Happening tomorrow! 💻

Don't forget to sign up to this webinar covering how digitalisation is driving changes in organisational structures and inclusivity in leadership, with a chance to ask questions and get involved!

Find out more here: loom.ly/QKQ6RUo

Manchester Urban Institute unites academic staff from across the University with local partners and communities to create better, more sustainable cities.

Read more: socialresponsibility.manchester.ac.uk/all-news/worki…

Thanks to all who came to our first #PeatMetal webinar & to Peter for kicking us off in style. You can find the recording here bit.ly/3VNwd15. Next up Richard Fewster with an overview of the
PIPES: Pollutants In PEatlands from sink to Source 24/04/24. Sign up here peatmetal.com/workshops/ #PeatlandsMatter

❗IN THREE WEEKS, hear how rap music is unfairly used in criminal trials with Keir Monteith KC for his inaugural lecture w/ UoM Law & CoDE (Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity)

Join us for a conversation on stereotypes and reform ⚖️

📅1 MAY🕒5-6.30PM🎟️FREE

📍 Uni Place

👉Book: bit.ly/3VrniCa

New on the blog! 🚨

What is it like to study Global Development at undergraduate level? First-year Chi-Chi Ojigbani has been blogging about her experiences over the past few months.

We have pulled together some highlights for you to read here: loom.ly/a_aeSj8

Our #SummerSchool has courses for every #researcher .

Are you interested in learning more about #SocialNetworkAnalysis , or #QualitativeInterviewing , or even looking to unleash your #creative potential? Then we have something for you, and more!

methods.manchester.ac.uk/connect/events…

Next Tuesday is the deadline to submit your abstract for our upcoming Methods Fair.

Do you want the opportunity to give a five-minute lightning talk, discuss #research with those from across the #socialsciences , and have a free lunch? Then submit today!

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Being Chinese is hard.

I have lost many friends in the past few years thanks to medias like the BBC. Being kicked out from a local badminton group on WhatsApp is only normal.

They don't care about our contribution to this country. They don't know the individuals who care.

'The story starts with the freezing of tuition fees in 2017....'
I think the story started earlier, with the removal of student number caps and the shrinkage of the block grant for HE teaching. Unfreezing fees isn't the answer to all of the sector's woes. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Join us for a series of Research Cafés exploring the significance of non-human presence and agency in theory and practice for imagining Civic Futures

🌿 Plants: 10/04
👕 Materials: 24/04
🐖 Animals: 08/05

Book: ow.ly/8uu250R3kHk

Dr Jenna C. Ashton @sustainableuom @rgsanimals

The 2024 Small Grants scheme is open for proposals on #Religion #Spirituality & #MoralEducation Grants of £10k or £20k are available for 12 month projects to do new research. Full information here soc-for-ed-studies.org.uk/prizes-grants-… #RSME #charactereducation #ecr #research #edutwitter

In a webinar on April 10, academics from GDI and Melbourne's online Leadership for Development programme will discuss Digital Transformation for Development - an emerging phenomenon in the development sector 🌐

Register to attend here: loom.ly/t0Qu1_8

Good news! The fantastic webinar delivered by Isaac López-Moreno Flores on poverty dynamics in Bangladesh is available now to watch on our Youtube!
👉 loom.ly/FHx-ZrU

Pls share:

Special issue of Teaching in Higher Education (TiHE)

#Precarity and illusions of certainty in #HigherEd ucation #Teaching

Editors: Peter Kahn Marie-Pierre Moreau & me Dr Jessica Gagnon

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#HigherEd #PhDchat #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #Precarious #AcademicPrecarity

We have EXTENDED the deadline for submissions to our upcoming Methods Fair!

Are you a #researcher who wants to discuss your research with others across the #socialsciences ? Now, you have until the 16th of April to submit a lightning talk or poster! 👇

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Nice poster with some data fallacies to be aware of:
Cherry picking
Sampling bias
Hawthorne effect and more.
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Join us on 10 April at Contact for an informal, free networking lunch to discuss interdisciplinary, multi-species perspectives on plant lives and plant thinking 🌿🌱🌵

Find out more and book: eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-caf…

routledge.com/Applied-Urban-… Been a long time in the making and from August 8 you can pre-order our new book Applied Urban Design. This is easily the biggest project I’ve ever worked on. Made all the more enjoyable by doing it with 3 mates Michael Martin, Bob Phillips, and Taki Sonbli

Our up-coming #SummerSchool has NINE short courses available, with a limited number of bursaries available.

If you are looking to expand how you approach your #research , then sign up today! 👇
methods.manchester.ac.uk/connect/events…

Sensible The Sutton Trust recommendations for reforming student maintenance. So-called 'hardship' funds - even when universities do allocate them to students in most need - are demeaning for applicants, and serve only to normalise a chronic structural problem. suttontrust.com/our-research/r…