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17
Sep
2021
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15:45
Europe/London
Greater Manchester humanitarian organisations benefited the lives of more than five million of the world’s most vulnerable people in 2020, it has been revealed.The impact of eight global organisations headquartered in the city was revealed at an event last night (THURSDAY) attended by regional ...
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14
Jul
2021
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11:02
Europe/London
The University of Manchester is a proud Silver Supporter of the Manchester International Festival, as such we are working collaboratively on a number of flagship events as part of MIF21. Both students and academics are involved in the Festival, which takes place from 1-18 July and spills across ...
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08
Jun
2021
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12:11
Europe/London
The University of Manchester’s John Rylands Research Institute and Library holds the entire archive of the Manchester Guardian. In a series of livestreamed talks to mark the paper’s bicentenary, panels of special guests and experts have been invited to discuss an item from the archive, i ...
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23
Apr
2021
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09:00
Europe/London
Professor David Hulme, Global Development Insitute, The University of ManchesterThis week, the UK government sought to put itself firmly in the global driver’s seat for cutting carbon. The Prime Minister announced an amazingly ambitious target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 78% from 1 ...
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02
Apr
2021
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00:00
Europe/London
ng to the team’s latest research, the most likely weapon was an axe rather than a knife as previously suggested.The killer could have been an Assyrian soldier, they say, though the axe was also a key weapon for the Egyptian army, so she may have fallen victim to one of her own people.Holding a ...
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20
Oct
2020
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16:40
Europe/London
39;s Passage in Postcolonial Hispaniola
Prof Dan-el Padilla Peralta (Princeton University)
16 Feb 2021: Royal Authority in the Neo-Assyrian Empire: Representations and Realities
Dr Shana Zaia (University of Vienna)
9 Mar 2021: The Illicit Trade in Papyrus Manuscript ...
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05
Oct
2020
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15:06
Europe/London
The Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute’s Director of Research, Dr Larissa Fast, has worked with The Imperial War Museum North’s (IWM North) to develop their new exhibition Aid Workers: Ethics under Fire, which opened on 2 October 2020. Larissa’s research focuses on the ca ...
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10
Aug
2020
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16:04
Europe/London
HCRI student Ben is in the final year of his PhD, which examines the ways aid organisations are operating in insecure environments, focusing particularly on remote forms of humanitarianism in Syria. He took some time out in Autumn 2019 to intern with the Cabinet Office’s Open Innovation Team.
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18
Jun
2020
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13:40
Europe/London
For thousands of Syrian refugees who have suffered horrific blast injuries after being hit by barrel bombs and other devices of death in their war-torn homeland, the only option is amputation. When you see the damage a blast injury can do it’s a shock to the system and is so very sad and upset ...
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28
Apr
2020
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16:22
Europe/London
From balconies, windows and door fronts around the world, citizens are applauding healthcare workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 response for their commitment and care. Despite these visible shows of support, all is not well – because in addition to the risks of exposure to ...
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