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Commonweal supports four University of Birmingham students delving into key housing issues Â
Four University of Birmingham students receive funding and support to conduct their final-year research projects into critical housing and s
Aug 14, 2024


The Jane Memorial Bursary gave me a real drive and inspiration to ‘inhabit’ the research I was doing about Grenfell Tower
My name is Liv Glenny, and I recently graduated from the University of Birmingham, with a BA in Social Policy and Sociology with a Year...
Aug 5, 2024


University of Birmingham students share research delivering critical insights into housing issues and social injustices
Final-year University of Birmingham students awarded the Jane Slowey Bursary Memorial for 23/24 presented their compelling research...
Jun 4, 2024


Understanding the lack of adequate social housing provision for the LGBTQ+ community in the United Kingdom
It was an honour to be one of four from the University of Birmingham to be awarded the Jane Slowey Memorial Bursary, established in...
Aug 31, 2023


The impacts of regeneration on women in the Tower Hamlets
Grace Hill is a recent graduate from the University of Birmingham’s School of Social Policy, who received the Jane Slowey Memorial Bursary f
Jul 25, 2023


Birmingham Uni graduates share research into areas of housing and social injustice affecting marginalised groups
Commonweal Housing recently welcomed this year’s Jane Slowey Memorial Bursary students to share their final-year research findings with...
Jul 5, 2023


What can the pandemic teach us about ending homelessness? Â
Michelle Anderson is a recent graduate from the University of Birmingham’s School of Social Policy, who received the Jane Slowey Memorial...
Aug 24, 2022


Jane Slowey Memorial Bursary students present compelling housing research in the wake of Covid-19
In memory of the late Jane Slowey CBE, a former Commonweal Trustee, University of Birmingham alumna and an active campaigner against...
Jun 30, 2022


Jane Slowey Memorial Bursary: Commonweal is funding the change-makers of tomorrow
A formidable champion of the charity sector and campaigner who rarely rested, Jane Slowey was at the heart of change in the housing and...
Jul 2, 2021


The social harm of student fuel poverty
Alex Cirant-Taljaard takes us through his undergraduate research into student fuel poverty, and the impact of receiving the Jane Slowey Memorial Bursary 2018
Oct 30, 2019


First Jane Slowey Memorial Bursary recipients shine a light on social injustice
Commonweal Housing celebrate the first ever winners of the Jane Slowey Memorial Bursary.
Jun 18, 2019
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