Latest Faculty News Stories
Psychology student helps to add ‘another piece of understanding to the autism puzzle’.
27 March 2013
Punit Shah, a final year psychology student, has helped author a new article in Psychological Science, the highest ranked empirical journal in psychology.
Psychology student helps to add ‘another piece of understanding to the autism puzzle’.
27 March 2013
Punit Shah, a final year psychology student, has helped author a new article in Psychological Science, the highest ranked empirical journal in psychology.
British public divided on merits of drone strikes
26 March 2013
European Translation award success for MA Translation student
21 March 2013
Odile Berthon, a postgraduate student studying MA Business Translation with Interpreting in the Centre of Translation Studies, School of English and Languages has won one of the top prizes in a fierce translation competition fought amongst universities throughout Europe.
Prof Steve Goss in collaboration with Andrew Lloyd Webber
20 March 2013
Professor Steve Goss, from the School of Arts, has been collaborating with composer Andrew Lloyd Webber on a guitar arrangement of material from Lloyd Webber’s new musical, Stephen Ward.
Funded Postgraduate Opportunities
13 March 2013
As part of the AHRC Block Grant Partnership Scheme between the Universities of Oxford Brookes, Hertfordshire and Surrey, we are pleased to invite applications to study at the University of Surrey for scholarships covering both fees and stipend. Awards are available in the following subject areas.
Biennial Conference of the International Gothic Association, 2013 August 5 – 8, 2013
11 March 2013
Research Influences European Policy
6 March 2013
Legal interpreters working via videoconference in Europe now have a set of best-practice guidelines to follow thanks to the efforts of Surrey researchers.
Psychology students appear in the Musical Theatre Society production of FAME.
4 March 2013
Four of our very talented Psychology students appeared in the Musical Theatre Society production of FAME, which is its biggest and boldest show to date.
As Universities struggle to maintain student numbers, how did Surrey manage to grow by a third?
28 February 2013
Read the VC’s interview with The Independent online.
Sociology Scholarships Available for 2013/14
27 February 2013
MSc Social Research Methods
MSc Criminology, Criminal Justice and Social Research
One scholarship of up to £3,000 will be available across both MSc programmes, to be awarded on a competitive basis to self-funding students accepting an offer of a place on the MSc for the academic year 2013/14.
Oedipus After Sophocles
27 February 2013
Lazarus Theatre Company
26 February – 23 March
Press Night: 28 February
Daniel Littman's placement experience
21 February 2013
Recently voted one of the “Best Luxury Hotels” in Spain; working at the Hilton Buenavista Toledo is certainly a unique opportunity that not many students get for their Year in Industry. TripAdvisor, the world´s largest travel site, held its 11th edition of its prestigious Travellers Choice Awards, honouring the worlds´ best hotels, earning their distinction from those who know them best – real travellers – in which the hotel was acknowledged as the 22nd “Best Luxury Hotel” in the country.
Daniel Littman, currently on placement at the hotel as the “Media and Marketing Coordinator” stated that “not only is it the amazing team of staff with whom you operate, it is the individuality of the hotel which makes it such an exciting place to work”. “The exclusive clients which we receive and the range of tasks which we are given, from creating radio advertisements, designing billboards to organizing regional events, mean that no two days are the same, and being located within the UNESCO World Heritage site of Toledo, when not working, the city is yours to explore and discover”.
Methodological and practical aspects of CAQDAS
19 February 2013
Dr Christina Silver from the Department of Sociology has been invited to present on methodological and practical aspects of CAQDAS at the 20th Research Methodology Workshop for Manufacturing and Technology Management, University of Cambridge, 4-5th April
BSA Climate Change Study Group Event
19 February 2013
Writing excellent articles on climate change: workshop and award ceremony
15:00-17:00, Thursday 14th March; BSA Meeting Room, Imperial Wharf, London, UK
University Global Patnership Award winner - Jo Moran-Ellis, Department of Sociology
14 February 2013
Since 1990 there have been significant developments in the sociology of childhood regarding theorising childhood and understanding children’s lives. However, this has generally been built on empirical studies of children from primary school age upwards, whilst the lives of children in early childhood, ie pre-school, has largely been the province of developmental psychology, pedagogical sciences, and family sociology.
