Tag: Social Inequalities and Social Ordering

Social Inequalities and Social Ordering

The End of Aspiration? Social Mobility and Our Children’s Fading Prospects

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This post was written by Duncan Exley in December 2019 Justine Greening is indisputably a social mobility success story. But when she – the daughter of a Rotherham steelworker who went on to become Education Secretary – first mentioned “social mobility” to her parents, her mum asked whether she was talking about “scooters for people… Continue reading The End of Aspiration? Social Mobility and Our Children’s Fading Prospects

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A criminologist’s reflections on Ethics and Integrity in Autoethnographic Research

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Written by Danica Darley, PhD student in the Department of Sociological Studies As a fledgling criminologist and social researcher, I spend too much time thinking about the type of research I want to do. Thanks to people like Professor Dick Hobbs, I’ve been able to see how I could use my own experiences to shape… Continue reading A criminologist’s reflections on Ethics and Integrity in Autoethnographic Research