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University of Nottingham News Press releases 2011 January New training centre to deliver next generation of world-class social scientists PA 22/11 The University of Nottingham is to lead the field in

The Centre for Suicide Prevention at The University of Manchester has won a major research contract to investigate suicide and homicide by people with mental illness.

Ahead of the upcoming local elections, experts are warning that the UK Independence Party (UKIP) looks set to become a successful radical right party and a 'significant vehicle' for Islamophobia, similar to those seen in countries like Austria, France and Italy.

Jan. AUSTIN, Texas — While young women's educational and career opportunities have skyrocketed over the past two decades, their opportunities for stable, long-term relationships have declined, according to new research from sociologists at The University of Texas at Austin.

PA 17/11 In the recent Oldham by-election, the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) confirmed its status as the fourth largest party in British politics, ahead of the British National Party (BNP). Now, with the local elections looming, experts are warning that UKIP looks set to become a successful radical right party, similar to those seen in countries like Austria, France and Italy, and a 'significant vehicle' for Islamophobia.

Across the world millions of people live and work huge distances away from their home communities and only rarely get the chance to visit them.

Migrants and refugees battling the byzantine world of Australian migration law are getting a helping hand from Marianne Dickie.

Press release issued 16 December 2010 Bristol needs to provide a dedicated night shelter for homeless women, according to a new report by researchers from the University's School for Policy Studies.

Those who choose to pray find personalized comfort during hard times, according to a University of Wisconsin-Madison sociologist.

Dec. AUSTIN, Texas — The Human Rights Documentation Initiative at the University of Texas Libraries is playing a significant role in the establishment of an archive for the preservation of records related to the Rwandan genocide.

Sheffield study sheds light on police custody Suspects in police custody consider civilian employees more caring and compassionate than police officers, research from the University of Sheffield has found. The research by Dr Layla Skinns, from the University´s Centre for Criminological Research, has for the first time explored the significant changes police custody has undergone to civilianise and privatise key roles that used to be performed by the police, such as booking-in suspects or looking after their welfare whilst they are in the cells.

Hague Convention needs to factor in domestic violence in court decisions MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (12/08/2010) —A new study of court cases against battered women living abroad shows that when the women left their abusive partners and returned with their children to the United States, half of the time, U.S. courts sent the children back, usually to their fathers.

Grad student, researching sensory-deprivation units, looks to the record and to 'powerful' stories of former inmates BERKELEY — When Keramet Reiter set out to conduct a series of in-depth resea

Five ANU-led projects have been awarded a total of $1.6 million in the ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities scheme (LIEF) grants which were announced today (Wednesday).

The elitist nature of European politics leads to a damaging inability of those in power to communicate with the public, while media representations only serve to reinforce the distance between Europe's citizens and the governing elites.

A previously unseen archive featuring the testimonies of people who were deported to German prison camps during World War II has been uncovered by a team of researchers working in Guernsey. The unique record, which had lain untouched in an old wardrobe since its compilation, contains the first-hand accounts of Guernseymen and women who were arrested for acts of resistance during the wartime occupation of their island.

You might think that in a time when more money is concentrated in fewer hands and incomes vary wildly from billions to subsistence, poor people might increase their support for government policies that offer some help.

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—African American and Native American teens who do well in school suffer from a higher "nerd penalty" than white, Asian, and Hispanic youth, according to a new analysis.

Their call for student, federal and international action comes as the United States says it will move to drop Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism if Khartoum allows and accepts the results of an upcoming referendum to allow independence in southern Sudan.

A two-year study of urban violence - witnessed in cities across the world - is being launched on Monday with a public discussion on 8 November.

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'Human rights such as the right to private life, freedom of expression and information and intellectual property rights need to be reviewed and reinterpreted in the light of the evolution of internet applications.

More than half of Australians want the country's population to stay at or go below current levels according to the latest ANU Poll.

The first-hand testimonies of thousands of people who witnessed the bloody rebellion that paved the way for centuries of sectarian conflict in Ireland have been released online.

Yuvraj Joshi (UCL Laws), Editor-in-Chief of the UCL Jurisprudence Review , highlights the international perspectives and eminent speakers at a panel to launch the UK's first student law journal.

18 Oct 2010 American politics and culture specialists at The University of Manchester have formed a group to offer journalists expert analysis on this year's Midterm elections in the United States.

Stanford feels a million miles from America's wars - and that may be part of the problem. A yearlong series of events will explore the troubling questions of war today.

October 6, 2010 AUSTIN, Texas — Despite the popular, state-sponsored ideology that denies the existence of prejudice based on racial or skin color differences in Mexico, a new study from The University of Texas at Austin provides evidence of profound social inequality by skin color.

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Apparently your mom had it right when she threatened to wash your mouth out with soap if you talked dirty. Lying really does create a desire to clean the "dirty" body part, according to a University of Michigan study.