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      • 2018
        • December
          • Relaunched Social Mobility Commission includes a sociologist for the first time
          • New Sociology of Consumption Study Group: Calls for Expressions of Support
          • Membership Renewals – Now Open!
          • Book Giveaway - The Right Amount of Panic: How Women Trade Freedom for Safety
          • Sociologists Go to Whitehall
          • Seeing Black History as British History: reflections on the roles of academic routes, creative methods and ‘shadows work’ in mainstreaming the history of mixed race Britain
          • Frank Bechhofer (1935-2018)
          • Snobbery today ‘more likely to be about Christmas decorations and other cultural tastes’, says book
          • Feeding Children Inside and Outside the Home
        • November
          • Read the December Issues of Cultural Sociology, Sociology and Work, Employment and Society!
        • October
          • What does Black History Month have to do with Sociology?
          • The Future Lasts a Long Time - 50 Years After Enoch Powell
          • Who are we? Where are we going?
          • ‘New’Scots? (Re)Writing Somali Histories in Scotland
          • Seeing Black History as British History: recognising mixed race Britain
          • Book Giveaway - White privilege: The myth of a post-racial society
          • Membership Deal
        • September
          • A response to the REF consultation on the draft Sociology criteria
          • REF consultation – follow the conversation here!
          • 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
          • People living in areas of wealth disparity are more sympathetic to disability, says research
          • Retirement brings health gains, with workaholics benefiting the most, research says
          • Men enjoy their jobs less than they do housework on average, research says
          • Thinking Sociologically in Turbulent Times
          • Ordinarily Incredible Women: Getting by in Austerity
          • Sociology and self-injury
          • REF2021: Last chance to comment
          • Book Giveaway - Self-Injury, Medicine and Society: Authentic Bodies
          • Be part of next year’s Conference!
          • Free BSA membership
        • August
          • Call for nominations for membership of the BSA Medical Sociology Study Group Committee
          • FSHI Book Prize 2018 Shortlist Announced
          • BSA President writes to Hungarian Prime Minister
          • Get Involved with the BSA’s Journals!
          • BSA consultation on 2021 REF
          • The first response to the REF consultation is here
          • “A brown face in a sea of white…”* - Princess Sophia Alexandra Duleep Singh, a Sikh suffragette
          • The BSA PG Forum welcomes two new convenors
          • Have your details changed?
          • Where is ‘race’ and ethnicity within the history of feminism?: a response to Vote100 by Sheila Quaid
          • Submit your abstracts for 2019!
          • Book Giveaway - Winning the Vote for Women: The Irish Citizen newspaper and the suffrage movement in Ireland
        • July
          • Changing men and masculinities in the wake of #MeToo
          • Barbara Wootton: eminent, influential and (almost) forgotten social scientist
          • Countering radicalisation: Rethinking the role of communities
          • Soundbite Sociology and the Media Maze
          • Introducing the ‘New Materialisms’ Study Group
          • What Does Vote 100 Mean to Me?
          • Book Giveaway - Little Quick Fix – SAGE Series
          • BSA Youth Study Group: Call for Convenors
        • June
          • Robert Fine (1945-2018)
          • Two New Special Issues from BSA Journals
          • Brexit
          • Multicultural Nationalism?
          • Vote 100: Reflecting on Women’s Representation
          • Work-life balance policies… ‘What about me?’
          • Supporting the marginalised with applied sociology: the case of transgender health
          • Book Giveaway - British Social Theory: Recovering Lost Traditions before 1950
          • Your New Board of Trustees
        • May
          • Being young, disabled and LGBT+
          • Michael Banton (1926-2018)
          • Contesting #stopIslam: The dynamics of online counter-narratives against hate speech
          • Anti-Abortion Activism in Britain
          • Applied sociology curriculum launched
          • Event Report - BSA-funded workshop for early career researchers about ‘Getting ethics’
          • Vote 100
          • Sociological musings on running, physical activity and commissioned research
          • When Communities are under stress, more research is the panacea
          • A hostile environment?
