Author Archives: mcrmetropolis
Introduction to Evidence-Based Policy-Making
Introduction to Evidence-Based Policy-Making (INTROEBP) Friday, 15th February 2019 at 10:00 – 13:00 Geoffrey Manton Building, All Saints campus, Manchester Met This 3 hour introductory session is designed to provide a brief introduction to policy-making and the role of evidence … Continue reading
RLA report Launch event: Homelessness from the private rented sector
Monday, 26 November 2018 from 17:30 to 19:30 Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University What is driving homelessness from the private rented sector, and what are the policy and practice implications of this? Find out at the launch of … Continue reading
Parliamentary launch of research into Homelessness from the Private rented sector
By Dr Chris O’Leary Homelessness has a devastating effect on those experiencing it, their communities, and the public purse. There is rightly a current policy focus – both here in Greater Manchester and across England – on rough sleeping, the … Continue reading
MetroPolis presents: The Challenge of… Drugs
18:00 – 20:00, Thursday 15 November 2018 Manchester Metropolitan University The Challenge of Drugs is a MetroPolis event, designed to look in detail at the difficulties of formulating a coherent policy on drugs. Is it a public health issue, a … Continue reading
‘Professional Action and Practice for Refugees and Displaced People’
Following the International Day for Tolerance, Manchester Metropolitan University and PAPYRUS Team are glad to invite you to the event ‘Professional Action and Practice for Refugees and Displaced People’ that will be held on Saturday 17th of November in Manchester. … Continue reading
Crime & Criminal Justice Youth Transitions Social Innovation Complex commissioning for complex needs using partnerships, individuals assets and lived experience
17:00 – 19:00, Tuesday 6th November, 2018 Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University An Academy for Social Justice Evening Seminar featuring: Laura Furness │ Head of Funding│ Big Lottery Fund Paul Pandolfo │ Programme Manager │ Shelter Plus special guests … Continue reading
Complex commissioning for complex needs using partnerships, individuals assets and lived experience
The third instalment of this year’s Social Justice Commissioning seminar series will take place on the 6th of November at Manchester Metropolitan University. According to research by the Lankelly Chase Foundation (2015), around 60,000 people in England experience multiple and … Continue reading
Good Chancellor, but not good enough on Universal Credit
By Dr Chris O’Leary There has been much speculation over the last week that the Chancellor would use yesterday’s Budget to bring some much needed good news for families in receipt of Universal Credit, the Government’s flagship welfare reform. Introduced … Continue reading
Brexit Wounds: A One-Day Symposium on Cultural Responses to Leaving the EU
10am – 6pm, Tuesday 30th October 2018 Geoffrey Manton, Manchester Metropolitan University As academics in the humanities and social sciences, artists and writers, how do we engage with the challenges, threats and potential disasters of Brexit? How do we deal … Continue reading
Creating the world’s first age-friendly city – in Manchester
Our School of Architecture’s research into better neighbourhoods for older citizens has an enthusiastic partner in DevoManc’s vision to transform the region’s health. By Stefan White Our cities are typically not great places in which to grow older. Yet we … Continue reading