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2025
09
May
2025
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11:15
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For the upcoming 2025 presidential elections, more than 800 Chilean citizens living in Manchester and across Northern England will again have the opportunity to vote locally, thanks to a successful grassroots campaign that began in Manchester a few …
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07
May
2025
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12:00
Europe/London
This year鈥檚 prize was judged by Philip Drake (Former Director of Social Responsibility, School of Social Sciences) and Hilary Pilkington (天美影视 Director, Sociology) who commented on the variety of audiences engaged: from local sixth form students …
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02
May
2025
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09:40
Europe/London
First year undergraduate students from across the School of Social Sciences have undertaken voluntary work, during a six-week period, to assist Manchester-based charities. The shortlisted Charities were Afrocats, Booth Centre, Revive UK and The …
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24
April
2025
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12:04
Europe/London
Four in five women surveyed in Northern Ireland said their first experience of sexist behaviour or harassment by men happened when they were children, according to a new study.
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09
April
2025
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15:41
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On Wednesday, 26 March, the Department of Economics at The University of Manchester hosted a career event, Inspiring Careers in Economics: Exploring Opportunities Across Sectors, in collaboration with the Royal Economic Society鈥檚 UK Women in …
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04
April
2025
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09:41
Europe/London
In a remarkable stride towards enhancing the lives of those affected by MND, the Wellcome Trust has awarded a 拢2.66 million Wellcome Discovery Award to a pioneering project led by Professor Andrew Irving, Dr Michael Atkins (aka Cheddar Gorgeous), …
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02
April
2025
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10:28
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Dr David Buil-Gil, Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Criminology and Open 天美影视 Lead in the Department of Criminology, has been appointed Director of CrimRxiv, the global open access hub and repository for criminology research.CrimRxiv is an …
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01
April
2025
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12:03
Europe/London
Professor Jackie Carter from The University of Manchester has been recognised with a prestigious Culture Shift Award for her exceptional leadership and commitment to advancing disability inclusion within higher education.
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01
April
2025
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11:37
Europe/London
Professor Tine Buffel called for society to reframe ageing as an opportunity during her plenary at the Age-Friendly Futures Summit held from 25 to 27 March in Manchester. She emphasised the need to rethink ageing, not as a problem but as a shared …
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01
April
2025
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11:14
Europe/London
An unprecedented five academics from The University of Manchester have been recognised as leading experts in their fields by being named as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences.
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20
March
2025
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13:51
Europe/London
Police struggle to identify the riskiest domestic abuse perpetrators 鈥 here鈥檚 how they can do better
The government cannot achieve its target to halve violence against women and girls if it doesn鈥檛 address the most serious perpetrators 鈥 and it isn鈥檛 anywhere near knowing how to identify them. Our new research shows where they are going wrong, and …
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13
March
2025
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16:06
Europe/London
Activist, speaker and author Laura Bates visited the School of Social Sciences in February to deliver an impactful lecture on extreme misogyny and why she feels it鈥檚 imperative we declare acts carried out in its name as terrorism. Reflecting on …
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11
March
2025
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10:23
Europe/London
Ukrainian leaders share first-hand accounts of democratic resilience at The University of Manchester
On Tuesday, 25 February, students and academics gathered at The University of Manchester to hear first-hand accounts of resilience and democratic resistance from Ukrainian leaders. The event, Democratic Resilience After De-Occupation: Local …
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10
March
2025
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16:00
Europe/London
Margot first came to The University of Manchester to study Law as an undergraduate, graduating in 1971. Her initial career plan was to go to the Bar, but given her relative youth at the time, she decided she would wait a couple of years. In …
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03
March
2025
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12:40
Europe/London
The University of Manchester鈥檚 Professor Jackie Carter has delivered a compelling message on the importance of data-driven legacy and sustained action at the 7th Pankhurst-Fawcett Scorecard Reveal, hosted by GM4Women2028 at Stockport County Football …
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03
March
2025
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09:47
Europe/London
Prior to starting the position, Mariana was working on her PhD in Sociology at the University of Oxford. Her PhD was titled 鈥淎 Sociodemographic 天美影视 of Only-children and Only-child Fertility鈥 and explores only-child fertility from a …
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03
March
2025
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09:28
Europe/London
The award is presented annually to students who demonstrate exceptional contributions to artificial intelligence (AI) and data science research.Constanza's doctoral research employs advanced machine learning techniques to examine the causal impact …
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27
February
2025
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15:31
Europe/London
Dr Jingwen Zhang, Lecturer in Sociology, is one of the authors of 'Valuing Kinship Care in England', a new report on the huge and often under-recognised contribution made to society by kinship carers, who look after children who would often …
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26
February
2025
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10:23
Europe/London
On Tuesday, 19 February, law students at The University of Manchester had a unique opportunity to hear first-hand from three sub-postmasters - Janet Skinner, Seema Misra, and Tom Hedges - who were wrongfully convicted due to flaws in the Post …
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24
February
2025
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12:25
Europe/London
Liz Richardson, who leads the Politics department at the School of Social Sciences, has been recognised as one of the top 25 thinkers by the Local Government Information Unit (LGIU).The list features leaders who are finding solutions to some of the …
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24
February
2025
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12:13
Europe/London
鈥淕round-truthing political elites in the public sphere: Measuring the arena effects of elite opinion鈥 is available to read online.Political elites express their ideological positions on contentious issues across various arenas in the public sphere. …
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24
February
2025
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10:41
Europe/London
I am a Professor of Social Statistics in the Department of Social Statistics at The University of Manchester, which is part of the School of Social Sciences. I am also a member of the Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis and the Cathie Marsh …
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24
February
2025
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10:10
Europe/London
The paper, 鈥淟earnings from a decade of data fellows: Co-creation of a data skills framework for non-stem students鈥, is available to read online. This workshop provided a reflection on an experiential learning model developed in the UK. The Data …
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19
February
2025
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14:45
Europe/London
US President Donald Trump has once again echoed Kremlin talking points, by falsely claiming that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky鈥檚 approval rating stands at a mere 4%. In reality, polling by experts including Professor Olga Onuch of The …
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18
February
2025
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12:29
Europe/London
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the death of Professor Lou Kushnick OBE. Lou was a Professor of Sociology at The University of Manchester, who lectured at the University for over 40 years. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Lou …
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18
February
2025
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10:57
Europe/London
天美影视ers from The University of Manchester - in collaboration with the Universities of Granada, Lund, and Oslo - have conducted the first-ever ethical analysis of artificial human DNA.
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05
February
2025
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16:54
Europe/London
A groundbreaking study published in Nature Scientific Reports has revealed that people鈥檚 social connections play a crucial role in determining whether they adopt preventative health measures.
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27
January
2025
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17:10
Europe/London
Mitchell Online is brought to you by our friends at the Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis, the leading cross-disciplinary research group in the development and application of social network analysis (SNA) techniques, located in the School …
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27
January
2025
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09:38
Europe/London
The School of Social Sciences at The University of Manchester has earned global recognition in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by Subject for 2025.We are delighted to learn that in this year鈥檚 THES World University …
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24
January
2025
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13:40
Europe/London
The 2024 general election was the first in the UK鈥檚 history to be run under a system of voter ID. When heading to the polling station, people could only vote if they proved their identity first. This was the result of a law brought in in 2023 and …
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