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Don’t panic! Keep calm and help young people to benefit from social media

By Neil Humphrey and Margarita Panayiotou Filed Under: Digital Futures, Health and Social Care Posted: February 7, 2019

In our final blog for Children’s Mental Health Week, Professor Neil Humphrey and Dr Margarita Panayiotou discuss mental health and social media. A causal link between young people’s use of digital technologies and their subsequent experience of mental health difficulties has not been proven. Social media can have both positive and negative effects on mental […]

Tagged With: #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek, #SDG, #SDG Good Health and Well-Being, Children & Young People, children's mental health, CMHW, digital, Digital Futures, Health & Social Care, mental health, MIE, screen time, social media, World Mental Health Day, Youth mental health

Online counselling for young people: Increasing access and reducing loneliness

By Terry Hanley and Pamela Qualter Filed Under: All posts, Digital Futures, Health and Care Posted: February 6, 2019

For over 15 years, staff based in the Manchester Institute of Education have been engaged in research exploring the development of online counselling services for young people. Here, Dr Terry Hanley and Professor Pamela Qualter discuss their research findings and make recommendations for the UK Government’s strategy for tackling loneliness. Our research findings act as […]

Tagged With: #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek, children's mental health, CMHW, digital, Digital Futures, Health and Care, loneliness, MIE, online counselling, World Mental Health Day, Youth mental health

Humanity in the spotlight: the investor’s responsibility

By Lara Bianchi Filed Under: Growth and Inclusion Posted: November 8, 2018

As The University of Manchester prepares to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Dr Lara Bianchi from the Business and Human Rights Catalyst at the Alliance Manchester Business School discusses the responsibility investors have in ensuring human rights are part of a company’s strategy. 82% of all of the growth […]

Tagged With: AMBS, Business Energy & Industry, digital, ESG, human rights, Partnership for the goals, productivity, SDGs, UN, United Nations

Online mental health services for children and young people: One size does not fit all!

By Terry Hanley Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Digital Futures, Growth and Inclusion, Health and Care Posted: June 12, 2018

In this blog Dr Terry Hanley, Senior Lecturer in Counselling Psychology at The University of Manchester examines how his experience of developing an online counselling service for children and young people led him to research into the benefits and drawbacks of online mental health services. The ease of accessing online counselling services often makes them […]

Tagged With: Children & Young People, digital, Digital Futures, Health & Social Care, Health and Care, mental health, MIE, NHS, Youth mental health

Cryptocorruption: what hit series ‘Billions’ tells us about how cryptocurrency could be misused

Black and white headshot of Prof Nick Lord By Alex Sprake and Nick Lord Filed Under: British Politics Posted: May 23, 2018

Taking a lead from a hit US TV show, former University of Manchester law student Alex Sprake and Dr Nick Lord discuss the potential for the misuse of cryptocurrencies to facilitate fraudulent and illicit payments. They find it as likely to be an issue in the world of ‘legitimate business’ as for organised crime, and […]

Tagged With: crime, cryptocurrency, cyber crime, data, digital, financial regulation, fraud, fraud & financial crime, innovation, serious fraud office, technology

To Every Thing There is a Season – lessons from the Alvey Programme for Creating an Innovation Ecosystem for Artificial Intelligence

By Luke Georghiou Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Digital Futures, Industry 4.0, Science and Engineering Posted: May 15, 2018

Last month the UK House of Lords Artificial Intelligence Committee published a report, ‘Artificial Intelligence, AI in the UK: ready, willing and able?’ In the report, which concluded that the UK is in a strong position to be a world leader in the development, use and ethics of artificial intelligence (AI), the Lords committee revisited […]

Tagged With: AI, data, digital, Digital Futures, Industry 4.0, innovation, Robotics, technology

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What are digital dividends and are they just for the wealthy?

Richard Heeks By Richard Heeks Filed Under: All posts, Science and Engineering, Science and Technology Posted: February 9, 2016

Digital technologies have seen rapid uptake, across most of our world.  So are developing countries seeing the benefits? If not, why not? The World Bank recently published its World Development Report 2016 Digital Dividends. Richard Heeks considers whether this major report accurately reflects the digital revolution and its impact on global development. Some years back, when […]

Tagged With: digital, ICT, ICT4D, sustainable development goals, UN, World Bank, World Development Report

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The online challenge facing government

By Tarlok Teji Filed Under: Featured, Westminster Watch Posted: May 18, 2015

Creating a coherent digital policy that addresses both opportunities and threats is likely to prove a challenge for the new Government, argues Tarlok Teji. One of the major policy challenges facing the new Government is defining our relationship to the hyper-connected digital world. While that world brings fantastic opportunities, it also creates risks of global […]

Tagged With: 5G, broadband, David Cameron, digital, e-commerce, government, internet

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