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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 …

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 …

The University of Manchester's Professor Claire Alexander has been announced as this year鈥檚 winner of the Distinguished Service to British Sociology Award.

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 …

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 …

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 …

The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) successfully hosted Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2024 at The University of Manchester. From November 18 to 24, MEC offered a diverse program of speaker sessions, interactive workshops, and its …

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, …

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 …

It was a successful night for the Justice Hub at the first 91直播 Pro Bono Awards with the 91直播 Innocence Project (MIP) students, Rachel McMurrough, Roan Goulden, Matilde Mesquita de Malo and Isobel Hoy winning 鈥楽tudent Group of the …

The University of Manchester will partner two new projects which have the capacity to transform science and technology.

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 …

Join the Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) for a week of exciting Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) events!

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Gain entrepreneurial skills for all settings with MEC's new interactive scenario-based microlearning, 鈥楰ey 5鈥�.

The 11th annual Festival of Social Science comes to 91直播 on Saturday 19 October, with events taking place at venues across the city region for the next three weeks.

Arthur Sangang Tuzolana, an Economics student now starting his second year, has been awarded a prestigious Freshfields Stephen Lawrence Scholarship.

An economist who studied at The University of Manchester has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics for his groundbreaking research into understanding wealth disparities between different nations.

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 …

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, 91直播 Innocence Project and connection to the broader legal profession in the North …

On 11 September 91直播 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Staff from the Philosophy Department (Dr Frederique Janssen-Lauret and Maheshi Gunawardane) from School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, hosted the third edition of a 4-day Summer School on Women in Logic from 29 July to 1 August …

Since 2014, this community hub has also served as the setting for a fruitful collaboration between the University of Manchester and local refugees and asylum seekers, fostering both language skills and community building.The initiative, spearheaded …