Category Archives: Events
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
Working safely with drug users in supported housing and homelessness settings
‘Working safely with drug users in supported housing/homelessness settings’ Date & Time: 13th February 2019, 9.30 am – 3.45 pm Location: G.33 Ground Floor, Business School, Manchester Metropolitan University All Saints Campus, Manchester M15 6BH. Aim This event brings together … 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
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
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
Randomised controlled trials: past, present and prospects for the future – a personal perspective
17:30 – 20:00, Wednesday 24th October, 2018 Hilton Deansgate, 303 Deansgate, Manchester M3 4LQ Stephen Morris, Professor of Evaluation at PERU will discuss the past present and future prospects for Randomised Controlled Trials at the Social Research Association 40th Anniversary … Continue reading
Combining state and non-state partnerships for effective place leadership
09:00, October 23, 2018 – 17:00, October 24, 2018 MMU Business School, All Saints Campus, Oxford Road, Manchester To register, please visit: https://rsa-leadership.eventbrite.co.uk Conference details Place leadership research is at a critical juncture. After having reached a wide and new recognition … Continue reading
Fulfilling the legacy of the Stephen Lawrence inquiry report – twenty years on
17:00 – 19:00, Tuesday 16th October, 2018 Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University An Academy for Social Justice Evening Seminar (5pm-7pm) featuring: Kris Christmann │ Research Fellow | Applied Criminology & Policing Centre | Huddersfield University Michelle Rogerson │ Senior … Continue reading