Home to some of the most fascinating crime museums, therapy workshops and courts in the UK, London is a wealth of knowledge for students interested in finding out more about the human mind. A sociology or psychology school trip to London can include a large range of popular study visits to match your classroom topics, especially at A-Level.
At WST, we offer a range of quality educational talks, tours, workshops and walks to give your Psychology or Sociology students access to experts in their fields. Our subject specialists will create the perfect blend of learning and fun for your groups requirements.
Use our sample itinerary to help picture what your trip could look like. Our itineraries are flexible, visits and timings will be planned based on your needs.
We can include specific visits in your itinerary, additional visits can be added based on the trip length and needs of the curriculum or teacher.
Get A QuoteTake a walk through the story of the life of the most influential thinker of modern times. Visit the places in and around Soho where Marx lived and worked. Your expert guide will unravel unravelling the complexities of Marx’s life and ideas, Friedrich Engels and their followers. The tour covers his early years, his studies, his revolutionary journalism, his hopes; dreams, ailments and tragedies, as well as reviewing his political and intellectual influence and impact.
The ‘Clapham Sect’, including William Wilberforce made their homes around Clapham Common in the late 1700s and campaigned for many causes including the abolition of slavery. This green and suburban tour provides an insight into 18th century campaigning but also the arrival of West Indian immigrants on Empire Windrush in 1948, a women’s hospital and famous English writers including Grahame Greene and Noel Coward. Tours can be tailored to your needs.
For sociology trips London offers great opportunities to learn about the evolution of feminism. Follow in the footsteps of Sylvia Pankhurst who chose east London as the starting point for her campaign for women's suffrage and seeing the plight of the working women and mothers also established a creche, restaurant and model toy factory in the area. East End women were key to the success of the Suffragette movement and the route highlights their supporters and their workplaces including the famous Bryant & May Match Factory, site of the Match girls' strike of 1888. Walks can be tailored to your group.
This walk considers the spaces and places in which women lived, worked and campaigned. From Victorian prostitution and charitable missions to the daily life for women, this walk takes in a range of women's experiences in the East End and offers an alternative perspective on the area.
Once London's premier suburban shopping centre with a unique surviving set of arcaded markets and early picture palaces, Brixton was transformed in the mid-twentieth century by the vibrant Caribbean community. This walking tour follows its changing fortunes and recent transformation which has brought a wonderful series of public murals, cafe culture, and even a new currency.
The East End has always been known for its diversity and has attracted numerous immigrant groups. On this tour we will discover how each group has contributed to the area. French street names, old synagogues, a soup kitchen and an exotic indoor market building built by Jews from eastern Europe; Mosques, textile businesses and restaurants run by the current Bangladeshi Community.
We can include specific visits in your itinerary, additional visits can be added based on the trip length and needs of the curriculum or teacher.
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