Remember to switch appliances off this festive season!🎅🌞

Great to see these projects have been funded, and looking forward to hearing more from them in the New Year! www.spritehub.org/introducing-...

📢 Job vacancy: join SPRITE+ as a Research Associate to work on their XRCET TIPSS Deep Dive! ⌛ Closing date: 06 January 2026 📍 Location: The University of Manchester 📅 Start date: 01 February 2026 👇 👇 👇

📌 🚨 Funding Alert: AHRC-DFG Research Grants Scheme (Round 8) 🚨 The Arts and Humanities Research Council(AHRC) and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) are offering up to £420,000 for collaborative UK-Germany research projects. ✅ Deadline: 11 February 2026, 4:00pm (UK time) ✅ Duration: 24–36 months

Join @spriteplus.bsky.social for their final Lunch and Learn of the year with Dr. Rahat Masood! 'From Sophistication to Coordination: Decoding the Next Generation of Social Bot Behaviour and Detection' 👇👇👇

📣 Calling all UK-based researchers in the humanities and social sciences! Join the British Academy ERC Consolidator Grants Webinar on Monday, 24 November 2025, 14:00–15:30 GMT 👇

📣 Calling all UK-based researchers in the humanities and social sciences! Join the British Academy ERC Consolidator Grants Webinar on Monday, 24 November 2025, 14:00–15:30 GMT.

See below for details of the launch of the @spriteplus.bsky.social Global Partners Programme! 👇 👇

New research from @manchester.ac.uk asks: "What happens when your AI soulmate disappears?" Dr Jennifer Cearns explores human-AI relationships. It’s not sci-fi - it’s happening now! Read more www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/w... 💔 #SoSSResearch #AI #Anthropology #TechAndEmotion #DigitalFutures

Join us next week for the MIOIR seminar! Dr Dmitry Sharapov (Imperial College Business School) will explore how competition across multiple markets shapes firms’ strategies in platform industries. 🗓 Mon, 27 Oct ⏰ 3:30–4:30pm 📍 AMBS & Online Register 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mioir-semi...

🎉 Celebrating Leadership in Creative Research 🎉 🎊Congratulations to Connie! We’re excited to share that Dr Constance Smith, one of SALIENT Hub work package leads, has been appointed Deputy Director of Creative Manchester (www.creative.manchester.ac.uk/about/people/) at The University of Manchester!

🚀It was great to meet inspiring speakers during the first two core-conference days at Manchester Tech Festival! 🤩 such as Elena Korenko who ran an interactive workshop exploring how cultural differences shape teamwork, leadership, and communication...✨ We look forward to further conversations!

🚀 Manchester Tech Festival is officially open! 📍 Victoria Baths, Manchester 🕗 Core Conference: 8:00AM – 4:30PM + Evening Social 24-25 Sep 2025

Blue skies and interesting connections made in Salford this week, at the Institute of Government & Public Policy Public Sector Cyber Security Conference and Exhibition 2025. Also had fun working with the @spriteplus.bsky.social team!

Join Sprite+ this Wednesday for the SPRITE+ Lunch and Learn with Emily Collins! 👇👇👇

🚀Hiring Now: Join the @manchester.ac.uk to lead the @ukri.org funded NSEC network! Work with the @thomasashtoninst.bsky.social & SALIENT Hub to shape national security & resilience research. Be the connector across academia, policy & practice. Apply now: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

🚀Hiring Now: Join the @manchester.ac.uk to lead the @ukri.org funded NSEC network! Work with the @thomasashtoninst.bsky.social & SALIENT Hub to shape national security & resilience research. Be the connector across academia, policy & practice. Apply now: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Brunswick came together for a day of community, conversation, and creativity in Gartside Gardens. A brilliant example of community-led regeneration in Manchester. 📖 Read the story: www.salient-hub.org/2025/09/05/b... #Brunswick #CommunityPower #SALIENT #Security #Resilience

🚨 DEADLINE NEXT MONDAY! Don't forget to apply for the NABS+ Commissioning Call. Funded projects the value of £60k each (paid @80% fEC). Applications in by Monday 8 Sept, 5pm. 👉 crestresearch.ac.uk/nabs/commiss...

