Class ain't what it used to be: Britain may not have eradicated its class system, but its sociologists are at least giving it a thorough overhaul
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David Rose, associate director of the Economic and Social Research Council centre on micro-social change at Essex University, has advised the government on the the class system. Rose believes the registrar general's social class scheme of the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys introduced in 1911, no longer adequately describes modern society. He will attempt to produce a new classification system for the 21st century, taking into account changing employment patterns, such as the increased number of women in the workforce, unemployment and the rise of the flexible labour market.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1996
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A front runner stumbles
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The University of Maryland is cutting 18% of its budget and has laid off 260 employees. The state-funded school, located in College Park, near Washington DC, has had to return $40 million granted by the government because the state lacks funds. In 1988 the governor of Maryland began the initiative to raise the university to one of the top 10 in the US by the turn of the century. Instead it now faces the cutting of a college and the closure of seven departments. The recession in the US has taken its toll on the funding of universities, which had been growing at very healthy rates.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1992
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The speech writer
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Deborah Tannen is a sociolinguist at Georgetown University, and author of books including You Just Don't Understand which has been a bestseller in several countries. Her new book, Talking from Nine to Five, analyses the way conversational styles of men and women affect how they are perceived. Her research includes observing and interviewing people at work and she believes that people should be more aware of their conversational styles.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1995
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