Welcome to Sociology at Goldsmiths
Goldsmiths Sociology has a national and international reputation for excellence and innovation in teaching and research. Drawing on a distinguished record of Sociology at Goldsmiths we are committed to making the discipline responsive to the challenges of the twenty-first century. We conduct theoretically informed empirical research on ‘live’ social issues and are training the next generation of social researchers in classical and contemporary methods of social research. We have an exciting portfolio of teaching programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and achieved the highest judgement of 'broad confidence' in the most recent QAA Developmental Engagement. We achieved an outstanding result in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, making us one of the top Sociology departments in the UK for research quality. Sixty percent of the department's research activity was rated 'world class' (35%) or 'internationally excellent' (25%) and the department's 'grade point average' was 2.85 making the department equal top in the ratings. In the previous RAE 2001 the department was one of six in the UK that was rated 5* (6*) and this latest result confirms our standing as one of the leading Sociology research departments in the UK.The Department is host to a number of research centres, units and groups, including: