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Director of PERU


Professor Ashwin Kumar is stepping down as Director of @MMUPERU

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Funded MSc Traineeship


The Education Endowment Foundation is advertising a funded MSc Traineeship to study Evaluation & Policy Analysis at Manchester Metropolitan University or Social Research Methods at University College London

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Obituary: Professor Susan Baines


Professor Susan Baines died on the 10th November 2023 at the age of 67

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New research shows one in three children who’ve been in care enter youth justice system


Children who’ve been in care are disproportionately likely to have youth justice involvement

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Interested in child wellbeing and want to work on cutting-edge research?


The Policy Evaluation Research Unit at Manchester Metropolitan University is recruiting a Research Associate to work on the first pan-European cohort study measuring child and youth wellbeing across Europe

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Institute for Employability Professionals Summit 2023


Ashwin Kumar is giving a keynote address at the Institute of Employment Professionals annual Summit 2023 on 15 June 2023. He will be speaking about the need for good jobs, not just any job.

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The Manchester International Crime and Justice Film Festival 2023


Welcome to the 2023 festival sponsored by the Department of Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University and curated by staff from the university’s Policy Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU).

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UK Evaluation Society Webinar ‘Learning the Art of Evaluation’ featuring PERU’s Prof Chris Fox


Professor Chris Fox will be presenting at the webinar about the PERU-offered MSc in Evaluation and Policy Analysis, as part of the drive to spotlight HE opportunities in evaluation.

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Idleness: book launch with authors Katy Jones and Ashwin Kumar


Idleness: book launch with authors Katy Jones and Ashwin Kumar

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PERU events at Insights ’22


The PERU team are supporting this year’s Insights ’22 Festival co-ordinated by Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (online, 11-20 May 2022)

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