Welcome events for the School of Social Sciences

Select your course below:

• Social Work Year 1 Apprentices (All Welcome events)
• Social Work Year 1 Apprentices (School events only - compulsory)

Select your course below: 

• Criminology and Sociology Year 1 Undergrad (All Welcome events)
• Criminology and Sociology Year 1 Undergrad (School events only - compulsory)

• Criminology with Criminal Justice Year 1 Undergrad (All Welcome events)
• Criminology with Criminal Justice Year 1 Undergrad (School events only - compulsory)

• Criminology with Criminal Psychology Year 1 Undergrad (All Welcome events)
• Criminology with Criminal Psychology Year 1 Undergrad (School events only - compulsory)

• Criminology with Cybercrime Year 1 Undergrad (All Welcome events)
• Criminology with Cybercrime Year 1 Undergrad (School events only - compulsory)

• Digital Culture Media and Society Year 1 Undergrad (All Welcome events)
• Digital Culture Media and Society Year 1 Undergrad (School events only - compulsory)

• Sociology Year 1 Undergrad (All Welcome events)
• Sociology Year 1 Undergrad (School events only - compulsory)

• Social Work Year 1 Undergrad (All Welcome events)
• Social Work Year 1 Undergrad (School events only - compulsory)

• Sustainable Societies and Global Sociology Year 1 Undergrad (All Welcome events)
• Sustainable Societies and Global Sociology Year 1 Undergrad (School events only - compulsory)

Select your course below:

• Criminology Masters (All Welcome events)
• Criminology Masters (School events only - compulsory)

• International Public Policy Masters (All Welcome events)
• International Public Policy Masters (School events only - compulsory)

• Social Research Methods Masters (All Welcome events)
• Social Research Methods Masters (School events only - compulsory)

Select your course below:

• All Research Courses (All Welcome events)
• All Research Courses (School events only - compulsory)

Reading: 

• BASW Code of Ethics Code of Ethics | BASW. 
• Social Work England Professional Standards Professional standards - Social Work England. 
• Community Care Community Care - Home - Community Care for various articles on current social work issues. 
• Parker, J. (2023) Introducing Social Work. 2nd edn. London: Sage/Learning Matters. 

Listening:

• Let’s talk Social Work: Let's Talk Social Work Podcast | BASW. 
• The Helpful Social Work podcast Helpful Social Work Podcast | Social Work Podcast. 

Watch: 

• Welcome to my channel Siobhan Maclean YouTube channel. Very useful and student-friendly videos on theory, practice and reflection in social work.  
• Protecting Our Children documentary Protecting Our Children Ep1. The shows child protection work.  
• Social Work England Change the Script Change the Script - Social Work England. Real stories of social work, promoting a deeper understanding of the profession. 

Listening: 

• Just Humans: Just Humans Podcast - SCCJR 
• Justice Focus: Podcast - Justice Focus 
• British Society of Criminology Podcast: BSC Podcast
• The Criminology Academy: The Criminology Academy | Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe 

Reading: 

• Tim Newburn, Criminology, 4th ed. 
• Eamonn Carrabine et al., Criminology: A Sociological Introduction, 4th ed. 
• Steve Case et al., An Introduction to Criminology. 

(Includes Sustainable Societies and Global Sociology and Digital Society, Media and Culture).

Listen:

• BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed. 
• Surviving society productions.
• The Sociology Show Podcast (YouTube). 
• Sage Sociology.
• Social Science Bites.
• The Measure of Everyday Life (Sustainable Societies and Global Sociology).
• Between the Lines Podcast - Institute of Development Studies (Sustainable Societies and Global Sociology).
• The We Society podcast (Sustainable Societies and Global Sociology).
• The Digital Sociology Podcast (Digital Society, Media and Culture).
• BBC Sounds - Top Comment (Digital Society, Media and Culture.)

Read: 

• Anthony Giddens and Philip W. Sutton, Sociology, 9th ed.  
• Michael Haralambos and Martin Holborn, Sociology: Themes and Perspectives, 8th ed 
• C Wright Mills, The Sociological Imagination 
• John J. Macionis and Ken Plummer, Sociology: A Global Introduction. (For Sustainable Societies and Global Sociology) 
• Sharon Zuboff, Surveillance Capitalism (For Digital Society, Media and Culture) 

Watch: 

• Black Mirror (Digital Society, Media and Culture)