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Maker{Futures} collaborates with local charity to share the power of music in schools

In their recent workshop, Maker{Futures} collaborated with a ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ-based charity to enhance provision for music education in schools, libraries and beyond.
Yinka Olusoga and Catherine Bannister seated in front of a bookcase

Collecting children's folklore in a digital age

Dr Yinka Olusoga and visiting researcher Dr Catherine Bannister recently had the opportunity to discuss research findings from The Play Observatory project, at The British Academy, as part of the Folklore Reimagined programme.
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

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ declared a UK City of Languages

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ 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.
John McDonnell stood with Katherine Runswick-Cole in front of a banner which reads: Spinning Plates

Disability and social care research presented to MPs in parliament

Researchers from the Spinning Plates project warned politicians at Portcullis House that there is a lack of support and recognition for family carers.

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Lone parents and people with long-term health conditions disproportionately vulnerable to food insecurity

Lone parents and people with long term health conditions are more likely to be experiencing severe forms of food insecurity, according to a new study by the University of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ.
Boy is sat at a table practising his alphabet

Government urged to tackle preschool provision crisis amid warnings hundreds of thousands of children are not ‘school ready’

The Government is being urged to tackle the high number of children starting school not ‘school ready’, in a new report co-authored by researchers at the University of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ. 
Book cover Black History for Every Day of the Year on a colourful background

Black History for Every Day of the Year

Congratulations to Yinka Olusoga who has collaborated with her siblings, David and Kemi, to create a new book celebrating Black history from across the world, spanning ancient times to the modern day.
A person cutting a cake with a knife, the cake reads "congratulations SMI on 10 years"

SMI Celebrates 10th Anniversary

The ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Methods Institute celebrated its 10th birthday this September, with a gathering of past and present staff and students.
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Lauren Powell and Natalie Bennett share findings in new 'Women of the North' report

A new report finds that women in the North of England are more likely to live in poverty, work more hours for less pay, are more likely to be unpaid carers and live shorter lives than women in other regions of England.