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Great Vaisakhi celebrations in Southampton today… thousands came together and filled the streets, for our city’s annual Nagar Kirtan (parade).

Honour to say a few words about my Sikh values and how much the Sikh community continue to contribute to our great and vibrant city. 🪯

Celebrating #Vaisakhi in #Southampton with the local Sikh community, colleagues, friends and key stakeholders.
Lots of energy and buzz at the annual nagar kirtan procession!

Amarjit Singh SouthamptonCC Hampshire Police Caroline Nokes MP Satvir Kaur Mark E Smith Raj Kohli Lorna Fielker Visit Southampton University of Southampton India Centre Honoured to celebrate #Vaisakhi with colleague in #southampton including University of Southampton alumni Satvir Kaur

Listen to Prof Jane Falkingham talking to Evan Davis on BBC Radio 4 PM about Japan's ageing and declining population and how migration is offsetting the UK's declining birth rate🔊 (at 42 mins)
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🗨️TOMORROW - Join CPC-CG Director Jane Falkingham as she hosts the Rt Hon Justine Greening in a discussion on how to #InspireInclusion to mark #InternationalWomensDay University of Southampton.

Register to join in online: eventbrite.co.uk/e/inspiring-in…

Calling on exciting social scientists 👇🏼

🗃️From the archive: How to design an award-winning conference poster

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Sophie Hale ...falling turnout among young people means that the baby boomers are still likely to be the dominant voting block in the 2024 election.

Sophie Hale 5 key takeaways:
1) Priority shift from age-divided Brexit to the economy
2) Immigration views more negative across generations
3) Less well-off younger voters no more likely to vote Labour
4) Turnout gap between millennials widening
5) Baby boomers turnout advantage may widen

Sophie Hale Resolution Foundation If you’d like to find out more about generational voting intentions, come along to the next Connecting Generations Thought Leader Talk with Zack Grant Nuffield Politics Research Centre where he will discuss how concerns for relatives bridge intergenerational political divides.

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“New study by Connecting Generations member Sophie Hale Resolution Foundation reveals the economy has overtaken #Brexit as a top voter concern for all generations, with immigration rising in importance.

BUT a growing turnout gap among younger voters is particularly worrying 👇

Interested to make a difference to young people in #Southampton ? We're looking for 14-18 year olds to apply for paid work with us University of Southampton. Get involved in research and explore youth issues.

Apply by Mon 12 Feb at bit.ly/YRTPApplication

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Interesting insights into intentions to leave academia - the importance of prospects of a permanent job, job satisfaction, and for women with children having tenure all deserve the attention of university management doi.org/10.5771/978374…

We had a great day filming with LifeLab yesterday!

Tune in to ITV News Meridian at 6pm tonight to find out what it was all about

Major improvements begin in the City Centre from Monday 5th February, with a one-way anti-clockwise system temporarily in place on the Ring Road between Charlotte Place and the Civic Centre.

For more, please visit - transport.southampton.gov.uk/ringroad
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“Our parent workshops at University of Southampton pointed to other good practice, particularly around helping returning mothers to restart research. Particularly appreciated was the granting of sabbaticals after parental leave.”
– Annie Abelman Mentor Mums
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Many thanks for an extraordinarily productive panel on #AgeingSocieties with Jane Falkingham, adam rogalewski, Thiago Herick de Sa of
World Health Organization (WHO) and Daniele Vignoli of UPS Florence!

#DemographyDays2024 #OvercomingCrises

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Women leave academia at higher rates than men at every career stage, and attrition is especially high among three groups: tenured faculty, women in non-STEM fields, and women employed at less prestigious institutions, a Science Advances analysis finds. scim.ag/5pH

Best of 2023: If levelling up is still on the agenda, funders need to measure – and incentivise – the impact of research in institutions’ backyards. Jonathan Grant and Martin Szomszor make the case wonkhe.com/blogs/the-uk-r…