📣 We're holding an online mentor clinic for ECRs and PhD students! Don't miss out on the opportunity to ask SPRITE+ Director Professor Mark Elliot for advice about securing your dream job, or at least your dream next step. 🔗 Book your place here: www.spritehub.org/event-detail... #SPRITE #ECR

🚨 Final places available to attend our Future Leaders workshop in collaboration with the RBOC NetworkPlus! 🚨 Workshop elements will include: ➡️ Effective Decision Making ➡️ Encouraging Resilience 🔗 APPLY NOW: www.spritehub.org/event-detail... #SPRITE #events #opportunities #TIPS #FutureLeaders

📢 Join us next week for a webinar with @hrfh.bsky.social! 📢 This talk will help you understand the importance of robust security for patients, staff, and your work. 📆 3rd September, 1-2pm 🔗 Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi... #SPRITE #NetworkPlus #HRfH #Webinar #Cybersecurity

🌟 The programme is now live for our 2025 Showcase! 🌟 Whether you can attend the full day, or there's a particular talk you'd like to tune in for, we're excited to see you there! 🔗 View the programme and register here: www.spritehub.org/event-detail... #SPRITE #showcase #TIPS #NetworkPlus

📣You're Invited! Join us for an insightful webinar hosted by the International Consortium for Societal Resilience (i-NCSR+): 🧭 When Disaster Strikes: The Private Sector Can Make All The Difference 🗓️ Monday, 22 September 2025 🕙 10:00–11:30am (UK time).

📢 Exciting webinar! 🌍 “Research Security in Europe: Policy Responses and Academic Perspectives” 🗓️ 9 Sept | 13:30–15:00 (online) 🔒A must-attend for policymakers, researchers & anyone interested in science diplomacy, national security, and international collaboration.

📣 🇬🇧 UKRI Safer Streets R&D Mission 📊 #UKRI has initiated the Concentrations of Crime Data R&I Challenge under its R&D Missions Accelerator Programme, backed by a £4 million investment.

🇬🇧 Change to Online Safety Act – How new laws keep children safe online UK government published changes to how tech platforms operate in the UK on 1st Aug 2025, introducing new legal duties to keep children safe online.

🔹🇬🇧 New #GOVUK Policy Paper: Managing a Robust & Resilient Supply of Medicines (Published 11 August 2025) #DHSC & #NHS England are strengthening how we tackle medicine shortages and boost supply chain resilience.

🔍 UK Defence Wargame Reveals Supply Chain Vulnerabilities The Ministry of Defence has released findings from a landmark wargame conducted with industry in late 2024 designed to stress-test the UK’s defence industrial base under wartime conditions (by Geoge ‬‪@geoallison.ukdefencejournal.org.uk)

📣 Registration is officially open for our 2025 showcase! Join us online for the annual SPRITE+ showcase: www.spritehub.org/event-detail... 📆 Monday 8th September, 10:00 – 17:00 📍 Online #SPRITE #showcase #events #InnovationFora #registration #TIPS #research #sandpits #OnlineShowcase

🌍✨ What an incredible day at the International Festival of Public Health 2025, hosted by our amazing colleagues @manmetuni.bsky.social, including Prof Arpana Verma, Head of the Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care at The University of Manchester.! 🏙️👏

📣 🚨 Now Open: NABS+ Commissioning Call 🚨 🚀 Looking to drive real-world impact through research to shape the future of national security and defence? NABS+ is inviting applications for innovative, small-scale research projects.

🌟🌱 The TAI community is growing and thriving! 🌱🌟 We’re excited to share the beautifully relaunched TAI newsletter page thanks to the dedication and creativity of our amazing colleagues: Kirsty (Digital Project Manager)🏅 and wonderful Helen🏅 🔗 Take a look: documents.manchester.ac.uk/display.aspx...

