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2024
12
March
2024
| 12:38 Europe/London
The Association of Social Anthropologists in the UK (ASA) has chosen The University of Manchester to host its inaugural anthropology festival. 
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06
March
2024
| 12:17 Europe/London
Equal rights, good work and recognition of unpaid labour are some of the demands from a collective voice of 100 diverse Manchester women aged fifty-plus, following a research project led by Manchester Met.
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04
March
2024
| 10:00 Europe/London
An academic from The University of Manchester has been recognised as a leading expert in her field by being named a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. 
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29
February
2024
| 10:00 Europe/London
A project to learn about women’s experiences of abuse whilst out running has found that more than two-thirds of them have been abused in some way. 
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16
February
2024
| 17:20 Europe/London
Professor Denise Osborn, Emeritus Professor at The University of Manchester has been awarded the annual Royal Economics Society Medal for Services to the Economics Profession.This prestigious prize is awarded to recognise those who have made an
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16
February
2024
| 17:08 Europe/London
The Arthur Lewis Lab for Comparative Development announces that the inaugural Hajnal Lecture will be given by Noam Yuchtam, the Drummond Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Economics at the University of Oxford and All Souls College
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24
January
2024
| 15:24 Europe/London
On Monday, 19 February 2024, the Arthur Lewis Lab for Comparative Development will announce the first awardee of its inaugural Hajnal Lecture.This lecture series is named after the late John Hajnal, in recognition of pivotal contributions to
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22
January
2024
| 11:11 Europe/London
An international collaborative led by The University of Manchester and the University of Leicester has published a new paper which outlines how to reduce COVID-19 health inequity among ethnic minority groups.
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17
January
2024
| 11:44 Europe/London
Claire Alexander’s new book, Revisiting the Asian Gang: Changing Muslim Masculinities is out now, published by Bloomsbury.In her groundbreaking ethnography The Asian Gang, published in 2000, Claire Alexander explored the creation of Asian Muslim
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04
January
2024
| 13:49 Europe/London
Almost immediately after being appointed as foreign secretary, David Cameron’s ties with China generated difficult headlines for Rishi Sunak’s government.
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2023
13
December
2023
| 16:50 Europe/London
Hilary Pilkington has edited a new book on young people and radicalisation, Resisting Radicalisation: Understanding Young People's Journeys through Radicalising Milieus. The book is available in print, or you can read the full version for free
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11
December
2023
| 16:34 Europe/London
The Biopolitics of Dementia: A neurocritical perspective is a new book by James Fletcher. It is available in hardback or you can download or read it online for free.This book explores how dementia studies relates to dementia’s growing public profile
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08
December
2023
| 14:45 Europe/London
A new study from experts at The University of Manchester and the University of East Anglia has revealed why some ‘eco goods’ may fare better than others as a UK recession looms.
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08
December
2023
| 14:12 Europe/London
Life expectancy has increased globally - however, in employment, healthcare and communities, older people face significant challenges which can prevent them from living healthy, dignified lives. The UN’s Decade of Healthy Aging,
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07
December
2023
| 11:02 Europe/London
Owen Abbott, Vanessa May, Sophie Woodward, Rob Meckin and Leah Gilman have written a new book exploring the sociology of face masks during the Covid-19 pandemic.Almost overnight, face masks became one of the most visible, everyday symbols of the
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06
December
2023
| 18:55 Europe/London
A new report from the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE) reveals that despite security staff being a common sight on university campuses, only one third (30.8%) of students surveyed agreed that they keep students safe on campus. The report
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01
December
2023
| 12:06 Europe/London
The University of Manchester is one of 23 universities to be awarded the right to deliver the unique and highly regarded Parliamentary Studies Module from the academic year 2024/25 for another 5-year term.Parliamentary Studies is the only higher
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23
November
2023
| 16:18 Europe/London
A new postgraduate course addressing the global environmental crisis and the challenges of building sustainable societies has been launched by The University of Manchester.According to a recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
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13
November
2023
| 10:26 Europe/London
The University of Manchester is one of five partner organisations who together have been awarded £37.5 million from The Economic and Social Research Council to fund the UK Data Service until 2030. Of this award £7 million is to support our team at
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10
November
2023
| 14:17 Europe/London
Renowned Swiss politician Ruth Dreifuss will deliver the inaugural Department of Criminology Annual Lecture at the University of Manchester on Wednesday, 15 November 2023.Madame Dreifuss, the former President of Switzerland, will discuss her
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10
November
2023
| 12:46 Europe/London
On Wednesday, 20 March 2024, The University of Manchester will host an event to mark three decades of quantitative criminology research in Manchester. This occasion serves as a tribute to the enduring legacy of quantitative criminological
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10
November
2023
| 11:35 Europe/London
A new report from researchers at The University of Manchester, the Manchester BME Network and the Centre for Ageing Better says that the cost of living crisis is having a disproportionate impact on older African and Caribbean, South Asian and other
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07
November
2023
| 12:08 Europe/London
Jersey’s government has published a report into assisted dying after an ethical review was undertaken by three experts, including one from The University of Manchester’s Centre for Social Ethics and Policy.
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07
November
2023
| 11:48 Europe/London
Race & Ethnicity in Britain is a new podcast mini-series produced in collaboration between the Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE) and Surviving Society.In the first episode, host Chantelle Lewis discusses the challenges of communicating
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01
November
2023
| 18:13 Europe/London
Professor Vanessa May has written a new book, Families, which is published Polity Press.The book explores what is and has been understood by ‘family’ in different sociocultural contexts and how family life intersects with social spheres such as the
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31
October
2023
| 16:39 Europe/London
An event is set to take place that will assess whether progress has been made in meeting the challenges outlined by a groundbreaking report into racial bias in our legal system, one year after its publication.
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31
October
2023
| 15:01 Europe/London
The Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and his wife Katherine have visited The University of Manchester to speak to students about the war in his country, after attending events in Ireland to mark 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement.
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31
October
2023
| 09:00 Europe/London
The University of Manchester’s Professor Jackie Carter has been named as one of the 100 most influential disabled people in the UK, working to break the stigma around disability to create a more accessible and inclusive world for all.
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30
October
2023
| 12:48 Europe/London
Four University of Manchester academics have received funding to work across several government departments as part of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Policy Fellowships programme.Representing the Faculty of Humanities, the four academics have
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25
October
2023
| 16:26 Europe/London
The Department of Social Statistics launched their first Social Statistics Hackathon event on Saturday, 30 September 2023 at The University of Manchester. The event was held in the Arthur Lewis Building and aimed to enable students and a wider
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