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MICRA at The University of Manchester was well represented at the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics European Region Congress 2019, which took place in Gothenburg, Sweden from 23 – 25 May. From SENSE-Cog, Piers Dawes and Irace...

On 18 June MICRA was pleased to host Professor Sarah Vickerstaff, presenting the 2019 Annual Lecture Extending Working Lives: The implications for winners and losers in the changed UK policy landscape. Sarah is professor of work and employment...

Grey, rainy and chilly: the morning of Thursday 13 June appeared to be an average Mancunian day. However, as many others set off to work under the dismal grey skies, it was anything but an ordinary day for the 100-or-so delegates from across the UK a...

Understanding the relationship between population ageing and urban change has become a major issue for public policy, and an increasingly important area for interdisciplinary research. On the 26 June 2019, an event called ‘Developing age-friendly ...

The Independent Commission for Countering Extremism has published new research into the threat from the Far Right and the Far Left in the UK, including one from researchers based at The University of Manchester. ...

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

A new guide to the treatment of pensions on divorce has been published by the Pension Advisory Group (PAG). The long-awaited report brings guidance to family judges, lawyers and pension experts encouraging fairer settlements and helping to manage ...

University researchers have highlighted the stark inequalities in life expectancy across the UK by producing a map of famous places and landmarks around the country. ...

A University of Manchester School of Social Sciences graduate has been named an Outstanding Alumni Award winner for her humanitarian work. Rebecca Dykes, who graduated in 2005 with a degree in Social Anthropology, dedicated her life to improving t...

A new guide to the treatment of pensions on divorce has been published by the Pension Advisory Group (PAG). ...

Two teams of researchers attended Evidence Week in Parliament to provide expert briefings in the form of ‘evidence pods’ on cutting edge research from across The University of Manchester. ...

As the World Cup has vividly shown, women’s football is growing in popularity and status with increasing participation, professionalisation and media attention across the world. But, in our recent investigation into the women’s game, we find it is st...

A new report has found that corruption in the UK is being overlooked, despite the risk of corruption being fuelled by self-regulation, conflicts of interest and austerity. ...

A major three-year project which investigated young people’s responses to conflict with authority has now published its findings in four bitesize online publications. ...

Male dominated workforces, such as in the haulage and logistics sectors, could be hardest hit by the effects of poor mental health, according to experts from The University of Manchester's Alliance Manchester Business School (Alliance MBS). Statis...

As part of the nationwide Age of Creativity 2019 festival, Dancing with your Brain took place at Z-arts in Manchester on 29 May. The event was organised by the Body, Eyes and Movement (BEAM) lab, The University of Manchester, in collaboration ...

The Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra) has appointed six senior academic Fellows from universities across the UK to focus on five key areas: Rural Land Use, Food, Air Quality, Marine, and Resources and Waste. Prof Boons is he...

Three Manchester researchers have been selected among the very best researchers and innovators promising to deliver global impact. ...

Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, has attended an event to mark the end of a major project which has researched the experiences of marginalised young people in ten countries across the EU. ...

A shocking report has found that the majority of ethnic minority workers have experienced racial harassment at work in the last five years, and have been subjected to unfair treatment by their employer because of their race. ...

An academic from The University of Manchester has won a 2019 Guardian University Award - which recognise the inspiring and groundbreaking projects that UK universities have worked on in the past year - for her website exploring the untold stories of ...

Over the past two years, Manchester has been leading an EU wide programme to investigate aspects of concurrent hearing, vision and cognitive impairment in older people. On 5 April we hosted an extremely successful engagement event on this topic for p...

Those researching dementia now recognize that our best chance of beating this condition is to identify it early and intervene before significant brain damage occurs. One way to achieve this is to identify people who may be at risk of developing Alzhe...

The House of Commons has voted to hold a series of indicative votes on Brexit. But what does that mean and will it solve the problem? What are indicative votes? Indicative votes are votes in which MPs are able to give their opinion on an issue ...

A consortium led by The University of Manchester has been awarded £1.36 million by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to establish a new digital security network. ...

The School of Social Sciences welcomes five academics recognised as Fellows of the Academy of Social Scienes (ACSS) The Academy of Social Sciences announce that it has conferred the award of Fellow on 73 leading social scientists. The Fellows a...

The Sustainable Consumption Institute (SCI) has moved from its two buildings in Waterloo Place to the Alliance Manchester Business School. As of mid-March 2019, staff and students have been busy settling into newly refurbished offices on the ninth...

The nomination recognises her website which explores the untold history of migration to Britain The School of Social Sciences academic, Claire Alexander has been nominated for a Guardian HE award. The award recognises the inspiring and groundbreak...

The Sustainable Consumption Institute (SCI) has signed up to the Greater Manchester Plastics Free Pledge (PlasticFreeGM). With the establishment of PlasticFreeGM, Greater Manchester is the first city-region to ask businesses, organisations and ind...

Professor Frank Boons takes up the role. Congratulations to Professor Frank Boons who has been appointed Director of the Sustainable Consumption Institute (SCI). Frank is Professor of Innovation and Sustainability at Alliance Manchester Busines...