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Inclusive Growth : what should be on the new Greater Manchester mayor’s agenda?

By Ruth Lupton Filed Under: All posts, Growth and Inclusion, Urban Posted: March 29, 2017

With the election of the Greater Manchester’s new metro mayor a few weeks away, the Inclusive Growth Analysis Unit are producing a number of short policy briefings around what policies the mayor could adopt around inclusive growth. Here, Professor Ruth Lupton summarises their first policy briefing and identifies some key priorities for the new mayor. […]

Manchester: On the road to becoming a cycling city

By James Evans Filed Under: Urban Posted: March 20, 2017

To celebrate the launch of the Manchester Urban Institute, and to highlight the expertise of its academics in terms of urban research, MUI have joined up with Policy@Manchester to deliver a series of blogs focused on the Manchester urban area. Manchester, the home of British Cycling, is finally beginning to fully embrace two wheels, says […]

Integrating difference and diversity: lessons for arts organisations

By Dr Saskia Warren Filed Under: All posts, Urban Posted: March 16, 2017

To celebrate the launch of the Manchester Urban Institute, and to highlight the expertise of its academics in terms of urban research, MUI have joined up with Policy@Manchester to deliver a series of blogs focused on the Manchester urban area. Publicly funded arts organisations need to demonstrate that their workforce and programmes are more reflective […]

Inclusive growth: changing the logic with a new social contract

By Carolyn Wilkins and Henry Kippin Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Growth and Inclusion, Urban Posted: March 15, 2017

Everyone seems to be talking about inclusive growth, from academics and the voluntary sector to business leaders and the Government. Here, Dr Henry Kippin and Dr Carolyn Wilkins OBE look at what people actually mean by inclusive growth and the steps needed to achieve it, using Oldham Council as a case study. There are currently three […]

Joining forces for a sustainable future

By Dr Joanne Tippett Filed Under: All posts, Urban Posted: March 13, 2017

To celebrate the launch of the Manchester Urban Institute, and to highlight the expertise of its academics in terms of urban research, MUI have joined up with Policy@Manchester to deliver a series of blogs focused on the Manchester urban area. A project restoring the landscape between Manchester and Wigan shows how environmental challenges can only […]

Multilingual Manchester: Planning for language diversity

By Yaron Matras Filed Under: Urban Posted: March 10, 2017

To celebrate the launch of the Manchester Urban Institute, and to highlight the expertise of its academics in terms of urban research, MUI have joined up with Policy@Manchester to deliver a series of blogs focused on the Manchester urban area. Greater Manchester needs an integrated, evidence-based vision for dealing with its vast array of spoken […]

The Space to Thrive: Public parks and everyday participation

By Abigail Gilmore Filed Under: Urban Posted: March 9, 2017

To celebrate the launch of the Manchester Urban Institute, and to highlight the expertise of its academics in terms of urban research, MUI have joined up with Policy@Manchester to deliver a series of blogs focused on the Manchester urban area. To safeguard the future of our cherished public parks then communities and institutions must think […]

Divas, Devolution and Dialogue

By Dr Joanne Tippett Filed Under: All posts, Devo, Urban Posted: March 7, 2017

Ahead of International Women’s Day, Dr Joanne Tippett shares her experiences from research into planning for environmental change, sustainability and community engagement. She reflects on their implications for including women’s voices in making devolved decisions in Greater Manchester. In my work with villagers in rural Africa, I found that women didn’t tend to speak in […]

What can devo do for women?

By Francesca Gains Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Urban Posted: March 6, 2017

Political devolution is well on it’s way in Greater Manchester, with the health and social care budget having been devolved last April and with the imminent election of the Metro Mayor in May. However, there have been criticisms over how representative those making the devolution deals are of the communities they make decisions for. In the […]

Short-termism and the future of Britain’s cities

By Mike Emmerich Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Devo, Urban Posted: February 28, 2017

Ahead of the release of his book, Britain’s Cities, Britain’s Future, Mike Emmerich looks at the issue of short-termism in policy making and sets out some ways forwards for addressing the geographic imbalance of economic growth and productivity in the UK’s cities. Encouraging long-term thinking in policy making has long been a challenge, both with […]