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Find out what's been happening in the School of Social Sciences.
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New book calls for urgent government action to regulate online platforms
29 Nov 2024
A new book by Dr Luke Yates from The University of Manchester is calling for the government to take immediate action to regulate online platforms such...
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Celebrating Entrepreneurship: A Successful Global Entrepreneurship Week 2024 by the Masood Entrepreneurship Centre
28 Nov 2024
The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) successfully hosted Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2024 at The University of Manchester. From November ...
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Economics Professor appointed to Science Advisory Council
28 Nov 2024
A panel of scientific experts will provide education policy makers with advice on strategic and emerging issues through a new Science Advisory ...
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What’s in your wardrobe? Exploring the power of stories and connections
26 Nov 2024
We all have those items of clothing that have sentimental value, acting as reminders of significant moments in our life. A recent ...
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Manchester Innocence Project students’ success at the Greater Manchester Pro Bono Awards 2024
22 Nov 2024
It was a successful night for the Justice Hub at the first Manchester Pro Bono Awards with the Manchester Innocence Project (MIP) students, Rachel ...
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University awarded major funding for cyber security and nuclear robotics projects to drive UK regional growth
21 Nov 2024
The University of Manchester will partner two new projects which have the capacity to transform science and technology.
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Sociology and Politics Success in Global Subject Rankings
20 Nov 2024
The School of Social Sciences has seen two of its departments rise in the latest Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) Subject ...
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Unleash Your Potential with Global Entrepreneurship Week 2024
15 Nov 2024
Join the Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) for a week of exciting Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) events!
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New resources support dating app users and health practitioners
13 Nov 2024
Professor Brian Heaphy, Dr Jaime Garcia Iglesias and Dr Neta Yodovich from the Dating App Connections project have produced a series of free ...
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Partnership with the RES UK Women in Economics Network
12 Nov 2024
This collaboration will allow us to actively contribute and improve networking opportunities among our staff and students, host events with senior ...
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New book on corporate power, grassroots movements and the sharing economy
8 Nov 2024
Luke Yates' new book, Platform Politics: Corporate Power, Grassroots Movements and the Sharing Economy, investigates the ‘sharing economy’, ...
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Manchester to lead new £8m research centre on equitable low carbon living
6 Nov 2024
Following an £8m investment over five years, The University of Manchester is set to lead an innovative centre funded by the Economic and Social ...
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Success for the School of Social Sciences in the Research Staff Excellence Awards
16 Oct 2024
It was a successful night for the talented researchers in the School of Social Sciences with three of our researchers receiving Research Staff ...
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Stand out from the crowd: sharpen your skills with Key 5!
16 Oct 2024
Gain entrepreneurial skills for all settings with MEC's new interactive scenario-based microlearning, ‘Key 5’.
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ESRC Festival of Social Science 2024 starts on Saturday 19 October
16 Oct 2024
The 11th annual Festival of Social Science comes to Manchester on Saturday 19 October, with events taking place at venues across the city region for ...
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University of Manchester Student Awarded Freshfields Stephen Lawrence Scholarship
16 Oct 2024
Arthur Sangang Tuzolana, an Economics student now starting his second year, has been awarded a prestigious Freshfields Stephen Lawrence Scholarship.
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Manchester alumnus Simon Johnson wins Nobel Prize in Economics
15 Oct 2024
An economist who studied at The University of Manchester has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics for his groundbreaking ...
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Professor Angie Wilson receives APSA Distinguished Career Service Award
8 Oct 2024
Professor Wilson has been awarded the Distinguished Career Service Award 2024 by the American Political Science Association (APSA) LGBTQ Caucus. ...
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Justice Hub Welcomes Attorney General Lord Hermer KC
30 Sep 2024
The Justice Hub had the honour of hosting Attorney General Lord Hermer KC on Monday, 16 September. The visit highlighted the work of our Legal Advice...
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Successful first edition of the ‘Conversations on Urban Ageing’ series
27 Sep 2024
On 11 September Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group (MUARG), led by Tine Buffel, hosted the semesters first edition of their successful ...
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Modern secondhand clothes are often considered ‘dirty’ but vintage garments aren’t – certain assumptions limit sustainable fashion
23 Sep 2024
Written by Tetyana Solovey As a teenager in post-USSR Ukraine, I vividly remember visiting secondhand clothes shops. For the elderly, the biggest ...
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Charity visits campus to highlight student safety
20 Sep 2024
The School of Social Sciences organised a hugely popular event during Welcome Week in collaboration with the Charity Active Communities Network. The ...
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Older people on low incomes often don’t claim means-tested benefits, study finds
16 Sep 2024
After parliament voted to end the universal Winter Fuel Payment despite the Government not conducting an assessment of the impact of the changes, ...
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Summer School for Women in Logic
9 Sep 2024
Staff from the Philosophy Department (Dr Frederique Janssen-Lauret and Maheshi Gunawardane) from School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester,...
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University of Manchester Students Make a Difference in Local Refugee Community
4 Sep 2024
Since 2014, this community hub has also served as the setting for a fruitful collaboration between the University of Manchester and local refugees ...