          • Book Giveaway - Making sense of Brexit
          • Michael Banton - funeral details
        • April
          • ‘The Sociology of Striking and Protesting’ – Durham Sociology UCU Teach Out
          • 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
          • 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
          • Distinguished Service to Sociology Award given to Warwick researcher
          • 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
          • Correction Notice
          • Book Giveaway - Sexuality and Citizenship
          • BSA Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness 2018
          • Professor Olive Banks (1923-2006)
          • Diane Richardson on Sexuality and Citizenship
          • Courage calls to Courage Everywhere
        • March
          • Sociology and the USS Strike
          • BSA supports members affected by strike
          • Recent Weather was intrinsically Social as well as Environmental
          • 100 years of votes for women: why I am not celebrating yet
          • Everyone a Winner?
          • Book Giveaway - Prostitution - Sex Work, Policy & Politics
          • Legal update on BSA & donating to UCU
          • Equality and Diversity and the REF Panel Constitution
          • 11 days to go until the BSA Annual Conference
          • Laura Gueriane joins the BSA
          • The Thinking Allowed/BSA Ethnography Award for 2018 – Shortlist
          • From the Suffrage Movement to Brexit – an unlikely connection
          • Book Giveaway - The SAGE Handbook of Neoliberalism
        • February
          • Alcohol Study Group is seeking co-convenor/s
          • Students debate inequality and sexual harassment at first Youth Assembly
          • Sociology SAGE Prize 2018: Shortlist Announced
          • BSA Statement on University and Colleges Union (UCU) Strike Action
          • A New Co-Editor for Cultural Sociology
        • January
          • Engaging with Future Social Scientists: BSA Youth Assembly, February 2018
          • Call for help – RSVP by 25 January
          • A New Editorial Team for Work, Employment and Society
          • Brexit vote was a ‘scream of protest’ against the hijacking of democracy by the rich, says book
          • New BSA book on Higher Education and Social Inequalities published
          • 2018 a year to remember
          • Book Giveaway - Higher Education and Social Inequalities: University admissions, experiences and outcomes
          • The BSA has moved!!
          • Meet Sociology’s New Editorial Team
          • Seeking 3 BSA Trustees
      • 2017
        • December
        • November
          • REF 2021 Sub-Panel Membership Nominations
          • The Colour of Scholarship
          • ‘YouTube has become a really important place’: Black Women’s Self-Representation and Solidarity Online
          • The state Education is in
          • Membership Renewal 2018
          • Book Giveaway - Miseducation
          • ‘What is Sociology for?’ New videos explore the scope of the journal
          • New North American Editor for Cultural Sociology
          • Supporting Impact
        • October
          • Nature ‘adds health value’
          • ‘Working class children are damaged by the English education system,’ says Cambridge professor
          • ‘You still end up with nothing’: First hand testimony exposes the reality of In Work Poverty
          • Twitter character limit increase, why bother? What does it mean for those on the receiving end of abuse?
          • SAGE Prize for Innovation and Excellence - 2017 Winning Articles Announced
          • What is the message in Doctor Foster’s bottle?
          • 'This letter should probably not have been sent'. Universities minister, Jo Johnson
          • Book Giveaway - Within and Beyond Citizenship
          • Mary Evans Equality Lecture: Highlights
          • Membership Renewals – Now Open!
          • Postgraduate event to focus on Innovative Methods for Researching Societal Inequalities
          • England was ‘divided along educational lines’ at Brexit vote, research says
        • September
          • Launch event held for Cultural Sociology journal special issue on inequality and the cultural sector
          • Next BSA President Elected
          • Changing Patterns of Death
          • Membership Demographic Survey coming soon
          • REF 2021 sub-panel chairs and members
          • Book Giveaway - Power, Knowledge and Feminist Scholarship: An Ethnography of Academia
          • Membership Offer - up to 3 months free!
          • Girl-Kind event to explore growing up as a girl in the North East
          • Mapping ongoing research in the youth justice field via The Youth Justice Resource Hub
        • August
          • Academy Calls for Evidence
          • Food Study Group is seeking co-convenor/s
          • Announcing Work, Employment and Society’s new Editorial Team for 2018-2020
          • Sociological Research Online (SRO) to be published by BSA and SAGE
          • Sociology as the Post-Truth Science
          • We're all Screenagers now!
