Studying at University during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Canterbury Sociology
by CCCUSociology
2y ago
The below questionnaire sets out to better understand your experiences of the last year: in particular what it was like to be a student and ‘attend’ university in the midst of a global pandemic. Our primary interest is in how your experience of being a student was impacted by the Covid-19 Pandemic, and any ways in which that experience might have influenced your orientation towards university and being a student going forward. To complete the survey please click on the following link: Student-Life during the Covid-19 Pandemic All personal information will be kept in strict confidence, and no p ..read more
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Statement on the murder of George Floyd
Canterbury Sociology
by CCCUSociology
4y ago
  The Sociology programme team at Canterbury Christ Church University condemn the brutal, racist murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis on the 25th May, 2020, and the violent response from government authorities in the US and UK. We stand in solidarity with the groups, individuals, and communities who have for decades endured not only direct, explicit racism, but multiple levels of racial oppression across gender, class and religion. We stand in solidarity with all members of our learning community – students and staff alike – whose lives have been impacted by racism. W ..read more
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George Floyd, Racial Terror and ‘Alliances’
Canterbury Sociology
by CCCUSociology
4y ago
Dr Harshad Keval  To breathe George Floyd was brutally murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota on the 25th May, 2020. An assassination that was captured on video, and circulated around the world in a matter of seconds. For 9 minutes, the police officer Derek Chauvin, knelt on his neck and back, whilst George Floyd cried out for air, pleading to breathe, to live, for mercy. He was arrested for allegedly having a counterfeit 20 dollar bill. Several other police officers stood and watched him die. As I write, cities aroun ..read more
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The potential and pitfalls of putting the ‘university experience’ online
Canterbury Sociology
by CCCUSociology
4y ago
Jennie Bristow, Sarah Cant and Anwesa Chatterjee 18th May 2020 Way before the upheaval of the COVID-19 crisis, universities were gradually moving some teaching activities online. Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) such as Moodle or Blackboard are well-established for providing access to course materials, including readings and lecture slides, and the submission and marking of student coursework. More recently, a head of steam has developed around technologies such as ‘Lecture Capture’, where academics’ lectures are recorded for students to play back in their own time, after – or instead of ..read more
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RACE, CLASS AND COVID-19 – NOT AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES CONTAGION
Canterbury Sociology
by CCCUSociology
4y ago
Discover Society Harshad Keval Despite the narrative of crisis and chaos that permeates both news media reporting and the everyday experience of life in ‘lockdown’, there are emerging patterns that need thinking about. Many observers have already pointed to the massive inequalities that are appearing in the cracks in between national and international efforts to combat the global pandemic story. The Guardiannewspaper has started reporting on what it frames as ‘emerging’ stories of ethnic inequalities in how the disease impacts communities, whilst most news media has already alerted us to the s ..read more
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RACE, CLASS AND COVID-19 – NOT AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES CONTAGION
Canterbury Sociology
by CCCUSociology
4y ago
Harshad Keval Despite the narrative of crisis and chaos that permeates both news media reporting and the everyday experience of life in ‘lockdown’, there are emerging patterns that need thinking about. Many observers have already pointed to the massive inequalities that are appearing in the cracks in between national and international efforts to combat the global pandemic story. The Guardiannewspaper has started reporting on what it frames as ‘emerging’ stories of ethnic inequalities in how the disease impacts communities, whilst most news media has already alerted us to the socio-economics of ..read more
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Studying Sociology during the Covid-19 lockdown
Canterbury Sociology
by CCCUSociology
4y ago
The CCCU Sociology team has put together a list of popular Sociology books, novels, and films to keep our minds active over the next period. Read and watch what you want to, and keep that sociological imagination working! New students For students joining us in September, these books will get you thinking about the course: Sociology, by Anthony Giddens and Philip W. Sutton (8th edition). Inequality and the 1%, by Danny Dorling (3rd edition) The Spirit Level: Why equality is better for everyone, by Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson Social Class in the 21st Century, by Mike Savage. The Stu ..read more
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ENGAGING WITH THE CORONA GENERATION
Canterbury Sociology
by CCCUSociology
4y ago
Dr Jennie Bristow discusses generational consciousness and the effect of the global Covid-19 pandemic on our young people. In recent years, we have become obsessed with generational labels as a way to make sense of tensions within society. Conflicts over economic, social, political and cultural resources are routinely expressed as conflicts between generations – in particular, the Baby Boomers, born in the two decades after the Second World War, and the Millennials, born in the two decades before – you’ve guessed it. In challenging this dominant narrative of generational conflict, my research ..read more
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Love Island and Sociology
Canterbury Sociology
by CCCUSociology
4y ago
  Love Island and Gaslighting Siân Cleary, CCCU Sociology Year 3 Imagine: it is 2019 yet programmes like Love Island show viewers that the modern woman still cannot raise her voice, question a man’s behaviour or display anger without being told she is in the wrong! As series 5 of the popular tv show ended this summer, we have seen several cases of gas lighting, a term defined as the manipulation of a person through psychological means, into doubting their own sanity. Although gas lighting is not a new phenomenon, the term has been being used a lot more frequently since the current series of lo ..read more
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Being ‘pro-life’ whilst also supporting abortion and reproductive rights
Canterbury Sociology
by CCCUSociology
5y ago
By Katie Alexander, CCCU Sociology graduate, class of 2018. Is it possible to be ‘pro-life’ and support abortion? Is it possible to be pro-choice, whilst valuing life? I believe so. I put pro-life in quote marks, because I wouldn’t call myself it. I am pro-choice ultimately. But I value life and pregnancy a lot. I care and I feel. I know the struggle it can be to fall pregnant, and to have a pregnancy end unexpectedly. I know (some of) the pain that comes with losing a baby. When my parents lost a baby in 2015 at 17 weeks, all of our lives changed. At that time, I was still pro-choice, but it ..read more
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