Come to online public event on #men 's experiences of going #bald , 25 April 19.30 BST! Please pass on to friends/colleagues too! Hear about our Journeys of #Hair Loss research, take part in Q&A, share experiences, or just listen/think. Register free: surrey.ac.uk/events/2024042…

Congratulations to our Head of Department Professor Sarah Neal, who has been appointed Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences!

Read more: sheffield.ac.uk/socstudies/new…

Dear predatory journal with name of field I don’t even research in… no, I don’t have a random article I wrote sat on my desk with nowhere to send it ready to fill the last remaining space of your fictional issue this month. Academic writing is not at all like you seem to think!

Very excited to have joined the editorial board for B Jl Sociology of Ed and looking forward to contributing to this fantastic journal over the coming months and years!

ONLY 2 WEEKS LEFT to submit your abstract to our special issue of B Jl Sociology of Ed on 'Diversity of Religion and Belief in Education: Inequality, Citizenship and Belonging', guest edited by me, Anna Strhan (@annastrhan.bsky.social), Joanna Malone, Lin Ma, and Sarah Neal - deadline Mon 12th Feb - details below...

New paper just published: Hemming, P.J. & Arat, A. (2024) 'Promoting mindfulness in education: Scientisation, psychology and epistemic capital' in Current Sociology and available open access Alp Arat Surrey Sociology: doi.org/10.1177/001139…

Come and work with me on a great project on the history of St. Mary's University towards St Mary's University 175th anniversary #histed ce0230li.webitrent.com/ce0230li_webre…

JOB ALERT: We are delighted to announce that we are appointing 4 new Grade 8 Lecturers (Teaching and Research) to join our vibrant school, with specialisms across areas including: Gender and Race, Culture and Media, Disability Studies and Social Theory.

jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancies.aspx…

Call for abstracts for a special issue of B Jl Sociology of Ed on ´Diversity of Religion and Belief in Education’, guest-edited by Peter Hemming and colleagues

Deadline 12 February

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Excellent point!

📢Call for abstracts for a special issue of B Jl Sociology of Ed on 'Diversity of Religion and Belief in Education: Inequality, Citizenship and Belonging' - edited by Peter Hemming and colleagues

Deadline: 12 February

docs.google.com/document/d/e/2…

Great to hear updates from the below project via an advisory group meeting this morning. Fantastic work from Anna Strhan (@annastrhan.bsky.social) Peter Hemming Sarah Neal and Joanna Malone - check out just one of their blogs below from their wider project 'Becoming Citizens of 'Post-secular' Britain'

It's that time in the semester when I'm spending ages trying to find my glasses, only to realise that I'm already wearing them 🤣

If anyone is interested in PhD study on sociology of education or sociology of religion topics that fall within the broad area of 'healthy thriving communities' (see link for details of what this includes), do get in touch - deadline end of January so ideally in next few weeks!

Today, 20th November is #WorldChildrensDay . Read this fascinating new blog by Peter Hemming who writes about #children 's discomfort whilst sitting on the floor at #SchoolAssemblies #ForEveryChild blogs.surrey.ac.uk/sociology/2023…

New blog for #WorldChildrensDay about #children 's discomfort whilst sitting on the floor in #SchoolAssemblies #ForEveryChild blogs.surrey.ac.uk/sociology/2023…

The BSA is pleased to announce that our next President will be Professor Rachel Brooks, of the University of Surrey Rachel Brooks #Sociology bit.ly/46gZZNa

ONE WEEK LEFT to apply for a post-doc position to work alongside me on a Swiss-UK comparative study of low-quality work, in-work poverty and subjective well-being. ~2 yr post, lots of publication opportunities. Details below. Please RT jobs.ac.uk/job/DDO678/res…

Really pleased that the ⁦University of Surrey⁩ is part of the new ⁦Economic and Social Research Council⁩ South East Doctoral Training Partnership

ESRC announces new cohort of doctoral training partnerships – UKRI ukri.org/news/esrc-anno…

Campus always looks beautiful in the Autumn (and every other season!)