School of Sociology and Social Policy

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We are a leading UK school for sociology, criminology, social policy and social work. Our courses offer you the opportunity to explore how societies work - and what can be done when they don't.

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Dr Abida Malik invited to be keynote speaker at the Regional Development Community Bhd (RDC) Education Conference

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Dr Abida Malik, Director of Research at Bridge Institute, has been invited to be the keynote speaker at the Regional Development Community Bhd (RDC) Education Conference 2024 on 5 November.
Date:
10 October 2024

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Can Work-Family Balance Policies Sustain Women's Reproduction: from the cases of the UK, Italy, South Korea and Taiwan

Date
17 October 2024 (09:00-11:30)
Location:
Online
Description
The event is funded by the British Academy and jointly organised by the University of Derby, the IcPSP at the University of Nottingham and The Korean Academy of Family Social Work.

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Superintelligence: From the divine to the digital and back again

The word ‘superintelligence’ has been bandied about a bit recently, most prominently by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, who said in a blog post on 23 September, 2024: “This may turn out to be the most consequential fact about all of history so far. It is possible that we will have superintelligence in a ...

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