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University of Sussex Faculty of Social Sciences
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The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Sussex is made up of the Schools of Education & Social Work; Global Studies; and Law, Politics & Sociology.
📝📖Dr Reima Ana Maglajlic is the initiator & co-editor of an important volume of works by social work academics & practitioners affected by war & conflict in their countries of origin.

👉Available for free download: www.sussex.ac.uk/schools/educ...

#warandconflict #socialwork
Sussex social work academic edits international volume on social work responses to war and conflict
A new volume co-edited by Dr Reima Ana Maglajlic is an important development of works from those who have experienced political conflict.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:39 AM
📹The recording from the @thesociologicalreview.org's panel event on 'Immigration, Policy and Protest' featuring our own @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social is now live ...

@aaronwinter.bsky.social @michaelacbenson.bsky.social @migrantsrights.bsky.social
🎥 VIDEO: Immigration, Policy and Protest

Watch our most recent Conversations event as panellists @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & Fizza Qureshi @migrantsrights.bsky.social look at the factors shaping a national conversation.

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November 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🎉📃👑Yay & huge congrats to Susie Scott, Prof of Sociology at @sussex.ac.uk, named an SRO Sage Prize winner with co-author Nina Lockwood for 'Nested Narratives: Biographical Accounts of Unlived Experience Across Three Narrative Orders' said to be "remarkable for its intellectual innovation"....
Congratulations to this year’s SRO Sage Prize winners, Susie Scott and Nina Lockwood!

Read 'Nested Narratives: Biographical Accounts of Unlived Experience Across Three Narrative Orders' below:
doi.org/10.1177/1360...

@bsmspcph.bsky.social, @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social, @sussexfss.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 8:46 AM
🎤Join @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social at "Rethinking Europe" hosted by @crasshlive.bsky.social this Friday at which she'll be giving a sneak peak into the monograph she is currently working on.

👉Register at www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/48642/

@universitypress.cambridge.org #Europe #panelevent
October 30, 2025 at 7:33 AM
📰 Dr Matt Evans, Assoc Prof in Law at
@sussex.ac.uk is co-author of a new article with Eric Hoddy from @yorkuniversity.bsky.social. A Framework for Practice Research on "Transformative Justice" is published by the @oxfordacademic.bsky.social journal 'Global Studies Quarterly': bit.ly/47AJwHA
October 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Yay and congratulations, @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social 👏📖
October 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Our own @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social is on @thesociologicalreview.org's prestigious panel event today discussing 'Immigration, Policy & Protest' with @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & Fizza Qureshi @migrantsrights.bsky.social & @aaronwinter.bsky.social.
TODAY: Immigration, Policy & Protest – a sociological look at the UK’s politics of #immigration.

🎙️ Speakers: Fizza Qureshi @migrantsrights.bsky.social, @michaelacbenson.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social
📅 Today from 18.30 to 20.00 BST

➡️ Tickets buff.ly/DGBy564
October 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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📰🥳Out now! CIE Annual Report 2024/25!

We are so pleased to share our latest report, which showcases the fantastic work of our CIE researchers over the past year.

Want to get involved? 📩cie@sussex.ac.uk

sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

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September 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Are you a young working professional with migrant parents?

