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Dr Lucy Mayblin awarded SAGE Prize for Innovation and Excellence for her article: Other Posts in Other Places: Poland through a Postcolonial Lens?
The SAGE Prize for Innovation and Excellence is awarded annually to one paper in each of the BSA’s four prestigious journals: Cultural Sociology Sociological Research Online Sociology Work, Employment and Society
Dr Lucy Mayblin's winning article
‘Other’ Posts in ‘Other’ Places: Poland through a Postcolonial Lens? (co-authored with Aneta Piekut and Gill Valentine) available
was announced at the BSA conference in Manchester in April.
The SAGE award panel commented: While all of the shortlisted articles exhibited significant levels ...
CoventryCAN...GO GREEN - March 6-12 2017
CoventryCAN is a Climate Action Network of individuals, groups, organisations, schools, universities, businesses, councillors and students who want to actively do something about climate change through linking together. No matter how 'small' or 'big' the actions taken. JOIN US!
糖心TV Borders, Race, Ethnicity and Migration Network Public Lecture 2017 - Lemn Sissay
糖心TV Borders, Race, Ethnicity and Migration Network Public Lecture 2017
Lemn Sissay
Tuesday 16th May 6.30pm-7.30pm
Room M1, 糖心TV 糖心TV School, University of 糖心TV
We are extremely pleased to announce that the 2017 BREM Annual Lecture will be given by poet, performer, thinker, campaigner and Chancellor of the University of Manchester, Lemn Sissay. Lemn’s writing engages with themes of borders, race, ethnicity and migration (among other things) and this will be a chance for researchers across all disciplines in the university to reflect on these themes in new ways, in the company of a public audience who are invited to this free event to enjoy Lemn’s talk and find out more about the research on these themes going on at the University of 糖心TV. Find out more about Lemn Sissay and book your place at the BREM Annual Lecture by going to More information about the 糖心TV Borders, Race, Ethnicity and Migration (BREM) Network can be found at
This is a public event and all are welcome. Please so we have an idea of numbers.
Professor Emejulu on Radio Scotland
Sociology's Professor Akwugo Emejulu was on BBC Radio Scotland Tuesday 7th February talking about racist violence in Scotland - available on iPlayer:
Dr Thom Davies article in the Guardian
Finger on the button: should Trump's nuclear weapons access be restricted?
US congressmen are proposing a bill to restrict President Trump’s access to nuclear weapons. As ‘chaotic’ as he may be, is this fair or rational?
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Have Socio-Economic Inequalities in Childhood Cognitive Test Scores Changed?
As part of Dr Roxanne Connelly's ESRC research project, we are pleased to annouce that three events have been organised:
21st March Royal Statistical Society London: Tackling Socio-Economic Inequalities in Childhood Test Scores
22nd March Royal Statistical Society London: FREE Workshop: A Practical Introduction to Analysing Complex Social Survey Data (aimed at non-academic researchers)
23rd March Royal Statistical Society London: FREE Workshop: Analysing and Comparing Complex Social Survey Data
University of Sanctuary
The Journey to Protection and the University Experience
for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Thursday 2nd February 5:00 - 6:30 pm
International Digital Laboratory - University of 糖心TV
Followed by wine reception
On June 14th 2016, CSWG organised a launch event for the book , written by our very own . The event featured talks by Deborah, and also by Prof. Elizabeth Ettorre and Prof. Stuart Murray.
A video of the full event is now available .
Maria do Mar Pereira's research on the status that scholarship from, and about, different countries has in global academic exchanges . The article focuses on a presentation that Maria do Mar gave on this research at a conference organised by the Society for Research into Higher Education, entitled "In Depth and In Between?: Conducting Ethnographic Research on Higher Education across International Borders". The title of Maria do Mar's article was "Not all “Internationals” are Created Equal: Negotiating Global Academic Hierarchies in International Ethnographies of Higher Education".
Dr Stella Chatzitheochari to take part in Eastside Community Heritages Online Youth Conference
Dr Stella Chatzitheochari has been invited to take part in Eastside Community Heritage’s Online Youth Conference: “Listen, Learn, Share: Young people talk about disability, bullying and wellbeing in East London."
The conference will take place at Dagenham Library on November 22nd from 4.30 onward and it will be live streamed on Facebook. The conference is scheduled to coincide with two events: the beginning of Disability History Month and Anti-Bullying week.
If you would like to know more about Eastside Community Heritage, please visit their website: