Leeds Beckett University are planning to cut nine full time and one part time teaching and research posts in the Health Promotion subject group including the complete closure of the Centre for Men’s Health.
The Centre for Men’s Health team are recognised as world leaders in the area and have been at the forefront of many influential developments. Their work is of key relevance to public, private and not for profit organisations looking to find more effective ways of engaging men, designing better interventions and shaping services so that men are more likely to use them.
Leeds Beckett was one of the first universities to teach health promotion at masters level and has a national and international reputation, with staff past and present being the leading contributors to academic publications in the area. The Centre for Health Promotion Research is the only one in the country, with staff recognised as leaders nationally and internationally on aspects such as community engagement and prison health.
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We, the undersigned call on Leeds Beckett University to reconsider this decision and support staff to develop an alternative plan and mode of delivery which will better manage the school budgets and enable the University to retain its reputation for high-impact teaching and research in these areas.
| 661 | Anya Cook | Newcastle College | |
| 660 | Jonathan Heal | ||
| 659 | Farat Hussain | Home | |
| 658 | Angela Hulme | University of Leeds | |
| 657 | Rachel Smallwood | ||
| 656 | Rachel Gunning | Altrincham | |
| 655 | Oliver Bayfield | University or York | |
| 654 | George Yarnley | ||
| 653 | jill Toole | Medic, North Sea | I work in the North Sea as a Medic promoting health advice to an almost 100% male audience. The loss of this centre will be a major loss to men and their families. The lack of knowledge and wareness that men have is astounding! In my opinion, when raising mens awareness about health conditions - we've only just started to scratch the surface. |
| 652 | cathy barrnes | lmu | well someone has to pay for peter and the dvcs salaries |
| 651 | Nicholas Roslund | Smethwick, West Midlands | |
| 650 | Bernard Stevens | fy5 3eb | |
| 649 | Kevin Petrosenko | ||
| 648 | Graeme Smith | ||
| 647 | Nina Doran | The City of Liverpool College | |
| 646 | Mark Cannon | If this was a women's health centre threatened with closure the media wouldn't leave the issue alone. | |
| 645 | Ian Boss | NHS Oxfordshire | This is essential, as in politics there is a lot of support for women, they even have their own minister for this. Men's health is lacking, with no effective joined up thinking or policy making. As a result men's health issues take a back-burner, which can only be detrimental to men's health as a whole. MEN'S HEALTH MATTERS. |
| 644 | Colin champion | ||
| 643 | Daniel Smith | ||
| 642 | Christopher Rycroft | ||
| 641 | ian banks | Leeds Uiversity Medical School, Ulster University Achool of Nursing,, Queens University.Medical School. | Recognising an investment has to be a priority for any university. The Centre for Mens Health js one of the best examples of impact not least in European and Global mens health .. Closure would throw good common sense to the winds not to mentiion waste the enormous hard work and talent within this centre. |
| 640 | Gilles Tremblay | Laval University/Canada | |
| 639 | Ben Kemp | Lives will be lost | |
| 638 | Kate Milnes | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 637 | Jane Symonds | Finland | Alumni of Leeds University |
| 636 | Rubz Macoy | Belfast | Statistically speaking, men have a shorter life expectancy on average than women, they are the overwhelming majority of workplace fatalities, and they are committing suicide at an alarmingly high rate. Men's issues are human issues. Please reconsider this decision. |
| 635 | Michael Snape | ||
| 634 | Windi Marwa | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 633 | Nigel Harris | Lees Brook Community School | Men pay for the majority of welfare, yet women receive most welfare. Since men and boys are not cared for, losing this facility means there will be nothing left to help men and boys at all. |
| 632 | Adrian Kuczewski | ||
| 631 | Barbara Hofmann | ||
| 630 | Phil Lancaster | ||
| 629 | Ian Cawthorne | Chartered member of IOSH | The centre has done some brilliant work over the years. The most recent research: looking into the state of men's health in Leeds is helping me as a lead within my workplace create strategies that will make a real difference to those who need it the most. There is much more that can be done and the Centre for Men's Health has the expertise and know how to address the key themes. |
| 628 | Tim Goodall | University of Leeds | It's vital that we keep this centre for research into men's health. |
| 627 | Louise Seddon | Leeds Beckett student in public health | |
| 626 | Kate Cox | ||
| 625 | Daniel Taron | Buckinghamshire New University | |
| 624 | luke tilley | Hyde Park Source (Leeds) | |
| 623 | Ian Warwick | UCL Institute of Education | |
| 622 | Neil Parish | NHS Highland | This Department appears to be leading the way in at least trying to confront the issues around Mens Health. |
| 621 | Yoel Bidó | ||
| 620 | John McGrory | Civil Service (PCS Union member) | |
| 619 | Tamsin Macdonald | Touchstone | |
| 618 | Susan walker | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 617 | Allan Challenger | Oldham council | |
| 616 | Pauline Ramshaw | Teesside University | |
| 615 | Katherine Sang | Heriot–Watt University | |
| 614 | Mike Kelly | Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge. | |
| 613 | Roger Smith | ||
| 612 | Susie Atherton | De Montfort University | |
| 611 | Mark Horsley | Teesside University | There seems to be a lot of this kind of thing about at the moment. Closing one of the few men's health research units in the country seems particularly short-sighted and destructive. |
| 610 | Benedikt Lehmann | York St John University | |
| 609 | Georgios Antonopoulos | University of Teesside | |
| 608 | James Hart | University of Teesside | |
| 607 | Edmund Coleman-Fountain | Northumbria University | |
| 606 | Robert MacDonald | University of Teesside | I urge Leeds Beckett University to recognise the importance of this world-leading research centre and reconsider its closure and the cuts to teaching in Health Promotion. |
| 605 | Laura Ashley | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 604 | Paul Wray | Leeds | |
| 603 | Phil Heywood | University of Leeds (Retired) | |
| 602 | Patricia Jackson | Hunslet | |
| 601 | Mary Williams | Cardiff | |
| 600 | Nina Bull | Royal Mail | |
| 599 | Yvonne Quaintrell | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 598 | Ben Dalton | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 597 | grant carson | Men's well being is very important! | |
| 596 | Carli Jones | Leeds Beckett University | Why would a decision to shut down one of the only centres for men's health research in the UK, and arguably the leading centre in Europe be about to be made when we are still living in a society/culture where masculinity causes so many problems for individuals and society and when male suicide is at an all time high! This resource is so desperately needed please reconsider!! |
| 595 | Georgina Jones | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 594 | Lesley McGorrigan | University of Leeds | |
| 593 | Peter Monaghan | Cambridge Regional College | |
| 592 | Mark Greening | NHS | |
| 591 | Joseph Greening | University of Leeds | |
| 590 | Jean Crocker | University of Teesside | |
| 589 | Simon Kitchin | Bolton Council | |
| 588 | Phoebe Moore | Middlesex University | |
| 587 | Yaqub Paul Murray | Royal Agricultural University | Men's health is of crucial importance and has social & individual value. Leeds Beckett senior management should take ultimate responsibility for re-thinking a creative vision for generating income. Cutting academic jobs because of a lack in senior management competence to generate new income is morally reprehensible. |
| 586 | Niamh Nolan | ||
| 585 | Kayleigh Garthwaite | Newcastle University | |
