Press Releases
April 2013
5 April 2013
Ex-service personnel should get priority NHS treatment, says survey
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5 April 2013
Dangerous dogs are ‘business asset’ for owners, says research
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5 April 2013
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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3 April 2013
Volunteers show little enthusiasm for the Big Society, research says
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3 April 2013
Poor donating higher proportion of income than rich during recession, study shows
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3 April 2013
More Eastern European immigration makes Britons happier with migrants, study shows
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3 April 2013
Men ‘more depressed and sad’ than women if childless, says study
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3 April 2013
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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8 April 2011
Society's disapproval is reason for unhappiness of cohabiting women
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8 April 2011
Parents' education has no effect upon exam results of brightest children
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8 April 2011
Women over 74 go to the hairdressers more often than other age groups
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8 April 2011
Reading is the only out-of-school activity linked to a better career, study finds
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8 April 2011
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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8 September 2010
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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9 April 2010
Family tree research can open a "Pandora's Box" of secrets that may cause rifts, research says
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9 April 2010
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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8 April 2010
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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7 April 2010
Parents spend treble the amount of time on childcare now than in 1975, research shows
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7 April 2010
Apprentice footballers learn little from back-up educational programmes, research says
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7 April 2010
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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8 December 2009
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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4 September 2009
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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17 April 2009
UK cricketers of Asian ethnicity experience racist comments, says research
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17 April 2009
Women in abusive lesbian relationships deterred from seeking help, says research
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17 April 2009
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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16 April 2009
Footballers' wives live an unglamorous lifestyle, new research says
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16 April 2009
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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