Sociology and Criminology at Manchester Metropolitan University

As the year comes to a close, we would like to wish all our Sociology and Criminology students the very best for the festive season and a Happy New Year! 🎉 We’re taking a break on our social media from 20th December-2nd January, but we’ll be back in 2025 with lots of exciting things to look forward to!

Well done to everyone in Sociology and Criminology at Manchester Metropolitan University. Our students are submitting some of their first and not so first pieces of work. We get to reflect on a year of outstanding teaching with a record number of students engaging with our end of unit surveys and increased student satisfaction across the board - a testament to the superb staff in our department. I got to end the year with a proud moment in welcoming my former A-Level Sociology Tutor, Marina Islam Banford from Wigan & Leigh College, with a tour of the Department. Congratulations to all our alumni who have been sharing excellent news in the next steps of the careers. Wishing everyone a restful break. See you in 2025 🎊🎄#McrMetCrimSoc

Thanks for highlighting this Claire Fitzpatrick! Just had a look and equally delighted to see a couple of pieces I helped author inc a HMIP Research Insights paper (https://lnkd.in/eJV69s6B and Nuffield Report into the experiences of incarcerated children in care also referenced (https://lnkd.in/emtrWB8J) ......the same challenges and recommendations are highlighted over and over again.... John Pitts Tim Bateman Sociology and Criminology at Manchester Metropolitan University The Manchester Metropolitan University University of Bedfordshire

Brilliant to see this important conference coming to The Manchester Metropolitan University. Exciting times for Drugs, Policy and Social Change (DPSC). Sociology and Criminology at Manchester Metropolitan University

📣 We are delighted to announce the return of our #TraumaInformed Networks! Join us on Thursday 06 March 2025 in Vauxhall, London for an opportunity to meet and reflect on trauma-informed work with colleagues from a wide range of organisations. The event is free and open to anyone with an interest in trauma-informed practice Book your free place below 👇 https://lnkd.in/e3Z5shWi

“ The Sarah Effect”✨ Last Friday I had the pleasure of being invited back to Manchester Metropolitan to deliver a short seminar during a “Delivering Justice for Women” unit lesson, on revolutionary women and the impact on Implementary and Fundamental reform. Thank you Kathryn Chadwick - for inviting to the space & sharing it with us on your birthday 🎂 + Becky Clarke who stubbornly won’t join LinkedIn! ;) I outlined my academic background alongside my personal experiences & background that led to activist work that resonated with me, alongside studying criminology Bsc & before… I used the space as an “ advice - not a lesson” session, and drew conclusions with hindsight to things I wish I realised sooner & learnt during DJW but applied in the ‘real world’. The session was originally planned out to be a lesson on revolutionary women in Sudan, front-lining and promoting activism work during the war. I opted to discuss Sudan, and inform the students to educate themselves on the breadth and depth of the situation at hand. ( I will make a separate post regarding Sudan & ways to help+ show solidarity). The main points of learning, applied with hindsight were: * Activism is not bad. - who is it that demonises protest? *YOU DON’T NEED QUALIFICATIONS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE * You learn nothing & everything in DJW. - for most women and girls we are able to see the systems of patriarchy and ways of misogyny reflect in our communities, without a way to make sense of the phenomenon at hand. * Most revolutionary women were rule-breakers, at that place or time. * You don’t need to know who you want to be or what you want to do immediately when finishing university. * Women will always be a topic of conversation. * If you can’t find an initiative you support - start your own !!! * Activism work is community work! * Essay scores have no correlation with your ability to apply knowledge to real world scenarios and cases. To end the session I couldn’t mention Sudan without sharing light to the fact that Sudan had the pyramids first🌟 - & advising although the majority would assume the most significant way of support is donations, sharing knowledge & signing petitions is activist work & each signature is a push of solidarity for so many causes on change.org and other sites. I was honoured to see the results in the poll that followed, that 99% of the students agreed with fundamental reform as better favoured that implementary reform when considering ways of delivering justice for women.- the phenomenon comically Nick-named “ The Sarah Effect” by Becky. It was intruiging and fulfilling to think of advice with hindsight & I think that most of all, not knowing who to be or how to help but knowing who to help and where is the biggest step for personal development & to “ find your calling”. ✨ thank you again Kathryn & Becky, I’m thrilled to hear the the delivering justice for women at MMU lives to see another year! :)

Welcome to our research. This treescape in Longford Park, Manchester, was created by the Tree of Hope Youth Research Group as part of the Voices of the Future – Treescapes project. Take a seat on the park bench we commissioned and enjoy the view of the trees we planted at the edge of the field. How do you feel? What do you notice? What thoughts cross your mind? You might like to read the plaque on the bench, the words the group composed for you: ‘The world is nothing without trees. The tree is we.’ What does this statement evoke in and for you? It is an urgent message from a team of global youth who have moved through and engaged with many treescapes across the world. Who have taken time to explore the diverse ways in which people and trees are mutually reliant and mutually sustaining. We present this treescape as a material legacy of our project – the intellectual, embodied, emotional, sensory work that we have done together in the pursuit of understanding and enacting more just, caring futures for people and trees. We offer it as an invitation and a gift. Supported and encouraged by our Voices of the Future colleagues and partners, including David Cuong Nguyen, Kate Pahl, City of Trees, Peter Kraftl, Samyia Ambreen, Dr Khawla Badwan, Clare Rishbeth, Peter Lawrence, Jennifer Rowntree, Richard Bridge, The Mersey Forest, and many others. Inspired and sustained by the many treescapes we have spent time in together across Manchester and the North West, including Alexandra Park, the Calder Valley, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Whitworth Park, Princes Park, Edale, and Seymour Grove Allotments. Enabled by Future of UK Treescapes, Sociology and Criminology at Manchester Metropolitan University, Research & Innovation at Manchester Met & Trafford Council.

Future me week is back in January 2025, and all students are invited! 👋 Between Monday 20 - Friday 24 January, plan your future through inspiring talks, insightful panel sessions and interactive workshops. Alongside timetabled activities, where you will solve real-world problems with your course mates, you can book onto sessions which will go live later this month. This is your week to explore your prospects, create opportunities and succeed in your career. 🙌 Check your timetable for your department activities and book onto additional sessions > mmu.ac.uk/futureme Sophie Harris

How can we solve the UK’s prison overcrowding problem? What’s the future for offender rehabilitation? And how can we keep more women and children out of prison? These and other topical questions were addressed by leading justice system reformer Lady Edwina Grosvenor at a public lecture and Q&A at Manchester Met, hosted by Sociology and Criminology at Manchester Metropolitan University In this short video, hear from Lady Edwina about her pioneering work within the prison sector, including support for female offenders through her charity One Small Thing

CISG Co-Leads Christian Klesse and Jenny van Hooff have a fascinating new paper in The Sociological Review. Read about it here: https://lnkd.in/excm9JMU