News
Find out what's been happening in the School of Environment, Education and Development.
-
Study shows links between social media use, unhealthy lifestyles and teenage wellbeing
24 Sep 2024
A new study from The University of Manchester has highlighted a link between social media use, unhealthy lifestyles and wellbeing in young people, ...
Read more
-
Grenfell-style shortcuts by architects ‘still fairly common’, study finds
18 Sep 2024
A new study has found that architects often take shortcuts by copying previous designs, and by relying too much on others to handle complex tasks ...
Read more
-
Manchester expert appointed as Chair of UK2070 Commission
4 Sep 2024
The UK2070 Commission - an independent inquiry into city and regional inequalities in the United Kingdom - has announced the appointment of Professor ...
Read more
-
Student teachers earn National Primary Science Enhancement Award
29 Aug 2024
Eleven student teachers from The University of Manchester received the Primary Science Enhancement Award (PSEA) for Initial Teacher Education (ITE) ...
Read more
-
Zhuo Sun (MIE) has written a blog for BERA blog
23 Aug 2024
This blog post examines the impact of AI on learning development in HE, focusing on international students in the UK. It concludes by calling for a...
Read more
-
Jack Benton Awarded Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship
16 Aug 2024
This project aims to develop new tools and insights for understanding how changes in urban environments impact people’s wellbeing. He will create...
Read more
-
Call for papers: St Helena Research & Innovation online conference
9 Aug 2024
The St Helena Research Institute was officially launched in November 2019. To celebrate its fifth anniversary an online conference will take place on...
Read more
-
Cumbria coal mine shows planning is next battleground in UK climate policy
31 Jul 2024
The UK’s new Labour government has made a bold decision. The new minister for local government, Angela Rayner, has announced that the government ...
Read more
-
Winners of the National Trust's first 'Sky Gardening Challenge' in Manchester announced
31 Jul 2024
The winning entries to the National Trust’s first ever Sky Gardening Challenge were announced on Thursday 25 July at a private garden party ...
Read more
-
An ancient lake supported human life in the Namib Sand Sea, say experts
31 Jul 2024
Desert regions in northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula have been well studied by archaeologists as the home of early humans and as routes of ...
Read more
-
Restoring eroded peatlands reduces flood risk for communities downstream
19 Jul 2024
Scientists from The University of Manchester, The University of Aberdeen and Newcastle University have found that the restoration of upland peatlands ...
Read more
-
The new Labour government plans to build 1.5 million homes – here’s what’s needed to make it happen
16 Jul 2024
Written by Graham Haughton, Professor, Urban and Environmental Planning, Anupam Nanda, Professor of Urban Economics & Real Estate, and Richard ...
Read more
-
Land protection initiatives reduced Amazon deforestation by up to 83%, research finds
15 Jul 2024
A new analysis shows that land protection initiatives in the Brazilian Legal Amazon (BLA) reduced deforestation by up to 83% between 2000 and 2010. ...
Read more
-
Leading education academic from The University of Manchester receives major award
12 Jul 2024
A leading academic from The University of Manchester has received a major award in recognition of the enormous contribution he has made to educational...
Read more
-
Listening to young voices: Labour’s victory and the role of wellbeing data in delivering manifesto promises
11 Jul 2024
The Labour Party has won the UK general election in a landslide victory, marking the most significant change in government in over 14 years. This ...
Read more
-
Education inspection finds trainee teachers flourish at The University of Manchester
8 Jul 2024
Initial Teacher Education (ITE) at The University of Manchester has once again been recognised as a high-quality route for diverse and committed ...
Read more
-
Manchester Institute of Education's second Teacher Education and Professional Learning (TEPL) annual conference
5 Jul 2024
The second TEPL annual conference was held on Thursday, 13 June at The University of Manchester. The event facilitated creative collaboration and ...
Read more
-
Royal Town Planning Institute speed networking event links students and industry
26 Jun 2024
As part of an ongoing programme of activity by the department of Property, Planning and Environmental Management (PPEM) to increase student exposure ...
Read more
-
Sportswashing is still highly effective despite more awareness among fans
26 Jun 2024
As the European football championships continue in Germany, new research has revealed that ‘sportswashing’ - the practice of using sporting events...
Read more
-
UKRI award The University of Manchester £1.7m to investigate gendered energy inequalities
25 Jun 2024
The £1.7m award will fund an ambitious 5-year programme, led by Dr Saska Petrova, Professor in Human Geography at The University of Manchester. ...
Read more
-
Social media bans don’t address youth mental health problems, say experts
13 Jun 2024
As politicians in the US, France and other countries begin introducing legislation banning the free use of social media by young people, new research ...
Read more
-
Professor Jamie Woodward named one of UK’s top environmental professionals
4 Jun 2024
Jamie Woodward, Professor of Physical Geography at The University of Manchester has been named one of the most impactful environmental professionals ...
Read more
-
SEED student success at the University's Volunteer of the Year Awards 2024
20 May 2024
The University Volunteer of the Year Awards ceremony took place in the University's Whitworth Hall on Tuesday, 7 May 2024, with students from the ...
Read more
-
SEED recognition at the University's Making a Difference Awards 2024
10 May 2024
The University of Manchester's 10th Making a Difference Awards ceremony took place on Thursday 9 May in the University’s Whitworth Hall, and live ...
Read more
-
Geography Laboratories awarded Gold LEAF certification for sustainability and efficiency action
9 May 2024
The University of Manchester’s Geography Laboratories have been certified as operating to a Gold standard in the Laboratory Efficiency Assessment ...
