New research highlights the growing impact of low income and the social security system on young peoples’ living standards and their opportunities to transition out of homelessness.
Child First Justice has received £242,000 in funding towards a new research project exploring children’s participation in youth justice processes.
The amount of money needed to retire at a minimum living standard has increased by almost 20% over the last year, according to new analysis.
The UK Government could stop terminally ill people of working age being driven into poverty by increasing its annual spend on the State Pension by just 0.1%.
A new report commissioned by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) in Scotland from the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University has found a widening gap between the cost of raising a child in Scotland and actual family incomes, despite the significant impact of Scottish government policies and lower childcare costs.
The findings of new research, focussed on the Child First approach to youth justice, will be discussed at an event at the Loughborough University London campus on November 23.
The latest 2023 rankings by The Guardian have placed Loughborough University 1st in the UK for Criminology and Top 10 in the UK for Sociology and Social Policy.
Clearing gives you another chance to secure a place on an undergraduate degree at Loughborough University starting in October 2022.
UK households have faced unprecedented blows to their living standards in 2022. Home energy costs have more than doubled and are threatening to triple, the price of petrol has risen by more than half since the start of last year and overall price inflation is heading for double digits.
Two co-directors have been appointed to Loughborough’s Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP) following the departure of Professor Donald Hirsch who stepped down after a decade at the helm.
Last week, our 2022 Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy cohort graduated and enjoyed a brilliant day on campus celebrating with friends, family, and staff members from our School.
Team Scotland sprinter Alisha Rees has set her sights on breaking her own national record at this summer’s Commonwealth Games.
New figures released today show 3.6 million children are still living in poverty in the UK, down 200,000 (-2%) on the year before.
Two academics based in the Department of Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy have been awarded a prestigious award for teaching from the British Society of Criminology (BSC).
A new report published by researchers from Loughborough and Kent universities recommends that theatres, arts organisations and funders should prioritise digital innovations to allow vulnerable audiences better access to live shows.
We are pleased to announce that we have recently appointed three new members of staff.
We are pleased to announce that Dr Iris Wigger, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, was awarded a Research Informed Teaching award by Loughborough University.
A positive shake-up of legal aid financial eligibility criteria risks being undermined by a failure to account for spiralling inflation.
The minimum London weighting needed to cover a basic standard of living in the capital is £6,549, new research shows. That’s over £2,000 the average minimum London weighting paid to many key workers.
Families with children are paying up to £400 more per month to meet the cost of basic items such as food, rent and heating. The impacts of inflation are being felt sooner and harder by those on the lowest incomes, who spend a higher proportion of their incomes on essential items.
Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy have achieved excellent results in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 with 100% of our Social Policy research impact assessed ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’
Families faced with uncertainties about how they can make ends meet with soaring living costs are not getting the kind of backup from the government that helped them survive the pandemic, a study has found.
The report published by end-of-life charity Marie Curie and based on research carried out by Loughborough University revealed that people of working age are at a high risk, with more than 1 in 4 (28%) of this group dying in poverty.
Loughborough University’s Sociology BSc alumni brothers Ottavio and Dario Tanzillo enjoyed outstanding success at the 2022 LeicestershireLive Innovation Awards.
Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy academic Dr Iris Wigger and her team were selected by the Independent Social Research Foundation and have been granted a funding research award.
Parents on low to middle incomes are struggling to support young adults who cannot afford to move out of the family home, new research has found.
Criminology and Sociology student Tom Gordon talks about whether drug use should be decriminalised in his undergraduate dissertation video.
The latest UK Retirement Living Standards have been published by the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association.
Calculations of how much more it costs to live in remote areas of Scotland have been published by the Scottish Government, using Loughborough’s research on the minimum cost of living.
Researchers from Loughborough University have teamed up with UK charity Beat to create an animated video that explores how social media affects people with an eating disorder.
Loughborough University has been recognised by the Guardian University League Tables as being 2nd in the UK for Sociology, and 3rd in the UK for Criminology.
We are pleased to announce that the University is establishing a new mini-Centre of Doctoral Training (mini-CDT) to support research into Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. This Centre is led by Dr Line Nyhagen (Reader in Sociology) and will involve sociology staff together with a multidisciplinary team across the university to promote research in this important area.
Research carried out by Loughborough University reveals figures which show that even before the pandemic, in some parts of the UK, the majority of children are growing up in poverty once housing costs are taken into account.
Two Lecturers from Social and Policy Studies have been awarded a Teaching Innovation Award to create a video resource for enhancing social science students’ confidence in doing well in statistics with inspirational stories by previous students.
Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read (Senior Lecturer in Sociology) and Dr Chris Kay (Lecturer in Criminology) have both been awarded Research-informed Teaching Awards by Loughborough University.
Dr Line Nyhagen, Reader in Sociology at Loughborough University, has written a piece in The Conversation about women in mosques.
Responding to young people that come into contact with the Youth Justice System as ‘children’ and not ‘offenders’ can enhance lives, reduce offending, promote safer communities and lead to fewer victims, a new report states.
Dr Olivia Smith has published a new report that aims to improve sexual offence victims’ experiences of the criminal justice system.
From the 28th-30th of October, there will be an online symposium exploring ‘dirty’ matters.
A new webinar series launched by Loughborough University’s Centre for Research in Communications and Culture is set to explore the topic of authenticity with high profile researchers, generating interest around the globe.
Loughborough University has been recognised by the Times/ Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021 as being 1st in the UK for Criminology.
We’ll begin making clearing and adjustment offers from 8am on Thursday 13 August. If you already know your results, you can call our clearing and adjustment hotline today and we can talk you through your options.
Inaction and slow response contributed to the spread of Covid-19 in UK prisons – Loughborough University academic.
A basic standard of living in London is up to 58% more expensive than in other urban areas of the UK.
The experience of family carers during the COVID-19 pandemic will be explored in a new international study by Loughborough University and several universities across the world.
Prof Donald Hirsch discusses how the UK 2019 election could deliver the country's first real living wage
The work of current Loughborough student Ada Ughanwa, a recipient of the 2018/19 Arts Scholarship in Creative Writing, who studies Sociology with Criminology will be displayed around campus.
Social and Policy Studies have achieved some fantastic results in the recently published Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020.
Academics from Loughborough University have joined forces with the Twinning Project, an initiative that uses sport to help prisoners prepare for release and provides a route to paid employment.
Sociology at Loughborough University has once again achieved high results in the recently published National Student Survey 2019, being awarded an outstanding 100% overall satisfaction rate, making it 1st in the UK for Overall Satisfaction in Sociology.
Low income families are finding it ever harder to reconcile rising holiday costs with their pay and benefits, a Loughborough University study has found.
Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read, Lecturer in Cultural Sociology and Programme Director for Social and Policy Studies, has proudly won the ‘Extra Mile’ award at the Loughborough Academic Awards, held on Thursday 16th May by the Loughborough Students’ Union (LSU).
Researchers from Loughborough University also found that half of all youngsters who live in the capital are from households which fall below this threshold.
On Friday 8th March, sociology lecturers Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read and Dr Adrian Leguina took a group of students to London for a one-day field trip for their final year module Consumption, Culture and Everyday Life.
Loughborough work to establish the UK Living Wage – based on the minimum income needed to support a basic lifestyle – has been named as one of the country’s most important academic accomplishments.
