Previous events
Catch-up on some of our previous events that you may have missed out on over recent months.
Research from The University of Manchester is addressing key policy issues globally, nationally and locally. Since March 2020, we have hosted or collaborated on a range of virtual and hybrid panel events exploring issues relating to health and wellbeing, productivity, devolution, inequalities and more.
If you missed out on these events, you can find more information and links to the recordings below.
Decarbonising domestic heating
On 5 December 2024, we were joined by Claire Brown to discuss how homes can meet energy efficiency standards.
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Party Conferences 2024
In 2024 we ran a series of events at Labour, Conservative, and Liberal Democrat Party conferences on a range of relevant topics including wellbeing, climate, and health.
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Women's safety in public spaces
On 17 July 2024, we were joined by Dr Caroline Miles and Professor Rosemary Broad to discuss women's safety while running.
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Uncertain Futures: economic inactivity and inequalities
On 20 March 2024, we were joined by Dr Elaine Dewhurst and Smart Works GM to discuss women's economic inactivtiy and inequalities.
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Artificial intelligence and future transport and mobility
On Thursday 15 February 2024, we were joined by Professor Cecilia Wong, Professor Ransford A. Acheampong and Sam Li from TfGM to discuss artificial intelligence in transport.
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Party conferences 2023
In 2023, we ran a series of events at the Labour and Conservative party conferences on wellbeing, innovation, transport, levelling up and so much more.
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Power in Place launch
On Wednesday 20 September 2023, we were joined by Francesca Gains, Luke Munford, Cllr Arooj Shah, Edna Robinson and Tom Pope for the launch of our Power in Place publication.
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Regional inequalities: The entangled story of health and wealth
Part of our monthly GM Policy Hub seminar series. In June 2023, we focused on the relationship between regional inequalities in health and wealth.
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#BeeWell: Making young people’s wellbeing everybody’s business
Part of our monthly GM Policy Hub seminar series. In May 2023, we focused on the wellbeing of children and young people.
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Where next for levelling up?
Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, Debbie Abrahams MP and Professor Andy Westwood joined us in Manchester to discuss what next for levelling up on Monday 15 May 2023.
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In conversation with Andy Burnham
On Thursday 27 April 2023 Policy@Manchester, in partnership with Centre for Cities, hosted an in conversation event with Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester.
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Delivering net zero: Embedding carbon and co-benefits in decision making
Part of our monthly GM Policy Hub seminar series. In April 2023, we focused on making net zero targets part of decision making and strategy development in local government.
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A year on from the levelling up white paper: how much progress has been delivered?
Professor Richard Jones and Anneliese Dodds MP joined us to discuss what the UK's economic challenges mean for the levelling up agenda on Monday 6 February 2023.
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Transport and economic austerity: current and future policy agendas
Part of our monthly GM Policy Hub seminar series. In January 2023, we focused on poverty and its relation to economic austerity.
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Power, poverty and place in education: Why the local matters
Part of our monthly GM Policy Hub seminar series. In December 2022, we focused on poverty and the need for an update to the current social mobility agenda.
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On Cancer national launch
Find out more about the national launch of our new publication, On Cancer, and hear about AI & algorithms, advanced radiotherapies, international healthcare alliances, and more.
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Other events
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Healthy homes and happy neighbourhoods (03 March 2022
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How can we make the digital world accessible to older people? (17 September 2021)
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How could effective measurement of wellbeing support a whole school approach? (22 June 2021)
- Community responses to COVID-19 in Greater Manchester (18 May 2021)
- In conversation with Dr Sherilyn MacGregor (20 April 2021)
- More than being heard (30 March 2021)
- Building better wellbeing in schools (25 March 2021)
- Vaccine misinformation panel (2 March 2021)
- In Conversation with Jonatan Pinkse (3 February 2021)
- Devolution, mayors and the pandemic (3 December 2020)
- In Conversation with Dr Helen Holmes (2 December 2020)
- In Conversation with Dr Ola Demkowicz (21 October 2020)
- Nuclear and net zero (15 October 2020)
- Valuing workers webinar (25 June 2020)
- Productivity and gender equality (11 June 2020)