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2025
30
September
2025
| 12:17 Europe/London
To mark the upcoming International Day for Older Persons, a new study from The University of Ƶ is calling for cities to do more to support older people who want to stay in their own homes and communities as they age.
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29
September
2025
| 14:16 Europe/London
Ruth Flanagan will work with Cartwheel Arts as Community Innovation Practitioner (CIP) during 2025-2026.The Creative Communities programme, funded by the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and led by Northumbria University, has
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25
September
2025
| 11:13 Europe/London
Written by Lydia Donohue with photographs by Tom Longstaff.On the top floor of Ƶ Museum, participants gathered for “Stitching at the End of the World,” a workshop that paired hands-on textile making with discussion of privacy, surveillance,
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22
September
2025
| 10:54 Europe/London
A new study led by Dr Sarah Zhang from Alliance Ƶ Business School has uncovered how small banks in the United States are reacting to growing concerns about data privacy.
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19
September
2025
| 09:30 Europe/London
A new study from The University of Ƶ has found that a well-known mental health intervention for children may be no more effective than the usual social and emotional learning (SEL) programmes already being taught in primary schools.
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16
September
2025
| 09:00 Europe/London
A new book by Dr Jessica Field from The University of Ƶ has revealed that eviction is a ‘deliberate and enduring feature’ of Britain’s housing system, rather than simply being a consequence of a housing crisis.
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15
September
2025
| 13:18 Europe/London
Communities in the South of England were systematically underfunded in the government’s flagship ‘Levelling Up’ programme, according to new research using a Community Resilience Index (CRI) developed at The University of Ƶ.
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11
September
2025
| 15:30 Europe/London
‘Visualising the Histories of Black Britain’ at The Photographers Gallery on 19 September 2025 will bring together artists, activists and scholars to explore how photography can illuminate the rich and complex histories of Black and Asian
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11
September
2025
| 15:13 Europe/London
A new study by experts from The University of Ƶ has revealed a major shift in Britain’s social life, as the number of bars and pubs has dropped sharply in recent years while restaurants have expanded.
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11
September
2025
| 11:10 Europe/London
A new study from The University of Ƶ has revealed that bad reviews often push Airbnb hosts to change the way they position their properties, sometimes with surprising results.
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10
September
2025
| 14:24 Europe/London
Gerard P. Hodgkinson, Professor of Strategic Management and Behavioural Science at AMBS, has been awarded the Richard Whipp Lifetime Achievement Award by the British Academy of Management (BAM) in recognition of his various contributions to the
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09
September
2025
| 13:04 Europe/London
A mentoring programme for LGBTQIA+ young people is making a real difference to their mental health, according to new research from The University of Ƶ.
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09
September
2025
| 09:21 Europe/London
Since appointing its first research leads in 2022, Creative Ƶ has continued to grow, nurturing exciting interdisciplinary research and convening research communities at The University of Ƶ and the city region. The three research
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09
September
2025
| 09:00 Europe/London
Thanks to the dedication of The University of Ƶ’s Dr Gillian Redfern and the support of the University’s Social Responsibility Fund, the Ƶ Medieval Quarter Festival will return to the city on Saturday 27 September. The free,
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08
September
2025
| 16:20 Europe/London
A groundbreaking new study from The University of Ƶ has challenged traditional ideas of race and national identity in France, revealing how French citizens of Indian descent are navigating their identities in a society that often ignores
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08
September
2025
| 11:05 Europe/London
Three academics from The University of Ƶ have been recognised as leading experts in their fields by being named as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences. 
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08
September
2025
| 09:00 Europe/London
A landmark new book is set to change how we think about tackling the climate crisis. It asks a big question: when it comes to climate change, is it better to ‘lock in’ steady, long-term policies, or do we need dramatic political conflict and
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05
September
2025
| 10:33 Europe/London
Registration now open! Join us to celebrate 80 Years of Occupational Health Research at the University of Ƶ.The Thomas Ashton Institute and the Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health are delighted to invite you to a landmark event
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21
August
2025
| 13:45 Europe/London
Dr Alice Correia (Lecturer of modern and contemporary British Art) will lead a conversation about the Goan artist Francis Newton Souza at Bradford Cathedral on Friday 3rd October 2025.In Conversation: F N Souza in Focus has been organised to
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21
August
2025
| 13:18 Europe/London
TropiConnect, a Ƶ-based agri-tech startup founded by University of Ƶ alumnus Mark Cuthbert, has officially launched its innovative agri-trade platform: https://trade.tropiconnect.com.
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19
August
2025
| 13:46 Europe/London
An expert from The University of Ƶ has revealed how a single sheet of 1,100-year-old parchment may have been used to heal a dangerous royal rift in Ancient England.
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19
August
2025
| 13:27 Europe/London
Many African countries have attempted to attract high-spending tourists in order to create economic success - but new research published in African Studies Review reveals that this strategy might not be as beneficial as it seems, and some countries
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14
August
2025
| 14:44 Europe/London
A historian from The University of Ƶ has been named as one of six authors shortlisted for the 2025 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize, which celebrates the best popular science writing from across the globe. 
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13
August
2025
| 16:42 Europe/London
The Department of Art History and Cultural Practices is pleased to announce the winners of the 2024-2025 Adam Kay Prize for an Outstanding Dissertation in Art History are:Rui Long for Performing Contemporaneity: Interculturality and Embodied
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11
August
2025
| 11:26 Europe/London
Two leading criminologists from The University of Ƶ are playing a key role in a groundbreaking national research project designed to tackle fraud in the NHS, which costs the UK taxpayer an estimated £1.3 billion each year.
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08
August
2025
| 12:00 Europe/London
A new study from experts at The University of Ƶ has uncovered how people have moved between South America and Europe over the past 35 years, and how those patterns might change in the future.
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08
August
2025
| 09:00 Europe/London
A new study by Dr Amy Barron from The University of Ƶ’s Department of Geography is shining a light on a part of life which is often overlooked - middle-age.
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07
August
2025
| 08:00 Europe/London
As global leaders cut back on foreign aid in the face of rising nationalism and domestic pressures, a new paper by Dr Pritish Behuria of The University of Ƶ says it is time to remember why aid was created in the first place – and why it is
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06
August
2025
| 16:44 Europe/London
The University of Ƶ has appointed the globally-renowned international relations expert Professor Nicolas Lemay-Hébert as the new Director of the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI).
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06
August
2025
| 13:07 Europe/London
A powerful new initiative is set to transform how children talk about death, dying, and bereavement. The project - a collaboration between the universities of Ƶ, Bradford and Wolverhampton, Child Bereavement UK and the Child Bereavement
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