Press Releases
April 2016
8 April 2016
Social housing tenants depend on money from friends, family and neighbours to make ends meet
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Britons more likely to think they are working class than people in other countries, research says
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7 April 2016
Books about the English Defence League and women’s sporting roller skating win sociology prize
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Top soccer players are under-performing because of gambling, research says
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Men on Tinder think they have a 'licence to use unattractive women as they see fit'
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Educated Muslim women much less likely to be in professional jobs than white women
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6 April 2016
Forcing unemployed to do voluntary work 'unlikely' to improve their mental health, research says
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Internships no help to graduates trying to find good jobs, research says
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3 April 2016
'Cultural transformation' as Muslim girls out-perform boys academically, research says
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March 2016
1 March 2016
Around a third of workers fear for jobs and pay, research says
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February 2016
28 February 2016
'Class ceiling' stops working class actors from getting parts
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January 2016
14 January 2016
NHS policies failing to stop bullying by managers and staff sickness
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October 2015
28 October 2015
UK children play musical instruments as part of family tradition and not to boost social status
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September 2015
16 September 2015
The reason why middle class people are more likely to play music, paint and act revealed by research
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10 September 2015
NHS privatisation creating “oppressive regime” for some staff, research says
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Higher-earning men would take a pay cut to spend more time with partners
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April 2015
22 April 2015
Award given to book that says that NGOs often overlook those hardest to reach
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Award given to book which says that tightening Europe’s border controls doesn’t stop illegal migration
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17 April 2015
Same-sex couples arranging civil partnerships and marriage ceremonies encounter hostility from families and the public
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Negative effects on children when their parents split up are cancelled if their mother has close friends and relations, research says
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Professional golfers live a lonely isolated life in the midst of intense rivalries and on a meagre income, research says
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15 April 2015
Discrimination by employers means Muslim women are much more likely to be unemployed than white Christian women, says research
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Young offenders in Victorian times were much less likely to re-offend after sentence than their counterparts today, research shows
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Disabled girls are vulnerable to abuse by carers and partners because of their isolation and incapacity, research says
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Facebook can help recovery from mental health conditions but can make them worse as well as better, research shows
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Glasgow children can become socialised into gang culture at 12 years of age, new research says
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March 2015
31 March 2015
Generous welfare benefits make people more likely to want to work, not less, research suggests
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25 March 2015
Business people prefer working in their cars instead of noisy and cramped trains, planes and airports
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January 2015
20 January 2015
Poorer parents are just as involved in their children’s activities as better-off parents
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November 2014
6 November 2014
Mentoring scheme set up for women theology researchers
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July 2014
2 July 2014
Ealing student wins major national sociology award
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April 2014
25 April 2014
Western Europe faces a demographic crisis caused by the growth of part-time and temporary work
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Students being told to look at websites rather than being given face-to-face careers advice
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Many couples need just one conversation to decide not to have children
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Girls achieve high status in criminal street gangs because of their people skills, research shows
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24 April 2014
Researchers discover what makes us feel European - and it’s food
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Children living with a step-parent or a lone parent are as happy as those living with two biological parents
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Children as young as three have improved mental health if their parents are better off than others
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23 April 2014
Couples living in separate homes wish at heart for traditional marriage
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Migrating to the Mediterranean makes Britons unhappier, says research
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Change ‘authoritarian’ football culture to produce future stars, says research
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March 2014
10 March 2014
Employers ‘routinely discriminating against stammerers’
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4 March 2014
Women’s jobs are poorer paid, less flexible and more stressful
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February 2014
18 February 2014
Parents are not more likely to split up if mothers earn more than fathers
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1 February 2014
Living in mixed communities makes ethnic minorities feel British
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October 2013
21 October 2013
Berkshire student wins major national sociology award
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September 2013
13 September 2013
Busy NHS staff ‘failing to communicate with elderly dying patients’, research says
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5 September 2013
Job dissatisfaction encourages workers to choose temping
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4 September 2013
Tattoos reduce chances of getting a job, new research says
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Degree is no protection against under-employment, research shows
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3 September 2013
UK firms have half the rate of high staff sickness of Germany companies, research says
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April 2013
5 April 2013
Ex-service personnel should get priority NHS treatment, says survey
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Dangerous dogs are ‘business asset’ for owners, says research
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Xenophobia has no effect on migrants’ happiness, says study
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4 April 2013
Breivik killer was ‘psychotic and afraid of losing his masculinity’ says researcher
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3 April 2013
Largest class survey reveals polarised UK society and the rise of new groups
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Volunteers show little enthusiasm for the Big Society, research says
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Poor donating higher proportion of income than rich during recession, study shows
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More Eastern European immigration makes Britons happier with migrants, study shows
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Men ‘more depressed and sad’ than women if childless, says study
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Theatre and art are best way to encourage model citizens, says first large-scale survey of youth volunteering
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March 2013
5 March 2013
Disabled employees twice as likely to be attacked at work
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December 2012
18 December 2012
Women earn less than men the more the sexes share the same occupations
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10 December 2012
