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Faculty of Social Sciences

The Faculty of Social Sciences has a long-established reputation for producing world-leading research (REF 2014). We tackle the greatest challenges of our time and work to implement solutions.

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FoSS Raised hands in classroom
18 November 2021

How are multilingual pupils being compared to their monolingual peers?

Dr Sabine Little's research into how multilingualism and identity has fed into the Literacy Trust’s 2021 Research Report.
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4 November 2021

From a climate of fear to a climate of solidarity: talking climate and migration around the UN Climate Change Conference 2021

by Ankit Kumar, Lecturer in Development and Environment for the Department of Geography
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2 November 2021

10 ways our researchers are working to understand and fight against climate change

Researchers from across the Faculty of Social Sciences are working to understand and fight against the impacts of climate change.
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28 October 2021

Under-paid and under-valued: assessing mandatory vaccination for care home workers in England

A new Sustainable Care paper has been published today, entitled ‘Under-paid and under-valued: assessing mandatory vaccination for care home workers in England‘.

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