🎯Salient’s @opsprof.bsky.social breaks down Ukraine’s drone strikes on Russian airbases—and what they mean for national security. 📖 Read on @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/ukraine-dron... 🔗 More on our work: www.salient-hub.org/work-package...

🚨 New Blog: A Systems View on the UK’s Prison Crisis Richard Kirkham shares insights from a recent @spriteplus.bsky.social event on rethinking prison safety through systems thinking. 📖 Read the Blog: bit.ly/3SLJxQQ 🖇️ Connect with SALIENT: bit.ly/3ZquXSA ➕ Join SPRITE +: bit.ly/4jHZRwT

📣🎥 “❤️You have to love what you do, everything comes from passion❤️.” A timely reminder that purpose and passion are at the core of everything we strive for in academia and beyond. Watch a brief clip featuring PEP with the Vice Chancellor ‪@duncanivison.bsky.social‬.

🎓 Cybersecurity meets curiosity! Join us for a Lunch & Learn with Prof. Daniel Dresner on 18th June, 13pm BST. Explore digital trust, human factors & the future of cyber. Hosted by SPRITE+ 🧠💻 🔗 Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/sprite-lun... #CyberSecurity #LunchAndLearn #DigitalTrust #SPRITEplus

🎉 We're excited to see the new website of the Thomas Ashton Institute go live! A huge well done to my amazing colleagues in the Planning Team and at TAI, especially Helen for all the hard work behind the scenes. 👏👏

I'm delighted that with colleagues - Co-Is Lizzie Coles-Kemp and Danilo Francati - that we have been successful in the first SALIENT funding call with our project, "Fake in the Community"

🚨 Exciting news from SALIENT: 7 projects have been awarded funding through our first Devolved Funding Call. These bold, interdisciplinary projects tackle urgent resilience challenges across society, tech, defence, and more. 🧵👇 🔗 www.salient-hub.org/devolved-funding-calls/project-portfolio/

🌍 🇬🇧 Strengthening Societal Resilience in the UK 🇬🇧 🚨The latest National Briefing from the National Consortium for Societal Resilience [UK+] highlights how local communities can become the first and last responders during disruptions 🆘 from digital blackouts to energy crises.

🎓 TAI Lecture 2025 is today! "Ethics, Regulation and Innovation on the Digital Frontier" with Prof. Chris Johnson, DSIT Chief Scientific Adviser. Still time to register 👉 🔗 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/bcc9c9... Let’s talk AI, trust, and the future of tech. 💡

🚀 How exciting! The wait is over!🚀: #CYBERUK25 has officially launched in Manchester, bringing together top global cybersecurity experts for two days of bold talks and insights. SALIENT Hub has joined an official stand @CYBERUKevents ✨✨

🚀 How exciting! The wait is over!🚀: #CYBERUK25 has officially launched in Manchester, bringing together top global cybersecurity experts for two days of bold talks and insights. SALIENT Hub has joined an official stand ✨ (www.salient-hub.org)

🌟 SALIENT Commitment to Inclusion 🌟 📢 Following the Recent Supreme Court Judgement on the Terms “Woman” and “Sex” in the Equality Act, we want to assure our community that SALIENT remains wholly and deeply committed to the values of equity, diversity, and inclusion.

🚀Five years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, how far have we come in building resilience—and how far do we still have to go? 📝 SALIENT Hub’s latest blog, "Five Years On from Covid-19: Closing the Resilience Gap" is a timely reminder that resilience isn’t a one-time fix.

In case you missed it, our March Newsletter is packed with: 🔶 SPRITE+ funding opportunities 🔶 News and publications from the SPRITE+ community 🔶 Upcoming events and conferences Check it out👇 eocampaign1.com/web-version?... #SPRITE #newsletter #TIPS #digital #opportunities #funding #events

📢 Calling PhD students 📢 We're accepting applications for 5 x funded places at the University of Strathclyde's 2025 Cybercrime Summer School! Apply now 👇 spritehub.org/2025/02/27/c... #SPRITE #PhDstudents #summerschool #opportunities #funding #cybercrime #cybersecurity