RISE is an accelerated interdisciplinary programme led by SPRITE+ and VAWG experts at the University of Manchester, funded via UKRI’s R&D Missions Accelerator Programme. SALIENT is pleased to share that RISE is offering grant funding for up to ten short projects running between April and August 2026. These projects will focus on addressing the Safer Streets VAWG
The SALIENT Hub is proud to spotlight Research into Intervention, Safety and Empowerment (RISE) – an ambitious new programme led by the University of Manchester that tackles one of the UK’s most pressing societal challenges: violence against women and girls (VAWG).
🎉 This week the Building a Secure And Resilient World: Research and Coordination Hub (SALIENT) marks its 2nd birthday! Established to build a more secure and resilient world, SALIENT has grown rapidly into a trusted national platform connecting government, academia, industry, and civil society. Over the past two years, we’ve focused on impact through collaboration, funding innovation, and strengthening national resilience. Here are some highlights 👇 🎂 Thank You To
How will AI impact religious beliefs and cultural resilience? Generative artificial intelligence (AI) represents a step-change in digital technology and is facilitating transformative change in contemporary cultures and approaches to knowledge and communication across the globe and across the world of faith. Led by Dr Adam James Fenton and the Co-Investigator Dr Chris Shannahan,, the devolved funding research
By SALIENT co-investigator Michael A. Lewis, Professor of Operations and Supply Management, University of Bristol I have finally read Priya Satia’s prize-winning history, Empire of Guns, which firmly connects Britain’s industrial revolution to the state’s demand for weapons. Showing how the military as much as markets drove industrial experimentation. It also includes a fascinating nineteenth-century manufacturing story with
The UK government has published a ten-year strategy outlining how it aims to boost productivity and innovation across eight key sectors of the economy. From the future of AI to energy security and net zero, it’s a broad and ambitious plan. Our experts assess what it tells us about how the UK economy – and the jobs