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Book review: The Best Circles: Society, Etiquette and The Season

In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Essex Department of Sociology, a series of short blogposts on books are being published by members of the department.

Department of Sociology

09 May 2024

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Book review The Importance of Disappointment

Book review: The Importance of Disappointment

Department of Sociology

09 May 2024

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Sociology celebrates 60 years at Essex

As one of the founding departments of the University of Essex, the Department of Sociology is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.

Department of Sociology

30 April 2024

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My goal to tackle homelessness in the USA

My goal to tackle homelessness in the USA

MA Sociology student, Rashay Reading, chats about her inspiration to study at Essex and how it was made possible thanks to her Vice-Chancellor's Global Talent Scholarship.

Alumni team, Philanthropy

23 February 2024

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Meet our new Executive Dean for Social Sciences

Communications Office

23 January 2024

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Breaking boundaries and building bridges: Lubna's Story

Breaking boundaries and building bridges: Lubna's Story

Get to know Essex Futures Refugee Care scholarship recipient, Lubna.

Philanthropy

10 January 2024

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Sociology Research Newsletter Winter 2023

Sociology Research Newsletter Winter 2023

Updates from the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex

James Allen-Robertson

21 December 2023

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Widening participation in higher education

Widening participation in higher education

Essex researcher examines the link between widening participation in higher education and social mobility

Pauline Canham, Christopher Cunningham

14 November 2023

Podcast

Policing Domestic Abuse - Louder Than Words podcast

Join Ruth Weir and Jackie Turton in conversation with Jules Pretty on domestic abuse and violence in the home. What works and why? What has changed in recent years? What are the prospects for the future? Ruth Weir is at City University’s Violence and Society Centre and Jackie Turton is in the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex. They are co-authors with two serving police officers, Kate Barrow-Grint and Jacqueline Sebine, of the new book, Policing Domestic Violence.

Professor Jules Pretty

06 July 2023

Podcast

Let’s Talk About Genes and Society

Join Leo Schalkwyk and Meena Kumari in conversation with Jules Pretty on human genetics and epigenetics, how culture and society influences what goes on inside us, and all the latest on how this new understanding can improve human health. Leo Schalkwyk is Head of the School of Life Sciences and Meena Kumari is Deputy Director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research, both at the University of Essex

Professor Jules Pretty, Professor Leonard Schalkwyk, Professor Meena Kumari

30 March 2023

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