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Experts call for better language provision to help non-English speakers into work
15 Oct 2018
Experts from The University of Manchester have called for better language provisions to help non-English speakers into the workplace, after their ...
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You may call me a BAME author, but this misleading term hides more than it reveals
14 Aug 2018
Apparently, I am BAME. This places me as a contender for The Guardian’s BAME awards or the Jhalak prize, both aimed at BAME writers like myself....
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Manchester researchers tackling extremism and promoting social unity
14 Jun 2018
The University of Manchester has launched a collection of essays from researchers which looks closely at extremism and social cohesion in the UK.
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Manchester language documentation technology heads to Russia
18 May 2018
Students and citizens in Saint Petersburg will now have access to a Russian version of LinguaSnapp - The University of Manchester’s mobile app ...
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Recognition for the University Language Centre
20 Apr 2018
The University of Manchester is now the top-ranked University Language Centre for English language courses in the UK, according to the EL ...
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From Cold War to information war? First in-depth investigation of RT launched
12 Dec 2017
The first-ever in-depth investigation into RT - the international news network formerly known as Russia Today - has been launched by researchers at ...
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Research finds that children’s first names in Manchester mirror diversity of city
3 Oct 2017
Girls in Manchester are more likely than boys to have ‘unique’ names, and the names given to children are likely to reflect parents’...
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‘Post-truth’ media really is shifting the news agenda – and more subtly than it seems
1 Sep 2017
Proceed with caution. Gil C via Shutterstock Precious N Chatterje-Doody, University of Manchester As stories of Russian “information ...
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Why Russia needs troops from the Caucasus in Syria – and how they bolster Moscow’s ‘eastern’ image
1 Aug 2017
Philipp Casula, University of Manchester During the early years of the Cold War, the Soviet Union made a great push to reach out to the developing ...
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