SALIENTcast, our podcast series exploring community practice and perspectives related to security, resilience and risk. SALIENT is a devolved funding hub that supports interdisciplinary, human-centred and systems-based approaches to security and resilience challenges. Through SALIENTcast, we share accessible conversations with people whose work connects with these themes. Our first podcast, is with Molly Ralphson, a Community Volunteer Coordinator in…
Richard Kirkham, Principal Investigator, SALIENT Programme Mike Lewis, Co-Investigator, SALIENT Programme On the 1st July 2026, the UK Government launched an independent review of the prison system. It will be led by the former Home Secretary, the Rt Hon. Amber Rudd. There was a degree of inevitability surrounding this announcement; the prison system has been ‘running hot’ for a considerable amount of time and the commissioning of an independent report to…
Announcing our new creative arts partnership with OddArts Richard Kirkham, Principal Investigator, SALIENT Programme On Friday 3rd July, I found myself in the company of some inspiring people at the Aquarius Centre in Hulme, Manchester, by invitation of Rebecca Friel MBE, the Chief Executive of OddArts. I first met Rebecca earlier in the year, on the advice of…
Around the world, countries are seeking to build greener, more circular economies. Steel is central to that ambition. It is still one of the most widely used materials – but producing it is one of the largest industrial sources of carbon emissions worldwide. The UK domestic steel industry is the smallest it has been since the 1930s. Production…