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…

The poorest households in the UK have suffered “more intense forms of destitution” over the last decade, says new research that offers a contrast to official figures. Over the last…

The ongoing crisis is creating severe and unprecedented difficulties for most organisations. The BSA is far from being immune. We have had little option but to move next year’s 70th…

The BSA’s annual conferences are known for their positive, collegiate atmosphere, and last month’s event in Glasgow was no exception, with some delegates saying it was best they had attended….

A special BSA award has been given to Jayne Egerton and Laurie Taylor for their BBC Radio 4 programme Thinking Allowed. The Award for Services to Public Sociology was given…

A strong link between the closure of heavy industry in Britain during the Thatcher era and a 20% increase in crime committed by young people over the following 20 years…

A book about Black mixed-race men’s experiences of racism has won a prestigious sociology book award. Black Mixed-Race Men: Transatlanticity, Hybridity and ‘Post-Racial’ Resilience, by Dr Remi Joseph-Salisbury, won the Philip…

Almost all the young soccer hopefuls signed to Premier League clubs from training academies have left top-flight football within five years, new research shows. Two Sheffield Hallam University researchers found…