Articles tagged with 'arts' & 'humanities' & 'society' & 'society-arts' | University of Manchester

From the First World War to the present day, countless lives have been affected by conflict, resulting in ordinary people making the difficult decision to flee their homes - this is the focus of a major new exhibition at London’s Imperial War Museum ...

Ancient Egypt fever has barely cooled in Western civilisation since the first major excavations European excavations in Egypt after the Napoleonic conquest of the country in 1798, and a new book written by University of Manchester Egyptology Lecturer...

Teenagers whose non-cognitive skills are poorly developed are more likely to suffer from health problems later in life, according to groundbreaking new research by a group of expert from The University of Manchester. ...

Lectures Settle in for some synapse-kindling, world view-challenging content courtesy of The University of Manchester's Lockdown Lectures, featuring insights from the Faculty of Humanities' David Olusoga, Gary Younge and Michael Wood. Watch now. ...

insta_photos/shutterstock  Young people with chronic health conditions cope with all of the usual challenges of growing up – making friends, changing schools, adapting to new situations, developing a sense of self, and dealing with interpersonal ...

An expert from The University of Manchester is leading a recovery strategy to help schools in Greater Manchester as they reopen after the coronavirus lockdown. Drawing on lessons from his previous research on educational improvement, it will address ...

A new study by The University of Manchester and Liverpool John Moores University has found that the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown has been an ‘emotional rollercoaster’ for teenagers, which has created many difficult and intense feelings, as well ...

Returning to work after having a baby is highly taxing under normal circumstances, but it’s especially tough now. Returning parents currently face a triple whammy of readjusting to work, sorting out childcare and coping with pandemic-related restrict...

Seventy per cent of parents who have experienced child and adolescent-to-parent violence saw an increase in violent episodes during lockdown, according to a new report from researchers at the Universities of Manchester and Oxford. ...

Three University of Manchester academics have been recognised for their “outstanding” work at this year’s Advance HE Teaching Excellence Awards for Higher Education. ...

The UK’s first national pledge calling on senior leaders in NHS mental health trusts, public bodies and commissioning to reduce ethnic inequalities in mental health care launches today (Wednesday 5th August 2020)  ...

Humanities academics have been made Fellows of The British Academy, in recognition of their contribution to the humanities and social sciences. ...

The accents of educated city dwellers across the North of England are becoming more similar, according to new research from The University of Manchester. ...

Researchers from The University of Manchester have published a new book which examines the characteristics and dynamics of the most common type of murder - an adult male killing another adult male. ...

  Christian Bertrand/ Shutterstock  Going to concerts or clubs is a popular pastime for many young people, but they’re also potential causes of noise-induced hearing loss. In fact, more than a billion young people worldwide are at risk of noise-in...

The University of Manchester is to take part in a national project to explore ways of improving academic-policy engagement, in partnership with UCL and the universities of Cambridge, Nottingham and Northumbria, as well as Parliament, Government and p...

Experts from The University of Manchester and The University of Bristol are calling for permanent laws allowing so-called ‘pills by post’ abortion services to be enacted in Great Britain and the USA, in order to address barriers to care highlighted b...

Concerns about the increase in police officers permanently stationed in UK schools have been raised by a new report into racism in secondary schools. ...

Manchester Histories is taking its festival online after the coronavirus outbreak caused the cancellation of June's event, by launching its first ever DigiFest. The festival will work with individuals and community groups to present their stories, id...

A team of experts is investigating how the coronavirus lockdown has impacted on people’s relationships and routines. ...

The employment prospects of some ethnic minorities have improved since the 1970s but still lag behind the white majority because of “persistent racism”, a major new study says. ...

A group of 40 law students from The University of Manchester are set to volunteer their services during their holidays to help people affected by the coronavirus pandemic. ...

New research by The University of Manchester has found that people are still willing to take part in protests in large numbers, despite the coronavirus crisis. ...

Young men in “individualistic” societies such as the USA or the UK are more likely to report feeling lonely than older women in collectivist societies such as China or Brazil, according to a new global study. ...

  Obamagate is the latest conspiracy theory to be pushed by US president, Donald Trump. It started on the morning of May 10, when Trump retweeted the word “OBAMAGATE!” By the next day, the Obamagate hashtag had accrued over two million tweets and ...

A researcher from The University of Manchester is part of a new project documenting how ethnic minority people with lived experience of severe mental illness - and their carers - are coping during the Coronavirus pandemic. ...

Tens of thousands of young people, parents, teachers and carers are participating in a mass programme of scientific discovery and communication across the UK while access to schools is limited. ...

The Institute for Cultural Practices (ICP) at The University of Manchester’s School of Arts, Languages and Cultures has recently launched its new magazine, Cultural Practice. The new magazine features critical reflective pieces in arts management,...

Beatriz Buarque won the Luxembourg Peace Prize in the category ‘Outstanding Peace Organisation’ with her NGO ‘Words Heal the World’. Beatriz founded Words Heal the World as a website in 2017 whilst working as a Journalist in Brazil for Globo TV. A...

New research has revealed that four Dead Sea Scroll manuscript fragments housed at The University of Manchester’s John Rylands Library, which were previously thought to be blank, do in fact contain text. ...