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Find out what's been happening in the Sociology department.
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New book explores the sociology of face masks
7 Dec 2023
Owen Abbott, Vanessa May, Sophie Woodward, Rob Meckin and Leah Gilman have written a new book exploring the sociology of face masks during the ...
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Just one third of students think that university security staff keep students safe on campus
6 Dec 2023
A new report from the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE) reveals that despite security staff being a common sight on university campuses, ...
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New Master’s Programme at The University of Manchester Takes a Fresh Approach to Tackling Climate Change
23 Nov 2023
A new postgraduate course addressing the global environmental crisis and the challenges of building sustainable societies has been launched by The ...
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£7m investment in UK Data Service for social science skills training
13 Nov 2023
The University of Manchester is one of five partner organisations who together have been awarded £37.5 million from The Economic and Social Research...
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New podcast on race and ethnicity in Britain
7 Nov 2023
Race & Ethnicity in Britain is a new podcast mini-series produced in collaboration between the Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE) and ...
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New book on researching family life published
1 Nov 2023
Professor Vanessa May has written a new book, Families, which is published Polity Press. The book explores what is and has been understood by ...
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Discrimination is the biggest career obstacle for women of colour in the NHS
4 Oct 2023
In March 2023, NHS midwife Olukemi Akinmeji won an employment tribunal case against the hospital in Kent where, as an employee, she had faced race ...
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Children do better at school if their fathers read and play with them
20 Sep 2023
Fathers can give their children an educational advantage at primary school by reading, drawing and playing with them, according to a new report ...
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Data reveals worrying rates of financial hardship for people from ethnic minority backgrounds
12 Sep 2023
New data from the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity at The University of Manchester has revealed disturbing ethnic inequalities in rates of ...
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70 years ago, an Anglo-US coup condemned Iran to decades of oppression – but now the people are fighting back
24 Aug 2023
The 1953 coup d'etat in Iran ushered in a period of exploitation and oppression that has continued – despite a subsequent revolution that led to ...
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Professor Tine Buffel and UG Student Khadra Osman winners of this year’s Distinguished Achievement Awards
30 Jun 2023
Every year, the President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manchester honour exceptional individuals who have made significant contributions ...
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Professor Gary Younge wins Orwell Prize for Journalism 2023
29 Jun 2023
Award-winning author, broadcaster and Professor of Sociology, Gary Younge, has won The Orwell Prize for Journalism 2023.
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The UK’s recycling system is confusing, chaotic and broken – here’s how to fix it
6 Jun 2023
Maybe you have one bin or many boxes. You might even have a compost caddy. Whatever your recycling setup, chances are that at some point you’ve been...
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Professor Gary Younge shortlisted for Orwell Prize for Journalism 2023
19 May 2023
Gary Younge, award-winning author, broadcaster and Professor of Sociology, Gary Younge, has been shortlisted for The Orwell Prize for Journalism ...
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Are ethnic and religious minority voters key to election success?
4 May 2023
New research led by experts from The University of Manchester, the University of St Andrews, the University of Essex and the University of Nottingham ...
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Over a third of people from minority groups have experienced racist assaults, survey finds
19 Apr 2023
More than a third of people from ethnic and religious minority groups in Britain have experienced some form of racist assault, according to new ...
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University of Manchester academic wins Sociology SAGE Prize for Innovation and Excellence
17 Apr 2023
Dr Leah Gilman was awarded last week the Sociology SAGE Prize for Innovation and Excellence for her paper ‘The Selfish Element: How Sperm and Egg ...
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Parental help with schoolwork does little for children’s academic progress
14 Apr 2023
The amount of time parents spend with their children contributes much less to their progress in school than the family’s social class, new research ...
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UK recycling system requires 'dramatic overhaul', report finds
31 Mar 2023
The UK’s recycling system requires a dramatic overhaul to effectively tackle the issue of plastic waste, according to a new report published by The ...
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Global COVID-19 study finds higher infection risk was main driver of ethnic inequality
6 Mar 2023
In the most comprehensive analysis of ethnic inequalities in COVID-19 health outcomes to date, a major new global study has found that ethnic minority...
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Exhibition corrects myth that demolished Brutalist housing estate was unpopular with its residents
2 Feb 2023
A new online exhibition has been launched which features the views of the former residents of Robin Hood Gardens, the London estate which was both ...
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Leading Labour MP welcomes report into racial bias in justice system
24 Jan 2023
Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy MP has welcomed a report by experts from The University of Manchester which highlighted the issue of racial bias ...
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Prince Harry is wrong: unconscious bias is not different to racism
23 Jan 2023
When Prince Harry sat down with ITV journalist Tom Bradby for a conversation about his marriage, his estrangement from the royal family and his ...
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Winners of the Sociology Public Engagement Prize announced
12 Jan 2023
Dharmi Kapadia (with Jingwen Zhang and James Nazroo) won the staff category for her influential report which uncovered stark ethnic inequalities in ...
