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Engaging in public dialogue

16 Mai 2014

Dr Richard Watermeyer has led three large scale UK-wide consultations with the public to evaluate their views on emerging science and technology research and policies.

Professor Mike Levi

Prestigious Sellin-Glueck award for Cardiff criminologist

12 Mai 2014

Professor Mike Levi is this year’s recipient of the Sellin-Glueck award in criminology, the highest award given by The American Society of Criminology to scholars from outside the USA.

Two School of Social Sciences staff elected as Fellows of The Learned Society of Wales

24 Ebrill 2014

Professor Paul Atkinson and Dr Sara Delamont have been elected to The Learned Society of Wales in the 2014 Election of new Fellows

Academics join forces to call for children’s equal protection from physical assault

28 Mawrth 2014

A group of senior Welsh academics have come together to call for the Welsh Government to bring forward legislation to remove the legal defence of ‘reasonable punishment’ for adults who physically assault children.

Left to right, Dr Sarah Main, Phillipa Oldman, Professor Alan Felstead, John Gill, Cathy Newman

Research results used to prompt the skills debate

19 Mawrth 2014

Research results emerging from the Skills and Employment Survey continue to inform the skills debate.

Professor Martin Innes

Cardiff professor is first ever academic appointed to College of Policing committee

12 Mawrth 2014

Professor Martin Innes has been appointed to the College of Policing's professional committee to provide support on a range of national policing issues.

Cardiff research sparks nationwide action for compulsory sex and relationships education

10 Mawrth 2014

Cardiff research sparks nationwide action for compulsory sex and relationships education.

New drive for WAVE of change on gender pay gap in Wales

4 Mawrth 2014

Women Adding Value to the Economy (WAVE) project release major new report revealing the full extent of gender segregated working in Wales.

WAVE logo

Gender segregation in Wales

4 Mawrth 2014

Research uncovers full extent of gender segregated working.

QS world rankings

QS world rankings

28 Chwefror 2014

18 subjects feature in international league table.

FGM in Wales 'largely unreported' say researchers

6 Chwefror 2014

Dozens of women and girls in Wales are at risk of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), according to experts at the School of Social Sciences.

Involving Young People in Research

21 Ionawr 2014

An innovative advisory group made up of young people has helped raise their aspirations while improving the quality of public health research.

UPSI secures grant to advance policing research

13 Ionawr 2014

The Universities’ Police Science Institute (UPSI) has been awarded £46,000 from the College of Policing to strengthen links between academics and the police.

Gender pay gap still a major issue in Wales

18 Rhagfyr 2013

The underlying gender pay gap in Wales is significantly wider than the latest headline UK earning figures would indicate according to recent research.

Three SOCSI papers nominated for prestigious SAGE prize

11 Rhagfyr 2013

Papers by SOCSI academics have been nominated for the SAGE Prize in Innovation and Excellence.

Britain in 2014

10 Rhagfyr 2013

Research at the School of Social Sciences featured in the latest edition of the ESRC’s flagship magazine ‘Britain in’.

Lifetime Achievement Award for Dr Sara Delamont

6 Rhagfyr 2013

Dr Sara Delamont honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at Cardiff University’s Celebrating Excellence Awards.

School children

Sexism and sexual harassment

5 Rhagfyr 2013

Girls and boys speak about growing up in Wales

Boys and girls speak out on sexism and sexual harassment

5 Rhagfyr 2013

Breakthrough research has revealed how pre-teen boys and girls feel about growing up in an increasingly sexist society.

Tracing public reaction to Lee Rigby murder

4 Rhagfyr 2013

New research led by UPSI will examine the community impacts of the Lee Rigby murder using innovative social media analysis.