Recent New Links

 

Click here for the National Grid for Learning in Wales: [NGfL CYMRU.] Follow the links on the NGfL CYMRU page for excellent AS and A2 Sociology resources .

Click here for BBC coverage of Sutton Trust Report on social selectivity of "top comprehensives"

Click here for a very detailed paper from the Institute of Fiscal Studies: The Pupil Premium: Assessing the Options

Click here for Guardian Coverage of Education Policy [2000+ articles!]

Click here for Guardian Coverage of "Fair Society: Healthy Lives"

Click here for An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in the UK. 

Click here for Guardian interactive graphic  on An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in the UK

Click here for Alex Thirkill's Sociology site at Rydens School

Click here for an external PowerPoint on the Nature of Sociology

Click here for another external PowerPoint on the Nature of Sociology

Click here  for Guardian presentation of DCFS data on GCSE Grades by free school meal eligibility, gender and ethnicity in 2009. 

Click here for BBC coverage of these data.

Click here for a searchable BBC site of short video clips on issues such as racism, poverty, democracy etc.

 

Further Useful Links

The following list provides links to the main websites, specific reports and pages which I have used to prepare the documents on Earlham Sociology Pages. More links appear within  the specific  documents on the site.

        Sociology Central  Very detailed, comprehensive materials written by Chris Livesey and directly related to AS and A2 Sociology subject specifications.

The Office of National Statistics or ONS{ This link will take you to the ONS Homepage. Visit the subject menu on the left hand side of the ONS Homepage.

Focus on Social Inequalities  The ONS has produced a very useful series of reports focusing on various aspects of UK society. Follow this link for one such report and for  further links to all other reports in the series. In each case you can look at summary and full reports. 

Social Trends 2009 Very useful data on a range of social issues

Social Trends 2009: Chapter Three on Education and Training. Excellent information on gender, ethnicity, social class and educational achievement.

Social Trends: Previous issues. There are some slight variations in the coverage of topics in different annual editions of Social Trends so that it is sometimes useful to look at ,say, the 2008 and 2007 editions  as well as the current 2009 edition.

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation This site is an excellent source of current research findings on a wide range of sociological issues related especially to Poverty, Family , Education and Crime and Deviance.

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation and recent research into Poverty and Educational Disadvantage.

 Poverty.org This site provides excellent information on Poverty in the UK

Channel 4 News

The BBC News Education Site

The BBC On "Race" and Ethnicity

Liverpool Museum's Website on The Slave Trade

The Institute of Race Relations:

Open2Net Information on  social and political issues from the Open University

Openlearn Homepage   Freely available course materials from the Open University. Choose the "Society" option and then look at the individual courses several of which relate to sociological issues. Perhaps more useful for teachers than for Advanced Level Sociology students.

Click here  for  the Equalities Review document entitled Fairness and Freedom which is a very useful source on social inequalities in Britain .

Click here  for a recent Education Report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Very detailed but very useful on students' and parents' attitudes to education. The data provided may be used to evaluate theories based upon cultural deprivation.

Click here  for House of Commons Library Research Papers.  Most of these papers are "political" rather than "sociological" but there are excellent papers on electoral statistics 1918-2007 [paper 08/012] and on the 2005 General Election [paper 05/33] and also regular papers on "social indicators". You will need to scroll through the index but it is simple enough!

Click here for UK Polling Report: links to all major polling organisations . Excellent graphics of recent opinion poll trends. To switch between polling organisations scroll down a little till you see Polling figures and an opinion poll diagram.  Labour supporters will be hoping that the late Harold Wilson was right when he said, "A week in Politics is a long time."

Bill Jones' Blog  Bill Jones is the acclaimed author of Politics UK. In his Blog he provides an informative, lively commentary on current political events which will prove useful for Sociology students, especially for those studying "Power and Politics".