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Manchester lecturer takes to saddle to raise money for autism charity
31 Jul 2024
A keen cyclist from The University of Manchester has decided to take to the saddle to raise money for an autism charity.
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Manchester expert appointed as Crime and Justice Parliamentary Thematic Research Lead
31 Jul 2024
The University's Dr Ruth Lamont has been appointed as the new Parliamentary Thematic Research Lead (TRL) for Crime and Justice.
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School of Law's Dr Ruth Lamont Appointed as Parliamentary Thematic Research Lead for Crime and Justice
25 Jul 2024
We are thrilled to announce our colleague Dr Ruth Lamont has been appointed as the new Parliamentary Thematic Research Lead (TRL) for Crime and ...
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University of Manchester interns create impactful documentary with Sick! festival
19 Jul 2024
Six student interns from the School of Social Sciences (SoSS) and School of Arts, Languages & Cultures (SALC) were paid the living wage as ...
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Manchester expert assists major report into how to estimate UK's population
18 Jul 2024
The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has published a new report about the new methods that the Office for National Statistics (ONS) are ...
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Hague Conference Forum on Domestic Abuse
8 Jul 2024
The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980 normally require that the child is automatically returned to the ...
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PhD Researcher Awarded Full Scholarship to Attend European Forum Alpbach 2024
4 Jul 2024
The Forum, set to occur from August 17 to 30, serves as a prominent platform for addressing pressing global issues through dialogue and ...
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Votes for kids: why we should be giving children a say in elections
28 Jun 2024
It’s not controversial to say that contemporary affluent societies do a rather poor job of taking the interests of younger generations into account....
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How teenage dreams shape our lives
26 Jun 2024
A series of new videos and an exhibition at the National Graphene Institute explore how teenage experiences and dreams shape our later lives. It is ...
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New book explores changes in everyday eating habits
19 Jun 2024
In his new book, Everyday Eating: Food, Taste and Trends in Britain since the 1950s Alan Warde explores how eating habits have changed in recent ...
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Why using dating apps for public health messaging is an ethical dilemma
10 Jun 2024
Dating apps are not just about finding love or hooking up. They are becoming increasingly important in the communication of public health messaging, ...
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Election 2024: current positions and post-election aims for each party
4 Jun 2024
With polls predicting huge losses for the Conservatives and huge gains for Labour, the election campaign so far has focused on the battle between the ...
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Winners of the Sociology Public Engagement Prize announced
22 May 2024
Research engagement comes in shapes and sizes, and this year judges of the annual Sociology Prize for Public Engagement, Philip Drake (Director of ...
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University of Manchester academic announced as Scientific Section President for 2024 by the British Science Association
17 May 2024
Dr Chika Watanabe, Senior Lecturer Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester, is announced as a Scientific Section President for ...
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University launches new scholarship in memory of Laura Nuttall
16 May 2024
The University of Manchester’s School of Social Sciences has launched a new scholarship in memory of Politics, Philosophy and Economics graduate ...
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Most Gypsy and Traveller sites in Great Britain are located within 100 metres of major pollutants, shows research
15 May 2024
Gypsy and Traveller communities are among the more socially excluded groups in the UK. There is a long history of government failures in meeting these...
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What being a teenage girl in 1960s Britain was really like
15 May 2024
Dressed in a mini skirt and passionate about boys, music, dance and fashion, the 1960s teenage girl is a pop culture icon, the seeming beneficiary of ...
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Summer Solstice Celebrations at Jodrell Bank with Creative Manchester
10 May 2024
Jodrell Bank and Creative Manchester are delighted to hold two exciting events to mark the Summer Solstice on June 21, 2024. The daytime event ...
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SoSS recognition at the University's Making a Difference Awards 2024
10 May 2024
The University of Manchester's 10th Making a Difference Awards ceremony took place on Thursday 9 May in the University’s Whitworth Hall, and live ...
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Research highlights role of faith spaces in supporting healthy ageing
24 Apr 2024
A team of researchers from The University of Manchester has spent the last 18 months examining how faith spaces in Greater Manchester support ...
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Department of Criminology celebrates exceptional Teaching Assistants for their outstanding contributions
23 Apr 2024
Each year, the Department of Criminology at The University of Manchester recognises Teaching Assistants with TA of the Year Awards. The Department ...
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Fintech has a gender problem – here’s why you should care
9 Apr 2024
Fintech (financial technology) is everywhere. It’s the catch-all term for technology-enabled financial services innovation.
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Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller to close inaugural PeopleFest conference
4 Apr 2024
To close the inaugural People Fest conference from 5-7 April, the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology and Creative Manchester proudly present ...
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Celebrating three decades of quantitative criminology at Manchester
22 Mar 2024
On Wednesday, 20 March 2024, The University of Manchester's Department of Criminology, in collaboration with the Department of Economics and the UoM ...
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University of Manchester recognised as Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research
21 Mar 2024
The University of Manchester has been named an Academic Centre of Excellence (ACE-CSR) in recognition of its internationally leading cyber security ...
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