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The latest news from the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute
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UK-Med's Emergency Medical Team deploys to Morocco after earthquake
12 Sep 2023
UK-Med, the UK’s official Emergency Medical Team based at The University of Manchester, has deployed a specialist team of humanitarian workers to ...
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Call for Papers: HCRI Conference on ‘Navigating Crossroads: Advancements and Challenges in Medical Humanitarianism and Global Health’
23 Jun 2023
The Humanitarian & Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) is inviting papers for a conference titled Navigating Crossroads: Advancements and ...
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HCRI PhD Candidate wins MDC Excellence Award for Internationalisation
23 Jun 2023
The winners of the MDC Excellence Awards 2023 were announced in June. These awards are given in recognition of the outstanding achievements of ...
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HCRI Professor to commence ambitious five-year project on the history of humanitarian medicine
19 May 2023
The project seeks to generate significant shifts in understanding its scientific and organisational specificity and role in developing clinical ...
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Founder of Manchester medical aid charity to deliver annual lecture
12 May 2023
The founder of a frontline medical aid charity based at The University of Manchester who spent 35 years responding to wars and major disasters around ...
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Manchester student looks to provide relief in Malawi after cyclone hits country
16 Mar 2023
A student from The University of Manchester is looking to provide relief for people in Malawi, by raising money for two charities working to deliver ...
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New book offers insights into climate emergency and human mobility
14 Nov 2022
As the global community meets in Egypt for the COP27 climate conference an expert from The University of Manchester has released a new book which ...
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New book confronts the intersection between mobility and the climate crisis
3 Nov 2022
A new book by Stephanie Sodero of the HCRI explores the intersection between fossil fuel-powered mobility and climate change and how communities and ...
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Multimorbidity research project secures funding
1 Nov 2022
The Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute at University of Manchester in collaboration with Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and ...
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Elys Roberts Scholarship deadline extended to 31st August 2022
22 Aug 2022
The Elys Roberts scholarship is available to support talented applicants from or working in low/middle-income countries and HCRI is looking for ...
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Elys Roberts Scholarship deadline 29th July 2022
18 Jul 2022
Applications are open for funding to study Global Health (MSc). The Elys Roberts scholarship is available to support talented applicants from...
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Winners of HCRI ‘Words For Your World’ school writing competition announced
24 Jun 2022
The Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute has announced the winners, runners up and commended entries of their ‘Words For Your World’ ...
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HCRI ‘Words For Your World’ National Writing School Competition Winners Announced
23 Jun 2022
The Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute has announced the winners, runners up and commended entries of their ‘Words For Your World’ ...
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Words For Your World: HCRI School Writing Competition Winners Announced Soon with Special July Event
17 May 2022
The deadline to enter the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute’s “Words For Your World” school writing competition is now closed and ...
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University employee completes 1600km cycling challenge to raise money for Ukraine appeal
13 May 2022
A member of staff from The University of Manchester has completed a marathon cycling challenge, raising over £3000 for UK-Med’s Ukraine Appeal in ...
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HCRI to host annual Careers in Humanitarianism day for students and sixth-formers
5 Apr 2022
The Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) will host its annual Careers in Humanitarianism Day on 29 April 2022 in University Place. ...
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University staff member cycling 1400km to raise money for Ukraine war victims
30 Mar 2022
A member of staff from The University of Manchester is set to cycle around the entire circumference of The Netherlands – 1400km in total – to ...
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Manchester charity launches urgent appeal to provide Ukraine medical aid
10 Mar 2022
A humanitarian charity based at The University of Manchester has launched an urgent Ukraine Appeal, as it seeks to raise money to provide emergency ...
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Emergency Medicine expert named Young Researcher of the Year by RCEM and NIHR
10 Feb 2022
The University of Manchester’s Dr Anisa Jafar has been named as Young Researcher of the Year by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) and...
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UNESCO International Mother Language Day 2022
26 Jan 2022
UNESCO’s International Mother Language Day is a worldwide annual observance held on 21 February to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural ...
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New climate writing competition launched in wake of COP26 conference
9 Dec 2021
The University of Manchester has launched a national climate writing competition for young people in the aftermath of the recent COP26 conference in ...
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The climate emergency is a humanitarian crisis, say aid experts
19 Oct 2021
A new report from The University of Manchester’s Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, UK-Med and Save the Children is calling for the ...
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