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Manchester: On the road to becoming a cycling city

James Evans 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 […]

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Tagged With: cycling, Manchester Cycling Lab, MUI

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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 […]

Tagged With: arts organisations, cultural institutions, diversity, MUI

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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 […]

Tagged With: anchor institutions, Greater Manchester, inclusive growth, Inclusive Growth Analysis Unit, Industrial Strategy, Oldham, oldham council, productivity, public sector

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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 […]

Tagged With: environment, environmental challenges, landscape, MUI, sustainable future

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Multilingual Manchester: Planning for language diversity

Yaron Matras 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 […]

Tagged With: community, cultural heritage, language, Manchester, MUI

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The Space to Thrive: Public parks and everyday participation

Abigail Gilmore 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 […]

Tagged With: everyday participation, green spaces, Manchester, MUI

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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 […]

Tagged With: community engagement, devolution, environmental change, international women's day, IWD, productivity, sustainabilithy

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What can devo do for women?

Francesca Gains 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 […]

Tagged With: devolution, gender, government, Greater Manchester, inclusion, international women's day, metro mayor, politics, productivity, women in politics, women's representation

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Short-termism and the future of Britain’s cities

Mike Emmerich 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 […]

Tagged With: cities, devolution, economic growth, inclusive growth, policy making, productivity

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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 […]

Tagged With: ageing, employment, Greater Manchester, neighbourhoods

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