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Available to download: The SCI Autumn 2019 newsletter
19 Sep 2019
The Sustainable Consumption Institute (SCI) has launched the Autumn 2019 edition of its newsletter, which is now available to download here. The ...
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Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group releases report on developing age-friendly cities
12 Sep 2019
This report summarises key themes from a workshop organised by the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group (MUARG): ‘Developing age-friendly cities:...
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MICRAs Debbie Price comments on harrowing article on financial abuse suffered by women over 50
5 Sep 2019
iNews reports that one in five UK adults has experienced economic abuse, according to the charity Refuge, and 60 per cent of them are women. ...
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Strong MICRA presence at international gerontology and geriatrics congress
8 Aug 2019
MICRA at The University of Manchester was well represented at the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics European Region Congress ...
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MICRA 2019 Annual Lecture: Implications for winners and losers in the changed UK policy landscape
8 Aug 2019
On 18 June MICRA was pleased to host Professor Sarah Vickerstaff, presenting the 2019 Annual Lecture Extending Working Lives: The implications for ...
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Interdisciplinary thinking at the MICRA Ageing and Older Age Conference
6 Aug 2019
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 ...
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Developing age-friendly cities: Turning urban research into practice
25 Jul 2019
Understanding the relationship between population ageing and urban change has become a major issue for public policy, and an increasingly important ...
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Commission releases new research into extremism in the UK
19 Jul 2019
The Independent Commission for Countering Extremism has published new research into the threat from the Far Right and the Far Left in the UK, ...
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Manchester academics elected as Fellows of the British Academy
19 Jul 2019
Four University of Manchester academics have been made Fellows of The British Academy, in recognition of their contribution to the humanities and ...
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New national guidance for pensions on divorce published
16 Jul 2019
A new guide to the treatment of pensions on divorce has been published by the Pension Advisory Group (PAG). The long-awaited report brings ...
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Visit Britain - Stark differences in life expectancy highlighted by landmarks map
11 Jul 2019
University researchers have highlighted the stark inequalities in life expectancy across the UK by producing a map of famous places and landmarks ...
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Outstanding alumna Rebecca Dykes posthumously recognised for humanitarian work
9 Jul 2019
A University of Manchester School of Social Sciences graduate has been named an Outstanding Alumni Award winner for her humanitarian work. Rebecca...
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New national guidance for pensions on divorce published
8 Jul 2019
A new guide to the treatment of pensions on divorce has been published by the Pension Advisory Group (PAG).
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Manchester researchers return to Evidence Week in Parliament
8 Jul 2019
Two teams of researchers attended Evidence Week in Parliament to provide expert briefings in the form of ‘evidence pods’ on cutting edge ...
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Women’s football may be growing in popularity, but the game is still fighting for survival
5 Jul 2019
As the World Cup has vividly shown, women’s football is growing in popularity and status with increasing participation, professionalisation and ...
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Domestic UK corruption is going unnoticed, say experts
5 Jul 2019
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 ...
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Major Europe-wide youth research project publishes findings
11 Jun 2019
A major three-year project which investigated young people’s responses to conflict with authority has now published its findings in four bitesize ...
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Haulage and logistics among “most exposed” to poor mental health
10 Jun 2019
Male dominated workforces, such as in the haulage and logistics sectors, could be hardest hit by the effects of poor mental health, according to ...
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'Dancing with your Brain' event takes place at Manchester
6 Jun 2019
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 ...
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Frank Boons appointed as Defra Fellow
10 May 2019
The Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra) has appointed six senior academic Fellows from universities across the UK to focus on...
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Manchester rising stars honoured with Future Leaders Fellowships
7 May 2019
Three Manchester researchers have been selected among the very best researchers and innovators promising to deliver global impact.
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Greater Manchester's Mayor marks end of major youth research project
17 Apr 2019
Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, has attended an event to mark the end of a major project which has researched the experiences of ...
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Racism is still a huge problem in UK’s workplaces, finds report
15 Apr 2019
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 ...
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Manchester academic wins Guardian award for migration project
11 Apr 2019
An academic from The University of Manchester has won a 2019 Guardian University Award - which recognise the inspiring and groundbreaking projects ...
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MICRA and SENSE-Cog host Greater Manchester Symposium on hearing and vision support for people with dementia
10 Apr 2019
Over the past two years, Manchester has been leading an EU wide programme to investigate aspects of concurrent hearing, vision and cognitive ...
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Participants sought for Alzheimer's prevention study
10 Apr 2019
Those researching dementia now recognize that our best chance of beating this condition is to identify it early and intervene before significant ...
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Brexit Q+A: what are indicative votes and how do they work?
