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</svg> </div> <div class="id7-page-title"> <h1> Sociology </h1> </div> </header> <div class="id7-main-content"> <div class="layout layout-100"> <div class="column-1"><div class="column-1-content"> <div class="kc-category"> <article> <figure> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210921093843im_/https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/knowledgecentre/health/public-health/heatwaves/image-large.jpg" alt="News thumbnail image"> <div class="kc-news-tags"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210921093843/https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/knowledgecentre/health/public-health" title="Article category">public-health</a> </div> <figcaption> <h2 class="kc-news-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210921093843/https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/knowledgecentre/health/public-health/heatwaves" title="Read more about this news story"> How do we deal with more frequent heatwaves? </a> </h2> <div class="kc-news-date">Fri 13 August 2021</div> <div class="kc-news-abstract"> <p><p>Now is the 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Before you do, consider why the census asks the religion question and the value of the data for society.</p> </p> </div> </figcaption> </figure> </article> <article> <figure> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210921093843im_/https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/knowledgecentre/society/politics/international_womens_day_2021/image-small.jpg" alt="News thumbnail image"> <div class="kc-news-tags"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210921093843/https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/knowledgecentre/society/politics" title="Article category">politics</a> </div> <figcaption> <h2 class="kc-news-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210921093843/https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/knowledgecentre/society/politics/international_womens_day_2021" title="Read more about this news story"> International Women’s Day </a> </h2> <div class="kc-news-date">Mon 08 March 2021</div> <div class="kc-news-abstract"> <p><p>On International Women’s Day we talk to four members of our research community about their experiences growing up, their ambitions, experiences and advice for other women.</p> </p> </div> </figcaption> </figure> </article> <article> <figure> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210921093843im_/https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/knowledgecentre/arts/history/vaccinations/image-small.jpg" alt="News thumbnail image"> <div class="kc-news-tags"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210921093843/https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/knowledgecentre/arts/history" title="Article category">history</a> </div> <figcaption> <h2 class="kc-news-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210921093843/https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/knowledgecentre/arts/history/vaccinations" title="Read more about this news story"> Four things you may not know about vaccination </a> </h2> <div class="kc-news-date">Mon 14 December 2020</div> <div class="kc-news-abstract"> <p><p>Vaccination is routine in Britain and for most the public health programmes which go alongside them are about as interesting as the sewage system. 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