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Listening To Our Students: You Said, We Did

The Faculty of Social, Human and Mathematical Sciences is the largest Faculty of the University of Southampton. It brings together a unique range of disciplines, and is committed to tackling the world’s biggest challenges through interdisciplinary research. Students’ feedback helps to shape university services and, in turn, improves the student experience. Continue reading →

What women don’t want: how many countries still ‘mummy track’ women

Helen Kowalewska argues that although many women with caring responsibilities want to work full-time, policies across industrialised countries are still channelling many into more poorly paid and part-time ‘mummy track’ careers. The problem with mummy track careers Women earn 33% less than men on average by the time their first child is 12 years old, according to a recent report on the UK. Continue reading →

Benefit tourism and Britain’s new deal: will the renegotiation stop EU migrants coming to the UK?

Professor Traute Meyer, Dr Paul Bridgen and Josh Moran explore the idea of "benefit tourism", and whether David Cameron's renegotiation of the UK's relationship with Europe will have an effect on EU migration to Britain. Continue reading →

Why students are treated worse than customers

In his new book, Freedom to Learn, Bruce Macfarlane, Professor of Higher Education, offers a radically new perspective on academic freedom from a student rights standpoint. Continue reading →

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