DWRC News: Bespoke Unboxed
14 February 2013
Bespoke Unboxed
Four of the five original investigators on the Bespoke Project were reunited in India last week for the Unbox Festival. Paul Egglestone, Jon Rogers, Justin Marshall and David Frohlich flew to New Delhi to ‘anchor’ one of the biggest Design festivals in India with an exercise in Insight Journalism. Working with journalist Tanvi Chug and six design students from the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, a new Bespoke India team attempted to do in 4 days what the original team did over 12 months. The method involved generating and reviewing stories of life in the Chandni Chowk area of old Delhi, prioritizing and refining design ideas with the help of festival participants, and realizing a working design response.
University Global Partnership Award winners
11 February 2013
Tina Balke and Nigel Gilbert have been awarded a grant from the UPGN scheme for a project in collaboration with the Universities of São Paulo and North Carolina State to study the influence of norms and sanctions on governance. Society is increasing its dependence on information technology in order to deal with more complex environments, such as socio-technical systems.
Surrey New Writers Festival 15 & 16 March 2013
5 February 2013
The Surrey New Writers Festival is an annual public festival affiliated with the Creative Writing programme at the University of Surrey. The Festival aims to feature innovative writers, artists, and industry professionals. The dynamic and interactive programme of events will be of interest to current and potential Surrey students, and the wider community of Guildford and surrounding areas.
Call for Papers: Behind the Lines: Gender in the Bunker of Security and Defence? (Politics)
4 February 2013
5:2 fasting diet is a recipe for unhappiness
1 February 2013
Pushing the 5:2 fasting diet is a recipe for unhappiness
Comments by Prof Jane Ogden
National Student Survey Success for the Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences
1 February 2013
National Student Survey Success for the Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences
Several subjects within the Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences have seen significant rises in the 2012 National Student Survey (NSS).
Music (98% overall satisfaction) and Politics (96% overall satisfaction) now top the table in their respected disciplines whilst Dance, Sound Recording, Creative Writing and Psychology all make into the top 10 in their areas.
Success of 'Any Questions?' event
31 January 2013
The University of Surrey’s School of Politics hosted BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions? in the Ivy Arts Centre on Friday the 25th of January 2013.
Psychology in the media
31 January 2013
Recently, several academics from the School of Psychology have found themselves speaking about the School’s research on Radio 4.
Surrey enjoys a record year for student applications
30 January 2013
The University of Surrey can confirm that applications for places on undergraduate courses starting in 2013 are up 38% compared to last year.
New project: 'Gender and classifiers in natural language'
24 January 2013
In the new project “Gender and classifiers in natural language”, linguists from the Surrey Morphology Group are investigating languages which combine grammatical gender and classifiers.
Senior Lecturer (Sociology) Job advert
23 January 2013
Job Vacancy (Ref: 9203)
The University of Surrey is seeking applications for a senior lectureship in the Department of Sociology. You will join a Department that is consistently ranked world-class, was rated joint 6th in the last RAE and consistently achieves top scores in the NSS.
Deadline for DTC PhD Applications
23 January 2013
The deadline for DTC PhD Applications for the Shool of Politics is Friday 1st February 2013.
CAQD Conference and MAXQDA workshops - Marburg 6-9 March
23 January 2013
Professor Nigel Fielding is the keynote lecture and Dr Christina Silver will run a workshop at the ”Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis: Methods, Innovations, Practice” conference to be held in Marburg, Germany, 6-9 March 2013.
2nd in The Times Good University Guide 2013
22 January 2013
The Department of Sociology is delighted with its position in The Times Good University Guide 2013. Our ranking (second out of all Sociology departments in the UK) is testament to the high quality of our teaching across our undergraduate degree programmes, and the friendly and supportive nature of our lecturing staff. The high quality of teaching and learning is also closely related to the strong research culture in the Department (which feeds into The Times Good University Guide calculations). Staff are involved in leading edge research in a wide variety of areas of sociological and/or criminological enquiry, and students are able to choose from a large number of optional modules in these areas of expertise.
European Sociological Association Sexuality Research Network Mid-Term conference
14 January 2013
Dr Andrew King has organised a conference called ‘Sexuality in Theory and Practice’ and takes place at Kingston University on Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th January.
Professor Rachel Brooks, news updates
14 January 2013
Professor Rachel Brooks, Head of the Department of Sociology has recently published the book Negotiating Ethical Challenges in Youth Research published by Routledge in November 2012.
