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      • 2025
        • April
          • Four in five women in Northern Ireland who have experienced sexist behaviour or harassment say it happened when they were children
          • Most young people from Black and racial minoritised communities see racist online content at least once a week, report says
          • Teachers lack time to tackle the influence of online misogynists on their students, research says
          • Book that studies Germany after the arrival of more than a million migrants in 2015 wins prestigious prize
          • Mothers who use state-funded childcare less likely to look after their parents, research says
        • March
          • Personal trainers work unpaid like medieval ‘serfs’, research says
      • 2024
        • September
          • People in police custody say they are denied medication by police and nurses
        • June
          • Class origin is as strong a factor as social mobility in voting Conservative, says research
        • April
          • AI experts mistakenly believe that biases against women job applicants can be solved by technological fixes, says research
          • Aristocrats have increased their influence in Britain over the past 150 years, says research
          • People who work from home are less likely to get pay rises and promotions, says research
          • Video game devotees are much more likely to be working-class than middle-class, says research
          • White men are more likely to report being bullied at work than people from ethnic minorities, says research
        • March
          • ‘Eclectic and remarkable’ book about expatriates wins prestigious award
      • 2023
        • August
          • Many people feel they work in pointless ‘bullshit’ jobs, research confirms
        • May
          • Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp were no help in preventing anxiety and depression during the pandemic, says research
        • April
          • Privately-educated are twice as likely to be consistent Conservative voters, says research
          • Sperm donors who assumed they would remain anonymous are tracked down by their children using DNA tests, says research
          • Parents’ help with schoolwork and reading does little for children’s school progress, says research
          • Women more stressed than men when working hours are fragmented during the day, says research
          • Black and Asian people can suffer prejudice and insults from members of their families with lighter skin, says research
          • Graduates’ activities produce more CO2 and their ecological commitment is primarily symbolic, says research
          • Sophisticated book on central banks wins prestigious sociology award
      • 2022
        • September
          • Senior professionals less likely to live in prosperous areas if from working class families, says research
        • August
          • Working from home can lead to fathers doing less childcare and mothers doing more, says research
        • April
          • Citizens of countries that become more unequal as their economy grows are less happy, says research
          • People living on coasts are unaware their homes may not be protected from flooding, says research
          • Women working from home say their careers are harmed, while men say they have benefitted
          • Children perform better at school if their fathers are happy about the time they spend with them, but no similar effect found for mothers
          • Government scheme ‘ineffective at preventing abuse and death in custody’ says research
          • Landlords using intrusion and negligence to force out elderly people in regulated tenancies, says research
          • “Compelling” study of Somali migrants to the UK wins major sociology book prize
        • December
          • Prospects for working-class creatives no better or worse today than in 1960s, says research
      • 2021
        • August
          • Colonels and generals more likely to find quality jobs after leaving armed forces than other ranks
          • Women in Ireland more likely than men to be looking for work since pandemic began, study says
          • NHS therapists are ‘pressured to exaggerate success’, research says
          • Stress management classes and wellbeing coaching no help at improving workers’ mental health, study says
        • April
          • New research shows poorest households have suffered “more intense destitution” over the last decade, in contrast to official figures
          • Scholarships do “remarkably little” to make private schools more socially inclusive, study finds
          • Top professional golfers’ mental health hurt by spending more time on the road, research says
          • Half of women in advertising offices received unwanted sexual advances, study finds
          • Progress on diagnosing dementia stalls, despite government initiatives, study finds
          • Government policy on employment tribunals based on wrongly inflated figures, study finds
          • Money problems make people more discontented than loneliness does during lockdown, study finds
        • February
          • Lesbians and bisexual people are less satisfied at work than their heterosexual co-workers, says research
      • 2020
        • December
          • Ethnic minorities more likely to be unemployed because employers reject applications from ‘non-white’ names
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        • September
          • Sociology departments must make race and ethnicity more central to teaching, says BSA report
        • June
          • Ethnic minorities’ employment prospects lag behind white majority because of ‘persistent racism’
        • November
          • Almost a third of fathers unaware that by law they can work part-time or in a job share
      • 2019
