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Dear Professor Canagarajah Subject: The proposed closure of Critical Management Studies and Political Economy I am writing on behalf of the British Sociological Association, to express our very deep concern…
The impact of Covid-19 on black and South Asian groups in Britain has been well documented throughout the pandemic, with a wealth of statistical trends identifying clear relationships across race…
This brief discussion uses Goffman’s (1963) concept of stigma to understand how people with a hidden feature that could incur prejudice become aware of this potential. People’s perception of their…
Money problems became the chief source of discontent for people in lockdown, more so than not having close friends or living with a partner, new research says. The study also…
England has seen a stall in progress on diagnosing dementia, despite government initiatives to boost rates of detection, new research says. A study by Dr Kamila Kolpashnikova, of the University…
The sexist alpha male of the 1960s advertising world as depicted in Mad Men is still alive and well and prowling the offices of today’s creatives, a new study shows….
Professional golfers are spending more time on the road, leading to loneliness and relationship difficulties, new research says. And unless they are in the top rank, the prize money for…
Official statistics on the number of claims brought to employment tribunals have been over-inflated by at least 25% because of a hidden quirk in the way they are counted, a…
Private schools are building luxury facilities in an “educational arms race” while minimising the amount they spend subsiding their fees for less well-off students, research says. An in-depth study of…