🎉 Congratulations to @drkatrinaforsyth.bsky.social winner of the Best Outstanding Contribution to Research Impact 2025 at this year’s Postdoctoral Research Development Awards! 🏆✨

A fantastic achievement and very well deserved! 👏 #ResearchImpact #UoMResearch

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Join our free webinar series this May–June celebrating women’s health innovation in Greater Manchester. Hear from experts, explore groundbreaking research, and help shape a fairer future for all. #WomensHealthGM #OneGreaterManchester

Great to see colleagues in our Division are helping evaluate an innovative eFalls pilot led by GM Integrated Care. It’s aimed at reducing falls risk and supporting independence in older adults. Find out more in the latest press release 👇

🔗 gmintegratedcare.org.uk/health-news/...

Many congratulations to Dr Oram on achieving her PhD! The whole team at SORD is proud to celebrate this brilliant achievement. We wish her all the very best for the next chapter.

This Deaf Awareness week, we go beyond silence by spotlighting deaf-led research and highlighting what true Deaf Awareness looks like in research with deaf people.

Have a look at the video here: www.facebook.com/share/v/1Etd...

#DeafAwarenessWeek #BeyondSilence #DeafResearch

On the week of World Intellectual Property Day 2025, Prof John Keady gave a talk on Music in Mind - a project using music to build connection and creativity for people living with dementia

@uomif.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social

Missed it? Here are the highlight's from last week's 'IP Beyond Music' event www.uominnovationfactory.com/news/ip-beyo...

A rhythmic collaboration from @uniofmanchester.bsky.social, @salforduni.bsky.social, @manmetuni.bsky.social and @rncmlive.bsky.social - funded by CCF RED : bit.ly/3EGTMCJ

✍️ NEW PUBLICATION - Prevalence of dementia and mild cognitive impairment among the older prisoner population in England and Wales: a cross-sectional study bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/4...

Social Research with Deaf People (SORD) at The University of Manchester was pleased to welcome Professor Uma Palanisamy from Monash University Malaysia during her visit last week. We appreciated the fantastic opportunity to engage in discussions and knowledge exchange.

🎉 Prof. John Keady's article - 'What matters most: Exploring the everyday lives of people with dementia' has been recognized as a top cited article in International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#TopCitedArticle

We are proud to join the British Deaf Association in recognising BSL as a place of belonging!

#SLW2025 #SORD #UoM #UniversityofManchester @uniofmanchester.bsky.social @nmswresearch.bsky.social

BSL video here: youtu.be/oxBWZaK1Y3E

New article by Oram, Young and Cartney (2024) titled "Standing at the crossroads: Child safeguarding and Deaf BSL parents (in England) - Issues and Challenges in Social Work" has been published in The British Journal of Social Work: doi.org/10.1093/bjsw...

New article by Oram, Cartney and Young (2024) titled "Assessing deaf parents in safeguarding and child protection processes: Deaf experts' experience of routine social work practice" has been published in Qualitative Social Work:
doi.org/10.1177/1473...

New article by Oram, Young and Cartney (2024) titled "Now you see them, now you don't: Professional recognition of specialist professionals working with Deaf British Sign Language parents in child safeguarding" has been published in Qualitative Social Work:
doi.org/10.1177/1473...

New article by Rogers, Lovell, Bower, Armitage and Young (2025) titled “What are Deaf sign language users’ experiences as patients in healthcare services? A scoping review”: journals.plos.org/globalpublic.... Abstract in BSL: video.manchester.ac.uk/faculties/02...