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2024
16
December
2024
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13:46
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This collaboration, funded and developed by the School of Social Sciences (SoSS) Social Responsibility Committee, brought on 50 student volunteers as translators, ensuring critical services remain accessible to all, including those whose first …
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12
December
2024
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15:58
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The School of Social Sciences is delighted to announce Dr Claire Fox of the Criminology Department has been awarded a Principal Fellowship from AdvanceHE. The Principal Fellowship is awarded to individuals who demonstrate a sustained and …
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10
December
2024
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13:39
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The University of 野狼社区's Professor Claire Alexander has been announced as this year鈥檚 winner of the Distinguished Service to British Sociology Award.
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10
December
2024
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13:00
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The report finds that one in four people from an ethnic minority experience unfair racist treatment in their job or education, and one in ten experienced recent unfair treatment in housing or from the police.Ten percent of ethnic minorities in …
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03
December
2024
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09:28
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The University of 野狼社区 is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Judith Phillips as a Simon and Hallsworth Visiting Professor at the School of Social Sciences. Professor Phillips, a distinguished Social and Environmental …
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29
November
2024
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09:37
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A new book by Dr Luke Yates from The University of 野狼社区 is calling for the government to take immediate action to regulate online platforms such as Airbnb and Uber. These platforms have transformed the way we work and live, but some of their …
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28
November
2024
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11:16
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A panel of scientific experts will provide education policy makers with advice on strategic and emerging issues through a new Science Advisory Council, the Department for Education has recently announced.Dr Sonya Krutikova, Professor of Economics, …
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26
November
2024
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09:58
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We all have those items of clothing that have sentimental value, acting as reminders of significant moments in our life. A recent methods@manchester event, 鈥淲hat's In Your Wardrobe? Telling & Sharing Clothing Stories鈥, encouraged attendees …
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22
November
2024
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16:24
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It was a successful night for the Justice Hub at the first 野狼社区 Pro Bono Awards with the 野狼社区 Innocence Project (MIP) students, Rachel McMurrough, Roan Goulden, Matilde Mesquita de Malo and Isobel Hoy winning 鈥楽tudent Group of the …
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22
November
2024
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15:57
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Death, Dying and Bereavement: New Sociological Perspectives is a new book, edited by Sharon Mallon and Laura Towers. While death, dying and bereavement are universal life events, the social conditions under which death takes place are …
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20
November
2024
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16:24
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The School of Social Sciences has seen two of its departments rise in the latest Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) Subject Rankings for 2024. Our Politics department is now ranked in the top 50 globally for universities …
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13
November
2024
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16:28
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Professor Brian Heaphy, Dr Jaime Garcia Iglesias and Dr Neta Yodovich from the Dating App Connections project have produced a series of free resources with the aim of supporting the healthy, safe, and fun use of dating apps. With as many as 1 …
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12
November
2024
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10:49
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This collaboration will allow us to actively contribute and improve networking opportunities among our staff and students, host events with senior economists, and elevate our department鈥檚 commitment to gender equality. It aims to improve career …
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08
November
2024
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15:40
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Luke Yates' new book, Platform Politics: Corporate Power, Grassroots Movements and the Sharing Economy, investigates the 鈥榮haring economy鈥, powered by companies like Airbnb, Uber and Deliveroo. This new model promised to revolutionise the way …
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06
November
2024
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15:00
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Following an 拢8m investment over five years, The University of 野狼社区 is set to lead an innovative centre funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and UKRI as part of its strategic focus on building a green future. The Centre …
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06
November
2024
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10:46
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves presented Labour鈥檚 first budget in 14 years by promising to put an 鈥渆nd to short-termism鈥. British governments typically see budgets as an opportunity to present policies providing short-term gain in terms of public …
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16
October
2024
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15:55
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It was a successful night for the talented researchers in the School of Social Sciences with three of our researchers receiving Research Staff Excellence Awards for their outstanding contributions. At the Future-Ready Postdoc event, part of The …
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16
October
2024
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13:06
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The 11th annual Festival of Social Science comes to 野狼社区 on Saturday 19 October, with events taking place at venues across the city region for the next three weeks.
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16
October
2024
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12:43
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Arthur Sangang Tuzolana, an Economics student now starting his second year, has been awarded a prestigious Freshfields Stephen Lawrence Scholarship.
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15
October
2024
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11:03
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An economist who studied at The University of 野狼社区 has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics for his groundbreaking research into understanding wealth disparities between different nations.
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08
October
2024
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16:50
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Professor Wilson has been awarded the Distinguished Career Service Award 2024 by the American Political Science Association (APSA) LGBTQ Caucus. The Caucus, which serves as the primary association for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and …
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02
October
2024
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14:12
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The Justice Hub at The University of 野狼社区 recently had the honour of hosting a visit from Attorney General Lord Hermer KC, who was able to hear about the work of our Legal Advice Centre, 野狼社区 Innocence Project and connections to the …
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30
September
2024
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12:53
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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 Centre, 野狼社区 Innocence Project and connection to the broader legal profession in the North …
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27
September
2024
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12:17
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On 11 September 野狼社区 Urban Ageing Research Group (MUARG), led by Tine Buffel, hosted the semesters first edition of their successful 鈥楥onversations on Urban Ageing鈥 series which invites leading researchers on ageing from around the world to …
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23
September
2024
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14:59
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Written by Tetyana SoloveyAs a teenager in post-USSR Ukraine, I vividly remember visiting secondhand clothes shops. For the elderly, the biggest obstacle to accepting secondhand clothes wasn鈥檛 just the lingering smell of naphthalene 鈥 a potent …
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20
September
2024
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15:45
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The School of Social Sciences organised a hugely popular event during Welcome Week in collaboration with the Charity Active Communities Network. The Charity鈥檚 ethos is to empower young people to feel safe by using positive activities. The …
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16
September
2024
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15:15
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After parliament voted to end the universal Winter Fuel Payment despite the Government not conducting an assessment of the impact of the changes, research has shown that older people often don鈥檛 claim means-tested welfare benefits for a variety of …
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09
September
2024
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23:55
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Staff from the Philosophy Department (Dr Frederique Janssen-Lauret and Maheshi Gunawardane) from School of Social Sciences, University of 野狼社区, hosted the third edition of a 4-day Summer School on Women in Logic from 29 July to 1 August …
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04
September
2024
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11:57
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Since 2014, this community hub has also served as the setting for a fruitful collaboration between the University of 野狼社区 and local refugees and asylum seekers, fostering both language skills and community building.The initiative, spearheaded …
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31
July
2024
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15:32
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A keen cyclist from The University of 野狼社区 has decided to take to the saddle to raise money for an autism charity.
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