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Draft QAA Sociology Subject Benchmark Statement Consultation

The Sociology Subject Benchmark Statement has undergone a substantial review. As subject benchmark statements set out what graduates in a given discipline should know, understand, and be able to do…

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Dustmen have gone from hero to zero in the public’s eyes since the pandemic, research says

Dustmen and road sweepers have gone from hero to zero in the public’s eyes since the end of the Covid pandemic, new research says. During the lockdowns people clapped dustmen…

BSA President / Rachel Brooks and Les Back

BSA President and Vice President write to Macquarie VC on Restructuring of Sociology

Dear Professor Dowton, Restructuring of Sociology at Macquarie University We are writing to you in our roles as President and Vice-President of the British Sociological Association. As the professional body…

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Announcing the Winner of the FSHI Book Prize 2025

We are delighted to announce the winner of this year’s Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize is Elizabeth Chiarello for her book, Policing Patients: Treatment and…

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Children detained under the Mental Health Act are spending hours in A&E under police control

Children as young as nine detained under the Mental Health Act are spending hours in accident and emergency departments under police control rather than in specialist mental health assessment suites….

Guest Authors / Neil Small

Social media and disasters

The 12th June Ahmedabad air disaster. BBC News reports of the Air India crash included interviews with people who had gone to the crash site shortly after it happened. They…

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Fewer employees want to work a four-day week now than before the Covid pandemic, says research

Fewer employees want to work a four-day week now than they did before the Covid pandemic, new research says. The research shows that the idea that the pandemic has led…

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Employees on a four-day week use their extra day off for housework, hobbies, ‘me-time’ – and moonlighting, says research

The secret of what employees who switch to a four-day week do with their extra day off have been revealed by new research – and some are moonlighting on a…

BSA President / Rachel Brooks and Les Back

BSA President and Vice President write to Foreign Secretary about the safe exit of Students from Gaza

Dear Foreign Secretary, As President and Vice President of the British Sociological Association, we write to you with deep urgency and conviction to urge the UK Government to take immediate,…

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