British Sociological Association in the news https://medicalxpress.com/ en-us provides the latest news from British Sociological Association Waste management workers have gone from hero to zero in the public's eyes since the pandemic, UK research says Dustmen and road sweepers have gone from hero to zero in the public's eyes since the end of the COVID pandemic, new research says. https://phys.org/news/2025-10-workers-hero-eyes-pandemic-uk.html Mon, 06 Oct 2025 19:00:01 EDT news678960631 Mothers who work from home earn 10% more, study shows Mothers who choose to work from home regularly earn about 10% more than those who do not, but fathers get no significant benefit, a major new study says. https://phys.org/news/2025-06-mothers-home.html Tue, 01 Jul 2025 19:00:01 EDT news670498997 Staff working from home less likely to get pay raises or promotions, says research Managers are reluctant to promote or give pay raises to staff who work from home part or all of the time, according to new research. They believe that staff who work entirely from home are under-performing or lacking commitment, even when their work is as good as others, the study showed. https://phys.org/news/2025-06-staff-home-pay.html Tue, 03 Jun 2025 19:00:02 EDT news668085258 Mothers who use state-funded childcare less likely to look after their parents, UK research says Mothers who benefit from free state-funded childcare are less likely to look after elderly and sick members of their household, including their parents, new research shows. https://phys.org/news/2025-04-mothers-state-funded-childcare-parents.html Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:26:15 EDT news664709163 Teachers lack time to tackle the influence of online misogynists on their students, research says Teachers lack the time to talk in-depth to boys and young men who may be influenced by online misogynists, research says. https://phys.org/news/2025-04-teachers-lack-tackle-online-misogynists.html Wed, 23 Apr 2025 19:00:03 EDT news664620662 Most young people from Black and racial minoritized communities see racist online content at least once a week: Report Most young people from Black and racial minoritized communities surveyed about their social media use said they saw racist content at least once a week, a new report says. https://phys.org/news/2025-04-young-people-black-racial-minoritized.html Wed, 23 Apr 2025 19:00:01 EDT news664620172 Personal trainers work unpaid 'like medieval serfs,' research says Personal trainers are suffering headaches and sleeping problems from the corrosive effect of working long hours to make a living, new research shows. https://phys.org/news/2025-03-personal-trainers-unpaid-medieval-serfs.html Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:27:03 EDT news662387221 Researcher: People in police custody say they are denied medication by police and nurses People in police custody say they are being denied medication for their health problems by police and nurses, new research says. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-09-people-police-custody-denied-medication.html Fri, 13 Sep 2024 13:10:13 EDT news645451805 People who work from home are less likely to get pay rises and promotions, finds research People who work from home all or part of the time are less likely to get pay rises and promotions, the first post-COVID research project into the WFH phenomenon has found. https://phys.org/news/2024-04-people-home-pay.html Fri, 05 Apr 2024 14:27:32 EDT news631546049 Video game devotees are much more likely to be working-class than middle-class, says research Adults who play video games daily are much more likely to be working-class than middle-class, new research shows. https://phys.org/news/2024-04-video-game-devotees-class-middle.html Fri, 05 Apr 2024 12:59:34 EDT news631540771 Many people feel they work in pointless, meaningless jobs, research confirms The theory that many people feel the work they do is pointless because their jobs are "bullshit" has been confirmed by a new study. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-people-pointless-meaningless-jobs.html Tue, 01 Aug 2023 19:00:01 EDT news610100777 Social media did not help in preventing anxiety and depression during the pandemic, says research Keeping in touch via video, phone and instant messaging was little help in preventing a rise in people's anxiety and depression during the pandemic lockdowns, a major new U.K. study has found. https://phys.org/news/2023-05-social-media-anxiety-depression-pandemic.html Tue, 23 May 2023 19:00:02 EDT news604052967 Graduates' activities produce more carbon dioxide and their ecological commitment is primarily symbolic, says research Middle-class UK graduates produce more CO2 emissions in their daily activities than non-graduates and their ecological commitment is primarily "symbolic", new research says. https://phys.org/news/2023-04-carbon-dioxide-ecological-commitment-primarily.html Fri, 14 Apr 2023 13:11:37 EDT news600696690 Parents' help with schoolwork and reading does little for children's school progress, says research The amount of time parents spend with their children contributes much less to their progress in school than the family's social class, new research shows. https://phys.org/news/2023-04-parents-schoolwork-children-school.html Wed, 12 Apr 2023 11:10:04 EDT news600514355 Anonymous sperm donors tracked down by their children using DNA tests, says research Sperm and egg donors who assumed they would remain anonymous have been tracked down by their children using DNA tests, new research says. https://phys.org/news/2023-04-anonymous-sperm-donors-tracked-children.html