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Subjects within the Faculties of Environment and Social Sciences have ranked highly in the global top 200.

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On Thursday 12 March, the 2026 Alice Bacon Lecture was delivered by celebrated trade unionist Frances O’Grady, former General Secretary of the TUC and currently a Labour peer in the House of Lords.

Shows the word Feminism

MA Gender Studies is helping students gain critical insight into issues of gender, and equipping graduates to challenge inequality and drive change.

Photograph of Ana Manzano delivering her inaugural lecture.

The faculty was delighted to host Professor Manzano's lecture in celebration of her impressive research career.

Photograph of tree, full of green leaves, in front of metal sculpture with cutwork leaf and the words "to leaf is to learn"

In October, the Centre for Disability Studies (CDS) achieved an important milestone: our successful application to join the World Health Organisation (WHO) Disability Health Equity Network.