Year 13 Sociology students will find themselves no stranger to Professor Linda Woodhead’s research on religion and religiosity. Described in this article as a leading academic, Woodhead predicts...

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Back in the 1980s the Conservative Government's Right To Buy scheme allowed many low income families to get onto the property ladder by being able to buy their council house at a discounted price....

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Welcome to Part 3 of this blog series, exploring the ‘any other religion’ option of the 2021 Census (the religion data was released in November 2022). “No religion” was the second most common...

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The provisional dates for our AQA A Level Sociology Grade Booster 2024 cinema workshops have been released. Please use these to enter dates in the school/college calendar for 2023/24.

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International Women's Day (IWD) has been observed for over 100 years - but what is it and why is it still important?

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For many years certain groups of sociologists have argued that the traditional nuclear family is the best family form - offering the best environment to bring up children. Well recent research is...

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This is the second part of a series of blogs looking at what is meant by "any other religion" in the 2021 census data (released in November 2022). This time we are focusing on humanism.

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We regularly hear about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on the impacts for families in terms of heating their homes or being able to put enough food on the table. But what about the other...

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This is the first in a 3 part series where I will take a deep-dive into the religions that have grown significantly in the UK, according to the 2021 Census (religion info released in November...

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This week I’ve been thinking about what identifying as a religious individual really means. Our entire census data is built upon self-identification by individuals as belonging to a religious...

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One of the things I miss now that I am working from home is listening to podcasts as I drove to and from school, so this week I decided it was time to catch up with some episodes of one of my...

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I’m sure I wasn’t the only one inviting my friends over for a census reveal party before Christmas? (Food included Bergers, and a Bloch of cheese, washed down with some spiritual gin!)

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Get your students to follow our Instagram account (@tutor2usoc) to access daily revision questions for both GCSE and A-Level students. These will start next Monday (16th Jan) and will continue...

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Enjoy this bumper Christmas-themed pack of Sociology quiz questions and challenges (with the odd Christmas general knowledge question thrown in for fun).

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Prior to religion in Mexico being centred around one, male God, the Mayan religion featured female deities such as Ix Chel – The Mayan Moon Goddess. In fact, the Mayans worshipped over 150 to 250...

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Last weekend I watched She Said - it literally made me say 'wow' at the end - it is an incredible watch that tells a horrifying story of systematic sexual abuse by men in power, and is a must-watch...

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When we think about Children in Need we often focus on the huge amounts of money raised for such a worthy cause. But do we really think about what that money actually funds and the difference it...

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Sociology teachers often use case studies from South America when teaching Beliefs: from the Liberation Theology movement of the 1960s to the rise of Pentacostalism, and the high religiosity -...

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Over the weekend it was Social Class Gap Day - a similar concept to Equal Pay Day (which falls next weekend!) which illustrates the gender pay gap.

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This week I have been interested in Kanye’s position in the media as self-proclaimed ‘Yeezus’, whereby he has described ‘his job to spread the gospel’ via his lyrics and his platform as a...

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