| 584 | Yusuf Jaafar | ||
| 583 | Joseph Boughey | Retired from Liverpool JMU | |
| 582 | Kathryn Dutton | University of Bradford | |
| 581 | Darius Jackson Jackson | ||
| 580 | Joanne Greenhalgh | University of Leeds | |
| 579 | Katherine Sang | Heriot–Watt University | |
| 578 | Kim Allen | University of Leeds | |
| 577 | Dylan Green | UK | |
| 576 | Michael Gill | Liverpool | |
| 575 | dilsher sandhu | sanderz | |
| 574 | Cameron Bell | ||
| 573 | Bryan Turner | Local Government | |
| 572 | c hannaby | ||
| 571 | Valerie Turner | Worthing Borough Council | This is important work to the benefit of all, to cut it is a huge step backwards. |
| 570 | Annmarie Clay | mental health in young men is one of the worst problems we're currently dealing with as a society. Closing facilities would be a real error. | |
| 569 | Joshua Lawson | Leeds Bread Co-op | |
| 568 | Alan Brown | Armley | |
| 567 | Jacqueline Wilkinson | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 566 | Lewis Denver | ||
| 565 | Ersilia Verlinghieri | University of Oxford | |
| 564 | Helen Owton | Open University (OU) | No more cuts! |
| 563 | Rachael Mott | University of Leeds | |
| 562 | Alice Healey | University of Leeds | |
| 561 | Clare Gibbs | Coleg y Cymoedd | |
| 560 | Joel Millward-Hopkins | University of Leeds | |
| 559 | Ryan Spinney | ||
| 558 | Lesley Kane | Open University (OU) | |
| 557 | Ethan Kinsella | ||
| 556 | Derek McCaughey | ||
| 555 | Julie Osman | ||
| 554 | Penny Spring | This is very disappointing news and it will have considerable negative implications for health and wellbeing research, policy and outcomes. | |
| 553 | Jennifer Chesters | University of Oxford | |
| 552 | James Richards | Heriot–Watt University | Please accept our support from HWUCU at LBU. Just no need for such savage an unnecessary cuts. Universities are very inefficient organisations and if financial savings are needed there will be plenty of non-staff savings to be made. Lazy university with no imagination. |
| 551 | Gerry Pisacane | Bradford College | |
| 550 | John Gilfillan | simply wrong | |
| 549 | susan wade | Bradford College | Men's health refers to a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. As men make up half of our society, isn't it important to make sure that good health is promoted? |
| 548 | Peter Rod | Um | Men are the slaves of this world, men have way more issues than women |
| 547 | Helen Rook | ||
| 546 | Vivian Draup | Bradford College | Getting men to engage with their health issues is really important to all of us... No to the cuts! |
| 545 | Marilyn Standing | Leeds Beckett University Faculty of Health now retired | |
| 544 | catherine holden | Bradford College | men's health is an important and often neglected area opf study and promotion. Please reconsider cuts to this vital course at Leeds Beckett. |
| 543 | Lawrence Stevenson | ||
| 542 | Tony Alderson | ||
| 541 | Lesley McIntosh | Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. | |
| 540 | Michael Kent | Tincan Ltd | |
| 539 | Thomasm Caulfield | Hertfordshire | So mens health is not important? Being only 50% of the population? |
| 538 | Anna Fleming | ||
| 537 | Brian Farnett | Fry and Barnett | |
| 536 | Max Stanley | ||
| 535 | Peter Cash | ||
| 534 | Rajan Vazirani | ||
| 533 | Markus Lausch | ||
| 532 | Jillian Howley | ||
| 531 | Keaton Hoelscher | ||
| 530 | anon mra | ||
| 529 | Ian Shuman | Ooopooo | |
| 528 | Alex Hope | ||
| 527 | Caroline Costongs | EuroHealthNet/brussels | Future health business is the business of health promotion and disease prevention. It would be a mistake to close down this Centre. |
| 526 | Spencer Wright | Other | |
| 525 | Habib Alamin | ||
| 524 | Simon Buist | ||
| 523 | Andy Stafford | University of Leeds | |
| 522 | Keith Simpson | City, University of London | |
| 521 | Maire Daley | Liverpool Hope University | |
| 520 | vince cable | another example of the wastage of public funding profit before students | |
