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Recognising the role of key workers now and in the future employment landscape

By Gail Hebson and Miguel Martínez Lucio Filed Under: All posts, Growth and Inclusion, Inclusive Growth Posted: August 18, 2020

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the country has become more aware and appreciative of the workers now called ‘key workers’. However, organisational change and deregulation over recent years has led to high levels of job degradation in key work sectors. In this blog, Gail Hebson and Miguel Martínez Lucio introduce and present research from a range […]

Gender and ageing

By Debora Price Filed Under: All posts, Health and Social Care Posted: March 5, 2020

As populations are now much more likely than ever to survive into old age, understanding how gender impacts all domains of wellbeing in later life has become critical. In this blog, Professor Debora Price argues that all policy analysis should be sensitive to gender and its interactions with other characteristics of disadvantage in later life. It […]

Critical social infrastructure for older people

By Sophie Yarker Filed Under: Growth and Inclusion Posted: May 1, 2019

Sophie Yarker is a Research Fellow at the Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA), working on the Greater Manchester-based Ambition for Ageing programme. In this blog, she discusses her research into the importance of social infrastructure for older people and the need to think about it in new ways. Face-to-face interactions are the […]

Making Greater Manchester Great for Older People: Ageing Actions for the Mayor’s First 100 Days

By Elaine Dewhurst Filed Under: All posts, Devo, Urban Posted: May 8, 2017

Dr. Elaine Dewhurst, Senior Lecturer in Employment Law at The University of Manchester looks at the positive impact Andy Burnham could have in his first 100 days on the lives of older people. • Greater Manchester needs to do more for its ageing population – it’s vital the new Mayor identifies the opportunities older people […]

Greater Manchester – leading the way in age-friendly policy making

By Dan Jones Filed Under: All posts, Urban Posted: February 17, 2017

Thursday 16th February saw the Greater Manchester Ageing Conference, held by the GM Ageing Hub, of which MICRA, the Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing, is a part . To celebrate the conference, and to highlight the policy implications of living in an ageing society, MICRA have teamed up with Policy@Manchester to deliver a week […]

It’s not how old you are that matters, so much as how you are old

By Professor Martin Vernon Filed Under: All posts, Health and Social Care Posted: February 16, 2017

Thursday 16th February sees the Greater Manchester Ageing Conference, held by the GM Ageing Hub, of which MICRA, the Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing, is a part . To celebrate the conference, and to highlight the policy implications of living in an ageing society, MICRA have teamed up with Policy@Manchester to deliver a week […]

Checklists alone cannot create age-friendly places: lived experiences matter

By Amy Barron Filed Under: All posts, Urban Posted: February 15, 2017

Sexual health and sexual well-being: not an irrelevance to older people

By Dr David Lee and Professor Josie Tetley Filed Under: All posts, Health and Social Care Posted: February 14, 2017

Gender and ageing

Critical social infrastructure for older people

Making Greater Manchester Great for Older People: Ageing Actions for the Mayor’s First 100 Days

Greater Manchester – leading the way in age-friendly policy making

It’s not how old you are that matters, so much as how you are old

Checklists alone cannot create age-friendly places: lived experiences matter

Sexual health and sexual well-being: not an irrelevance to older people

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