Employers maintain training budgets despite recession, research shows
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November 2012
1 November 2012
In boom years workers prefer challenging jobs more than well-paid employment
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August 2012
31 August 2012
Gap between the hourly pay of white people and those from ethnic minorities has doubled, new research says
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April 2012
24 April 2012
Traditional House of Lords establishment still mixes in elite circles, says study
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13 April 2012
Britain has higher unemployment among black people and the young than America
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Ethnic minorities at disadvantage working in universities
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Books about the ethnic majority and transsexuals win sociology book prize
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12 April 2012
More than 18,000 women seek state help after fleeing domestic violence
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Services for victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse cut
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11 April 2012
Women use strategies to overcome discrimination in large law firms
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English class system extends to cosmetic surgery abroad
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Film industry dominated by middle classes who hoard job opportunities, says research
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Lapdancing clubs proliferate by taking more of dancers’ income
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Teenagers in North America most unrealistic in western world about getting degrees, research says
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February 2012
14 February 2012
Muslims pass on faith to children at higher rates than Christians
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January 2012
26 January 2012
New President of the British Sociological Association is appointed
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September 2011
15 September 2011
Some GPs believe government's targets system ‘damages patient consultations’
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April 2011
8 April 2011
Book about people working with farm animals wins prize for Aberdeen researcher
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Society's disapproval is reason for unhappiness of cohabiting women
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Parents' education has no effect upon exam results of brightest children
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Women over 74 go to the hairdressers more often than other age groups
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Reading is the only out-of-school activity linked to a better career, study finds
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Women fear that men would forget to take male contraceptive pill
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7 April 2011
Insecurity of employment means professional dancers work after injury
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6 April 2011
Class divide means women rugby and football fans are mutually hostile
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1 April 2011
Business studies degrees less helpful for women and ethnic minorities, says study
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Press Releases 2010
September 2010
8 September 2010
Intensity of work in UK falls as computers get easier to use, says research
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Long hours culture harms women in computer games industry, says research
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3 September 2010
Those believing in 'chemical imbalance' theory of depression are more pessimistic
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2 September 2010
Women having cosmetic surgery think it's others who are vain, not themselves
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1 September 2010
Parents who smoke at home are disrupting their family relationships, research says
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August
19 August 2010
Academics still influential in public life, says new research
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June
23 June 2010
Skills policies of political parties are a "sleight-of-hand", say researchers
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April
26 April 2010
Teenagers using Bebo write a private language to keep outsiders in the dark, research says
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19 April 2010
European researcher wins sociology prize for first book
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9 April 2010
Friendship can bring self-doubt and guilt for women, new research says
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Family tree research can open a "Pandora's Box" of secrets that may cause rifts, research says
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Problems getting education and entering the workplace are causes of high prostitution rate among women, research shows
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8 April 2010
Women reading self-help books can come to believe they are victims of child abuse, research says
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Academic working on a building site finds that sub-contractors win contracts by paying kick-backs
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7 April 2010
Class the key to what British find funny, new research says
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Parents spend treble the amount of time on childcare now than in 1975, research shows
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Apprentice footballers learn little from back-up educational programmes, research says
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Older bodybuilders can change young people's view of the over-60s, research says
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6 April 2010
Main sociology organisation welcomes international report on a "vibrant" discipline
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March
2 March 2010
Train managers' inexperience allowed rail unions to prosper, says research
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Press Releases 2009
December
9 December 2009
Private school pupils turn to universities overseas because of rejection by Oxbridge, research says
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8 December 2009
Poor management leads to bullying at work but not sexual harassment, largest meta-study says
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Mobile phones don't stress us out, new research says
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November
2 November 2009
Having mental illness does not make people more accepting, Alberta research shows
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September
7 September 2009
Macho, long-hours culture puts women off management in construction industry, research says
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4 September 2009
Senior doctors not fully complying with appraisal system for juniors, says research
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People in their 50s lose significantly more sleep during a recession, research says
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August
11 August 2009
More women than men work in higher status occupations, research shows
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4 August 2009
Fear of Glasgow gang attacks traps young people, research says
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May
28 May 2009
Integrating sexes in the workplace brings greater pay inequality, says international study
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20 May 2009
Seminar series looks at women's health in the 21st century
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5 May 2009
Series of seminars in Oxford on men and health
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April
17 April 2009
Boxing is painful for mothers as well as fighters, research says
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UK cricketers of Asian ethnicity experience racist comments, says research
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Women in abusive lesbian relationships deterred from seeking help, says research
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Class system in Britain remains live and well, new research says
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16 April 2009
'Commercial genetic psychiatric tests are irresponsible and harmful, say scientists'
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Footballers' wives live an unglamorous lifestyle, new research says
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Religion can help peace processes and bring about democracy, says research
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15 April 2009
Rate of ill health reported by women and men aged 65+ is equal, says research
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