Manchester Metropolitan University

Do textual attributes of management commentary matter for analyst coverage and information quality: evidence from the United Kingdom

Purpose This study examines whether the readability of management commentary is associated with analysts' coverage and the precision of analysts' information sets. It further investigates whether analysts' experience, access to resources and forecast boldness moderate these relat...

Belonging for Women, LGBTQ+ and Black and Ethnically Minoritised People With Learning Disabilities: Findings From a Qualitative, Co‐Produced Study in England

ABSTRACT Belonging is a key aspect of human experience. This qualitative study examined where diverse people with learning disabilities feel belonging, what shapes belonging and how it affects their health. Focus groups were held with people with learning disabilities across Engl...

Challenges and pathways for renewable energy transition amid crisis: A case study on community perspectives during the Russian war against Ukraine

The ongoing war in Ukraine has exposed the vulnerability of centralised energy systems while increasing the importance of decentralised renewable energy for maintaining essential public services. Existing research has largely focused on infrastructure damage, national energy poli...

Inter-organisational Capabilities and the Transformation of Trust in Blockchain-based Smart Contracts: A Framework for SME Ecosystems

Blockchain-based smart contracts embed agreement enforcement within executable code, constraining the partner discretion that inter-organisational relationships (IORs) have traditionally coordinated through trust, communication, and relational governance. This raises a question t...

Feminist team teaching

Feminist Team Teaching is the sixth best practice guide published by Doing Feminist Legal Work (DFLW) (p. 1). Readers are signposted to an interpretation of collegial and collective law teaching th...

Environmental associations with heart-rate responses during field-based submaximal fitness testing in female football players: an exploratory multi-centre study

This exploratory multi-centre study examined associations between wet-bulb temperature (WBT) and exercise heart-rate responses (HRex) obtained during routine field-based submaximal fitness testing (SMFT) in female football players. Data were collected from 84 players across three...

Within‐Sector Job Mobility and Worker Outcomes in England's Adult Social Care Sector

ABSTRACT England's adult social care sector faces persistently high staff turnover. This article examines the effects of individual‐level within‐sector job mobility on hourly pay and working hours and identifies the employer types and contractual arrangements that attract such mo...

LEARN Deliverable D2.5: Report on Evidence-Based Education

This report constitutes Deliverable D2.5 of Work Package 2 under the Horizon Europe-funded project Longitudinal Educational Achievements: Reducing Inequalities (LEARN; Grant Agreement No. 101132531). Focusing on Task 2.5, the report systematically examines the adoption, adaptatio...

Bridging skills gaps: how micro-credentials reshape sustainable development learning in higher education

Abstract Micro-credentials (MCs) are gaining traction in higher education as essential tools for advancing sustainable development (SD). These short, focused courses provide learners with specific skills and knowledge related to sustainability, enabling them to address pressing g...

Store coolness in luxury fashion: Antecedents, outcomes, and the moderating role of price consciousness

In the context of luxury fashion stores, this study investigates the mediating role of the dimensions of store coolness (extraordinary, subcultural, iconic, and high status) in linking service quality of employees, store display, and store creativity with customers' behavioral in...

‘Caring for the club’: evaluating the role of supporter liaison officers in English football

This article examines a neglected and often misunderstood role in the governance of English football: the Supporter Liaison Officer (SLO). Originating in Germany in the late 1980s, a network of SLOs began to be embedded across European football after 2010. In theory, SLOs have a...

Does ‘Moral Reframing’ Impact Support for Supervised Drug Consumption Facilities in the UK? An Experimental Vignette Study

The provision of supervised drug consumption facilities (SDCF) is a recent development in the United Kingdom (UK). The only currently operating facility opened in Glasgow in 2025. It has attracted extensive media and political scrutiny, often framed in moral terms. This experimen...

Jugaad as a decolonising cultural logic in entrepreneurship education: pluralising entrepreneurial learning in the United Arab Emirates

Purpose This study examines how Jugaad, a culturally-embedded South Asian entrepreneurial logic, remains meaningful beyond its place of origin and what its comparison with curriculum-mediated student reasoning reveals about pluralising entrepreneurship education (EE). Design/meth...

The effects of increasing and decreasing dopamine on inhibition of return: a psychopharmacological investigation

Abstract Inhibition of Return (IOR) is the phenomenon of being slower to re-attend to previously attended locations, and is thought to improve the efficiency of attention. Previous studies of dopaminergic disorders indicate that excessive or insufficient dopamine signaling in the...

Sport, exercise, and physical activity in children with cardiovascular disease. A Clinical Consensus Statement of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) of the ESC, the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing & Allied Professions (ACNAP) of the ESC, and the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC)

Regular physical activity offers numerous benefits to children's health and well-being and is essential for reducing cardiovascular risk in children with cardiovascular disease. Despite increasing evidence supporting its benefits, many young patients remain insufficiently active...

Lightweight automatized species and media-invariant colony counting application

Colony counting is a routine procedure in the microbiology field, which is labor-intensive, time-consuming, and prone to human-introduced variations, which can hinder assay accuracy. A simple way to overcome this issue is to use an automated computer system capable of performing...

The influence of force on the encoding and perception of affective touch

Abstract Stroking touch has been shown to be most pleasant at intermediate velocities of 1-10 cm.s −1 , which relates well to the activity of C-low threshold mechanoreceptors (C-LTMRs), also called C-tactile afferents in humans, that have been implicated in encoding positive affe...

Chromosome-level genome assembly of the Endangered scaly-sided merganser Mergus squamatus with insight into its demographic history

Abstract The scaly-sided merganser, Mergus squamatus, is an Endangered piscivorous duck which has been declining since the late 1900s due to habitat loss, over-hunting, and climate change. Despite being a species of global conservation concern and subject to ex- and in-situ conse...

Examining the direction of association between attendance-related difficulties and maternal depression symptoms in two UK birth cohorts

Abstract Purpose Poor school attendance is a high priority for schools. Parental mental health is associated with school attendance problems, however, the direction of this relationship is unclear. This study examines the longitudinal direction of association between school atten...

The Effects of Exergames on Fundamental Movement Skills in Childhood: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Abstract Background Physical inactivity is a public health crisis that is influenced by practical barriers in childhood. We define a category of interventions that can reduce barriers, with exergames being one example. There is mixed evidence on fundamental movement skills effect...