          • Book Giveaway - Victims, Crime and Society
          • Sociology to showcase archive and encourage cross-generational discussions
          • Unprecedented number of luminaries in the running for next BSA President
          • Promotion ‘makes women much less satisfied with their new job’
        • July
          • Call for nominations for BSA President 2018-2020
          • BSA Welcomes Three New Staff Members
          • Your BSA Membership
          • Plenary speakers confirmed for 2018 Annual Conference
          • Book Giveaway - The Sociology of Early Childhood: Critical Perspectives
          • 50 Years of Decriminalization? Still Queer After All These Years
          • Have You Got Time to Help the Association?
          • Thanks and Farewell Joan!
        • June
          • Reflections on the 2017 election
          • Judy Wajcman wins the 2017 Ludwik Fleck prize
          • The aftermath of the 2017 general election: what next for early career researchers and sociologists?
          • Commentary on Contemporary Counter-Movements in the Age of Populism
          • General Election 2017: A Poll of Paradoxes
          • Making Parents: Reproductive Technologies and Parenting Culture Across Borders
          • More educated people snack more frequently, new research says
          • Announcing Sociology’s New Editorial Team for 2018-2020
          • Election 2017: A Diverse Group of MPs?
          • Book Giveaway: The New Sociology of Scotland
        • May
          • Mentoring Café: it isn't just chatting over coffee
          • Sociology SAGE Prize 2017: Winning Article Announced
          • Eastern Europeans, Brexit and Racism
          • What of Race Equality on the Brexit Archipelago?
          • Brexit, net migration and Eurochildren
          • Book Giveaway: Ethnography, Diversity and Urban Space
          • President's Report
          • National A Level Sociology Competition 2016 Winner Announced
        • April
          • People who want to prevent immigration to the UK are less happy than those who welcome it
          • People are less likely to attend religious services regularly if their income rises, research shows
          • Rise of foodie culture leaves working class behind, research says
          • £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
          • ‘Instagram killed the graffiti star’ as rich kids take their art online
          • The Academy of Social Sciences has conferred the award of Fellow on 47 leading social scientists
          • Sara Arber wins BSA Distinguished Service to British Sociology award
          • 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
          • The BSA Postgraduate Forum is looking for two new convenors to join the team
          • Work, Employment and Society Announces 2017 SAGE Prize Nominees
          • ESRC Grants Assessment Panel appointments 2017
          • A warm and lively annual conference
          • Ethics of Digital Research
          • Free Book Giveaway - Football, Ethnicity and Community: The Life of an African-Caribbean Football Club
          • Recovering the Social: revisiting the more than personal of personal life
          • Study Groups Update
          • Rosemary Crompton Memorial Lecture 2017 - Class and Work in post-crisis Britain
        • March
          • Call for New BSA Trustees
          • The Feminization of Sports Fandom: A Sociological Study - new book publication
          • Digital Sociology Study Group Seeks New Convenors
          • The Realism & Social Research Study Group Need You
          • BSA Theory Study Group – Call for Convenors
          • Women do more housework than men even when their partners are unemployed
          • Two sociologists appointed to ESRC Council
          • Work, Employment and Society Reopens Call for Editors
          • Campaign for Social Science is seeking a new Chair
          • Special Section on Class and Christianity published in Sociological Research Online
          • BSA responds to HEFCE’s REF consultation
          • Thinking Allowed Award for Ethnography 2017 Shortlist Announced
          • BSA member is joint winner ESRC writing competition
          • New Sociological Imaginations
          • Exploring new ideas and inspirations at the Annual Conference
          • Recalling John Urry
          • Book Giveaway: Stuart Hall – Selected Political Writings
          • The Power of Association
          • Philip Abrams Memorial Prize - shortlist announced
          • Provocative and accessible new book series
          • BSA President writes to Hungarian Government over future of Central European University
        • February
          • British Sociological Association - a statement on US travel and refugee bans
          • Sociology of Religion Conference 2018 - call for organising team
          • We're recruiting a Part-time Public Engagement Development Officer
          • A sociologist in the archives - applications invited for new Early Career Fellowship
          • Interested in Scottish Sociology?
