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Michaela Benzeval
Michaela Jane Benzeval CBE is a British sociologist, Professor and Director of Understanding Society at the University of Essex. She was appointed a Commander Order of the British Empire, of the British Empire in the 2024 New Year Honours. Early life and education Benzeval studied economics at the University of Bath. She moved to the University of London for her graduate studies, where she specialised in and health policy and epidemiology. In London she also completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice. She completed her doctoral research at the University of Glasgow, where she investigated the role of income in driving health inequality with Sally Macintyre. She used the General Household Survey to explore the association between income and health. She found that income had a stronger association with health than education and class. She also showed that lone mothers and fathers had higher risk of ill health. She used the British Household Panel Survey to show that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Essex
The University of Essex is a public university, public research university in Essex, England. Established by royal charter in 1965, Essex is one of the original plate glass university, plate glass universities. Essex's shield consists of the ancient arms attributed to the Kingdom of Essex, and the motto, "Thought the harder, heart the keener", is adapted from the Anglo-Saxon poem ''The Battle of Maldon''. The university comprises three campuses with its primary campus located within Wivenhoe Park and campuses in Southend-on-Sea and in Loughton. Essex is rated Gold for Teaching Excellence by the TEF since 2017, named University of the Year at the Times Higher Education awards, Times Higher Education Awards in 2018, and is ranked an internationally excellent research-intensive university by the Research Excellence Framework, REF. Essex's Department of Government received Regius Professorship conferred by Elizabeth II, Her Majesty, The Queen in 2013 and the university was awarded t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
