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Researchers from MUARG have spent the last 18 months examining how faith spaces in Greater Manchester Combined Authority support diverse groups of older people within their communities
'They found that faith spaces provide spiritual wellbeing, belonging + a sense of community'
manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/…
🎉 We're thrilled to share that The University of Manchester has been awarded the prestigious title of University of the Year at this year’s Educate North Awards! #EducateNorth #ENA2024 Educate North Awards
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LECTURE:
🗣Prof Annette Lareau (UPenn)
📆2.30pm Mon 29 April 2024 (followed by drinks reception)
Prof Lareau will be exploring how social mobility is shaped by invisible barriers eg class, race, family background. All welcome!
UoM School of Social Sciences LSE Sociology
Join us in-person at City, University of London, or online. We will be bringing together key stakeholders from the European Social Survey network, academia, the research sector and Economic and Social Research Council funding recipients to hear from experts in the field on the latest data trends and insights.
natcen.ac.uk/events/20-year…
Are you interested in working in cultural or creative industries? 🤔
Hear about the economic complexities of the sector featuring Prof Elisabetta Lazzaro from University for the Creative Arts 🎨 Presented w/ UoM School of Social Sciences
📅Monday, 29/04, 3.30 -4.30pm
📍 Uni Place
Book: bit.ly/3U751rz
📢Don't miss out on Professor Orkun Akseli's fascinating and engaging inaugural lecture 'Secured Transactions in Global Lawmaking'
📅Tomorrow, 4-6pm
Register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/inaugural-le…
All are welcome, the event is hybrid and followed by a drink's reception!
TOMORROW: we've moved this event to a bigger room and so there are still some tickets up for grabs to hear Keith Boykin in discussion with Gary Younge on the lies & myths around racism 👇🏾
Creative Manchester School of Arts, Languages and Culture UoM School of Social Sciences Identities Journal blackbritainbeyond Decolonise UoM Social Responsibility
An amazing array of events took place during the recent #asapeoplefest that showcased the interesting work being done in the anthropological field 🎉
From theatre performances, arts + crafts workshops to exhibitions + in-conversation events it was truly an outstanding festival💜
Today is the final knowledge exchange for the 'Role is faith spaces and social infrastructure' project with Age-friendly Mcr and the #ageinginplace project. Fantastic to have a diverse audience coming together at Qadria Jilania Islamic Centre to hear our research findings UoM School of Social Sciences
📢Why does everything have to be about race?
Keith Boykin debunks the lies, myths, & misinformation around race with history, knowledge, & truth. In discussion with Gary Younge
📆5pm, 23 April 2024, Manchester - see link for updated room
🎫eventbrite.co.uk/e/why-does-eve…
TOMORROW: #TeenageKicks zine and collage workshop, 4.30pm at Glasgow Glasgow Women's Library. All welcome!
Yesterday we welcomed Andy Verity and Tom Hayes a former trader who was convicted for conspiracy to defraud during the Libor scandal to The University of Manchester to give a Miscarriages of Justice lecture to our UoM Law students 🎉
#miscarriageofjustice #liborscandal
Come along to our free Wardrobe Surgery Workshop tomorrow from 1pm-3pm run by Stitched Up♻️
Bring along an unloved item of clothing and rework or repair it. It won't be one to miss!💚
#uom #Sustainability Sustainable Futures UoM Social Responsibility
NEW:
James Rupert Fletcher in British Journal of Sociology on how political moves to remove train ticket offices creates 'digital disablement' of passengers with cognitive impairments, including #dementia
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… #OpenAccess