University of Worcester

This poster presentation seeks to evaluate British Chinese pupils academic attainment and it’s affecting factors. Francis and Archer (2005) argue that this is greatly down to parents’ constructions of the value of education (Francis and Archer, 2005). Therefore, British Chinese pupils tend to gain cultural capital in the form of meritocracy.

SEXUAL LIFE IN ANCIENT GREECE The Proliferation of Greek People & Cities: agriculture, population, colonisation (8th and 7th centuries BC). The Oikos (land, household, people) marriage, family, life expectancy and inheritance. The Polis (the citizen state: farmer, soldier, citizen); conflict and alliance between city states; the hoplite phalanx. Sex and the City (Athens c. 400 BC); symposia, youths, hetaera, grades of prostitute Sex acts: Citizens and Others; power dynamics, zero-sum c...

Body something of an ‘absent presence’ in social theory Challenge to Cartesian thought, Witnessed demographic shifts, economic & social changes, rise of consumer culture, and contribution of theorists including feminists and Foucault Significance of identity politics

Women earliest Sociologists Being written back into historiography Influence on Feminist Pathways: Gender roles/relations/identities – liberal/radical/post-modern Influence on methodological approaches/paradigms Influence – Feminist ‘Activism’

To what extent does the media sensationalise negative stereotypes of ‘beauty’, in the context of female body image? Appendix A – Consent form handout I will use a semi-structured interview to collect and gather information about the perspective of a beautician and their views on the impact of digital media for women and how they perceive themselves as a result. This research is being conducted through the University of Worcester, department of Sociology.

Critical Book Review (2000 Words) ‘The German Ideology’ In ‘The German Ideology’, Marx explores and attempts to construct a definition of ideology. Marx claims that ideology is the ‘production of ideas, of conceptions, of consciousness’, all that ‘men say, imagine, conceive’ (Marx and Engels, 1845). Within the text common themes that I will explore include, ‘language of politics, laws, morality, religion, metaphysics, etc.’ (Leitch, 655). Contributing to the theory of base...

How and why does digital adverting in global capitalism impact consumerism? How do people navigate their way through it and to what extent can they successfully resist its adverse effects? Digital advertising is a salient topic when explaining globalisation and the growth crisis of contemporary capitalism in consumer culture. Therefore, this assignment will evaluate how people consume media applying the theory of Marx, surveillance, social media, and the impact of coronavirus on consumerism. ...

What in your view are the key sociological insights into emotions, and how do these apply to or add to the sociological analysis of the workplace? This assignment will analyse emotions in the workplace and how emotional work, the quantification of emotions and personal experiences in customer service contribute to the research. The study of attitudes towards work is important because it helps us understand the role of emotions in the public sphere, the workplace and the labour market; which a...

How is crime represented in the right-of-centre media? What is problematic about such representations? Why do they matter and why do they occur? Within my assignment I will analyse how crimes committed by women are represented in the right of centre media. Official statistics show that most crimes appear to be committed by males, whilst the media amplifies crimes committed by women as extraordinary. Some sociologists argue that statistics underestimate the amount of female as against male off...

Within my assignment I aim to critically reflect on the experiences I have undertook in my chosen placement in a primary school setting. Slavich and Zimbardo (2012), highlight how work experience can provide students with first-hand knowledge, which give students a richer, more meaningful understanding of experiences and quality of learning (Slavich and Zimbardo, 2012).