{"id":849318,"date":"2026-03-25T12:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/849318\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T12:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:46:11","slug":"manchester-academic-appointed-as-new-member-of-uk-young-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/849318\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester academic appointed as new member of UK Young Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Benstead said of her appointment: <strong>\u201c<\/strong>It\u2019s great to be part of this incredible\u00a0community that\u2019s committed to addressing societal and global challenges, including amplifying unheard\u00a0and underrepresented voices. I had the chance to meet other members this week and came away inspired by the diversity of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. I am excited to see what we can achieve together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new members of the Young Academy have been selected for their track records of excellence in their respective fields, from global fashion supply chains and AI in drug discovery to paediatrics and infectious diseases.<\/p>\n<p>This 2026 cohort includes seven members from the arts, humanities, and social sciences, increasing their representation to a third of total membership. A further 18 per cent of new members bring backgrounds in business, the public sector, and communications.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday 23rd\u00a0and Tuesday 24th\u00a0March Amy attended the New Member\u2019s Induction and All Member\u2019s Meeting at the Royal Academy of Engineering and The Royal Society, their first opportunity to connect and exchange aspirations.<\/p>\n<p>The new members took up their posts on Monday 23 March 2026, with membership running for five years.<\/p>\n<p>Linda Oyama, representative of the UK Young Academy Executive Group said: \u201cWhen we set out the UK Young Academy&#8217;s 2023\u20132028 Strategic Plan, one of our core missions was to convene diverse voices to share ideas and improve decision-making, and to develop, connect, and mobilise early-career talent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                        &#8216;;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dr Benstead said of her appointment: \u201cIt\u2019s great to be part of this incredible\u00a0community that\u2019s committed to addressing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":849319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,13,2465,16,242507,15,29191],"class_list":{"0":"post-849318","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-headlines","12":"tag-manchester","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-uk-young-academy","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-university-of-manchester"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}