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΢ÃÜȦ Launches Powerful New Alliance to Transform Adult Social Care

Excitement is building across ΢ÃÜȦ as a ground-breaking initiative takes shape to reshape the landscape of adult social care.

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Head North - Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram at Festival of Debate

Join Andy and Steve in conversation with Professor Beth Perry from the Urban Institute, as they outline how we can spread political and economic power throughout the UK and push forward for a fairer future.
Dr Sabine Little stood with a group of children looking at the camera in a school setting at one of her previous Storytelling events.
Dr Sabine Little at a storytelling event with local school students. Credit: Ross Jarman

΢ÃÜȦ declared a UK City of Languages

΢ÃÜȦ is the latest city nationally to be declared a ‘City of Languages’, in a new initiative aimed at promoting and helping the city’s multilingualism to flourish.
A small boat crossing the sea, in the background a much larger military or security type vessel can be seen.

New research reveals billions made by companies involved in UK border security

New research from a team of leading UK universities has revealed that over £5 billion in government contracts has been awarded to private companies for managing border security and small boat crossings.
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Employment related COVID-19 exposure risk among disabled people in the UK

Research from the Department of Economics provides new evidence about the work-related exposure of disabled people to COVID-19.
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Social care research centre: new £10 million funding award for University of ΢ÃÜȦ

£10 million in funding has been awarded to the University of ΢ÃÜȦ’s Centre for International Research on Care, Labour & Equalities for a new ‘Centre for Care’ to address the urgent need for accessible research and evidence on social care.
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Mental health research highlights devastating impact on leaseholders affected by cladding scandal

Four years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, leaseholders in apartments with flammable cladding are still suffering the fallout which is taking a huge toll on their mental health and wellbeing.
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How are multilingual pupils being compared to their monolingual peers?

Dr Sabine Little's research into how multilingualism and identity has fed into the Literacy Trust’s 2021 Research Report.