Thread by @julianskyrme

Happy birthday to us: it’s a whole year since the five publicly funded universities in Greater Manchester and the @greatermcr GMCA launched our Civic University Agreement in Greater Manchester. 1/1

https://twitter.com/officialuom/status/1442423844984131584

Our 5 unis @BoltonUni @ManMetUni @OfficialUoM @SalfordUni @rncmlive & @MayorofGM @greatermcr committed to address 6 priorities:
- education & skills
- ⬇️ inequalities
- jobs & growth
- the digital economy
- net zero
- creative & cultural economy
greatermanchesteruniversities.org (2)

@AndyBurnhamGM the @MayorofGM said:

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@bevcraig Leader of @ManCityCouncil and @greatermcr lead for Education and Skills said:
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To mark our year of existence we commissioned research to illustrate the impact we’ll create over the next 5 years. Thanks to James Random at @nceeUK for the analysis static1.squarespace.com/static/61361b2…
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TL;DR for full report? Here’s some infographics outlining what we will do in the next 5 years.
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And here’s something we have achieved in Year 1: every GM uni has committed to paying a real #LivingWage addressing the #CostOfLivingCrisis, in-work poverty and the health and wellbeing for thousands of GM citizens.
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Thanks to @RichardALJones & @magsbradbury1 for chairing and steering our Board respectively. And special mentions to @MikeyStephenso, @Charlotte_E_M & Steven Heales at GMCA, who depart for pastures new soon, but made huge contributions. Full story here manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/… (8)