Many people struggle to become parents, with around one in six couples experiencing some form of infertility, and undergoing fertility treatment can be a difficult and exhausting journey. In order to better support staff undergoing fertility treatment a ‘Time off for...
We are delighted that a fund has been established in the School of Medical Sciences (SMS) to support care provider costs associated with participation at conferences, training events or professional development activities. Many members of staff and PGR students have...
In the 2018 Athena SWAN staff survey a number of staff commented that they were NOT aware of the Dignity at Work and Study Policy and of the 'We Get It' campaign against harassment and discrimination. Free comments in the surveys reported a few cases of staff...
The work of Dr Lamiece Hassan, based in the Division for Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences, has been featured in recent high-profile reports by UKRI and Health Data Research UK. Lamiece, who holds a UKRI funded fellowship with Health Data Research UK, is mid-way...
Our team members also engage with and impact the wider community: Here we focus on committee member Ruth Norris (Centre for Health Informatics) who co-leads the Manchester One HealthTech Hub. One HealthTech is a global, volunteer-led, grassroots community that...
What would we do without Wikipedia? The online encyclopaedia is known worldwide for having the answer to every question we ask, with detailed information on everything from celebrity divorces to scientific discoveries.But what if this source of all knowledge was...
Over the past few years the School of Health Sciences has introduced a number of initiatives (e.g. grant writing retreats, research away days) to help provide opportunities for staff career development. These are supplementary to traditional avenues such as conference...
On 29th January we held our Athena SWAN network wellbeing event which was well attended by academic, research and PS staff from our Faculty (89 staff members signed up and, even with the bad weather, most turned up). We were delighted to be joined by...
Implementation of the new action plan is now in full swing following the recent quarterly Self Assessment Team (SAT) meeting – but we are short of hands and would like some more volunteers please! If you would like to be more involved, anyone is welcome to join one of...
‘This century is the century for the North’; these opening words from Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, certainly rang true as over two days the Northern Power Futures Festival brought people together for discussions on the future of the North by those who...
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