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University of Manchester - Archive (healthier futures)

2024
10
December
2024
| 11:37 Europe/London
The British Educational Research Association (BERA) is a leading authority on educational research. Their annual Public Engagement and Impact Award celebrates a team of researchers whose work has had significant impact and has been delivered in
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09
December
2024
| 13:59 Europe/London
UMRI will be launching the latest round of pump-priming awards in January 2025, designed to ignite UoM Researchers innovative interdisciplinary research projects.Find out more at the Call Launch taking place from 2.30-4pm, Tuesday, 14 January
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06
December
2024
| 10:58 Europe/London
This consortium, led by these universities in collaboration with communities, charities, NHS trusts, local government, businesses and others, will be working together with the aim of tackling inequalities in maternity outcomes. The research carried
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21
November
2024
| 12:00 Europe/London
A ground-breaking genetic test that could prevent critically ill newborn babies going deaf if treated with gentamicin, a commonly used antibiotic, is being trialled across 14 NHS neonatal (specialist newborn) units across England, Scotland, Wales
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08
November
2024
| 15:44 Europe/London
As part of the 91直播 ESRC Festival of Social Science 2024, The University of Manchester鈥檚 Research Platforms hosted a dynamic research caf茅 at Contact Theatre, showcasing 鈥淭he Art of Research鈥 over lunch.   The event explored the
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06
November
2024
| 15:00 Europe/London
Following an 拢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
| 11:00 Europe/London
A new international study spanning the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada has revealed important insights into the risks associated with prescribed opioid use for noncancer pain.
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05
November
2024
| 13:18 Europe/London
A study has found that the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector played a 鈥榗rucial鈥 role supporting Greater 91直播 communities during the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine rollout - but that their contribution has
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04
November
2024
| 13:13 Europe/London
91直播 scientists and clinicians have been awarded a major cash boost to fund pioneering radiotherapy research which uses artificial intelligence to help save lives.
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04
November
2024
| 11:44 Europe/London
The University of Manchester has released a new report setting out how it is tackling the United Nations鈥 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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25
October
2024
| 09:00 Europe/London
The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent vaccination rollout enabled a 鈥減erfect storm鈥 for deepening health inequalities in Greater 91直播, the results of a study have shown. 
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21
October
2024
| 16:06 Europe/London
In 2023, Dr Maria Rusca, Lecturer in Global Development, and her students at The University of Manchester participated in a project aimed at exposing students to citizen-led sustainable solutions for urban issues. In collaboration with
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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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14
October
2024
| 12:19 Europe/London
Interdisciplinarity is the key to tackling our major challenges, but how to make this happen across university's that are organised around disciplines is something that remains tricky.On 8th October, The University of Manchester鈥檚 Research Platforms
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11
October
2024
| 02:13 Europe/London
Coastal, rural and areas in the North of England are less able to withstand and recover from adverse events, according to new research which highlights regional disparities in community resilience.
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03
October
2024
| 00:37 Europe/London
A global study has revealed that how women view their own home conditions, financial resources, and physical environment, including pollution levels, is key to understanding their overall quality of life and health.
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25
September
2024
| 10:52 Europe/London
A partnership led by NHS Greater 91直播 and Greater 91直播 Combined Authority will work with public services, health and social care providers, cultural and voluntary organisations, universities and residents to ensure that everyone has
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24
September
2024
| 09:00 Europe/London
A new study from The University of Manchester has highlighted a link between social media use, unhealthy lifestyles and wellbeing in young people, with those with the healthiest lifestyles experiencing the highest wellbeing.
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16
September
2024
| 07:00 Europe/London
鈥極pening up Research鈥 is a collaborative effort involving the Office for Open Research, the School of Engineering Open Research Lead, representatives from the United Kingdom Reproducibility Network (UKRN), and Cancer Research UK 91直播
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04
September
2024
| 14:30 Europe/London
The UK2070 Commission - an independent inquiry into city and regional inequalities in the United Kingdom - has announced the appointment of Professor Cecilia Wong as its new Chair. Professor Wong brings a wealth of expertise and an exceptional track
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03
September
2024
| 01:14 Europe/London
Women in the North of England live shorter lives, work more hours for less pay, are more likely to be an unpaid carer, and more likely to live in poverty than women in other regions of England, according to new research co-authored by University of
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16
August
2024
| 15:15 Europe/London
This project aims to develop new tools and insights for understanding how changes in urban environments impact people鈥檚 wellbeing. He will create innovative camera-based observation methods to assess wellbeing behaviours in urban environments
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23
July
2024
| 12:47 Europe/London
A change in NHS  Prostate cancer guidelines could  help deliver one of the Government鈥檚  manifesto pledges to save lives through earlier diagnoses while tackling racial and regional health inequalities in just a year, say leading
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11
July
2024
| 15:10 Europe/London
The Labour Party has won the UK general election in a landslide victory, marking the most significant change in government in over 14 years. This transition brings with it a welcome commitment to the wellbeing of children and young people (CYP),
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19
June
2024
| 09:30 Europe/London
Researchers at The University of Manchester are to trial a system that allows people living with rheumatoid arthritis to send their daily symptoms securely to their health record, in a first for the NHS.
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13
June
2024
| 12:10 Europe/London
As politicians in the US, France and other countries begin introducing legislation banning the free use of social media by young people, new research has found that these bans do not address youth mental health problems 鈥 and could actually cause
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10
June
2024
| 01:52 Europe/London
A more holistic definition of hearing loss by The University of Manchester and University of Nottingham researchers has revealed that 18 million people are affected, 6 million higher than previously reported using a definition from the 1980s.
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15
May
2024
| 13:35 Europe/London
Gypsy and Traveller communities are among the more socially excluded groups in the UK. There is a long history of government failures in meeting these groups鈥 housing needs.
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08
May
2024
| 14:57 Europe/London
Over 拢1million of funding has been committed by Andy Burnham (Mayor of Greater 91直播), Sir Richard Leese (Chair of the NHS Greater 91直播) and the National Academy for Social Prescribing鈥檚 Power of Music Fund to enable Greater 91直播 to
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26
April
2024
| 09:00 Europe/London
A new report from Child of the North and Anne Longfield鈥檚 Centre for Young Lives think tank has set out a plan for the Government to boost children鈥檚 mental health through the education system.
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