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CASS visit fosters international research collaboration

2 December 2016

The visit was part of the project “Improving Social Welfare System in China: Urbanisation, Community Development and Social Participation”.

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Challenging gender-based and sexual violence

30 November 2016

Ground-breaking guide produced in partnership with and for young people

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Making Social Work Count

25 November 2016

Two professors in the School of Social Sciences are among the co-authors of a new book on quantitative research methods for social work.

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Bad call

24 November 2016

Technology’s attack on referees and umpires causes game-changing errors

Professor WIlliam Housley

Professor awarded prestigious Vincent Wright Chair

21 November 2016

The Vincent Wright Chair is a visiting professorship that promotes academic exchanges between France and Britain.

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The 'Age of Over-Qualification'

16 November 2016

New book from Professor Caroline Lloyd and Jonathan Payne questions the role of skills in the ‘Age of Over-Qualification'.

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Social Data Science Lab awarded Big Data grant

14 November 2016

The new grant from the Economic and Social Research Council will fund the core activities of the Lab over the next 3 years.

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Talking and Listening to Children project presents findings

10 November 2016

CASCADE recently hosted an event presenting the key findings from their project, “Talking and Listening to Children".

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Innovative engagement project creates bridges to higher education

3 November 2016

A partnership between the University and St David's College has led to the development and delivery of sixth form courses in the social sciences while helping to train trainee teachers.

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Discussing 'home' on BBC Radio

2 November 2016

Dr Rachel Hurdley recently joined radio presenter Lauren Laverne on BBC Woman's Hour to discuss the meanings of ‘home’.