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By Dr Joanne Tippett Filed Under: All posts, Devo, Urban Posted:
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 […]
By Francesca Gains Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Urban Posted:
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 […]
By Mike Emmerich Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Devo, Urban Posted:
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 […]
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 […]
By Amy Barron Filed Under: All posts, Urban Posted:
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 […]
By Jonathan Darling Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Urban Posted:
In light of this week’s report into Asylum Accommodation by the Home Affairs Select Committee, Dr Jonathan Darling, who submitted expert evidence to the inquiry, responds to its findings and suggests a way forwards. Asylum accommodation is currently provided through six regional contracts with three private providers There have been reports of substandard and inappropriate […]
By Susan Oman Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Urban Posted:
The Prime Minister recently set out her vision for a new ‘shared society’ alongside her promise to transform mental health care. University of Manchester PHD researcher Susan Oman, questions Theresa May’s commitment to mental health research, how it presents opportunities to understand what a sharing society might be, and how it might support improved wellbeing. […]
By Jonathan Darling and Gulwali Passarlay Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Europe, Urban Posted:
To start the year, Dr Jonathan Darling, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography specialising in the politics and ethics of forced migration, and Gulwali Passarlay, Afghan refugee, politics graduate and author of ‘The Lightless Sky’, reflect on how government might support asylum seekers and refugees in 2017. Together, they discuss the challenges of the last year […]
By Marianne Sensier Filed Under: All posts, Devo, Growth and Inclusion, Inclusive Growth, Urban Posted:
With Devolution, Greater Manchester has an opportunity to encourage investment and inclusive growth by setting its own policy agenda. Dr Marianne Sensier puts the case for the creation of a regional bank within the new mayor’s policy agenda. A regional bank will provide finance for business and allow people to save their money which in […]
By Ian Greer Filed Under: Devo, Health and Social Care, Urban Posted:
In light of the newly announced investment in research and development of cancer medicines, Professor Ian Greer talks about Greater Manchester’s devolved health and social care budget and the opportunities this brings for linking up discovery science with clinics and commissioners across the region.