This Leverhulme-funded project @sussexfss.bsky.social explores how young professionals of European and non-European backgrounds experience inclusion, worth and belonging in their UK workplace. Interested? Contact: s.sivis@sussex.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🥳Huge congrats to Social Work BA graduate, Rhiannon Williams, who won the 'Newly qualified adult social worker of the year' silver award at the Social Worker of the Year Awards 2025. Rhiannon currently works for Brighton & Hove City Council.
👉See details at www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/10/20/s...
October 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🏆Dr Perpetua Kirby has been selected as a Fulbright Scholar
to tackle global challenges through virtual international exchange following announcement of the 2025/26 Global Challenges Teaching Awards by the US-UK Fulbright Commission and the @aacu.org
👉Full details at bit.ly/4pUpRJI
#climateaction
October 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Warmest ESW congratulations to @hayleyp-s.bsky.social on passing her PhD #vivavoce examination for her study on 'Early childhood practitioners' experiences pre and post-pandemic in SE England'. Hayley was commended for her contribution to the field of early childhood education.
#phd #earlyyears
July 4, 2025 at 7:32 AM
🥳Congrats to @janetboddy.bsky.social who has been appointed the new Head of the School of Education & Social Work within @sussexfss.bsky.social. Janet has built up significant leadership experience as Deputy Head, as well as through her various other leadership roles for the School over the years.
June 25, 2025 at 11:48 AM
🥳Congratulations to @jotregenza.bsky.social who has been appointed President of the UK Literacy Association, a prestigious role that recognises her outstanding contribution to literacy education in the UK and beyond.

👉 Read more: sussex.ac.uk/schools/educ...

#literacymatters #ukliteracy #UKLA
Jo Tregenza appointed President of the UK Literacy Association
Education Reader, Jo Tregenza, is the new President of the UKLA, a prestigious role that recognises her outstanding contribution to literacy education
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June 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
🤩 Huge congrats to Janet Boddy, Prof of Child, Youth & Family Studies, who has been elected as a new Trustee of the Council of the @acadsocsciences.bsky.social - a significant endorsement of the esteem to which Janet is held amongst fellow social scientists:
👉 bit.ly/40itk9U
#academicsuccess
Professor Janet Boddy elected as Trustee of the Council of Academy of Social Sciences
Professor Janet Boddy from the School of Education and Social Work has been elected as a Trustee of the Council of Academy of Social Sciences
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June 25, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Are you a research member of staff at Sussex interested in mentoring? Join us 22 May for the in-person Research Community Mentoring & Networking Workshop. Learn about the staff programme, connect with fellow researchers and more: www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...

#SussexUni #Research #Mentoring
Research community mentoring and networking event
An event for members of the research community
www.sussex.ac.uk
May 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Do you want to know more about the UK-EU reset and how the UK might achieve ‘good growth’?
Join our VC, trade policy experts and colleagues to explore key issues and opportunities next Thursday in London.
For event details and registration 👉 lnkd.in/ecwbdkGv
May 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
🤩 We're very proud to announce that Prof Máiréad Dunne has been elected a Fellow of the @acadsocsciences.bsky.social in recognition of her important contribution to some of the major challenges facing communities and societies around the world.

More at bit.ly/3XIiJUy

#fellowoftheacademy
April 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
We're v excited to announce aridge.bsky.social successfully passed her viva voce exam for 'Disrupting neoliberalist and anthropocentric constructions of nature in primary & early educational spaces'. Anna thanks her supervisors for "unwavering support and belief in me".
@liamberriman.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Every year students on our BA Childhood & Youth @sussexfss.bsky.social use #lego to explore key concepts in the #Reggio approach to early years theory & practice. I love the representation of #Malaguzzi meeting local women washing bricks - connection with community at the heart of the approach.
March 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🧑‍🤝‍🧑🤝 Listen up, social care professionals. This one's for you:

📅 Join this FREE open webinar this Thursday 27 March at which discussants argue that it's time for a re-set in how policymakers and services respond to young people at risk of extra-familial harm...
Time for a re-set in how policymakers & services respond to young people at risk of #extrafamilialharm! Join @carlenefirmin.bsky.social @klanghoff.bsky.social & me for a free webinar where we argue that a bold new direction is needed: 27th March 11-12.30 Zoom. Book: forms.office.com/e/UL8i9tqC7W 1/3
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February 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
🌍🎉 Happy #WorldAnthropologyDay

The study of social and cultural change, its impact is everywhere!

Interested? Join our one-year Anthropology Masters at the University of Sussex

📚 Learn more:
sussex.ac.uk/study/master...

#UniversityOfSussex
February 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM