Skip to main content

School of Social Sciences news

Jars with messages in

Celebrating Impact

18 April 2018

Cardiff University academic recognised for her feminist research-activist work with young people

british-and-eu-flags

Academics at the forefront of research into Brexit

29 March 2018

Cardiff University experts informing the debate

Social workers and students hold up coloured suitcases

Cardiff University celebrates World Social Work Day

27 March 2018

School of Social Sciences welcomes Siobhan Maclean, social work educator, for World Social Work Day

Parent disciplining a child

Reducing disruptive behaviour in children

22 March 2018

Researchers reveal effective parenting strategies for reducing disruptive behaviour in children

Lewis Oliva

University competitors ready for Commonwealth Games

20 March 2018

Students, alumni and staff aim for glory at Gold Coast 2018

Hand holding change from purse

Latest analysis of in-work poverty

9 March 2018

More needs to be done to help poor families, research concludes

Emma Renold

Gender equality in Wales

8 March 2018

Leading expert in childhood studies speaks at the United Nations in New York

Women at the Women Can Marathon Devon

Women-only marathon a perfect fit

7 March 2018

Researchers find off-road women-only marathon to be a perfect fit for the modern woman

Leila Thomas

Netball squad features students and member of staff

6 March 2018

Students, staff and alumni will represent Wales at Commonwealth Games

Des Fitzgerald

New Generation Thinkers 2018

23 February 2018

Cardiff University academic selected for prestigious scheme

Little girl playing with truck

Professor Emma Renold joins Welsh Government in launching #THISISME campaign

2 February 2018

Welsh Government launch campaign challenging ideas of gender norms

Researchers, academics and Diego Angemi of UNICEF Uganda at a workshop in Kampala

Building research capacity in Uganda

16 January 2018

Researchers from the School of Social Sciences lead Ugandan researchers in building research capacity

Answering the big contemporary issues effectively: Shaping best practice for Sciences and Humanities Collaborations

15 January 2018

Experts across the Humanities and Social Sciences at the University are working together to identify best practice to help government and third sector organizations think in innovative ways about interdisciplinary collaboration.

Social Media

Russian influence and interference measures following the 2017 UK terrorist attacks

18 December 2017

The level of influence and interference by Russian-linked social media accounts trying to engineer social division in the UK is considerably more extensive than has been reported to date

SRE

Calls for major overhaul of sex and relationships education

13 December 2017

Expert Panel chaired by Cardiff Professor recommend significant reforms to Welsh curriculum

Social Research Association Awards 2017

Researchers scoop three Social Research Association awards

8 December 2017

The School of Social Sciences took home three awards at the prestigious SRA awards

Audience in Workshop

Developing new ways of teaching for the Welsh curriculum

4 December 2017

Dr Kevin Smith has been leading workshops with teachers to develop new ways of teaching.

Professor Sir Michael Marmot lecture

Professor Sir Michael Marmot delivers the 2017 Julian Tudor Hart Lecture

1 December 2017

He says ‘Tackling the health gap will take action across the whole of society’

AGENDA Postcard

AGENDA youth activism toolkit launches in the USA

30 November 2017

AGENDA by Professor Emma Renold, a free online activism toolkit for young people, has been launched in the USA

Girl looking down

Majority of Further Education students have experienced dating and relationship violence

17 November 2017

Over 50% of 16-19 year old students in Further Education experienced some form of violence when dating or in a relationship