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Many of our staff combine their academic work with consultancy, advisory, lobbying and media work. Some have worked at the local level with, for example, local authorities, local justice councils, local community partnerships and local charities. Others have worked at national and international level with bodies such as the United Nations, the European Commission’s Expert Group on Public Understanding of Science, Amnesty International, the Royal College of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, the Home Office, and national NGOs. These networks are a real strength within our department and we integrate them into our skills teaching where possible.


Resources As the UK’s leading social science university, we offer excellent physical and online resources in terms of libraries, datasets, archives and other research materials. You can, for example, take advantage of our links with the Institute of Social and Economic Research, which conducts large-scale survey projects, many for government, EU and other public agencies, and which has its own library. The UK Data Archive is also based at our Colchester Campus and stores national research data, such as the British Household Panel Survey and the British


Crime Survey. The Human Rights Centre is known internationally for its advocacy and training work, and offers a joint course with us (see page 149). Within the Department itself, we have recently set up the Centre for Research in Economic Sociology and Innovation to bring together experts working on socio-economic transformations. Our students’ access to these bodies is immensely helpful in terms of resources for study and in terms of offering a working insight into the realities of careers in social research.


Books and datasets aside, one of our most important resources is our vibrant atmosphere and our spirit of critical enquiry. We run regular guest seminars where everyone – from professors to first-year students – can come and hear other leading social scientists present their work. Each year we host a special public lecture where we invite a former student who has gone on to become a university teacher themselves to come back and help inspire the next generation. We also have our own dedicated resource centre, where you can gain advice on study skills or help with using the internet as an advanced research tool and where you can also hold your own discussion and support groups. Our common room is often used for social events and is also a place to read newspapers, have a coffee and catch up with other students and staff.


A selection of books published by staff within our department Which course should


I choose? You can opt to study a pure sociology course. This offers you a strong grounding in research methods and social theories and allows you to follow your own interests through a wide range of optional modules. Here you can choose to follow a clear social science route BA Sociology (Social Sciences) with the possibility of taking modules in, for example, politics, psychology or health. Alternatively, BA Sociology (Humanities) suits those who are interested in more cultural approaches to the subject and who might choose options in film, literature, history or American studies.


If you want to pursue a course which allows you to specialise in a particular branch of sociology, you should consider our BA Media, Culture and Society or BA Sociology and Criminology (see also page 97).


Finally, we also offer a very good range of joint courses that allow you to combine sociology with management (offered jointly with Essex Business School), social psychology, language, human rights, politics, literature, history or philosophy.


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