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The Problem with Immigration Street: ESRC Social Sciences Festival 2015

The ESRC Social Sciences Festival 2015 was host to a two-part event aimed at debunking the truth, and myths, perpetuated by the media on immigration, including the Channel 4 programme, Immigration Street.  Second-year BSc Population & Geography student and Faculty Officer for Social, Human & Mathematical Sciences, Bradley Tombleson, describes the event. Continue reading →

John Lewis xmas ad: heart-warming and inclusive or riddled with preconceptions?

Professor Asghar Zaidi, expert in issues on active ageing and international social policy, comments on the new advert's depiction of older age. The John Lewis Christmas advert is now firmly rooted as an annual British institution – provoking smiles and tears from some, but cynical sighing and eye-rolling from others. Whether we like it or not though, it has turned into a symbol to describe our consumerism and measure our preoccupations. Continue reading →