Ellie Barker
@elliebarker25
Manc. Geographer. PhD @GeographyUoM. @NWSSDTP 1+3 funded. @RHULgeography grad. Researching barriers to working class youth climate activism in Salford🌱
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So, this happened today... I was nominated for the @RGS_IBG Geographies of Children, Youth and Families Research Group dissertation prize! Super grateful 🥰
Along with our partner @ManCityCouncil we're delighted to receive £1m from @HeritageFundUK to link parks, waterways and industrial heritage sites into vibrant green corridors.🌳 Read more at orlo.uk/RP46y
Gentrification in Manchester’s inner city is out of control. This data on house prices from our report shows how popular neighbourhoods, once affordable are now financially out of all proportion to the capacity of the working class to rent/buy Report >> sheffield.ac.uk/media/87471/do…
Last May, @joshi and I published a story asking whether a company owned by night time economy advisor Sacha Lord misled the Arts Council and got £400k of public money. Now, Lord has resigned, and the Arts Council wants the money back. manchestermill.co.uk/breaking-sacha…
Absolutely, a poster in Manchester today. Worth a read.
Introducing our latest #GCYFRG_Spotlight @elliebarker25, based at @OfficialUoM Her research explores working-class youth climate activism. See her full profile here: gcyfrg.wixsite.com/gcyfrg/researc…
A new section of the Irwell River Park has today opened as a pedestrian priority route
Made in Manchester: Roman soldiers. The rainy, sparsely populated spot near the Roman Empire’s northernmost extreme must have seemed anything but glamorous to soldiers posted there to build and man a fort around 79 CE, attempting to control tribes of northern Britannia. 1/6
Our new textbook, 'Political Geography: Approaches, Concepts, Futures' is out now in paperback & hardback! Thank you to the team at Sage for all of your support, and a special thank you to @SquireRachael for being a fab co-author & friend! uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/poli… @UniRdg_GES
Your regular reminder: "place makers" if your place-making ignores, disrespects or denies people already in the place then its NOT good work regardless of the aesthetics or "economic benefits", it's social cleansing. Yes, I'm revisiting my work on art-washing + gentrification
BREAKING: Government prepared secret dossiers on academics social media posts. Not only is this alarming, it is deeply sinister. It is time for us to come together to ensure we stave off this government, who threaten everything we value and hold dear. inews.co.uk/news/governmen…
An excellent group at the first 'life-course geographies' lecture today, despite the 4-6pm slot! Shout out to the fab @BudworthPoppy for her introduction and teaching assistance on the module, and to @elliebarker25 for coming along to share her PhD research! @GeographyUOM
City, Issue 27.1-2 Alberto Vanolo Autistic cities: critical urbanism and the politics of neurodiversity doi.org/10.1080/136048…
Really excited to share the cover of our new textbook! More details to follow but 'Political Geography: Approaches, concepts, futures' will be out in November with Sage 🥳 @ahjackman
So the company of the Chair of the GM Mayor's Homeless Charity receives another multi-million loan from GM authorities. £25.5 mill- Crusader/Phoenix Mill £60 mill - Weir Mill £12.5 mill - Farnworth Affordable Housing Units: Zero We need Public Transparency Boards (PTBs) now!
Capital&Centric, CitiHaus to get £25m GMCA support placenorthwest.co.uk/capitalcentric…
Tune in to @BBCTwo at 9pm tonight to see our ambassador, @ChrisGPackham’s new two-part series, Inside Our Autistic Minds. Chris joins autistic people from across the UK to help them create short films about their lived experience of autism: bbc.in/3YCxFl8
I had no money growing up. My dad was a labourer and my mum did everything to make ends meet. Men worked hard. Women worked miracles. But education was free. As was the local library. I knew books were my passport to a better life. #SupportLibraries
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