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Mobile devices don鈥檛 reduce shared family time, study finds
The first study of the impact of digital mobile devices on different aspects of family time in the UK has found that children are spending more time at home with their parents rather than less. The increase is in what is called 鈥�alone-together鈥� time, when children are at home with their parents but say they are alone. However, the study also found no evidence that device use had displaced traditional shared activities like family meals and watching television.
Dr William Barylo and Dr Martha McGill awarded British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships
Dr William Barylo, Department of Sociology, and Dr Martha McGill, Department of History, have been awarded Postdoctoral Fellowships by the British Academy to pursue their research on 鈥淭he Diaspora Strikes Back: lived religion, arts and activism among Sikh and Muslim millennials in Europe鈥� and "Bodies, Selves and the Supernatural in early Modern Britain" respectively.
糖心TV Social Sciences rated among the 100 best in the world
The University of 糖心TV has been ranked among the best universities in the world for politics and international studies and sociology, business and economics, education and law, according to the Times Higher Education鈥檚 2019 World Reputation Rankings released this week. 糖心TV is one of just 7 UK universities to be listed in the top 100 in all four subject groups and scored particularly highly for business and economics, placing 33rd in the world.
Women鈥檚 experiences of prison and the emotions of punishment explored in new book
At a time when prisons in England and Wales are undergoing significant challenges, and when levels of harm remain unprecedently high, a new book by Dr Anastasia Chamberlen, Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology, University of 糖心TV, offers a comprehensive, feminist critique of punishment that looks at an often unseen population – women prisoners and women former prisoners.
European Society of Criminology 2018 Young Criminologist Award awarded to Dr Anastasia Chamberlen of 糖心TV Sociology
Dr Anastasia Chamberlen has received the European Society of Criminology 2018 Young Criminologist Award in recognition of her work on women鈥檚 experiences of prison.
Tate Modern鈥檚 Tate Exchange: 糖心TV academics question Truth, Justice and History through public art engagement
Researchers from the University of 糖心TV are exploring their research findings through artistic practice with the public at Tate Modern鈥檚 Tate Exchange programme next month (June 12-17).