Policy Week 2014 Addressing Inequalities MAKING a DIFFERENCE

Policy Week 2014 Addressing Inequalities MAKING A DIFFERENCE

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Our researchers are For the first time we have a theme – Addressing Inequalities – and the week marks the launch of making a difference to the University’s Social Responsibility Signature the world around us, Programme of the same name. studying different aspects The ambition of this programme is to highlight of our society and helping and bring together some of Manchester’s most significant research that addresses issues of influence and improve the equality and fairness; on health, work, poverty, way things are done. class, diversity, education, natural resources, conflict and climate change. Now in its third year, Manchester Policy Week brings them together with those involved in We hope you will join us for a packed and shaping and implementing policy – as well exciting week of events, featuring leading as those at the receiving end – to debate the movers, shakers and shapers from the public pressing issues of our time. policy world. Look out for our keynote events and special themed days, covering inequality in We have one of the largest and – we would health, education and our cities. argue – best concentrations of academics doing policy-relevant research in the UK and And remember; all our events are free – although internationally. The week provides us with an It’s great to see this we do ask you to register online in advance so opportunity to showcase and share our great we can plan and deliver all our events to a high innovative idea of having a series breadth and depth of expertise. standard. of events which demonstrate the Policy Week is flagship initiative of We very much look forward to seeing you – and contribution that The University policy@manchester, which is informing the hearing your contributions – in November. development of public policy in a wide range of of Manchester makes to the areas by mobilising our tremendous knowledge Professor Colin Talbot development of public policy in research and teaching. Director, policy@manchester Ivan Lewis MP, speaking at Policy Week 2013

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Monday 3 November 3pm-3.20pm Tuesday 4 November 1.15pm - 2.45pm Parallel Sessions New challenges for employment inequalities • What is wellbeing and does it matter? 10am-12am Themed Day: Education Policy Prof Brian Nolan – Oxford University Inequalities • Critical education poverty Nowgen Institute and Educational Inequalities • Inequalities in education (Note: starts at Inclusion in Policy and Practice 3.20pm-4.05pm Nowgen 2pm at Manchester Central Library, organised Organised by policy@manchester and the How can a higher national minimum wage Organised by the Manchester Institute of by the Centre of Dynamics in Ethnicity (CoDE) New Researchers Network help to reduce inequalities? Education (MIE) 3pm - 4.30pm Parallel Sessions Postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers lead Stephen Overell, New Economy; Alice Teague, All the major political parties in England are • Schools, communities and educational debates on the topics of inclusive policy, growth Equalities and Human Rights Commission; currently committed to reducing educational inequalities: does policy help or hinder? and development. This event is aimed at all Conor Darcy, Resolution Foundation; Damian inequalities. In recent years, the nature of policy Speakers include Lynne Heath (principal) and research students and post doctoral researchers Grimshaw, EWERC and FairWRC intervention has shifted from Labour’s centrally- Patsy Hodson, Manchester Communication interested in policy issues. 4.05pm-4.50pm designed and often multi-agency programmes, Academy, Carol Powell (Principal), Gorton to school-led interventions, targeting individuals 1pm-2.30pm Precarious work among young people: Mount Primary Academy, Phil Mellen and funded by the Pupil Premium. In both What can be done? (Principal), Stanley Grove Primary Academy, Nowgen versions, socio-economic inequalities have been Katerina Rudiger, CIPD; James Plunkett, Young Prof Alan Dyson and Sue Goldrick. prioritised and inequality measured in terms of Ethnicity and inequalities Foundation; Miguel Martinez Lucio and Stephen • The role of educational research into policy gaps in test scores. This wide-ranging conference in education Mustchin, EWERC and FairWRC; Carl Roper, TUC will take a broader view of the problem of • Inequalities in education (Note: starts at Organised by Social Sciences educational inequalities, looking beyond school 2pm at Manchester Central Library, organised by the Centre of Dynamics in Ethnicity (CoDE) Hear and debate the findings from three 6.45pm-7.30pm and beyond the socio-economic dimension. Delegates may attend for the whole day or recent projects looking at; job outcomes of 4.30pm-5pm Location TBC attend for individual sessions. ethnic minority graduates at top universities, Tea break the effect of ethnicity on the degrees of Manchester Policy Week 9.30am Manchester students, and ethnicity and STEM- 5pm - 6.30pm Registration and coffee related (Science, Technology, Engineering and Opening Address by the Rt Manchester Education Debate Mathematics) subject choices and outcomes Hon. the Lord Heseltine 10am-10.30am Closing socio-economic attainment gaps among secondary school students. The panel Keynote address: What no Education Organised by policy@manchester, BIS NW 7pm-9pm will include Patrick Johnson, Head of Equality Secretary wants to hear: uncomfortable and New Economy Nowgen and Diversity at the University, Manchester’s lead propositions about policy and inequalities senior academic in this area, Prof Aneez Esmail, Hear former MP and government minister Prof Ruth Lupton The Transatlantic Trade and and representatives from organisations like Lord Heseltine deliver the opening address Runnymede. for this year’s Policy Week. He will be 10.45am-12.15am Parallel Sessions Investment Partnership: Cash welcomed by Sean Harriss, Chief Executive • Poverty and education Bonanza or Risky Deal? 3pm-5pm of Bolton Council and lead local authority • Informational inequalities: do they exist Organised by Politics Nowgen Chief Executive for Public Service Reform, and are they a problem for Manchester? The Transatlantic Trade and Investment and Prof James Thompson, Associate Vice- Employment inequalities – (Chaired by Dr Andrew Whitworth) Partnership (or TTIP) has provoked intense President for Social Responsibility. public debate in the UK and further afield. low paid and precarious work 12.15-1.15pm. Lunch and outputs from Advocates claim that it will significantly boost Children’s Policy Workshop Organised by EWERC and FairWRC growth, while critics argue that it will lead to the Chaired by Professor Jill Rubery • See the outcome of an exciting and innovative erosion of hard-fought social and environmental workshop involving local school pupils, as they Differences in the quality of work are a major protections. But who is right when it comes to decide how their knowledge at KS2 should be TTIP? Speakers include Clive George (Author contributor to inequality in the UK. In this assessed. session, practitioners and policy experts will of The Truth About Trade), David Henig debate two major challenges – the growing • Manchester musician Jah Wobble will also (Department of Business, Innovation and Skills), number of workers in low-wage jobs and young offer a 20 min personal perspective on socio- Polly Jones (World Development Movement). people’s limited access to regular and stable jobs. economic disadvantage, with a chance to ask questions.

