📢 Calling UK researchers! The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Gov is seeking insights on how planning laws can be streamlined. Apply here 👉 app.overton.io/ui/opportuni... Explore more via Overton Engage 👇 www.overton.io/overton-engage

🌍 Academics & researchers: Want to make your work matter in government policy? The new guidance “Routes for academic engagement with Government” is out- detailing routes like fellowships, exchange schemes, advisory roles & more. www.gov.uk/government/p...

MetroPolis is proud to support @manmetuni.bsky.social colleagues at this year’s #LabourPartyConference. 🎓 Education | 🧠 Mental health | 🎨 Creativity | 💼 Future economy Our leaders will share expertise to help shape national debates. 🔗 www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Huge thanks to everyone who joined the AI in Government and Academia Summit yesterday at @manmetuni.bsky.social A hugely successful event! Special thanks to our speakers, panellists, Professor Keeley Crockett and Dr Tommaso Spinelli

💡 Researchers: New National Crime Agency ARI calls for insights on AI & emerging tech in tackling economic crime. Find out more 👉 ari.org.uk/aris/798405 Explore more ARIs at 👉 ari.org.uk

📢 Exclusive for @mmulawresearch.bsky.social Learn how to adapt your research for different policy audiences in this workshop led by Sarah O’Meara of Universal Impact,the communications arm of The Conversation that empowers researchers to reach wider audiences. 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-h...

🚨 ARI Alert!🚨 The UK Dept. for Education is seeking research on how schools can effectively monitor and evaluate SEND provision and assess progress and attainment for diverse SEND needs. Vital for inclusive education policy. Explore the opportunity: app.overton.io/ui/opportuni...

🚨 New MetroPolis training session! Introduction to Policymaking with Prof Chris Fox Learn how to shape policy with your research 📅 Wed 24 Sept | 🕑 13:30–15:00 | 📍 MMU Business School 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducti...

Share your expertise with Parliament! 🏛️ The Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology (POST) is seeking expert input for research. Find out how to contribute: post.parliament.uk/contributing...

Violence against women & girls, both offline and online, demands urgent attention. Read the latest UK Parliament report: 🔗 researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/PO...

How can parents support their children’s digital wellbeing over the summer? Chancellor’s Fellow @michellemcmanus.bsky.social shares her expert advice in The Conversation 👇 🔗 theconversation.com/a-parents-gu...

Did you know about ari.org.uk? 🔍Discover 1500+ UK government research needs- a free tool connecting researchers with policy.

🎉 Congratulations to Professor Susan Postlethwaite on being awarded a MetroPolis Chancellor’s Fellowship! Her research will explore how fashion and textile manufacturing can help shape regeneration policy in London and Greater Manchester. 👗🏙️

Hydrogen offers a low-carbon lifeline for hard-to-decarbonise sectors and a major economic opportunity. But without clearer policy and stronger coordination, the UK could fall behind. 📘 Read the full report: mcrmetropolis.uk/wp-content/u...

📢 We've released 25 additional places for Manchester Met staff to attend the AI in Government and Academia Summit this September! Manchester Met staff and students, secure your place now ⬇️ 🔗 eventbrite.co.uk/e/ai-in-gove...

🚨 Just out: Our Summer 2025 newsletter! Catch up on highlights including AI & government, age segregation, people-centred economies, new training, & upcoming policy engagement opportunities. 📩 Read more: content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKM...

🚨 Just out: our final MetroPolis Matters of the academic year! Catch up on highlights including AI & government, age segregation, people-centred economies, new training, & upcoming policy engagement opportunities. 📩 Read more: content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKM...

🚨 Opportunity Alert! Academic Social Research Secondments at the Department for Work and Pensions are open! A great opportunity to apply your research skills in a policy setting- applications close Friday 18 July. 🔗 Apply here: www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...

We had a great time at CLES' Community Wealth Building Summit! 🌟 Another successful event supported by Metropolis! We’ll be sharing photos, stories, and highlights on our socials and in our summer newsletter- stay tuned!

AI in Govt & Academia – call for papers now OPEN! 📢 Submit your research by 15 August 2025 for an upcoming summit at @manmetuni.bsky.social on 11 Sept. 🔗https://cddo.blog.gov.uk/2025/06/24/ai-in-government-and-academia-call-for-papers-now-open/

📡We’re hosting a summit on AI! A limited number of places are available exclusively for Manchester Met academics & doctoral students. To RSVP, email [email protected] 🔗https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ai-in-government-and-academia-summit-tickets-1414744712519

📣 Researchers: The Northern Ireland Executive is calling for evidence on its Anti-Poverty Strategy (deadline: 19 Sept). Interested in collaborating on a university response? Let the @icf-mcr.bsky.social know by 17 July. A great opportunity to influence policy! 🔗 t.co/nZPmgw7YgE

We are thrilled to welcome Emily Abbott, Co-CEO of Inter-Generational England, as a Chancellor’s Visiting Fellow at @manmetuni.bsky.social She’ll co-develop a pioneering Intergenerational Health Framework for Greater Manchester

🚨 Doctoral researchers funded by UKRI: don’t miss this! Apply now for a three-month internship, with as many as 23 host partners- ranging from Defra, DfE, the Home Office, UKHSA, The Royal Society & more! 🗓 Deadline: 8 Sept 2025 🔗 www.ukri.org/publications...

📣The latest MetroPolis newsletter is here! Announcing our first policy fellow, sharing insights on gender equality, and more, including how we’re supporting events featuring @andyburnham.bsky.social with @clesthinkdo.bsky.social ! content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKM...

