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Q&A: Tim May, Professor & Co-Director of SURF

In Education and Society on 31.07.2015
Contributed by Grace Fleming

As part of our series of academic profiles, we chat with Tim May, Professor and Co-Director of the Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures (SURF) at the University of Salford.

Creativity can change our streets

In Living, Society and Transport on 30.07.2015
Contributed by Julieta Duran

Julieta Duran argues that teamwork and creative thinking can help transform our streets into pleasant places for us to socialise, walk and cycle through.

Image courtesy of Flickr user Joshua Poh

Time to disinvest?

In Economy, Education and Society on 29.07.2015
Contributed by Mark Hillsdon

The lecture halls may have fallen silent, and students disappeared for their summer holidays, but there is still a lot of deep thinking being done in the corridors of power at the University of Manchester (UoM).

Q&A: Alex Wharton, Research Fellow at the University of Salford

In Education, Energy and Society on 28.07.2015
Contributed by Grace Fleming

Next in our series of academic profiles, we chat with Alex Wharton, a Research Fellow at the University of Salford with interests in the co-production of knowledge and urban spaces.

Greening Bolton

In Energy, Green & blue spaces and Nature on 28.07.2015
Contributed by Mark Hillsdon

Three new and ambitious initiatives are, in their different ways, helping to bring a new green tinge to Bolton.

Inspiring kids and communities with nature in urban Manchester

In Education, Green & blue spaces and Nature on 28.07.2015
Contributed by Adam Moolna

A Forest Schools project centred on the Moston Fairway nature reserve inspires Moston and Newton Heath communities to come together and engage with nature.

'Government's stance increasingly weak on climate change,' say Manchester University Professors

In Energy, Living and Nature on 27.07.2015
Contributed by Grace Fleming

Professors from The University of Manchester respond to a speech by new energy minister Amber Rudd on Government plans to tackle climate change.

A Tale of Two Cities celebrates at Everton Park

In Green & blue spaces, Nature and Society on 27.07.2015
Contributed by Stephanie Lynch

The Liverpool ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ team hosted a celebration event on July 18th that filled Everton Park with music, poetry, wildflowers ... and giant dancing bees!

Q&A: Jessica Symons, Research Fellow at the University of Salford

In Education, Living and Society on 27.07.2015
Contributed by Grace Fleming

As part of a feature that aims to capture the wonderful work being done by academics at the University of Salford on sustainability, we chat with Research Fellow, Jessica Symons.