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Role of social science in society to be showcased by university

9 November 2015

Programme of events to celebrate UK-wide Festival of Social Sciences

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ESRC Festival of Social Science

3 November 2015

The School of Social Sciences has organised a range of events for this year’s ESRC Festival of Social Sciences, a week-long celebration of social sciences across the UK. 

Personalisation in children’s social work

30 October 2015

Study reveals the cultural barriers and practical challenges facing the introduction of personal budgets in children’s social work

Pathway to Social Science

Pathway students welcomed to the School of Social Sciences

12 October 2015

Head of School, Professor Amanda Coffey welcomed six former Pathway to Social Science students to this year’s undergraduate cohort.

Cyber Crime

As crime changes, so must policing approaches

8 October 2015

New research sheds light on “grave threat” of economic cybercrime

Building international research collaborations

7 October 2015

A number of our academics have successfully secured Cardiff University International Collaboration Seedcorn funding to support both incoming and outgoing international collaborative research activities; some of which are combined with an international student placement.

State of the Campus, 2015

Students tackle issues close to the heart in State of the Campus project

5 October 2015

For a number of years the School of Sciences has run the ‘State of the Campus’ research project in the first week of term for returning second year students.

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Successful summer in New York for two students

1 October 2015

Two final year Social Science students – Carly-jo Rosselli and Sarah Fuller – have recently returned to Cardiff having just completed summer placements at the Murphy Institute.

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Scientists combat cyber-attacks on Twitter

30 September 2015

University researchers develop intelligent system to identify malicious links spread through social media

Graduation

Catchment 22: school and local authority impact university chances

24 September 2015

New research shows HE participation differs according to postcode