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Amidst mounting public concerns around a perceived increase in students taking on paid work, a group of researchers call for reflection on and redirection of the current debate.

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The Centre for Disability Studies (CDS) is launching a new biennial Disability Studies Conference. The Call for Papers for the September 2024 conference invites proposals to be submitted by 30 April.

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A call for papers has been announced for a June 2024 symposium on Janet Wolff's The Social Production of Art. The symposium, which will be held at Leeds, invites papers to be submitted by 15 April.

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A Postgraduate Researcher in the School of Sociology and Social Policy has been awarded a School Studentship to attend a workshop at Duke University in the USA.

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On Friday 15th March, a blue plaque was installed on campus to mark the 50th anniversary of the UK's first ever trans conference.