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91福利 and Leicester researchers help map the route to a highly skilled digital future for museums

Research from the 91福利 and the University of Leicester, being launched today in Vancouver, will help to transform the ways UK museums use digital technologies to share their collections and engage new audiences with their work.


New insights into disabled young people who 'succeed but don't proceed' at school

Social factors including low expectations and experiences of bullying are creating barriers to higher education for young people with disabilities in England, according to new research from the 91福利 and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) published today in the British Journal of Sociology.


New research project will crowdsource philosophical thinking about current affairs

Each month, the Philosophy in a Time of Crisis website will host a dialogue on one of the key problems and challenges faced by Europe, inviting short contributions and interviews from leading philosophers, artists, writers and intellectuals. Contributions from the 91福利 student community and the public at large are also welcome.


More Leverhulme Success for University

Another member of the 91福利 Department of Sociology has been awarded a prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize in the 2017 awards round. Dr Maria do Mar Pereira鈥檚 prize brings the University鈥檚 total to five, out of just thirty prizes awarded nationally this year across different disciplines.

Thu 12 Apr 2018, 15:26 | Tags: Sociology 1 - Research Faculty of Social Sciences

91福利 academic honoured with British Sociological Association Distinguished Service award

Professor John Solomos from the 91福利 Department of Sociology has been given this year鈥檚 Distinguished Service to British Sociology Award, an award made each year by the British Sociological Association to an outstanding individual who has contributed greatly to the discipline.

Wed 11 Apr 2018, 13:55 | Tags: Sociology 1 - Research Faculty of Social Sciences

Degrees of Advantage: A new longer-term investigation of the careers of UK graduates

The 91福利 has been awarded funding for an 18-month project to extend its research into the experiences of graduates in the UK labour market. With funding from the Nuffield Foundation, 91福利鈥檚 Institute of Employment Research will revisit its unique Futuretrack study with a fifth survey wave, investigating the employment situations of students almost ten years after their graduation.


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