Don’t miss this interdisciplinary session on law, urban environments & sustainability- suitable for all disciplines! 🗓 25 June, 10–11am 📍 BS 3.01, Business School, @ManMetUni Insights on hydrogen, climate justice, green leases & more. 🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/place-sust...

📢 We're delighted to welcome Dr Tommaso Spinelli as our first Chancellor’s Visiting Fellow at @manmetuni.bsky.social Tommaso will help strengthen the real-world impact of our research. mcrmetropolis.uk/dr-tommaso-s...

Another great MetroPolis training workshop done, and the first in our Creative Tools for Policymaking series! Missed it or keen to join next time? Sign up to our newsletter: [email protected] 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-t...

💡New MetroPolis supported policy brief! 💡 @anne-marieday.bsky.social's findings highlight persistent racial disproportionality in the Youth Justice System- How can this be fixed? Link below- 🔻 tinyurl.com/YJSRacial-Di...

📢 How can schools better support teacher resilience & retention? Join Dr Steph Ainsworth @ the 'How to build resilient schools webinar' Details below! 🗓️ 19 May | 🕠 5:30–7pm 🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/education-re...

Coming soon!📢 Creative Tools for Policymaking on May 22nd, 12-3pm, at the Business School for @manmetuni.bsky.social staff. Explore new tools & methods to inform policy decisions as a researcher. 👉 Find out more and register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-t...

📢 Our latest MetroPolis magazine has officially landed! We’re very excited to share this with you all and a massive thank you to all our contributors – a hard copy will be winging its way to you shortly! Enjoy!’

Big congratulations to Prof. Kirsty Fairclough on her contributions towards a HoC report exposing the issues beneath the UK’s film & HETV success—skills gaps, insecure work, struggling cinemas & more. A timely call for action across the whole sector. Read here: tinyurl.com/F-HETVProfKF...

Just one week to go! 📅This is an excellent opportunity for Health and Education doctoral students to learn how to enhance their research and policy impact! Register or share below 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1254307520...

🎬 The Manchester International Crime and Justice Film Festival is back! 🗓 7 May–27 June | 📍 Manchester Met 🎟 All screenings FREE Expect crime classics, hidden gems & expert intros – from BBC dramas to Venice Biennale experiments. 🔗 www.crimeandjustice.uk

💡 Who’s taking care of our jurors? On 8 May, a panel at Manchester Met explores juror wellbeing—with insights from research, policy & lived experience. 📍 Manchester Met Business School 🕟 4:30–6:30pm 🎟️ Free: eventbrite.co.uk/e/whos-takin...

In his recent blog for the MetroPolis Matters newsletter, Kevin Wong reflects on his research, the key takeaway? Policy evaluation approaches often miss the bigger picture, and what's needed is a realist approach for policy evaluation. Read more: mcrmetropolis.uk/what-have-we...

Our latest newsletter is out! 📢 Read about the relaunch of our MetroPolis Magazine, as well as upcoming events and training opportunities, here: 🔗: lnks.gd/2/328t6mT

There's been some very interesting discussions at the @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk conference today — covering everything from geopolitics and security to the future of work and the four-day week. A thought-provoking way to head into the weekend!

📢 New opportunity for policy professionals! 📢 Our new Chancellor’s Visiting Fellowship offers policy experts the chance to work with researchers & shape real-world impact. Curious? Find out more below: mcrmetropolis.uk/new-chancell...

A great opportunity!! Please share widely. Full-time, 3 yr post based at GMCA under the guidance of Manchester Centre for Youth Studies, working on a project implementing child-centred justice across GM. Any queries, get in touch @mcrmetropolis.bsky.social @nayouthjustice.bsky.social

🚨 Save the date! 🚨 Join us at Manchester Met's Business School on the 8th May 2025 for a research symposium on a safer criminal justice system. 📢 Speakers include Dr. Kay Lalor, Prof. Michelle McManus, Prof. Chris Fox & Kevin Wong. Special guest: Dr. Jamie Bennett. 🔗 Register now: lu.ma/eqg45rtx

🏛️ Watch free online training to learn how to engage effectively with Parliament. Catch up on past sessions & stay informed about new opportunities. 👇 tinyurl.com/parlimenttra...

Care workers look after society’s most vulnerable. But who looks after them? Low pay 📉 job insecurity❌& poor leadership 🔄 are pushing them out of the sector. Professor Carol Atkinson's research shows how we can fix this. Watch the video below: mmutube.mmu.ac.uk/media/NIHR+I...

An exciting opportunity! In partnership with AHRC, a 12-month Arts & Humanities Research Fellowship is available to explore the impact of arts & humanities research in UK Parliament. 📢 Application deadline: 6 May 📅 Virtual info session: 26 March tinyurl.com/Academic-fel...

Big thank you the contributors and attendees who joined us at Manchester Law School's Interdisciplinary Sandpit today! We hope to organise more of these in future, so stay tuned for upcoming events supported by MetroPolis. Click here 👇 to find out more! mcrmetropolis.uk/met-training...

📢 Manchester Met researchers! Want to sharpen your policy writing skills & boost your online presence? 📝💡 Join our workshop with Mark Fuller (Showrunner Communications) 📅 19th March, 14:00 | 📍 Online 🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-fo...

🚀 Our latest newsletter is out! Discover the latest from MetroPolis, including upcoming training, events, and exciting opportunities. 📩 Read it here: lnks.gd/2/2zq3DLn

A huge thank you to former MP and Manchester Met alumnus Huw Edwards (MBE), as well as our brilliant academics who joined Huw's training workshop yesterday on how to engage with Parliament as researchers!

🚀 We’re thrilled to collaborate with the Manchester Law School on a series of themed workshops in 2025, bringing researchers together to explore research & policy synergies! 📅 Join our first workshop—sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...