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New sociology research dives into the inequalities of the cultural sector, with recommendations for improving how the sector collects its equality monitoring data. Dr Susan Oman, an Honorary Research Fellow working with the Institute for Cultural ...

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 ...

Professor Fiona Devine has been made a CBE in the New Year Honours as has honorary lecturer in dentistry, Dr Claire Stevens. ...

If you want gender equality, get rich. Research shows that men and women tend to be more equal in more developed countries. You might expect that the more equal opportunities in these countries might reduce other differences between the genders, such...

Why would anybody want to get infected with HIV? That is what most people ask when they first hear about “bug chasing”. In fact, a number of gay men, at least online, appear to clamour for HIV. They are known as “bug chasers” because they are literal...

A nationwide survey led by The University of Manchester and BBC Radio 4 has found that 16-24 year olds experience loneliness more often and more intensely than any other age group. ...

A relationship breakdown can also cause the unexpected and traumatic loss of friends, new research has shown. ...

Pressure on British Muslim parents to counter extremism in their own families is having a detrimental effect, according to new research by Manchester academic Madeline-Sophie Abbas. ...

Local communities are being called upon to help prevent radicalisation. In a bid to counter violent extremism, UK home secretary Sajid Javid recently launched the government’s Strategy for Countering Terrorism. It calls for “stronger partnerships wit...

The Greater Manchester Tackling Hateful Extremism and Promoting Social Cohesion Commission, which was set up by Mayor Andy Burnham following the Manchester Arena attack last year, has published its findings in a new report. ...

The University of Manchester has launched a collection of essays from researchers which looks closely at extremism and social cohesion in the UK. ...

The UK’s gender pay gap is gradually narrowing - but women still have some way to go to match the earning level of their male counterparts, according to a new report published by the Department for Education. ...

Young women across Western Europe and Canada are more left wing than their male counterparts, according to new research I carried out that also shows among older voters women more likely to be right wing than men. We already know that younger peop...

A new report published by Ambition for Ageing calls for more research into the experiences of older Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people in Greater Manchester in order to tackle social isolation. ...

Despite the fact that people are more likely to choose to dine out with their families than they were 20 years ago, new research into people’s eating habits has found that Britons are less happy with the food and service in restaurants - and with the...

Give millennials a break – young people have fewer opportunities to wealth and it's not their fault Millennials have been hardest hit by cuts. Antony Bennison, CC BY-NC Evangelos Kontopantelis, University of Manchester Young people are p...

New research has found that the National Citizen Service scheme has a positive impact on the social integration of young people from all ethnic and religious backgrounds – but particularly those from the most segregated communities. ...

Visitors to the Manchester Art Gallery’s Shirley Baker exhibition have been able to hear the voices of some of the children photographed by Baker in post-war Manchester and Salford. The stories, gathered by a Manchester sociologist, were used to make...

Manchester has changed dramatically over the last decade, but the benefits of the new skyscrapers and other developments springing up across the city have not been felt by all of its residents, according to a new book edited by researchers from The U...

Poverty and isolation is leading to nutritional problems for older people. via shutterstock.com Kingsley Purdam, University of Manchester Welfare reform and austerity in the UK has led to reductions in public spending on services that support ...

A new study by The University of Manchester has found that people employed in low-paying or highly stressful jobs may not actually enjoy better health than those who remain unemployed. ...

Professor Penny Tinkler has jointly led a project to discover the stories behind Shirley Baker’s famous images of everyday life in Manchester and Salford during the slum clearances of the 1960s and 1970s. ...

A Nuffield Council on Bioethics enquiry chaired by The University of Manchester’s Professor Jeanette Edwards has highlighted serious concerns about the practice and promotion of invasive cosmetic procedures in the UK. ...

The University of Manchester - along with Queen Mary University of London and Words of Colour Productions – has been commissioned to establish an independent centre of excellence on ethnic inequalities, severe mental illness and multiple disadvantage...

A team of researchers from The University of Manchester have found that people who rent their homes for longer have more symptoms of depression and lower levels of wellbeing, while the opposite is true for those who live in owned homes for a longer p...

A Sociology professor from The University of Manchester has won the prestigious BBC Radio 4 Thinking Allowed prize, for her compelling book about the English Defence League. ...

New research by The University of Manchester has found that people are less likely to attend religious services regularly if their income rises. ...

The rise of a new foodie culture of world cuisine in England has left the working-class and non-Londoners behind, new research by The University of Manchester has found. ...

In response to the funding pressures facing local authorities, researchers from The University of Manchester are working to create a good practice guide which they hope will provide sustainable management models for public parks, as well as informing...

The University of Manchester is set to lead a new €5million international project, which explores how and why young people become radicalised. ...