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New episode! The first in a series discussing the sociological investigation of underemployment and the lived experiences of underemployed workers. In this, Dr. Nidia Aviles Nunez talks with Professor Vanessa Beck and Dr. Vanesa Fuertes about the project. podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/uws-e…

Women are so powerful

The PM says he's seen employment support schemes working well, to help people with health conditions return to work. These schemes need long-term, secure funding to keep doing great work. Under-resourcing impacts quality, duration and breadth of support: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sp…

Private firms ran almost all care homes forced to shut for breaches in England theguardian.com/society/2024/o…

Vital reading to understand how social security systems can be designed to work better for those who need to access support. ⬇️

The British Academy is pleased to announce that our Early Career Researcher Network has expanded to a new North West and North Wales cluster! Funded by Wolfson Foundation and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, the network is our flagship support scheme for early career researchers: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/early-car…

Short 🧵: A sunny Friday seems a good opportunity to give people a sneak preview of the website for our new 'Safety Nets' project, which is exploring how people's experiences of social security are affected by where in the UK they live safetynets.study

This Nuffield Foundation Strategic Grant allows us to both map the extent, nature and consequences of the devolution of social security that exists across the UK for families with children; and to speak directly to parents about aspects of difference that exist safetynets.study/about

Nuffield Foundation We want to both understand the impact of differences in social security design and delivery at the national, regional and local level, and learn from those differences that do exist, feeding findings to policymakers in real time safetynets.study/about

Nuffield Foundation Very lucky to be working w/ an amazing team & to be collaborating with Child Poverty Action Group Resolution Foundation safetynets.study/the-team Get in touch to find out more at [email protected] We all keen to connect with others interested in devolution and social security. 🧵ends

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Woop woop! our Work, Employment & Society article on Welfare Conditionality and Job Quality now has a volume and issue number... enough of an excuse for another shameless plug? This was a real labour of love so I'm taking it! Prof Sharon Wright Prof Lisa Scullion journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09…

Navigating the minefield: Social security and military transitions - final report launch event for our ⁦Forces in Mind Trust⁩ ‘Sanctions, Support & Service Leavers project’, House of Lords, 15th Jan 25, including response from ⁦Sir Stephen Timms⁩ eventbrite.com/e/navigating-t…

Any hope of ‘getting Britain working again’ must not demonise people on welfare bit.ly/40KXiUX

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In this holiday season, I want to share this reminder: Be grateful you still have a job and that your department hasn’t been merged with philosophy yet. Oh sorry, make that sociology, we killed the philosophy department as a gift to the provost last Christmas.

‘Black mould, wet clothes and sharing a bed’ – piece from ⁦Changing Realities⁩ participant Gemma on the reality of life on a low income and dealing with the cold weather theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

New study outlines recommendations to help ex-Service personnel accessing the benefits system. fim-trust.org/news-policy-it…

A new study, led by Prof Prof Lisa Scullion, outlines recommendations to help military veterans accessing the benefits system. The report will be presented at the House of Lords today, where Sir Stephen Timms will respond on behalf of Department for Work and Pensions Read more 👉 salford.ac.uk/news/new-repor…