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Anti-racism book available open access
6 Jan 2023
The full text of Anti-Racist Scholar Activism by Remi Joseph-Salisbury and Laura Connelly is now available to download or read online for free. The ...
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Racism is ‘fundamental cause’ of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among ethnic minorities
15 Dec 2022
Racism is the ‘fundamental cause’ of COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy among ethnic minority groups, according to a newly published briefing from the...
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Lack of social mobility in creative jobs has remained the same since the 1970s in the UK. This has serious implications for the future of the creative industries.
13 Dec 2022
New research conducted by experts from the Universities of Manchester, Edinburgh and Sheffield challenges the notion that there was once a ‘golden ...
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Rave Renaissance with Graeme Park
31 Oct 2022
Manchester has long been renowned for its rich musical history and nightlife, commonly regarded as a clubbing capital of the world and once home of ...
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New community collaboration to build community research and improve the wellbeing of Black LGBT+ people
24 Oct 2022
The new collaboration brings together University of Manchester sociologist Jaime García Iglesias and staff at Black Beetle Health, led by Harvey A ...
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Working-class students need a ‘sense of opportunity’ to go to university
21 Oct 2022
Students from working-class backgrounds can only make the decision to go to university if they develop a ‘sense of opportunity’ at school, ...
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New report uncovers ‘institutional racism’ in the justice system
18 Oct 2022
A new report by experts from The University of Manchester and barrister Keir Monteith KC has raised urgent questions about racial attitudes and ...
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Rave Renaissance with Graeme Park (British Pop Archive event)
3 Oct 2022
Please join us on 8th November from 6-7.30pm in the John Rylands Library for Helen Holmes and Nick Crossley’s (Sociology) event on Rave Renaissance...
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Sociology research and teaching award winners
26 Sep 2022
Sociology staff have been recognised for their research and teaching in recent University of Manchester awards. Research Staff Excellence Our ...
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Inaugural issue of ‘Consumption and Society’ out now
12 Aug 2022
The inaugural issue of the journal 'Consumption and Society' published by Bristol University Press is out now. SCI Lecturer Dan Welch is among the ...
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Take part in our new research on gambling harms
22 Jul 2022
Dharmi Kapadia is leading a new project on gambling harms. The project will investigate why people gamble, the harm caused by gambling and how ...
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Take part in our survey on policing and security on campus
20 Jul 2022
A new project is researching the impact of security and policing on UK university campuses. If you are a current student or graduated since 2020 we ...
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Making A Difference Award success for research on covid-19 and older people, and tackling cultural inequalities.
17 May 2022
Tine Buffel, Christopher Phillipson and colleagues from the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group (MUARG) have won the Outstanding benefit to ...
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Poorer health in disabled linked to lack of home adaptations
5 May 2022
Older people with mobility problems living without home adaptations have poorer health and higher levels of pain, according to researchers at The ...
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Obituary: Professor Teodor Shanin
21 Apr 2022
The Russian theorist Alexander Arkhangelsky wrote of him then as “a man of action while being at the same time the brightest intellectual”. In ...
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Pandemic ‘shielding’ led to two-fold rise in depressive symptoms in over 50s
4 Apr 2022
Older people who were shielding throughout the pandemic were nearly twice as likely to experience depressive symptoms compared to those who were not, ...
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Covid pandemic worsened pre-existing inequalities in the creative industries
15 Mar 2022
The pandemic has worsened pre-existing inequalities in the creative and cultural industries by causing job insecurity and financial instability among ...
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Sociology Public Engagement Prize winners are announced
21 Feb 2022
Researchers working to reduce the risk of social exclusion for older people in Greater Manchester, and to reduce the stigma of assisted reproduction ...
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Review highlights stark ethnic healthcare inequalities in the UK
14 Feb 2022
A major new review into ethnic inequalities in healthcare has revealed vast inequalities across a range of health services in the UK.
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‘I did not see them; I saw their soul’: retreats are more about magical encounters than self-exploration
9 Feb 2022
Going on a retreat seems like the very definition of a solitary experience. You leave behind your friends, family, and colleagues, giving up everyday ...
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Join our new early career race and ethnicity network
26 Jan 2022
The activities of the network will be driven by the needs and concerns of the members. It will provide focused research workshops on substantive ...
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Professor Debora Price gives candid interview to Legal and General on Pensions and Divorce
12 Jan 2022
Former MICRA Director, and one of the lead authors of the report ‘A Guide to the Treatment of Pensions on Divorce: the Report of the Pension ...
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Dr Tine Buffel elected as expert member of WHO advisory group for UN Decade of Healthy Ageing 2021-2030
6 Jan 2022
With the adoption of the United Nation's (UN) Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021–2030), countries have committed to 10 years of concerted and ...
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