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27
January
2025
| 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
| 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青瓜视频檚 THES World University
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24
January
2025
| 13:40 Europe/London
The 2024 general election was the first in the UK青瓜视频檚 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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24
January
2025
| 11:43 Europe/London
The University of Manchester and Garden Court North Chambers are set to host a lecture by award-winning Guardian journalist David Conn on the Hillsborough disaster, and the subsequent legal failings that led to a decades-long fight for justice.
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20
January
2025
| 13:55 Europe/London
As Donald Trump青瓜视频檚 begins his second term as President of the United States, a groundbreaking study led by The University of Manchester has revealed that a majority of Ukrainians hold a cautiously optimistic view of his presidency - even amid
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17
January
2025
| 16:53 Europe/London
The Premier League is currently vulnerable to new investors and team owners who could have sourced their wealth from illicit activities.
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15
January
2025
| 15:41 Europe/London
David Stroup is a Senior Lecturer of Chinese Politics at The University of Manchester. In his article, he examines the discourse around Wuhan青瓜视频檚 Party Secertary Ma Guoqiang, an ethnic Hui Muslim. Using discourse analysis of posts regarding
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15
January
2025
| 15:07 Europe/London
Written by Martin GreenwoodThe Horizon scandal, which led to the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of subpostmasters, has severely dented the public青瓜视频檚 perception of the Post Office as an institution. Against this backdrop, branch closures are planned
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06
January
2025
| 10:04 Europe/London
The University of Manchester青瓜视频檚 Professor Gary Younge has been named as the recipient of a prestigious Robert B. Silvers Award in recognition of his exceptional contribution to the field of journalism. 
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02
January
2025
| 11:08 Europe/London
The Horizon scandal, which led to the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of subpostmasters, has severely dented the public青瓜视频檚 perception of the Post Office as an institution. Against this backdrop, branch closures are planned across the Post Office
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2024
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December
2024
| 13:04 Europe/London
A University of Manchester professor has been recognised in the King青瓜视频檚 2025 New Year Honours List. Professor Yaojun Li, a distinguished researcher and educator at The University of Manchester, has been made an OBE for his exceptional for services to
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16
December
2024
| 13:46 Europe/London
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
| 15:58 Europe/London
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
| 13:39 Europe/London
The University of Manchester's Professor Claire Alexander has been announced as this year青瓜视频檚 winner of the Distinguished Service to British Sociology Award.
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10
December
2024
| 13:00 Europe/London
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
| 09:28 Europe/London
The University of Manchester 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
| 09:37 Europe/London
A new book by Dr Luke Yates from The University of Manchester 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
| 11:16 Europe/London
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
| 09:58 Europe/London
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, 青瓜视频淲hat's In Your Wardrobe? Telling & Sharing Clothing Stories青瓜视频, encouraged attendees
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22
November
2024
| 16:24 Europe/London
It was a successful night for the Justice Hub at the first Manchester Pro Bono Awards with the Manchester Innocence Project (MIP) students, Rachel McMurrough, Roan Goulden, Matilde Mesquita de Malo and Isobel Hoy winning 青瓜视频楽tudent Group of the
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22
November
2024
| 15:57 Europe/London
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
| 16:24 Europe/London
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
| 16:28 Europe/London
Professor Brian Heaphy, Dr Jaime Garcia Iglesias and Dr Neta Yodovich from the Dating App 青瓜视频ions 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
| 10:49 Europe/London
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青瓜视频檚 commitment to gender equality. It aims to improve career
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08
November
2024
| 15:40 Europe/London
Luke Yates' new book, Platform Politics: Corporate Power, Grassroots Movements and the Sharing Economy, investigates the 青瓜视频榮haring economy青瓜视频, powered by companies like Airbnb, Uber and Deliveroo. This new model promised to revolutionise the way
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06
November
2024
| 15:00 Europe/London
Following an 青瓜视频8m investment over five years, The University of Manchester 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
| 10:46 Europe/London
Chancellor Rachel Reeves presented Labour青瓜视频檚 first budget in 14 years by promising to put an 青瓜视频渆nd to short-termism青瓜视频. 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
| 15:55 Europe/London
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
| 13:06 Europe/London
The 11th annual Festival of Social Science comes to Manchester 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
| 12:43 Europe/London
Arthur Sangang Tuzolana, an Economics student now starting his second year, has been awarded a prestigious Freshfields Stephen Lawrence Scholarship.
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