On UNICEF World Children’s Day, our Institute for Children’s Futures joined forces with Manchester City Council to empower young people and explore how their rights are being respected, protected and realised. 🙌 #McrMetProud

Great to kick off our anniversary event with speeches from Cllr Bev Craig and Tom Stannard from Manchester City Council about the importance of hope when planning a bright future for children and young people and the need to listen to them and empower them to drive positive initiatives.

Day 2 Labour Party Conference highlight...Chatting with @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social (Minister for Safeguarding and VAWG). Loving use of footnotes in her book ‘let’s be honest’- if you haven’t seen, go read it! 😊 Lots of chat on making safeguarding simple, with focus on relational practice. 🙌

We're proud to share that seven academics from across Manchester Met have been appointed to serve as sub-panel members for the criteria and assessment setting phase of the UK’s Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2029. 🙌 Find out more 🔗 https://bit.ly/4mI0Qj2

Thank you to @manmetuni.bsky.social for highlighting the imptce of trauma-informed support for neurodivergent children and their families who have been id’d as ‘at risk’ of school exclusion and youth justice involvement. @manmetcrimsoc.bsky.social www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

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...

When you’re doing your best to work from home with the kids around, it’s pretty difficult to monitor what they are doing on the tablet or TV.

A safeguarding expert explains why these reforms could change things.

For too long, victims of grooming gangs were dismissed, disbelieved, or blamed. In my latest article for @uk.theconversation.com, I explore how repeated system failures led us here and what must change now theconversation.com/the-uk-faile... @manmetuni.bsky.social @icf-mcr.bsky.social

Great to engage with The Business Standard & their fantastic journalist Pieal on this important topic & case from Bangladesh where a 11yo girl went missing with a 19yo she met on TikTok. Why we need to identify online grooming and act on it www.tbsnews.net/features/pan... @icf-mcr.bsky.social

🎉 Exciting news! @michellemcmanus.bsky.social has been awarded the Chancellor’s Fellowship to help shape policy on the Vulnerability Knowledge and Practice Programme for the College of Policing. This opportunity will drive real change in safeguarding & public protection. Congrats, Michelle! 👏

Tragic death of #SaraSharif, BabyP, Victoria Climbié (& more) exposes reoccurring failures within safeguarding systems. I wrote for @independentvoices.bsky.social exploring why these tragedies persist - how can we protect these vulnerable children? @manmetuni.bsky.social DM for article

Children like Sara Sharif deserve to be seen, heard and believed, writes @michellemcmanus.bsky.social www.independent.co.uk/voices/sara-...

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Great paper and thread by @carlenefirmin.bsky.social the absolute expert in navigating the complexities of responding to extra-familial harm. ⬇️

What a wonderful day. Today @manmetuni.bsky.social we launched the Institute for Children’s Futures. So much energy, expertise and drive to action changes needed to improve children and young people’s futures. See more: www.mmu.ac.uk/institute-fo...