Manchester Institute of Education (MIE)

This looks a wonderful session - brilliant to see our new students so engaged already.

Some great advice here from MIE’s Dr Hannah Wilkinson for new students transitioning to HE.

This is going to be a fantastic event - thanks to @smqpsych.bsky.social and team.

‘Support not sanctions’ will help schools tackle absence, DfE told Schools need to be able to pay for attendance teams without ‘starving the classroom’, MAT leader warns

Prof Caroline Bond from @educationuom.bsky.social is quoted in this piece from @tesmagazine.bsky.social about tackling school absence. She highlighted the importance of enrichment activities in tackling the mental health struggles that can affect school attendance. 👉 www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Welcome, Fionnuala - and congratulations!

Whether you're a new or returning SEED student, staff at our Student Support Hub are here to help you! Find the Hub on the ground floor of Humanities Bridgeford Street.

A sign for freshers fair and a view down an almost-empty Oxford Road in the early-morning sunshine.

The calm before the storm…
It was wonderful to see so many new and returning students on campus yesterday - looking forward to round 2 today! 😎

🗣️Our Postgraduate Research Community enjoyed a workshop today called 'Discovering your Academic Voice', led by Prof Susie Miles from @educationuom.bsky.social.

It focused on presentation skills and elevator pitches, ready for their next conference!

@uom-humsdocacad.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk

Mentoring programme gives big mental health boost to LGBTQIA+ teens A mentoring programme for LGBTQIA+ young people is making a real difference to their mental health, according to new research from The University of Manchester.The programme, called Free2B, pairs youn...

Research carried out by @educationuom.bsky.social colleagues with support from @beewelluk.bsky.social shows the benefits of a mentoring programme for LGBTQIA+ young people 👉
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/b...

Young people’s views and lived experiences of physical activity interventions aimed at improving their mental health: a systematic literature review Rates of mental illness, particularly for children and young people, have escalated in recent years, with nearly 15% of 10 to 19-year olds reporting that they have poor mental health. There is evid...

New research just published, led by Rebecca Bennett, exploring how physical physical activity interventions support young people’s mental health. Open access at tinyurl.com/55a4x56x #educationalpsychology #sportandmentalhealth @educationuom.bsky.social

Looking forward to seeing a strong MIE presence at #BERA2025 🙌

Congratulations, @drcathyatkinson.bsky.social - fantastic paper!

A list of The University of Manchester panellists at the Labour Party Conference. Listed alongside their headshots are Professors Arpana Verma, Ian Mell, Daniel Dresner, Caroline Bond and Duncan Ivison.

At this year's Labour Party Conf, among the @manchester.ac.uk expert panellists we are pleased to see:

Ian Mell, Professor in Environmental & Landscape Planning discussing housing and infrastructure

Caroline Bond, Professor of Educational Psychology discussing school absence

#UKPolicy #PPEM #MIE

Great to see this new open-access journal up and running - congratulations to MIE’s @jlmittelmeier.bsky.social and @selomer42.bsky.social and their co-editors.

Teens from disadvantaged areas face lower life satisfaction but not more emotional problems, new study finds New research led by experts from The University of Manchester’s Institute of Education has shed important light on how the mental wellbeing of young people is affected by the neighbourhoods they live ...

🏘️ Research led by experts from @educationuom.bsky.social ‪shed important light on how the mental wellbeing of young people is affected by the neighbourhoods they live in.

👉 Read here:
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/t....

@chrisknowles22.bsky.social @uomseed.bsky.social

New report on understanding the drivers of declining youth mental health

To effectively respond to worsening mental health, we need to understand not just what is happening, but *why*

We used an evidence-based approach to unpack common explanations

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youthfuturesfoundation.org/publication/...

Congratulations to all our graduates! 🎓 🎉

MIE’s Professor of Higher Education @profstevenjones.bsky.social addressing @manchester.ac.uk’s annual Teaching and Learning Conference - great keynote questioning what excellence looks like in teaching in HE. Thanks too to the brilliant student panel!

Manchester expert helps shape landmark WHO report on global loneliness crisis The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for urgent action to tackle what it calls a global crisis of loneliness and social disconnection, in a new report informed by the research of Professor P...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for urgent action to tackle what it calls a global crisis of loneliness and social disconnection, in a new report informed by the research of Professor Pamela Qualter, the UK's leading scientific expert on child and adolescent loneliness.

@who.int

Such important work by MIE’s #BeeWell project.

This is a brilliant new space for our staff and students in MIE - looking forward to seeing it full of people!

MIE represented at the Paris Education Conference 🇫🇷

Important work here from MIE’s @smqpsych.bsky.social on the importance of physical activity in helping improve children’s futures ⬇️

It looks great, doesn’t it - might be worth a chat with Kirsty Finn?

Fascinating update from this important ongoing project involving MIE’s @kirsty-finn-mcr.bsky.social ⬇️

A code of ethical university governance is overdue Steven Jones makes the case for a new ethical code to empower university governors to stand up for students, staff and the public value of higher education

Professor Steve Jones makes the case for a new ethical code to empower university governors to stand up for students, staff and the public value of HE.

Draft Code: cdbu.org.uk/cdbu-code-of...
Consultation: www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

@profstevenjones.bsky.social #MIE

Summer 2025 Research Intelligence issue 163: (Re)shaping the future of research in further education: Opportunities, barriers & beyond

Delighted to have my say in the special issue of BERA’s Research Intelligence published today on (re)shaping the future of research in further education. I loved teaching and researching in FE but it’s definitely not without its challenges. www.bera.ac.uk/publication/...

Important work from MIE’s @profstevenjones.bsky.social - do please take part in the consultation survey if you have something to contribute to the discussion.

Looking forward to speaking at this critical #ukhe event this afternoon. Thanks to you and your colleagues for organising, @ntaylor.bsky.social.

The annual Away Day is serious business!