Social Sciences

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Younger Scots and Welsh Shift Towards Nationalist Support

The researchers predict that “some of the glue holding the different parts of the UK together is likely to become weaker” as older generations of unionists die…

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National Party Politics – A Cold House For Europeans?

Their findings in six nations analysed to date, show parties give only limited resources to EU issues, they still treat EU affairs as a matter of foreign…

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Supporting Children of Substance Misusers: Key Insights

Drawing on research from around the world, the review highlights ways of reducing children’s exposure to risk and increasing the protective factors that…

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How Children Foster Stronger Urban Communities

Much panic today about childhood in urban areas is based on a very partial picture, argue the authors, Dr Susie Weller and Professor Irene Brugel, of the…

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Poverty Risks for Migrants in Europe: A Growing Concern

Migrants from outside the European Union are occasionally exposed to a multiple times higher risk of poverty than the “indigenous” population, according to the…

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Examining Supported Employment for People with Learning Disabilities

Her research will focus on four Tuck by Truck services based in East and Mid Kent and the London boroughs of Bexley and Bromley. Tuck by Truck is a project…

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Innovative Vocational Training Project in South Yorkshire Prison

A recent review conducted by Sheffield Hallam University of a vocational training project in a South Yorkshire prison designed to help offenders gain regular…

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Hungary – Lowest life expectancy linked with high CVD mortality – prevention essential

The low life expectancy is mainly due to high mortality rate from cardiovascular diseases. The development of cardiovascular diseases start in childhood…

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Change is all around us….. ….but how many people are equipped to make change a positive process?

The MA in Geo-Sociology is a research and training programme concerned with developing an analytical and practical understanding of geopolitics, socio-spatial…

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Interpreters’ Crucial Roles in Trials: New Insights Revealed

Researcher Juan Miguel Ortega Herraez from the Department of Translation and Interpreting of the University of Granada (Universidad de Granada…

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New Research Reveals How Shoplifters Target Stores

The findings revealed today show that crooks target certain stores and use remarkably similar methods in order to shoplift.Report author Professor Martin Gill,…

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Modern Human Migration Trends in the Northern Polar Regions

In the past, such movements were usually triggered by the local conditions which their continued existence is affected by activities such as aggregation in…

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Kent Joins European Consortium for Sociological Research

The European Consortium for Sociological Research promotes sociological research in Europe by encouraging cooperation between research centres. Membership is…

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Harnessing Social Norms: A Game Changer for Marketers

Marketers know about this impulse, and a lot of marketing makes use of social norms. This is especially true of campaigns targeting some kind of public good:…

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Exploring New Opportunities in Local Decision-Making

It was produced following the fourth in a series of special seminars entitled ‘Engaging Citizens’, organised by the ESRC in collaboration with the National…

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Exploring Local Decision-Making: Engaging Citizens Seminar Insights

It was produced following the fourth in a series of special seminars entitled ‘Engaging Citizens’, organised by the ESRC in collaboration with the National…

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