Focus Areas - Equality Trust The Equality Trust researches and campaigns across many topics relating to our inequalities of wealth and power. This includes researching the causes and impacts of inequality, developing policies, hi...

@norfolkfran.bsky.social @hecticteacher.bsky.social @thesociologyguy.bsky.social @browneken.bsky.social #SOCSD The Equality Trust Very useful website for students of Social Stratification and Differentiation equalitytrust.org.uk/focus-areas/

The Opportunity Index - The Sutton Trust An unprecedented insight into the geography of opportunity and social mobility in England.

#SOCED #SOCSD A detailed look at the geography of opportunity and social mobility in England, examining how socio-economic background, geography and opportunity interact. www.suttontrust.com/our-research...

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Class is a difficult concept to define for a level students. Sociologists measure class using things like: different forms of capital (Bourdieu) Occupation-based scales like the NS-SEC and Hope-Goldthorpe Scale and new models like the Great British Class Survey #sociology 2/2 #socsd

Thinking Allowed - The Underclass - BBC Sounds The Underclass: its rise and fall.

#SOCSD Thinking Allowed. The Underclass: its rise and fall . Laurie Taylor in discussion with Loic Wacquant and Baroness Ruth Lister [from 2022] . www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Why financial hardship is more likely if you’re disabled or sick Higher living costs, more barriers to work and a large disability pay gap all increase the risk of poverty. Cutting benefits is not a solution.

#SOCWPW #SOCHTH #SOCSD Why financial hardship is more likely if you’re disabled or sick theconversation.com/why-financia...

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Record 4.5m children living in poverty, UK data shows Government urged to scrap two-child benefit cap after chancellor announces welfare cuts in spring statement

#SOCWPW #SOCSD Record 4.5m children living in poverty, UK data shows www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Female doctors outnumber male peers in UK for first time GMC figures also show there are more ethnic minority doctors than white ones, first reported in November

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Analysis of the Working Class – Earlham Sociology and Politics Pages

#SOCSD Some teaching notes [in three sections] on The Working Class. earlhamsociologypages.uk/analysis-of-...

Cloaking Class: Making the Working Class Visible Cloaking Class: Making the Working Class Visible

#SOCED #SOCSD Important article on class inequality by Lisa McKenzie Cloaking Class: Making the working class visible www.academia.edu/107385806/Cl...

The Functionalist Theory of Social Stratification – Earlham Sociology and Politics Pages

#SOCSD Teaching notes on the Functionalist theory of social stratification earlhamsociologypages.uk/functheoryso...

Introducing Marxism – A More Detailed Version – Earlham Sociology and Politics Pages

#SOCSD Some teaching notes on Marxism for A Level Sociology students. There are several video and audio links and some parts of these notes might be useful for extension work. earlhamsociologypages.uk/introducing-...

Race and ethnic inequalities Abstract. This article considers inequalities across racial and ethnic groups in the UK and finds that there is no single story of advantage or disadvantag

#SOCSD Race and Ethnic Inequalities by Heidi Mirza and Ross Warwick [2024] academic.oup.com/ooec/article...

Which ethnic groups are most affected by income inequality? This Insight examines unemployment rates and wages as causes of income inequality.

#SOCSD House of Commons Library research on ethnicity and income inequality [from 2020] commonslibrary.parliament.uk/income-inequ...

“Race”-Ethnicity and Disadvantage. – Earlham Sociology and Politics Pages

#SOCSD A collection of statistics on "Race", ethnicity and disadvantage earlhamsociologypages.uk/race-ethnici...

Institutional racism and public policy: From the MacPherson inquiry to 'Inclusive Britain' In this article, I focus on a recent inquiry commissioned by the government on racial and ethnic disparities in 2020 which now informs the government's approach to building an Inclusive Britain. U...

#SOCSD #SOCED #SOCCD Institutional racism and public policy : From the MacPherson Inquiry to "Inclusive Britain" by Andy Pilkington www.academia.edu/106101466/In...

‘It infuriates me’: why the ‘wages for housework’ movement is still controversial 40 years on The 1970s campaign aimed to smash capitalism by recognising the value of childcare and chores. A new book looks back on how it fell apart – and how it’s relevant today

#SOCSD #SOCTM Wages for housework - feminism. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Does the UK have an underclass – Earlham Sociology and Politics Pages

#SOCSD Some A Level Sociology teaching notes Does the UK have an underclass? earlhamsociologypages.uk/does-the-uk-...

Is the UK becoming a classless society? Part one of six – Earlham Sociology and Politics Pages

#SOCSD Some A Level Sociology teaching notes Is the UK becoming a classless society? earlhamsociologypages.uk/is-the-uk-be...

#SOCSD #SOCTM Good for meaning of patriarchy and toxic masculinity. theconversation.com/why-does-mar...

Max Weber and Social Stratification – Section One – Earlham Sociology and Politics Pages

#SOCSD A Level Sociology teaching notes: Max Weber and Social Stratification earlhamsociologypages.uk/max-weber-an...

Does the UK have an underclass – Earlham Sociology and Politics Pages

#SOCSD A Level Sociology Teaching notes Does the UK have an underclass? earlhamsociologypages.uk/does-the-uk-...

Is the UK becoming a classless society? Part one of six – Earlham Sociology and Politics Pages

#SOCSD A Level Sociology teaching notes: Is the UK becoming a classless society? earlhamsociologypages.uk/is-the-uk-be...

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DAS-Teaching Notes – Earlham Sociology and Politics Pages

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Some teaching notes on Social Stratification earlhamsociologypages.uk/das-teaching...