          • Why is BSA Membership Important to You?
          • Call for Papers: Solidarities in and through Work in an Age of Extremes
          • Free Book Giveaway: Gender & Sexuality
          • Be Bold for Change - the importance of international campaigning and solidarity
        • January
          • Academy and Campaign publish briefing on Higher Education and Research Bill ahead of Lords debate
          • The death of Zygmunt Bauman 9/1/17
          • Vacancies: Members of the Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology
          • The only way is ethics: free online course to tackle 'ethically unsound' research
          • New Features Available on the SAGE Journals Platform
          • Sociology publishes a new special issue: Global Futures and Epistemologies of the South
          • Sociological Research Online is now seeking additional members for the Editorial Board!
          • Nominees for the 2017 Sociology SAGE Prize for Innovation and Excellence Announced
          • 2017 - Let's tackle this together
          • Book Giveaway: Retrotopia
          • Would You Like Your Work Featured on the BSA Website?
          • Zygmunt Bauman: 1925-2017
      • 2016
        • November
          • Are you an Early Careers Researcher? You may now be eligible for the Concessionary Rate
          • BSA Member Vikki Boliver Interviewed in BBC Documentary
        • October
          • BSA welcomes decision by Queen's University to maintain Sociology Degree
          • BSA Queens Honours list Nominations
          • Bisexual men paid 30% less than heterosexuals, study shows
          • Congratulations to all those awarded AcSS Fellowships
        • September
          • Having a visible tattoo can help job seekers find employment, research says
          • Unpaid internships little help in getting creative graduates good jobs, 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
          • BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize 2017
          • Free access to Medical Sociology from Taylor & Francis
          • TWO new websites for the BSA!
          • Do You Have Colleagues who Aren’t Members?
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          • BSA/BBC Ethnography Prize - Call for Entries
          • Alternative White Paper for Higher Education
          • BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize - Now Open
          • BSA Youth Study Group - Call for Postgraduate Convenor
          • Distinguished Service to British Sociology Award - Call for Nominations
          • Teaching Group National A Level Sociology Competition for Students Now Launched
          • FSHI Book Prize Winner 2016 Announced
          • Announcing the WES 2016 SAGE Prize Winner!
          • Invitation to Celebrate 50 Volumes of Sociology
          • Free Access to Sociology during October
          • Work, Employment and Society Conference Round-up
          • Annual Medical Sociology Conference 2016
          • New Sociology Doctorate? Tell Us!
          • The Academy of Social Sciences publishes its views on the government's Higher Education and Research Bill
        • August
          • SAGE Prize for Innovation/Excellence - Cultural Sociology shortlist announced
        • July
          • The BSA writes to Queen's University Belfast regarding the review and threatened closure of Sociology Single Honours Undergraduate Programme
        • May
          • Growing up in rural areas leads to a lower earnings 'pay penalty', research says
        • April
          • 'Cultural transformation' as Muslim girls out-perform boys academically, research says
          • Internships no help to graduates trying to find good jobs, research says
          • Forcing unemployed to do voluntary work 'unlikely' to improve their mental health, research says
          • Educated Muslim women much less likely to be in professional jobs than white women
          • Men on Tinder think they have a 'licence to use unattractive women as they see fit'
          • Top soccer players are under-performing because of gambling, research says
          • Books about the English Defence League and women's sporting roller skating win sociology prize
          • Britons more likely to think they are working class than people in other countries, research says
          • Social housing tenants depend on money from friends, family and neighbours to make ends meet
        • March
          • Around a third of workers fear for jobs and pay, research says
        • February
          • 'Class ceiling' stops working class actors from getting parts
          • New Membership Benefits Available for 2016!
        • January
          • NHS policies failing to stop bullying by managers and staff sickness Thursday (1)
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      • 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
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