Shakespeare and Contemporary Theory - Neema Parvini's Blog
10 January 2013
Please check the link to Dr Neema Parvini's Blog: Shakespeare and Contemporary Theory, Rethinking approaches to Shakespeare and early modern literature for the 21st century. Here you will find Neema interviewing various Shakespeare scholars and literary theorists from around the world in a bid to gain an understanding of the current state of play in Shakespeare studies and in literary criticism more generally.
Dr Churnjeet Mahn has been chosen as one of five UK researchers for Unbox Festival Fellowship
10 January 2013
Five UK researchers have been awarded the opportunity to work with a team made up of creative entrepreneurs and India host organisations. This unique opportunity is part of a collaboration between the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), the British Council, UnBox festival and the UK’s Science and Innovation Network. The five successful researchers will work on research relevant challenges with their teams for 3-4 weeks leading up to a presentation of their work at the UNBOX festival.
New PhD Studentships
1 January 2013
The department is now inviting applications for funded PhD studentships to start in October 2013.The Ashgate Research Companion to Political Violence
19 December 2012
Prof Marie Breen-Smyth has released a new book on 'The Ashgate Research Companion to Political Violence' to see the flyer see link below
ARC to Political Violence Dec 2012 (318.1KB - Requires Adobe Reader)Final Year student runner-up in the Professional Training student of the year competition
17 December 2012
Rebecca Efford, final year psychology student, was runner-up in the Professional Training year student of the year competition. Out of over 40 nominations, Rebecca was shortlisted to be one of the top three students, and competed in the final stage last Friday, giving a presentation as part of the PTY community day.
Dr Naomi Winstone nominated Rebecca on the basis of the exceptional contribution she made to the NHS trust for which she worked. An evaluation model she took the initiative to develop has been presented to the directorate, and planning is currently underway to roll out the model for wider use in the trust.
University's Professional Training Student of the Year 2012 - Mariana Vieira
17 December 2012
It has been announced that School of English and Languages student, Mariana Vieira, is the University's Professional Training Student of the Year.
Guildford College Adult Outstanding Achievement Award - Andrew Burns
11 December 2012
Andrew has won this award because of his academic prowess and his contribution to College life. He achieved distinctions on the Access to Business Diploma, acted as a student rep for his class, worked with Student Services staff on a number of issues at the College and sat on the Health and Safety Committee, all whilst balancing his commitments as a single parent. Andrew is now doing a degree in Business Management with Spanish at the University of Surrey.
Professor Sara Arber was on expert witness to the House of Lords Select Committee
7 December 2012
Professor Sara Arber was on expert witness to the House of Lords Select Committee on Public Service and Demographic Change on 4th December. Her evidence addressed the policy implications of gender inequalities in ageing.
The Committee session was chaired by Lord Filkin.
Surrey Creative Writing Students Poetry Reading!
7 December 2012
The students of the Contemporary British and American Poetry Creative Writing course in the School of English and Languages here at Surrey will be holding a reading of their work on Wednesday 12th December 2012.
English and Creative Writing Applicant Days - Blog
5 December 2012
By Beth Palmer
If you’re applying to University this year, the chances are you’ll be invited to an Applicant Day by those institutions that make you an offer. You might already be feeling pretty popular and wondering how you’re going to fit in visits to your top choices alongside the demands of your A-levels. As an Admissions Tutor I’d recommend that you find time to attend some of these events if you can – particularly if you can’t quite make your mind up!
Leveson and Press Freedom: Is an Unregulated Press 'Free'?
30 November 2012
Dr Paul Hodkinson from the Department of Sociology has posted a blog on the Leveson enquiry.
Please click here to read the blog
Jonathan Steffen: Making a Living as a Writer
27 November 2012
As part of the University of Surrey Careers Service’s ‘Welcome to my World’ series of talks on Wednesday 21st November our students had the opportunity to attend a fascinating talk from Jonathan Steffen on the topic of how to make a living as a writer.
Vice Chancellors Prize for Researcher of the Year
22 November 2012
BNA Festival of Neuroscience
21 November 2012
Erica Hepper - Today Program on Radio 4
21 November 2012
Widening Access Fund
20 November 2012
Methods of Failure
20 November 2012
How Political Journalism lost the US Presidential Election to Nate Silver
If the morning after the Presidential Election in the United States left both the electoral map and Republican politicians feeling a little blue, there was another occupational group in need of collective introspection: the class of political journalists, commentators and pundits, who in the cause of the campaign had increasingly wilfully disregarded the lessons of the academic disciplines that form journalism’s very foundation.
Impressive training year earns award for language student
20 November 2012
