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2023
09
November
2023
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16:03
Europe/London
The African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC) based at The University of Manchester is commencing pilot action research projects in four African cities: Nairobi, Kenya; Harare, Zimbabwe; Maiduguri, Nigeria and Mogadishu, Somalia....
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24
May
2023
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15:24
Europe/London
I asked the pilot to deviate from our approved flight path and go low over Darfur. It was 2003 and I was the United Nations Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator in Sudan investigating reports of violence. What I saw was a genocide unfolding on my wa...
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2022
17
March
2022
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11:05
Europe/London
Reversing forest loss is essential for climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation. We are pleased to announce that Dr Johan Oldekop has been awarded a grant of €2 million to investigate sustainable forest transitions from the European Re...
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2021
17
September
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.
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2020
30
September
2020
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08:38
Europe/London
Safeguarding people's living standards, re-evaluating the role of key workers in society, and reducing racial and social inequality are crucial for the UK’s economic recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic.
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28
April
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 i...
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2019
28
December
2019
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13:02
Europe/London
Professor David Hulme, professor of development studies at the University, has been awarded an OBE while Professor Adisa Azapagic has received an MBE.
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19
November
2019
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15:20
Europe/London
Don’t take toilets for granted. Their connection to a managed sewage disposal system protects you from diseases and infections that can stunt your growth, harm your nutrition and even kill you.
For some 670 million people, this basic service is no...
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19
June
2019
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08:00
Europe/London
This week The University of Manchester has revealed a comprehensive report and plan to address key issues facing humanity as set-out by the UN.
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10
June
2019
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10:47
Europe/London
Social media use is contributing to poor mental health in Indonesia, research presented in a paper by Sujarwoto Sujarwoto, Gindo Tampubolon and Adi Cilik Pierewan has found.
The paper examines the specific effect of social media on mental health i...
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21
May
2019
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10:40
Europe/London
A new book by Professor Stephanie Barrientos consolidates more than 10 years of research on contemporary working conditions and gender discrimination in a new book “Gender and Work in global value chains: Capturing the Gains?”
Today’s consumer soc...
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13
May
2019
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16:59
Europe/London
When Narendra Modi became India’s prime minister in spring 2014 the Indian economy was in the doldrums. There was a clear policy paralysis in India’s central government, in large part due to the high profile corruption cases that involv...
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06
May
2019
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16:00
Europe/London
Giving local communities in Nepal the opportunity to manage their forests has simultaneously reduced deforestation and poverty in the region, new research has shown.
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2018
09
October
2018
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11:32
Europe/London
Dr Joanne Catherine Jordan has won a leading award which recognises how she has successfully communicated the purpose, meaning and impact of her research to the public.
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25
September
2018
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15:16
Europe/London
Egypt is the latest country to build a new capital city from scratch, with ambitions to move parliament away from Cairo as early as summer 2019. With nearly 24m people living in Greater Metropolitan Cairo, the current Egyptian capital suffers from se...
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10
August
2018
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15:52
Europe/London
The afterglow of France winning the 2018 World Cup tournament on July 15 should be gone by now. But the arguments over France’s 23-man squad, with as many as 15 players with African roots, rage on. The victory has ignited social commentaries on race,...
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10
April
2018
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10:10
Europe/London
A new project launched in South Africa by The University of Manchester and the University of the Witwatersrand hopes to raise awareness of the vulnerability of deaf children in the country, as well as altering society’s attitudes towards them, by usi...
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04
April
2018
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15:32
Europe/London
Allegations of misconduct and unethical behaviour by Oxfam staff during its response to a humanitarian crisis in Haiti in 2011 and other behaviour by some working in the humanitarian aid sector has raised serious concerns about public trust and accou...
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26
March
2018
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12:22
Europe/London
As the world races toward a projected 9 billion inhabitants, the failings of dominant food systems are impossible to deny. Current food production methods are severely polluting. They are the cause of malnutrition. They are also inequitable, and unju...
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19
February
2018
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14:38
Europe/London
Two years on from the peak of the Zika epidemic, the disease continues to have a tragic impact on people’s lives. In Brazil, more than 3,000 children are suffering from problems with their growth and development. Many more, mostly from the poorer nor...
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14
February
2018
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11:39
Europe/London
This Valentine’s Day florists are predicting sales of USD$95 million in the UK alone. But where do they all come from?
Kenya is second only to the Netherlands for flower imports to the UK, with a total of 13,013 tons per year. And because of globa...
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2017
20
December
2017
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10:25
Europe/London
Getting aid to those who need it in Kenya. Oxfam International/flickr.com, CC BY-NC-ND
Nicola Banks, University of Manchester and Dan Brockington, University of Sheffield
Christmas is a time for giving, when people think about how to extend th...
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14
December
2017
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11:22
Europe/London
The gap between rich and poor is growing. shutterstock.com
Antonio Savoia, University of Manchester
Inequality is rising almost everywhere across the world – that’s the clear finding of the first ever World Inequality Report. In particular, it...
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30
November
2017
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11:46
Europe/London
Fortunate Machingura, University of Manchester
In Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe, the poor and the marginalised with HIV/AIDS lived on borrowed time. Although there were significant strides in reducing the country’s HIV prevalence from an average of 27%...
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28
November
2017
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14:55
Europe/London
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Marc Hudson, University of Manchester and Matthew Paterson, University of Manchester
Unusually for a large UN climate conference, the recent Bonn talks didn’t finish with any late-night haggling. Progress, in th...
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24
November
2017
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14:33
Europe/London
Admos Chimhowu, University of Manchester
Long in coming but swift and relatively painless when it happened, the downfall of Robert Mugabe offers Zimbabwe a once-in-a-generation opportunity to recalibrate its hitherto dire trajectory. The transitio...
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16
October
2017
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14:31
Europe/London
Researchers from The University of Manchester have teamed up with a theatre group to shine a light on the issue of migration.
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21
September
2017
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19:00
Europe/London
Alfredo Stein Heinemann, University of ManchesterIn the space of a month, hundreds of lives have been lost due to natural disasters. Mexico was hit by two high-magnitude earthquakes within two weeks, while swathes of the US and the Caribbean have bee...
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15
September
2017
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10:36
Europe/London
The University of Manchester’s Professor Bina Agarwal has been recognised in the gender studies category of the Balzan Prize for her “heroic” work studying women’s contributions to agriculture in India.
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12
September
2017
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17:00
Europe/London
Gemma Sou, University of Manchester
We’re really only just learning about the impact Hurricane Irma has had on the Caribbean, especially for residents of disaster affected areas.
How can we tell their stories, and ensure their voices and experi...
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