insight4me Sociology/Psychology – Families and Households With Marietjie Joubert From Solent University & Emma Huddlestone From University of East Anglia

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• Solent University: Marietjie Joubert, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Sciences and Nursing, will present The impact of Mental Health on Family Life. Mental health is an issue that is often misunderstood and affects many families on a daily basis. Professionals like social workers and mental health nurses often work with families to support people living with mental health difficulties to enable them to live successful lives. This session will explore why and when people may need support from professionals and what professional intervention may look like.

• University of East Anglia: Dr Emma Huddlestone, Lecturer in Sociology in the Faculty of Social Sciences, will present Military Families, Work and Childcare. This session will introduce you to the various challenges military families encounter when deciding how to organise work and childcare around periods of war and military deployments. By applying a feminist lens to understand female military spouse’s emotional and practical labour, we will explore how they live with and negotiate gendered expectations and inequalities. You will be encouraged to consider whether functionalist/consensus or feminist/conflict perspectives help us to better understand military spouses’ domestic labour – thus reflecting on the opportunities and limitations of these broad approaches. Overall, we introduce critical military sociology and draw upon sociological perspectives relating to ‘families and relationships’, and ‘understanding social inequalities and identities’.

In this insight4me Sociology/Psychology online event for schools and colleges, Solent University and University of East Anglia will each have roughly 30 minutes to deliver a punchy, interactive topic based ‘micro’ talk. Within an overall session theme of Families and Households, the universities have the freedom to choose their own focus and use the time to convey the key points of the case studies for the students.

insight4me is a series of subject specific webinars for Year 12 & 13 students, and equivalent. The sessions directly support students’ current studies by giving an insight into particular curriculum areas whilst affording an understanding of how these subjects continue beyond A-levels, T-levels, IB, BTEC and equivalent qualifications, and how they vary between universities.

Our events are designed so that a group of students can take part from a classroom or students and teachers can take part as individuals, either from school or from home. This means that sessions will continue irrespective of possible school closures.

As a live, participative event, this session will not be recorded but slides and other resources will be shared after the event, where available.

Suitable for: Year 12 & 13 students (and equivalent) studying, or with a possible interest in studying, Sociology, Psychology and related disciplines. Student groups, and individual students and teachers are very welcome to join us.

Preparation/Pre-Reading: Students may wish to consider the 2 topics and discuss some of the key elements in advance. Students can also think about questions they have about studying at university level.

The IT Setup: The event will be run on Bluejeans (similar to Zoom) and participants will be able to join using laptops, tablets, and mobile devices. If you are joining as a school group, we recommend connecting with one device and projecting on to a whiteboard. You will be able to interact with the university via a microphone and/or typed comments and questions. Full details will be sent to those who have registered (see below) prior to the event.

Booking a Place: This is free for schools and colleges. If you would like to take part in this event, please register your interest using the link to the registration form below:

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