26 Mar 2019
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 ...
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Manchester to lead new digital security network
26 Mar 2019
A consortium led by The University of Manchester has been awarded £1.36 million by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to ...
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Five academics recognised as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences
22 Mar 2019
The School of Social Sciences welcomes five academics recognised as Fellows of the Academy of Social Scienes (ACSS) The Academy of Social ...
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A new home for the SCI
22 Mar 2019
The Sustainable Consumption Institute (SCI) has moved from its two buildings in Waterloo Place to the Alliance Manchester Business School. As of ...
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Academic Claire Alexander has been nominated for a Guardian Higher Education award
21 Mar 2019
The nomination recognises her website which explores the untold history of migration to Britain The School of Social Sciences academic, Claire ...
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SCI signs the Greater Manchester Plastics Free Pledge
28 Feb 2019
The Sustainable Consumption Institute (SCI) has signed up to the Greater Manchester Plastics Free Pledge (PlasticFreeGM). With the establishment ...
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New Director appointed for SCI
25 Feb 2019
Professor Frank Boons takes up the role. Congratulations to Professor Frank Boons who has been appointed Director of the Sustainable Consumption...
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University of Manchester-led report highlights post-Brexit challenges in UN
21 Feb 2019
A project co-led by the University of Manchester’s Dr Jess Gifkins, Lecturer in International Relations, has found that once the UK exits the ...
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Leeds Neighbourhood Networks evaluation up for discussion at Ageing Better event
20 Feb 2019
An evaluation of the ageing population will be up for discussion at a special event hosted by the Centre for Ageing Better in Leeds next month. ...
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UK may struggle to maintain influence at the UN after Brexit, study finds
20 Feb 2019
The UK needs to demonstrate its added value to the United Nations and adopt a principled and values-driven foreign policy if it is to maintain its ...
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Victims, saviours or villains? Children in popular climate imaginaries
19 Feb 2019
With the school children’s #ClimateStrike movement reaching the UK, Catherine Walker explores how children are framed in climate change discourse ...
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‘Hostile Environment’ NHS policies are failing refugees and asylum seekers
12 Feb 2019
There is mounting concern that these changes will make vulnerable migrants’ access to these services more difficult, but no research had documented ...
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Community, inequality and everyday life workshop
7 Feb 2019
MICRA collaborates with the Morgan Centre for the Study of Everyday Lives A workshop bringing together early career researchers and staff from the...
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Neighbourhoods and dementia study host their end of study conference
7 Feb 2019
The ESRC/NIHR neighbourhoods and dementia study was co-ordinated by The University of Manchester and aimed to explore how people living with dementia...
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PhD Case studentship - ESRC fully funded PhD opportunity
7 Feb 2019
Precarious employment and pension planning studentship offered by MICRA and NEST. Studentship: 3 year, full time, fully funded PhD studentship ...
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Manchester contributes to major WHO report into age-friendly cities
4 Feb 2019
Case studies from 11 cities working to make their environments better places in which to grow older have been included in a major new report from the ...
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PhD Studentship: How are digital platform innovations re-configuring urban mobility systems?
4 Feb 2019
SCI’s Mike Hodson and Andy McMeekin have recently been awarded an AMBS PhD Studentship that addresses the question: how are digital platform ...
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Biggest ever map of human Alzheimer’s brain published
4 Feb 2019
A study of the differences between healthy brains and those with Alzheimer’s Disease has produced largest dataset of its type ever.
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Workshop opportunity for individuals with lived experience of dementia or MCI (Mild Cognitive Impairment) as either patients or carers
30 Jan 2019
A project co-developed between The University of Manchester and GMMH foundation trust, is looking at how technology can be used in early ...
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World Health Organisation publishes report on Age Friendly Cities and Communities featuring major contributions from MICRA researchers
29 Jan 2019
The World Health Organisation report aims to provide a global overview of the progress that cities and communities have made over the last decade ...
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Working mothers up to 40% more stressed, study finds
28 Jan 2019
Biomarkers for chronic stress are 40% higher in women bringing up two children while working full-time, new research has found.
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Involving older people in the design of cities
19 Jan 2019
Staff in Sociology and MICRA (Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing) have published a new book, Age-Friendly Cities and ...
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Brexit: what do the latest developments in parliament mean for Theresa May?
10 Jan 2019
A cross-parliamentary group of MPs has struck again, landing another major blow against the government ahead of the vote on Theresa May’s Brexit ...
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Sociology Public Engagement Prize 2018
20 Dec 2018
Dr Helen Holmes and Hayley James from the School of Social Sciences (SoSS) have been announced as the winners of the 2018 Sociology Public Engagement...
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