News from 2019

UK election 2019: how it could deliver the country’s first real living wage by Prof Donald Hirsch

Prof Donald Hirsch discusses how the UK 2019 election could deliver the country's first real living wage

Telling Stories - Campus Poems

The work of current º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ student Ada Ughanwa, a recipient of the 2018/19 Arts Scholarship in Creative Writing, who studies Sociology with Criminology will be displayed around campus.

Times League Table Success for Social and Policy Studies

Social and Policy Studies have achieved some fantastic results in the recently published Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020.

º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ announces ground-breaking partnership with the Twinning Project

Academics from º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ have joined forces with the Twinning Project, an initiative that uses sport to help prisoners prepare for release and provides a route to paid employment.

Sociology at º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ achieves 100% overall satisfaction rate in National Student Survey 2019

Sociology at º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ has once again achieved high results in the recently published National Student Survey 2019, being awarded an outstanding 100% overall satisfaction rate, making it 1st in the UK for Overall Satisfaction in Sociology.

Families juggle work and rising costs as school holidays loom, new study finds

Low income families are finding it ever harder to reconcile rising holiday costs with their pay and benefits, a º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ study has found.

Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read wins award at º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Academic Awards

Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read, Lecturer in Cultural Sociology and Programme Director for Social and Policy Studies, has proudly won the ‘Extra Mile’ award at the º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Academic Awards, held on Thursday 16th May by the º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Students’ Union (LSU).

Four in 10 people living in London cannot afford a basic standard of living, new report finds

Researchers from º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ also found that half of all youngsters who live in the capital are from households which fall below this threshold.

Undergraduate field trip to London

On Friday 8th March, sociology lecturers Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read and Dr Adrian Leguina took a group of students to London for a one-day field trip for their final year module Consumption, Culture and Everyday Life.

Professor Donald Hirsch’s research on the Living Wage named one of UK's most important academic accomplishments

º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ work to establish the UK Living Wage – based on the minimum income needed to support a basic lifestyle – has been named as one of the country’s most important academic accomplishments.