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Wednesday 5 November 5.30pm-7.30pm Thursday 6 November 2.30pm-3.30pm Nowgen Picture a poverty free city Themed Day: Health inequalities Themed Day: Urban inequalities 50 years of inequality – 3:30pm-5.00pm showcase – impact and outcomes what have we learnt? Nowgen Let’s live in a society, not an economy across the life course. Organised by Sociology Organised by cities@manchester, the Centre for Urban Policy Studies (CUPS) and Brooks In conjunction with the Centre for Local Organised by the Faculty of Medical and After 50 years of affluence and the welfare World Poverty Institute. Economic Strategies (CLES) Human Sciences, supported by MICRA state, how has inequality changed – and (Manchester Institute for Collaborative what lessons can we learn from the past? 10am-11.30am The financial crash of 2008 and the subsequent recession, cast a torch onto our Research on Ageing) Key experts on social class, forced migration, The Greater Manchester Poverty Index economy. Questions about who the economy race, gender, and sexuality consider the and a critique of the indices of multiple Nowgen serves and how it works within the limits ongoing challenges we face in tackling deprivation (IMD) 9.30am-4.30pm (with lunch) of the environment are growing. As Britain inequality. Bringing together academics and Working with the Greater Manchester Poverty This showcase event will highlight some of returns to economic growth, this ‘question policy experts, speakers include Prof Alice Action Group, we have produced a set of the major issues surrounding the impact of time’ style debate will explore ideas about Bloch, Prof Colette Fagan, Prof Brian Heaphy, indicators for the city, creating a definitive health inequalities on children, young people how we could make an economy which works Prof James Nazroo and Dr Andy Miles, and mapping and statistical online resource for and families, the working age population and better for local places, people and the planet. representatives from Migration Watch, policy makers and practitioners. This session older people. Speakers will highlight recent Come with your questions. Runnymede Trust and the Equality and Human launches the Greater Manchester Poverty findings from researchers at the University of Rights Commission. The event is part of the Indicators website. The need of a bespoke 5pm-6.30pm Manchester and elsewhere as well as some of celebrations to mark 50 years of Sociology at index is related to the latest analysis and the current challenges facing decision-makers. Picture a poverty free city Manchester. critique of the official Index of Multiple This event will be of interest to researchers, Deprivation. 6.30pm-8pm NHS staff, policy makers and staff from third Nowgen sector organisations as well as public health 11.30am-1.00pm staff in our local Greater Manchester councils. Lunch and Picture a poverty free city London vs the rest: can our 2.30pm-3.45pm During the lunch break Brooks World Poverty northern cities compete? Institute and cities@manchester will bring Location TBC Organised by policy@manchester together academics from a range of disciplines and IPPR North to explore what a city free from poverty Secrecy, Accountability and The city of London is the dominant force in looks like through the lens of their individual Inequality in the UK Governance British politics and drives the UK economy. research areas. The series of short talks will be Every year, new graduates flock south Process: A Tale of Two Cultures illustrated live, producing a composite large- and billions of pounds are spent investing scale depiction over the day. Organised by Politics in its economy. But is this spending Exploring the tensions caused between the disproportionately skewed towards the south? traditional elitist narratives of accountability 1.00pm - 2.30pm And how can our northern cities compete? and transparency associated with the British The panel includes Ed Cox (Director, IPPR political tradition and the challenges presented Inequality and housing – North) and Prof Cecilia Wong. by a new, more open digital society. With Prof urban perspectives David Richards, Prof Martin Smith, (University of York) and Dan Lyons (University of Sheffield This session focuses on inequality in housing and Centre for Animals and Social Justice). - a central social, political, and economic issue for academics and decision makers today. We will hear from Professor Danny Dorling, author of ‘The Great Housing Disaster’, and a number of panellists who will contribute to the housing debate from an urban perspective.

