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Sheffield sociology courses ranked UK's number 2 in the Guardian University Guide 2019
The Department of Sociological Studies is celebrating the news that undergraduate sociology courses at the University of Sheffield have risen to number two nationally in the Guardian University Guide 2019.
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Remembering Baby exhibition set to visit Northumbria
The popular Remembering Baby: Life, Loss and Post-Mortem exhibition is set to go on tour to Northumbria next week.
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Childhoods at a Cross Roads in Ghana: Growing up in the Shadow of Colonialism
Dr Afua Twum-Danso Imoh is working together with a local musician to create an exhibition focusing on her latest research into Ghanaian childhoods, to be presented at Sheffield's annual Festival of the Mind this September.
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Sheffield welcomes Professor Izabela Grabowska at the second Social Policy and Society Annual Lecture
The second annual lecture of the Journal Social Policy and Society was hosted at the University of Sheffield on 18th April and was sponsored by Cambridge University Press in association with the Noble Foundation.
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Irish suffrage movement books launched at Professor Louise Ryan's inaugural lecture
Professor Louise Ryan delivered an inaugural lecture on the topic of the Irish Suffrage Movement to a packed audience at The University of Sheffield last week.
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Sociological Studies researchers make climate change social at major United Nations event
In late 2017, Drs Warren Pearce and Suay Ozkula were invited to speak at the United Nations Climate Change conference, attended by international political leaders and activists, about how climate change is discussed on social media.
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Data visualisation paper by Professor Helen Kennedy is top scoring on White Rose Research Online
A paper co-authored by Professor Helen Kennedy is officially the top scoring paper on the White Rose Research Online repository in 2017-18.
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Sociology student takes dissertation research to the British Conference of Undergraduate Research
A final year undergraduate Sociological Studies student joined other students from across the country last week to present her dissertation research at the British Conference of Undergraduate Research (BCUR).
Categorised under: Students and alumni and Research
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Social work student enhances studies after attending week-long international social work conference in the Netherlands
An MA Social Work student from the University of Sheffield recently took up an opportunity to attend a week-long conference in the Netherlands where he heard speakers from around the world discuss international social work issues.
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Report published on child welfare research dissemination and the judiciary involved in child care proceedings
Researchers from the Department of Sociological Studies at the University of Sheffield have today published a report about the dissemination of child welfare research to the judiciary involved in child care proceedings.
Categorised under: Staff, Research and Publications
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Helen Kennedy joins world leading digital experts at Facebook HQ for social research 'un-conference'
Professor Helen Kennedy was recently one of a small number of digital experts from around the world to be hand-picked to attend an exclusive social research event at Facebook’s headquarters in California, USA.
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Sociological Studies welcomes visiting PhD student from Belgium to conduct research with Sheffield's academics
The Department of Sociological Studies has been delighted to play host to visiting PhD student Amélie Anciaux over the past month, who has joined us from Belgium.
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Care-Connect enters into impact fellowship agreement with Age UK
Research and innovation hub Care-Connect has entered into a positive agreement with leading ageing charity Age UK in which members from each body will act as impact fellows for one another to reach shared goals around wellbeing in later life.
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Professor Kate Morris to give evidence in Parliament on inequalities in child welfare intervention rates
Professor Kate Morris, on behalf of the Sheffield researchers involved in the Child Welfare and Inequalities project, will be giving evidence to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Children today along with Professor Paul Bywaters and Professor Brid Featherstone (University of Huddersfield).
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Social work team members publish unique and compelling textbook of child protection work case studies
Two members of the Department of Sociological Studies’ social work team have this week published a unique textbook that allows readers to immerse themselves in the complex scenarios that occur in child protection work.
Categorised under: Staff, Research and Publications