        • January
          • Chronic stress levels 40% higher in full-time working women with children, but flexible work reduces stress
        • April
          • Soccer stars ridiculed by team-mates if they are not wearing the right designer gear, says research
          • Societies where people fail to exceed their parents’ social and economic status have a higher death rate, research shows
          • Households where the woman is the sole earner are significantly poorer, says research
          • Working class ‘always less likely to get into acting and film making’, says new research
          • Professor Alan Warde given prestigious Distinguished Service to British Sociology award
          • Almost all players signed to Premier League clubs from academies leave top-flight football within five years
          • Women put off using the weights sections of gyms by “intimidatory atmosphere” among men, says research
          • Older job applicants up to three times less likely to be selected for interview than younger ones, study finds
          • Book about Black mixed-race men’s lives wins prestigious sociology book award
          • Research demonstrates strong link between Thatcher era job losses and an increase in crime
        • June
          • Over a third of probation officers have insufficient time to help offenders in ‘unmitigated disaster’ of part-privatised service
      • 2018
        • December
          • Snobbery today ‘more likely to be about Christmas decorations and other cultural tastes’, says book
        • September
          • Degrees from non-elite universities worsen job prospects for privileged women, research says
          • Low-paid workers are moving into better employment despite loss of jobs through automation
          • Legislation on increasing flexible working has failed, research says
          • ‘Little improvement for UK gig economy workers’ since major report highlighted their plight
          • People in most deprived areas more likely to die alone at home, research says
          • Retirement brings health gains, with workaholics benefiting the most, research says
          • Men enjoy their jobs less than they do housework on average, research says
        • April
          • Failing to match parents’ educational achievements among men can be as distressing as being divorced
          • Footballers’ frequent transfers leave their wives and children feeling lonely
          • Baby apps leave parents feeling guilty and pressured, research says
          • Almost a third of fathers lack access to flexible work arrangements
          • Distinguished Service to Sociology Award given to Warwick researcher
          • British Asian footballers ignored by scouts from professional clubs, research says
          • Many young East Europeans have experienced more racism and xenophobia since the Brexit vote
          • Britons less satisfied with restaurant food and their dining companions
          • Philosophical debate helps make maximum security prisoners less macho and more tolerant
          • Most young Syrian refugees are in work or studying, research says
          • Black people put off cultural events by insensitive white audience, research says
          • Book on asylum seekers wins top Sociology Prize
          • Book on how people in rural China cope with pollution wins BBC/British Sociological Association Ethnography Prize
        • February
          • Students debate inequality and sexual harassment at first Youth Assembly (1)
        • January
          • Brexit vote was a ‘scream of protest’ against the hijacking of democracy by the rich, says book
      • 2017
        • November
          • England was ‘divided along educational lines’ at Brexit vote, research says
        • October
          • ‘Working class children are damaged by the English education system,’ says Cambridge professor
        • August
          • Promotion to higher management makes women less satisfied with their jobs
        • June
          • More educated people snack more frequently, new research says
        • April
          • Rise of foodie culture leaves working class behind, research says
          • People are less likely to attend religious services regularly if their income rises, research shows
          • People who want to prevent immigration to the UK are less happy than those who welcome it
          • £30 million UK government programme to improve Nigeria’s police force failed because of corruption
          • Rape victims lose out on compensation because of convictions for minor offences such as TV licence non-payment
          • Most couples remain happy with their sex lives into their 60s, research says
          • Privately educated women four times more likely to marry a man who was privately educated
          • Football agents are jeopardising players’ careers by going behind their backs, research says
          • Books about self-injury and an African-Caribbean football club win prestigious sociology prize
        • March
          • Women do more housework than men even when their partners are unemployed
      • 2016
        • October
          • Bisexual men paid 30% less than heterosexuals, study shows
        • September
          • Unpaid internships little help in getting creative graduates good jobs, research says
          • Having a visible tattoo can help job seekers find employment, research says
          • More people believe the unemployed are workshy and fiddling the system, research says
          • Unemployment effects hit white men hard, research says
          • Companies with fewer staff aged over 50 have higher productivity
          • Being positive linked to lower chance of dying, study says
        • May
          • Growing up in rural areas leads to a lower earnings ‘pay penalty’, research says (1)
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