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Brexit: An opportunity to progress equality and human rights?

By Rebecca Hilsenrath Filed Under: All posts, Brexit, British Politics Posted: August 22, 2017

Our ‘Brexit, regulation and society’ blog series continues with Rebecca Hilsenrath, Chief Executive of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Her blog, based on her presentation to ManReg‘s recent Brexit event, focuses on how the UK can, and must, maintain its equality and human rights protections throughout the process of leaving the European Union. Equalities […]

Bridging the skills gap: primary to higher education

By Donna Johnson Filed Under: All posts, Science and Engineering Posted: August 21, 2017

The UK’s skills gap in science, technology, engineering and maths has been widely acknowledged, but the measures needed to address it are less clear. Here, Donna Johnson, Head of the Science & Engineering Education Research and Innovation Hub, lays out the current debate and argues for cross-sector support between schools and universities and a focus […]

Is having any job at all better for your health and wellbeing than being unemployed?

By Tarani Chandola Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Growth and Inclusion, Health and Social Care Posted: August 15, 2017

There are long held assumptions that taking any job is better for a person’s health and wellbeing than being unemployed. A study of over 1000 unemployed adults by Tarani Chandola, Professor of Medical Sociology at The University of Manchester, compared health and stress levels of those remaining unemployed and different quality jobs. The study revealed evidence that […]

Trade Unions, EU workers and ‘Brexit’: More Complexity, Less Certainty

By Rebecca Zahn Filed Under: All posts, Brexit Posted: August 15, 2017

Third in our series of policy blogs developed from MANREG‘s ‘Brexit, Regulation and Society’ event, The University of Strathclyde’s Dr Rebecca Zahn explores the impact of Brexit, trade deals, and EU migration for UK trade unions. Since the ‘big bang’ expansion in 2004, the immigration and working rights within the EU have become highly polarising […]

Time to address the North-South health divide through proportionate economic growth incentives

By Iain Buchan Filed Under: All posts, Growth and Inclusion, Health and Social Care Posted: August 7, 2017

New research has revealed widening inequality between death rates in the northern and southern England. Here Professor Iain Buchan explains the significance of his research and calls on policymakers to take action and introduce northern weighting in industrial growth funds to address the North-South health divide. There has been an alarming rise since the mid-90s […]

Keeping us charged- addressing energy storage related issues

By Richard Fields Filed Under: All posts, Energy and Environment, Science and Engineering Posted: August 3, 2017

Last week, the Government announced that new diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned in the UK from 2040 in a bid to tackle air pollution. In light of this, it was also announced that the Government would invest £246m in battery technology. Here, Richard Fields, a Research Associate at the National Graphene […]

Why language statistics might be misleading

By Yaron Matras Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Growth and Inclusion Posted: July 27, 2017

This month’s issue of The Economist included an article entitled ‘Why central and eastern European children lag behind in British schools’. Here, Professor Yaron Matras responds to the article and discusses the difficulties of using official statistic to record languages. The article looks mainly to languages as being a factor in differential educational achievement, but […]

Creating age-friendly policies to improve experiences of later life in Greater Manchester

By Paul McGarry Filed Under: All posts Posted: July 20, 2017

As part of our series of blogs examining The Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing’s (MICRA) new report ‘The Golden Generation?’ Paul McGarry Head of the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub focuses on the growing number of older people in Greater Manchester and how a coordinated strategic response can create age-friendly policies to improve experiences in later life. […]

The impact of inequalities in later life

By Anna Dixon Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Growth and Inclusion Posted: July 19, 2017

As part of our series of blogs examining The Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing’s (MICRA) new report ‘The Golden Generation?’ Anna Dixon, Chief Executive at the Centre for Ageing Better assesses the importance of inequality to this debate. There is a 19-year difference in healthy life expectancy between the richest and poorest neighbourhoods. The poorest […]

Women in local government: time is on the side of change

By Angeliki Stogia Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Growth and Inclusion Posted: July 18, 2017

Last week, the Fawcett Society, in partnership with the Local Government Information Unit, released a report into whether local government works for women. Here, Cllr Angeliki Stogia, Executive Member for Environment and Skills at Manchester City Council, looks at the report’s recommendations and reflects on Manchester’s path to women’s political representation. We need a range […]

Brexit: An opportunity to progress equality and human rights?

Bridging the skills gap: primary to higher education

Trade Unions, EU workers and ‘Brexit’: More Complexity, Less Certainty

Time to address the North-South health divide through proportionate economic growth incentives

Keeping us charged- addressing energy storage related issues

Why language statistics might be misleading

Creating age-friendly policies to improve experiences of later life in Greater Manchester

The impact of inequalities in later life

Women in local government: time is on the side of change

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