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Friday 7 November 11.30am-1pm 3.30pm-5pm Friends Meeting House Friends Meeting House 9.45am-11.15am Friends Meeting House A seat at the table is not enough: They spend it all on booze and national and international fags: debunking misconceptions Women in Whitehall: the perspectives on gender of welfare spending in the UK impact of austerity on the and abroad. representation of women in Organised by Brooks World Poverty Institute the senior civil service Join Prof Dame Nancy Rothwell (President Organised by Brooks World Poverty Institute and Vice Chancellor), as she chairs a lively In the UK and countries around the world, Organised by Politics panel discussion on how gender issues can be cash transfer programmes, welfare and Whitehall is emerging from a period of addressed in politics, development, and policy benefit systems are viewed with an amount unprecedented change and reform. The making. A diverse panel will discuss whether of suspicion, due to the misconception that size and scope of the UK civil service had it is enough for women to have a seat at people living in poverty won’t spend the undergone a dramatic transformation the table to achieve equality, how gender money they receive wisely. Extensive research following the austerity cuts. This event brings issues are affected by the informal, how has proven otherwise. Join us for a discussion together academics and practitioners to power operates, and norms affect behaviour. of national and international perspectives on explore some the implications of austerity for Panellists include Prof Georgina Waylen, Daisy the truth about welfare. Panel includes Prof women officials in the senior civil service. Cooper MP (Lib Dem), Jacqui Gavin (Chair, David Hulme, Alison McGovern MP (Shadow A:gender - National Civil Service Diversity Minister for International Development), 10am-11.30am Network for Gender Identity), and Prof Sohela Deven Ghelani (Centre for Social Justice, Nowgen Nazneen (Professor of International Relations Welfare Reform Club and Policy in Practice) Poisoning the world’s poor: how at University of Dhaka). and Sarah Whitehead (citizen activist). can we reduce their exposure to arsenic in water & food? 1.30pm-3pm Friends Meeting House Organised by The School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences The big debate : Over one hundred million of the world’s What should we do about poorer people, notably in Bangladesh and inequality? India, are exposed to arsenic. They ingest arsenic through drinking water obtained from Organised by policy@manchester contaminated wells - and also by eating rice, Inequality has emerged as a key issue over which naturally concentrates arsenic. Have the past few years. Most analysts suggest we inadvertently contributed to this situation? that inequality has risen – with economic, What can and should UK individuals, health, education, ethnic, and gender government and non-governmental aid inequalities all being hotly debated. But organisations do to help? How does this issue what, if anything, should we be doing impact us in the UK? about these issues? With Newsnight presenter Evan Davis in the Chair, this session brings together Lucy Powell MP (Shadow Minister for Childcare), Marina Yannakoudakis MEP (Con), Lisa Smart (Liberal Democrat PPC) and Prof Kate Pickett (Professor, Inequalities in Health) to discuss the options.

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Policy Week Plus Events Police and crime commissioners – Policy Week venues a midterm review The House of Lords, Communication Nowgen, which is at the southern end 10am-11.30am, Wednesday 12 November and the Media of our Oxford Road campus, will be our Room 2.016, Arthur Lewis Building 7pm-8.30pm, Thursday 16 October main venue for Policy Week events this Organised by Politics and policy@manchester year. We shall also be using the Friends University Place, Lecture Theatre B Police and Crime Commissioner for Greater Meeting House in central Manchester Organised by policy@manchester, The House Manchester Tony Lloyd discusses his work for some of our bigger debates. of Lords and Parliamentary Outreach and the challenges ahead, two years on from being elected. Chaired by Prof Francesca Join the Lord Speaker Baroness D’Souza as Gains. she discusses the way in which the House of Lords scrutinises issues relating to the Teddy Chester Lecture Friends Meeting House media and communications in the UK. 6pm, Monday 17 November Find out how members’ expertise is put Mount Street, M2 5NS Organised by Manchester Business School to use in the scrutiny of the government’s work and proposed legislation. Includes a This year’s lecture will be given by Stephen panel discussion with Professor of Law, Tom Dorrell MP, Secretary of State for Health from Keep in touch Gibbons, chaired by BBC North West’s political 1995 to 1997, and former Chair of the Health editor Arif Ansari. Select Committee. Follow @UoMPolicy on Twitter for the latest programme updates and for live tweeting Policy Challenges: Securing the state after from our events. Join our Network and Snowdon receive monthly updates on all our activities; 10.45am, Tuesday 21 October www.manchester.ac.uk/policy/about/join Organised by policy@manchester email: [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)161 275 3038 How should services operate – and what was the Snowden Affair really about? Speakers will be Sir David Omand, former director of GCHQ and Edward Lucas, author of The Snowden Operation and a senior editor on The Economist.

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