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This FREE two-day residential programme at the University of Leeds, (Mis)representations of Youth, for Year 12 students, is designed to explore STEROTYPES: general beliefs about people that may or may not be true. Where do they come from? How are they spread? What purpose do they serve? Why does society create these oversimplified understandings of...
We’re excited to launch a new series of live Subject Insight Webinars, developed for high school and college students. Taking place every Tuesday and Thursday, from 20 April – 27 May, join us to find out more about a wide range of subjects you can study at Leeds. Whether you’re interested in a topic you already...
Thursday 2nd July – Friday 3rd July 2020 Bookings are open now - click here. With society being faced with the challenges of population growth, climate chaos and housing crisis you are challenged with answering: What would a New City look like if you were in charge?! Come and take part in our engaging and...
We are delighted to invite you to take part in our Social Sciences Teachers and Advisors day at University of Leeds 2020. The day will be a fantastic opportunity to learn and share experiences about the opportunities for students moving into the Social Sciences in Higher Education. Sessions will cover a range of Social Sciences...
This workshop gives students an overview of Criminology, whilst dispelling myths about what people may think it is. It discusses the idea of crime, and what this actually means – before engaging students with prominent psychological, biological, and sociological theories, showing how broad of a field criminology is. The final focus is on prisons and...
“Exploring Inequalities” introduces different aspects of inequality (health, age, race, religion), its relational nature and its cross cutting impact. The workshop uses tools such as a ‘power walk’ to ask students to identify with different perspectives to allow them to understand the effects inequality can have at an individual level. Students then work together, using...