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What we need to know next about loneliness

By Pamela Qualter Filed Under: Growth and Inclusion, Health and Care, Urban Posted: May 12, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the UK’s mental health, particularly loneliness. Data from spring 2021 found a million more adults were feeling lonely “often” or “always” compared to spring 2020. Now, a recent evidence review for DCMS, led by Professor Pamela Qualter, has set out what we know – and don’t […]

Tagged With: Children & Young People, communities, COVID-19, Disabilities, inequalities, LGBTQ+, loneliness, mental health, MIE, older people, SEED, wellbeing

Child of the North: Pregnancy and early years

Anna Sanders By Pamela Qualter and Anna Sanders Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Cities and Environment, Growth and Inclusion, Health and Care, Health and Social Care, Urban Posted: May 9, 2022

Evidence makes it clear that exposure to adversity and stress has vast potential to negatively influence the trajectory of a person’s health and wellbeing throughout their life. In this blog, Professor Pamela Qualter and Dr Anna Sanders present the key findings of a Child of the North report, co-authored with colleagues from Newcastle, Bradford, Sheffield, […]

Tagged With: british politics, caring responsibilities & children, Children & Young People, education, gender inequalities, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, inequalities, Levelling Up, mental health, MIE, poverty, Racial Inequalities, schools, SEED, SoSS, wellbeing

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Child of the North: Schools and education

By Caroline Bond and Pamela Qualter Filed Under: All posts, Education, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: April 20, 2022

COVID-19 exposed the disadvantage suffered by children and young people in our most deprived areas, disproportionately in the north of England. In this blog, Professor Caroline Bond and Professor Pamela Qualter discuss how these problems, and the accumulating evidence, demand a policy response. This is an adaptation of an article they co-authored for the Child […]

Tagged With: british politics, Children & Young People, Digital Divide, education, Levelling Up, local government, MIE, Northern Powerhouse, schools, SEED, students, wellbeing

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Levelling Up Education: what place-based education could look like

Headshot of Eric Lybeck By Eric Lybeck Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Growth and Inclusion, Urban Posted: March 21, 2022

Earlier this year, the government published its much anticipated white paper, Levelling Up the United Kingdom, which outlined 12 interventions deemed necessary to tackle the regional inequalities that have grown in recent decades. In this blog, Dr Eric Lybeck argues that, at root, the government and its economists see this imbalance, not as the result […]

Tagged With: 2022 Top 5, communities, education, Levelling Up, MIE

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No quick fix: the long-term needs of sexual assault survivors

Picture of Laura WattsDavid GaddPicture of Filippo Varese By Laura Watt, David Gadd, Maria Pampaka, Filippo Varese and Rabiya Majeed-Ariss Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Health and Social Care Posted: February 9, 2022

Around 1 in 5 women will experience sexual assault at some point in their life. The results can be devastating for victims and survivors. They not only have to deal with the psychological trauma of the assault, but often suffer physical harm and social consequences, including financial ones, as a result. The impact of these […]

Tagged With: 2022 Top 5, CMI, crime, gender inequalities, Greater Manchester, Health inequalities, inequalities, law, mental health, MIE, SEED, SHS, SoSS, wellbeing

Employability meets education: Why essays and exams are not enough

Drew Whitworth By Drew Whitworth Filed Under: All posts, Digital Futures, Education Posted: December 7, 2021

In an increasingly digital world, the skills that students require to succeed in employment are changing but assessments within education settings are not. In this blog, Dr Drew Whitworth discusses the potential pitfalls of traditional forms of assessment, such as essays and exams, which focus on information retention instead of application, and highlights how practice-based […]

Tagged With: #OnDigitalInequalities, Children & Young People, digital, Digital Divide, education, MIE

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Bridging the digital divide: Greater Manchester schools creating pathways to success

Paul ArmstrongStephen Rayner By Paul Armstrong, Stephen Rayner and Melvin Ainscow Filed Under: All posts, Digital Futures, Education Posted: November 25, 2021

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority created the Pathways to Success strategy to support schools to deliver education to vulnerable children during lockdown. In this blog, Dr Paul Armstrong, Dr Stephen Rayner and Emeritus Professor Mel Ainscow reflect on the strategy and explore the opportunities for schools to implement aspects of it […]

Tagged With: #OnDigitalInequalities, Children & Young People, digital, Digital Divide, education, Greater Manchester, MIE, Pandemic, wellbeing

Children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing: moving towards evidence-based, data-driven responses

By Neil Humphrey Filed Under: All posts, Devo, Education, Growth and Inclusion, Health and Care Posted: March 25, 2021

As children and young people return to classroom education, schools have a vital role to play in assessing and supporting children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing. Here, Professor Neil Humphrey from the Manchester Institute of Education argues that schools should routinely collect reliable mental health and wellbeing data, with which they can ‘build […]

Tagged With: Children & Young People, education, Greater Manchester, Health & Social Care, mental health, MIE, schools, SoSS, Youth mental health

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Filling a youth-shaped gap in the FE White Paper: Reducing inequalities in post-16 progression

Ruth Lupton By Ruth Lupton, Stephanie Thomson, Lorna Unwin and Sanne Velthuis Filed Under: All posts, Education, Growth and Inclusion, Inclusive Growth Posted: February 8, 2021

The new Further Education (FE) White Paper claims its proposals will transform post-16 education and training in England. It acknowledges that not enough people develop technical skills at Level 3 and above. Yet it has nothing to say about the thousands of young people who do not progress smoothly from GCSEs to Level 3 programmes. […]

Tagged With: Children & Young People, education, employment, inequalities, inequality, MIE, schools, WEI

Building back better: rethinking urban futures with children and young people

By Deborah Ralls Filed Under: Cities and Environment, Education, Inclusive Growth Posted: October 27, 2020

The global pandemic of 2020 has had a huge impact on the lives of millions of citizens around the world, with research showing that children and young people (CYP) have been the most severely affected. Here in the UK and beyond, governments and policymakers are expressing their determination to ‘build back better’ after COVID-19, while […]

Tagged With: Children & Young People, Cohesion and integration, COVID-19, democracy, economy, education, Greater Manchester, inclusive growth, inequalities, inequality, local government, MIE, MUI, Pandemic, schools, SEED, students

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