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Book cover which reads: The Autistic Postgraduate Woman

New book highlights the unseen challenges of being an autistic woman in postgraduate education

Sophie Phillips shares her research with personal and collated lived experiences of neurodiversity in academia.

Be Cancer Aware Film

'Be Cancer Aware' as Disability Co-Production in Action

Disability Matters teamed up with Humanising Healthcare to capture effective disability co-production on film
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International Workshop “Developing New Models for Pharmaceutical Innovation: towards a Mixed Economy”

By Andrew Bartlett and Tineke Kleinhout-Vliek
An image of a stack of the report brochures on a plain surface, the report cover is pink.

An evidence-based plan for upskilling our children and young people for digital futures

Professor Jennifer Rowsell and Dr Ryan Bramley (School of Education), in partnership with the N8 ‘Child of the North’ Campaign and the Centre for Young Lives, co-led a report calling for a reimagining of policy to tackle fake news and disinformation.
A poster display, which says: what we're reading

Conferences As A Source of "Refreshment" During PhD Journey
Image of Turana Abdullayeva in front of Manchester University Whitworth Building

How Academic Conferences Shape the Mindset of PhD Students: Insights and Reflections
People sat a desks in front of a projector screen

Anarchy and Activism: Disrupting Disability Event

Reflections on our disability activism event which created space for postgraduate researchers (PGRs), early career researchers (ECRs), disability activists and members of civil society to engage in critical discussions and make connections.

Poster reads: NORD - Overcoming Insurance Barriers with Rare Disease

NORD living rare, living stronger – Los Angeles

By Matthew Hanchard
Jin Ding

Reflecting on the 2024 Global Rare Disease Research Symposium

By Jin Ding