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- Winners of A-level prize 2009 announced 17/09/2009
Read the winning entries here.
Social Stratification Research Seminar 2009 06/07/2009Annual conference will be taking place 9th & 10th September at the PPSIS Faculty (Department of Sociology), University of Cambridge
Cambridge Sociology comes top 03/06/2009Department of Sociology attains first place in the Times Online 'Good University Guide 2010'
Sociology in the media updated 11/05/09 - Sociology Seminar Series