
2025
| 12:40 Europe/London
ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ’s Professor Jackie Carter has delivered a compelling message on the importance of data-driven legacy and sustained action at the 7th Pankhurst-Fawcett Scorecard Reveal, hosted by GM4Women2028 at Stockport County Football
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27
February
2025
| 15:31 Europe/London
Dr Jingwen Zhang, Lecturer in Sociology, is one of the authors of 'Valuing Kinship Care in England', a new report on the huge and often under-recognised contribution made to society by kinship carers, who look after children who would often
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26
February
2025
| 10:23 Europe/London
On Tuesday, 19 February, law students at ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ had a unique opportunity to hear first-hand from three sub-postmasters - Janet Skinner, Seema Misra, and Tom Hedges - who were wrongfully convicted due to flaws in the Post
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24
February
2025
| 12:25 Europe/London
Liz Richardson, who leads the Politics department at the School of Social Sciences, has been recognised as one of the top 25 thinkers by the Local Government Information Unit (LGIU).The list features leaders who are finding solutions to some of the
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24
February
2025
| 12:13 Europe/London
“Ground-truthing political elites in the public sphere: Measuring the arena effects of elite opinion†is available to read online.Political elites express their ideological positions on contentious issues across various arenas in the public sphere.
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24
February
2025
| 10:41 Europe/London
I am a Professor of Social Statistics in the Department of Social Statistics at ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ, which is part of the School of Social Sciences. I am also a member of the Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis and the Cathie Marsh
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24
February
2025
| 10:10 Europe/London
The paper, “Learnings from a decade of data fellows: Co-creation of a data skills framework for non-stem studentsâ€, is available to read online. This workshop provided a reflection on an experiential learning model developed in the UK. The Data
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19
February
2025
| 14:45 Europe/London
US President Donald Trump has once again echoed Kremlin talking points, by falsely claiming that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s approval rating stands at a mere 4%. In reality, polling by experts including Professor Olga Onuch of The
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18
February
2025
| 12:29 Europe/London
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the death of Professor Lou Kushnick OBE. Lou was a Professor of Sociology at ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ, who lectured at the University for over 40 years. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Lou
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18
February
2025
| 10:57 Europe/London
Researchers from ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ - in collaboration with the Universities of Granada, Lund, and Oslo - have conducted the first-ever ethical analysis of artificial human DNA.
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05
February
2025
| 16:54 Europe/London
A groundbreaking study published in Nature Scientific Reports has revealed that people’s social connections play a crucial role in determining whether they adopt preventative health measures. 
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27
January
2025
| 17:10 Europe/London
Mitchell Online is brought to you by our friends at the Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis, the leading cross-disciplinary research group in the development and application of social network analysis (SNA) techniques, located in the School
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27
January
2025
| 09:38 Europe/London
The School of Social Sciences at ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ has earned global recognition in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by Subject for 2025.We are delighted to learn that in this year’s THES World University
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24
January
2025
| 13:40 Europe/London
The 2024 general election was the first in the UK’s history to be run under a system of voter ID. When heading to the polling station, people could only vote if they proved their identity first. This was the result of a law brought in in 2023 and
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24
January
2025
| 11:43 Europe/London
ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ and Garden Court North Chambers are set to host a lecture by award-winning Guardian journalist David Conn on the Hillsborough disaster, and the subsequent legal failings that led to a decades-long fight for justice.
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20
January
2025
| 13:55 Europe/London
As Donald Trump’s begins his second term as President of the United States, a groundbreaking study led by ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ has revealed that a majority of Ukrainians hold a cautiously optimistic view of his presidency - even amid
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17
January
2025
| 16:53 Europe/London
The Premier League is currently vulnerable to new investors and team owners who could have sourced their wealth from illicit activities.
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15
January
2025
| 15:41 Europe/London
David Stroup is a Senior Lecturer of Chinese Politics at ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ. In his article, he examines the discourse around Wuhan’s Party Secertary Ma Guoqiang, an ethnic Hui Muslim. Using discourse analysis of posts regarding
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15
January
2025
| 15:07 Europe/London
Written by Martin GreenwoodThe Horizon scandal, which led to the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of subpostmasters, has severely dented the public’s perception of the Post Office as an institution. Against this backdrop, branch closures are planned
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06
January
2025
| 10:04 Europe/London
ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ’s Professor Gary Younge has been named as the recipient of a prestigious Robert B. Silvers Award in recognition of his exceptional contribution to the field of journalism. 
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02
January
2025
| 11:08 Europe/London
The Horizon scandal, which led to the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of subpostmasters, has severely dented the public’s perception of the Post Office as an institution. Against this backdrop, branch closures are planned across the Post Office
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2024
31
December
2024
| 13:04 Europe/London
A University of ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ professor has been recognised in the King’s 2025 New Year Honours List. Professor Yaojun Li, a distinguished researcher and educator at ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ, has been made an OBE for his exceptional for services to
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16
December
2024
| 13:46 Europe/London
This collaboration, funded and developed by the School of Social Sciences (SoSS) Social Responsibility Committee, brought on 50 student volunteers as translators, ensuring critical services remain accessible to all, including those whose first
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12
December
2024
| 15:58 Europe/London
The School of Social Sciences is delighted to announce Dr Claire Fox of the Criminology Department has been awarded a Principal Fellowship from AdvanceHE. The Principal Fellowship is awarded to individuals who demonstrate a sustained and
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10
December
2024
| 13:39 Europe/London
ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ's Professor Claire Alexander has been announced as this year’s winner of the Distinguished Service to British Sociology Award.
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10
December
2024
| 13:00 Europe/London
The report finds that one in four people from an ethnic minority experience unfair racist treatment in their job or education, and one in ten experienced recent unfair treatment in housing or from the police.Ten percent of ethnic minorities in
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03
December
2024
| 09:28 Europe/London
ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Judith Phillips as a Simon and Hallsworth Visiting Professor at the School of Social Sciences. Professor Phillips, a distinguished Social and Environmental
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