Join @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social to explore how @manchester.ac.uk can help businesses and academics collaborate on innovative CreaTech applications.
The event showcases collaborative paths for academics, (Crea)Tech enthusiasts, SMB owners, and Creative Industries professionals.
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🎟️ Join us on 14 May, 5–7pm for Rob Ford’s take on The British General Election 2024, followed by a live podcast with The Manchester Mill.
With local elections fresh, expect an event packed with political drama and sharp analysis.
🔗 Tickets here: uom.link/2024GeneralE...
@robfordmancs.bsky.social
In four weeks: CreaTech Connect - Accelerating University–Industry Partnerships
📅 18 May, 4.30pm-6.00pm
📍 SISTER Building, M1 7JR
🎟️ https://ow.ly/HUr250YFIgv
Join us to explore how The University of Manchester can help businesses and academics work together for innovative applications of CreaTech.
Dr Rebecca Nowland tells us all about it in their latest research.
🔗 Check it out for yourself here: doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
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Social media itself isn’t the problem, it’s about how we use it.
Active interactions 👉 stronger relationships
Passive scrolling 👉 higher loneliness
Offline support networks 👉 more positive online experiences
And platforms influence this, too. Design can push us toward connection or isolation
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Are we doomscrolling or actually connecting?
New research from @manchester.ac.uk says the answer isn’t simple 👇
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Inspired by Harry Street’s legacy? Learn how law can shape a better world with Attorney General Richard Hermer KC's insights from @uomlaw.bsky.social Harry Street Lecture!
📰 www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/attorney-gene...
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A study by Dr Andrea Nini (@andreanini.com) shows that a grammar-based approach can match or outperform advanced AI systems in author identification. LambdaG uses grammatical patterns instead of large AI models, providing comparable accuracy, transparency, and lower costs.
🔗 doi.org/10.1057/s415...
Ola’s work helps us understand why so many girls struggle to find their place in a culture where the “cool girl” ideal still dominates and why supporting girls means challenging the norms around them, not just telling them to be resilient.
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The episode also highlights adults working to improve girls’ lives. Among them is academic Ola Demkowicz (@olademk.bsky.social), whose research provides crucial insights into girls’ wellbeing, identity, and the environments shaping their experiences.
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They also share their fears about safety, judgment, expectations, and the limits those fears place on the futures they imagine for themselves. It’s a sobering reminder of the pressures girls carry long before adulthood.
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They talk openly about where their ideas of femininity come from and how often those ideas are shaped in relation to boys.
One of the most striking themes is how many girls feel programmed to care:
👉 to care for others
👉 to care about what others think
👉 to adjust themselves to keep the peace
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Teenage girls in the UK speak honestly in this BBC Sounds series, featuring Dr Ola Demkowicz, who explores what it's like to grow up as a young woman today.
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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James Nazroo & Laia Becares recently presented evidence on ethnic & racial inequalities during the pandemic to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, showing how historical & ongoing racism creates ethnic inequalities
@uomsoss.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/e...
📢What does it truly mean to lead as a woman in systems that resist change?
Join us for the Christabel Pankhurst Lecture: PUSHing for Justice: Women, Power & the Unfinished Fight for Equality where @istephanieboyce.bsky.social will share her insights
🎟️Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/christabel...
Sure - Paul Mescal rocked the tunic, but what is Hamnet really about?
Professor Jerome de Groot talks us through the double Oscar winning picture...
As climate change raises wildfire risks in the UK, experts have created the country's first landscape and fuel-specific fire models. This effort improves wildfire readiness and develops new prediction tools for a potential national fire danger rating system.
www.manchester.ac.uk/research/imp...
Community-led research shows traditional charity grants often fall short. One World Together uses a trust-based approach by pooling small monthly donations into long-term, adaptable funding to boost community agency.
🔗 www.manchester.ac.uk/research/imp...
Her analysis brings clarity to a complex legal and ethical debate at a critical moment for end‑of‑life law in the UK.
🔗 Read the full article here: www.lbc.co.uk/article/assi...
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She also outlines the limited but important routes forward, including the potential use of the Parliament Acts and the challenges of relying on Private Members’ Bills for major reform.
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Alexandra points out the constitutional tension this causes: when widespread public support clashes with parliamentary obstruction, what is the next step?
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She explains that the Terminally Ill (End of Life) Adults Bill hasn’t been blocked on principle, but slowed by procedural tactics. Including more than 1,200 amendments tabled by a small group of peers.
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🌟 Research Spotlight
Our own Dr Alexandra Mullock features in a new LBC Opinion piece analysing why the Assisted Dying Bill has stalled in the House of Lords.
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Discover why this rule matters, where law remains unclear, and its implications across EU states in his report with Prof. Elaine Dewhurst:
data.europa.eu/doi/10.2838/...
@uomlaw.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk
'What would you do if your boss instructed you to discriminate against someone?'
Lecturer in Employment Law, Ricardo Buendia, unpacks a little-known corner of EU equality law: the prohibition of instructions to discriminate. 💭⚖️🤔
#LawSky #Legal
Join us at the St Thomas Centre, Manchester, on Tue 28 Apr 2026 to celebrate the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group’s (MUARG) 10‑year anniversary — a decade of collective research, partnership, and action to make cities better places to grow older!
Graphic with text asking: ‘Do you work with young people aged 11–18 in Greater Manchester? Do you organise activities in nature?’ It invites professionals to participate in a 45‑minute online or in‑person interview about gender differences in nature‑based activities. Eligibility criteria and contact email for Amy Phillips are included
We're launching a timely project exploring how young people aged 11–18 engage with nature across Greater Manchester, with a focus on understanding gender‑related differences in participation. @uomhums.bsky.social @uomseed.bsky.social