Read more
-
‘City deals’ are coming to NZ – let’s make sure they’re not ‘city back-room deals’
9 May 2024
Written by Tom Baker Associate Professor in Human Geography, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau, Cristina Temenos Reader in Geography, ...
Read more
-
Moss 'speed bumps' to prevent flooding in latest phase of Kinder Scout peatland restoration
8 May 2024
Work has started to restore a new 526-hectare (1,300 acre) area of peatland on Kinder Scout in Derbyshire, the site of the famous mass trespass of ...
Read more
-
Group to investigate research governance of controversial ‘Solar Radiation Modification’ technology
30 Apr 2024
Over the next three years, a group of European researchers including The University of Manchester's Dr Robert Bellamy will examine the governance ...
Read more
-
Report calls for national rollout of local child wellbeing surveys like #BeeWell
26 Apr 2024
A new report from Child of the North and Anne Longfield’s Centre for Young Lives think tank has set out a plan for the Government to boost ...
Read more
-
Architecture PhD student wins Design & Health International Academy Award
19 Apr 2024
The Design & Health International Academy Awards is the leading advocacy program in the world, recognising professional excellence in the ...
Read more
-
Programme to tackle children’s mental health delivers more than £5m of benefits to society
17 Apr 2024
Millions of pounds of wellbeing benefits were delivered to society last year as part of a mental health initiative in schools, according to a new ...
Read more
-
Professor Pamela Qualter appointed as co-chair of WHO Commission Advisory Group
11 Apr 2024
In November 2023, the World Health Organisation (WHO) established the Commission on Social Connection, which aims to reposition social connection as ...
Read more
-
Hope and optimism on the rise among young people
15 Mar 2024
Latest #BeeWell data presents a much-needed good news story for young people’s mental health and wellbeing.
Read more
-
Transformational gift set to redefine global development research for the 21st century at University of Manchester
12 Mar 2024
The Global Development Institute (GDI) at The University of Manchester has received a further transformational donation of £2 million from the Rory ...
Read more
-
Celebrating Entrepreneurial Talent with the Venture Further Awards 2024
11 Mar 2024
The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre is excited to announce the finalists for this year's Venture Further Awards.
Read more
-
The Engine Room opens in Southport, providing creatives a valuable resource
6 Mar 2024
Situated in a heritage shopping arcade, The Engine Room is a co-working and co-learning space designed to counter the trend of creatives leaving ...
Read more
-
Women’s safety: housing and intersecting crises in Manchester
4 Mar 2024
In May 2023, members of the Manchester Urban Institute Feminist Collective hosted the event “Women’s Safety: Housing and intersecting crises in ...
Read more
-
Positioning Manchester at the forefront of the Generative AI revolution in Education
4 Mar 2024
Generative AI is an emerging interdisciplinary area which will have wide-ranging impacts on everyday life, especially education. To tackle global ...
Read more
-
Inaugural lecture by Deljana Iossifova, Professor of Architecture and Urban Studies
4 Mar 2024
On Wednesday 28 February, the School of Environment, Education and Development and guests celebrated the appointment to professorship of Deljana ...
Read more
-
Inaugural lecture by Steven Courtney, Professor of Sociology of Education Leadership
4 Mar 2024
On Wednesday 28 February, the School of Environment, Education and Development and guests celebrated the appointment to professorship of Steven ...
Read more
-
Dr Vaidehi Tandel, Lecturer at the University of Manchester, was interviewed for a new documentary on the water mafia in Indian cities
28 Feb 2024
Dr Vaidehi Tandel features in a new documentary taking an inside look at India's vast black market for water. 'Water Mafia' produced by Vice Studios ...
Read more
-
Henrik Ernstson and his co-authors have won the 2023 International Journal of Urban and Regional Research prize for Best Article
20 Feb 2024
Henrik Ernstson, Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Geography and co-authors, Ricardo Cardoso (National University of Singapore) and ...
Read more
-
Trees can make farms more sustainable – here’s how to help farmers plant more
8 Feb 2024
Imagine making one change to a farm field so that as well as producing food, it also generated building materials, fuel and fodder. At the same time, ...
Read more
-
Autism crisis sees thousands of children wait years for support, report finds
7 Feb 2024
A new report has revealed a crisis in children’s autism assessment, warning that thousands of autistic children and young people are waiting months ...
Read more
-
Self-employment Week: Monday 19 - Thursday, 22 February 2024
5 Feb 2024
Join MEC, in collaboration with UoM Careers, for Self-employment Week.
Read more
-
PitchIt! – A student societies’ entrepreneurship competition
5 Feb 2024
Applications are now open for the PitchIt! competition. Elevate your society's impact with up to £1250 in funding!
Read more
-
In memoriam - Dr Wiesam Essa
26 Jan 2024
We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Dr Wiesam Essa, of Al-Aqsa University in Palestine who was recently a Visiting Fellow of The University...
Read more
-
University awarded £23.5m to lead delivery of educational psychology training
24 Jan 2024
The University of Manchester has been awarded over £23.5m by the government’s Department for Education (DfE) to lead a national consortium of eight...
Read more
-
Celebrating the graduation of our 2023 Equity and Merit scholars
21 Dec 2023
This year’s Winter Graduation saw more of our Equity and Merit Scholarship students receive their awards and celebrate their academic ...
Read more
-
Billions have been raised to restore forests with little success - here’s the missing ingredient
8 Dec 2023
Protecting and restoring forests is one of the cheapest and most effective options for mitigating the carbon emissions heating Earth.
Read more