Wed, 12 Apr 2023 10:50:02 EDT news600514349 Women more stressed than men when working hours are fragmented during the day, says research Women are more stressed than men when their employment hours are split into different sections during the day, such as with flextime and working from home, new research shows. https://phys.org/news/2023-04-women-stressed-men-hours-fragmented.html Wed, 12 Apr 2023 10:40:01 EDT news600514343 Black and Asian people can suffer prejudice and insults from members of their families with lighter skin, says research Black and Asian people with darker skin shades can be the subject of prejudice and insults from lighter skin members of their families, new research shows. https://phys.org/news/2023-04-black-asian-people-prejudice-insults.html Wed, 12 Apr 2023 10:30:01 EDT news600514078 Privately educated are twice as likely to be consistent Conservative voters, says UK research People educated at private schools are twice as likely to be consistent Conservative voters as those who had a state education, a new study has found. https://phys.org/news/2023-04-privately-voters-uk.html Mon, 10 Apr 2023 12:12:05 EDT news600347521 Prospects for working-class creatives no better or worse today than in 1960s, says research Leading actors are right in warning that the U.K. arts have become increasingly dominated by privately educated, middle-class elite, but wrong about the reason for this, new research says. https://phys.org/news/2022-12-prospects-working-class-creatives-worse-today.html Mon, 12 Dec 2022 09:40:43 EST news590060440 Doctors and lawyers less likely to live in prosperous areas if from working class families, says research Doctors, lawyers, and senior managers from working class families are less likely to live in prosperous areas than their counterparts from well-off backgrounds, new research shows. https://phys.org/news/2022-09-doctors-lawyers-prosperous-areas-class.html Mon, 12 Sep 2022 17:15:27 EDT news582221722 Government scheme 'ineffective at preventing abuse and death in custody' says research Participants in a government scheme to check the welfare of people detained in police stations are ineffective at preventing abuse and death in custody, research says. https://phys.org/news/2022-04-scheme-ineffective-abuse-death-custody.html Wed, 20 Apr 2022 08:26:20 EDT news569661977 Citizens of countries that become more unequal as their economy grows are less happy, says research Countries that allow economic inequality to increase as they grow richer make their citizens less happy, new research shows. https://phys.org/news/2022-04-citizens-countries-unequal-economy-happy.html Mon, 18 Apr 2022 09:27:17 EDT news569492832 Stress management classes and wellbeing coaching no help at improving workers' mental health, study says Employers' initiatives to help workers cope with their jobs are no help at reducing stress, a new study has found. https://phys.org/news/2021-08-stress-classes-wellbeing-workers-mental.html Mon, 30 Aug 2021 10:43:55 EDT news549539032 Colonels and generals more likely to find quality jobs after leaving armed forces than other ranks Colonels, brigadiers and generals who leave the Army are more likely than lower ranks to find high-quality civilian work, a conference on work and employment has heard. https://phys.org/news/2021-08-colonels-quality-jobs-armed.html Wed, 25 Aug 2021 09:45:18 EDT news549103514 Top professional golfers' mental health hurt by spending more time on the road, research says Professional golfers are spending more time on the road, leading to loneliness and relationship difficulties, new research says. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-04-professional-golfers-mental-health-road.html Mon, 19 Apr 2021 08:10:23 EDT news538038618 Half of women in advertising offices received unwanted sexual advances, study finds The sexist alpha male of the 1960s advertising world as depicted in Mad Men is still alive and well and prowling the offices of today's creatives, a new study shows. https://phys.org/news/2021-04-women-advertising-offices-unwanted-sexual.html Mon, 19 Apr 2021 07:30:01 EDT news538035978 Money problems make people more discontented than loneliness does during lockdown, study finds Money problems became the chief source of discontent for people in lockdown, more so than not having close friends or living with a partner, new research says. https://phys.org/news/2021-04-money-problems-people-discontented-loneliness.html Mon, 19 Apr 2021 07:26:13 EDT news538035970 Scholarships do 'remarkably little' to make private schools more socially inclusive, study finds Private schools are building luxury facilities in an "educational arms race" while minimizing the amount they spend subsiding their fees for less well-off students, research says. https://phys.org/news/2021-04-scholarships-remarkably-private-schools-socially.html Tue, 13 Apr 2021 07:55:01 EDT news537519297 Working class 'always less likely to get into acting and film making', says research Working class people have always been much less likely to find jobs in creative industries such as acting and film making, and there was no golden age of classless meritocracy, says a new study. https://phys.org/news/2019-04-class.html Thu, 25 Apr 2019 04:54:56 EDT news475386879 Households where the woman is the sole earner are significantly poorer, says research Households in the UK where the woman is the sole earner are significantly poorer than those where the man is the only breadwinner, bucking the trend in western Europe. https://phys.org/news/2019-04-households-woman-sole-earner-significantly.html Thu, 25 Apr 2019 04:53:22 EDT news475386785