Mapping the impact of immigration in Greater Manchester

Narrative

The research has developed new approaches to the digital mapping of immigrant populations. It has been used to:
 promote public awareness of the history of immigrants in Manchester through two large public exhibitions, events and two websites;
 make new research on migration history available to high school and college students through a teaching pack, schools visits and online resources;
 develop online resources as a means of digitally archiving key events and sites in the cultural lives of Manchester’s immigrant populations;
 inform policy development for Oldham Council through a series of briefing papers on the history of ethnic settlement in Oldham.

Impact date	2014
Category of impact	Cultural impacts, Economic impacts, Societal impacts
Impact level	Benefit