🎓 Considering postgraduate studies?

Join us for our Postgraduate Virtual Information Sessions from April 16th to April 18th! 💻

Explore our postgraduate courses, meet academics, and get all your questions answered.

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Looking for part-time employment but are unsure where to look or what your options are? Come along to our new Drop-In session specifically for part-time jobs, taking place every Wednesday in the Careers Centre 2–2:30pm. Find out more on our blog ow.ly/YyLB50QUm6G

You can access this partnership co-produced stigma toolkit on our website, a resource to help improve practice and tackle the stigma felt by many families fifegingerbread.org.uk/stigma-toolkit

It was great to welcome Scottish Policy & Research Exchange to SocialScience_GSBS. We all got so much from the session. 😀These partnerships are important for students thinking about their own employability and impact. 💪

Thanks SPRE!

Last week our students benefited from a brilliant interactive Masterclass with Catherine-Rose from Scottish Policy & Research Exchange
This was an exciting opportunity for our students to learn from one another and from expert practitioners on combining academic research and policy advocacy.

Great seminar and really interesting insight into some important work going on at the minute.

Great Research Forum today between SocialScience_GSBS and our colleagues in Social Work to discuss concepts of violence and research. Thanks to those who presented Professor Lesley McMillan FRSE Professor Nancy Lombard Dr Ben Shepherd, Dr Heather Lynch and Dr Gregor Clunie and those who attended.

🆕 Dr mindy ptolomey has represented GCU at the United Nations's largest annual gathering on gender equality and women’s empowerment.

GCU's Lecturer in Sociology joined the 68th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women as a delegate for a series of sessions this month.

📣 Professor Stephen Sinclair has given his first interview as Chair of the Poverty and Inequality Commission.

The co-director of Scottish Poverty & Inequality Research Unit discusses Humza Yousaf's first budget with the The Daily Record.

Full story 👇
dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/…

Brilliant professorial lecture from Professor Nancy Lombard SocialScience_GSBS tonight, ‘The Personal is still Political’

#inspiring #researchLedTeaching

So pleased to be here for the fabulous ⁦Professor Nancy Lombard⁩ ⁩ Professorial Inaugural Lecture to cheer on a great researcher ⁦SocialScience_GSBS, advocate,and friend. Go Nancy!

Working link for new report:

digitalpublications.parliament.scot/ResearchBriefi…

Read the new blog written by Professor John McKendrick, Co-Director at the Scottish Poverty and Inequality Research Unit about the the Tackling Poverty Locally Directory McKendrick_GCU Glasgow Caledonian University: pran.org.uk/blog/the-tackl…

Today, Scottish Government published new official statistics on poverty, including #childpoverty . Read the response from our Chair, Professor Stephen Sinclair, in this thread or on our website: povertyinequality.scot/comment-on-sco…

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Have you had intimate images shared without your consent? Julia Znr 🦝 (she/her) is moving to other Socials is conducting research into victim-survivors experiences.
Fill out the survey here:
caledonian.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/ibascot

I am really looking forward to presenting on this PSA Women & Politics panel on Monday at the The Political Studies Association General Conference in Glasgow! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Only a few days left for abstracts so if you are thinking about presenting at the conference on June 14th, then get them in. There have been some cracking submissions so far with some really unique work, and I can't wait to meet you all in person.

Absolutely buzzing for it!

Almost time for the The Political Studies Association Conference!

I am presenting early findings from @BritishAcademy funded project on how playgroups create community wellbeing #knowledgeexchange , #socialcapital #womenswork Participatory & Deliberative Democracy @ PSA PSA Women & Politics Heather Oliver

psa.ac.uk/events/psa-ann…

Congratulations to our colleague Dr Dr Ruth Lightbody on her latest publication.

See below for details 👇

Wonderful session this morning with Professor Fiona Skillen and @SocialScienceG students looking at archive material reflecting sport and leisure in the 1920s to 1930s. Really interesting student reflections on what has and hasn't changed over time. #SportHistory #LeisureHistory