20 July 2016 Professor Stuart Hall Building, LG01 2-5pm Open Book was established to support those at the margins of our society in addressing their situations through education. At the heart of the Open Book project is the belief that education is an end in itself and should not just be for an economic imperative. … Continue reading Open Book presents “The Likes of Us”
Dr Emma Jackson’s ‘Young Homeless People and Urban Space: Fixed in Mobility’ is in the running for this year’s BBC Radio Four and British Sociological Association Ethnography Award. Published in August 2015, the book is based on an innovative multi-method study of the young people using a King’s Cross day centre. It explores contemporary spaces … Continue reading Emma Jackson shortlisted for Thinking Allowed Ethnography Award
Sociology up 10 spaces to 35th in the WORLD in the latest QS World University Rankings 🎉 🎉 🎉 via Four global top 40 subjects for Goldsmiths in QS university league table, Goldsmiths, University of London. Continue reading Sociology 35th in new QS league table
Powerful portrayal of life for West Indian youths in London in the early 1980s. DJ for Brixton reggae sound system ‘Ital Lion Sound’, Blue (Brinsley Forde) is getting ready for the local sound system showdown with rival crew, Jah Shaka. But as the day of the competition approaches, Blue suddenly sees his life falling apart. … Continue reading Sociology & Music Film Club Screening: ‘Babylon’ (1981)
