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Sociology celebrates a half-century at Cardiff University

20 November 2014

The School of Social Sciences is celebrating 50 years of Sociology at Cardiff!

Ambitious new undergraduate programme addresses the need for numerate social science graduates

18 November 2014

The BSc in Social Analytics is a new interdisciplinary course on offer at the School of Social Sciences from September 2015.

Research Fellowship to study music in the Ottoman Empire during WW1

14 November 2014

Dr John Morgan O’Connell has recently been awarded a research fellowship by Cardiff University to study music in the Ottoman Empire during the First World War.

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Birthday Rap for Nicanor Parra

11 November 2014

The School hosted a 2-day conference on the work of anti-poet Nicanor Parra.

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Wales Adoption Cohort Study hopes to support policy development and improve adoption services

10 November 2014

The number of children who were adopted in Wales in the year ending March 2014 rose by 5 percent on the previous year. However, many more children who cannot be brought up in their own family await a suitable adoptive placement and adoptive families may have short-term or ongoing needs for support.

Cardiff rewards creativity!

10 November 2014

This year the School of Welsh, Cardiff University, is launching a new set of scholarships that will challenge the creativity of prospective students.

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Comics created to help prevent the spread of Ebola

6 November 2014

Young people in West Africa illustrate key messages for communities.

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#Love or #Hate the Welsh accent?

4 November 2014

Cardiff University research reveals changing reactions on Twitter

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Collaborative Online Social Media Observatory contributes to potentially life-saving mobile app

31 October 2014

Research led by Professor Jonathan Scourfield has contributed to the creation of an online application designed to alert Twitter users if any of their friends show signs that they may be depressed or contemplating suicide.

Cardiff riding high in new international league table

31 October 2014

The inaugural US News & World Report Global Universities Rankings places Cardiff 19th in the UK, 72nd in Europe and 188th in the world.