| 519 | Anne Whitcombe | At a time of increasing recognition of the role of preventive health and health promotion in innovation and development, both research and teaching in this field are much needed. This should underpin, not only this profession, but other disciplines also and reduction in expertise potentially damaging. | |
| 518 | Darren Shaw | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 517 | Elizabeth Lawrence | ||
| 516 | Harsha Patel | Clearly a bad decision. Important innovative work they are doing here. Decision-makers don't seem to have taken the opportunity to understand the real value of health promotion. Greater creativity needed in decision-making. | |
| 515 | Kirsty Priestley | Leeds Trinity University | |
| 514 | Kajal Cook | Self employed | |
| 513 | William Fisher | Milwaukee | Spread the word that this needs to stay open. If this was the Centre for Women's Health, people would be rightfully outraged. This should be no different. Keep it open! |
| 512 | Rhiannon Lockley | Halesowen College | |
| 511 | Umit Yildiz | Edge Hill University | |
| 510 | Sue Abbott | Newcastle University | Oppose these redundancies. |
| 509 | Maxim Rowlands | ||
| 508 | Vicky Blake | University of Leeds | |
| 507 | Jennifer Jones | UWS | |
| 506 | Steven French | University of Leeds | |
| 505 | Paul Errington | Teesside university | |
| 504 | Amanda Sackur | ||
| 503 | Remi Joseph-Salisbury | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 502 | Susan Birch | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 501 | Cormac McCarhty | formerly of Action for Blind People | Sad to see yet more cuts to essential work. |
| 500 | count arthur strong | Leeds Beckett University | daft |
| 499 | Joe Bagdzius | Hertford Regional College | |
| 498 | Christopher Vogel | Australia | |
| 497 | Rhodri Curnow | Cutting resources for male students to access help is a disgrace and wouldn't fly if the same was being done to women's health despite the fact that Male Students are at risk to receive more violence, more likely to kill themselves and just as likely to sexually assaulted as female students whilst being a minority on campus' | |
| 496 | Joy Hart | Hive | How can you cut Health Promotion seems ridiculously short sighted |
| 495 | John Rutland | Middlesbrough | |
| 494 | Calum Sanderson | Australia | |
| 493 | darren nixon | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 492 | Oliver Mweemba | University of Zambia, Dept of Health Promotion and Education | Am an Alumni of the Centre for Men's health. Based on the knowledge and support for the centre, we have established a Health Promotion and Education Dept, which is offering courses Masculinity, Gender and Health. It will surely be a mistake to terminate such a valuable centre to the world |
| 491 | Chiara D'Anna | London Metropolitan University | |
| 490 | jamie oliver | City, University of London | never accepted an honoury award from this place in leeds saw the political aspirations this shows it all now |
| 489 | simon lee | Open University (OU) | has the fall in funding for the zambia course that madr a real profit for the university rather than social change contributed ? business class flights ! |
| 488 | Keith Graham | University of Glasgow | Just look at our suicide rate and tell me this research is not needed |
| 487 | claude Hendrickson | Boyz2Men BME project Leeds west Indian centre Charitable trust | it would be a great did service to the men's health work that has been developing in Leeds |
| 486 | Steven McDermott | University of the Arts, London | |
| 485 | Aldis Ozols | Sydney, Australia | |
| 484 | Natasha Alvarado | ||
| 483 | Mark Hodgson | ||
| 482 | Brian Kavanagh | Roehampton University | |
| 481 | Leon Welch | ||
| 480 | Patrick Duggan | Surrey | A university is about more than money. Protect these roles, the work being done is important. |
| 479 | Adam Finn | Sandon school | |
| 478 | Ian Pepper | Mental Health Charity Sector | This is an important area of study/research as statistics on men's suicide and general mental health issues will attest so I am appalled at these plans. |
| 477 | Nathan Palmer | ||
| 476 | Marc Denim | ||
| 475 | Mohamad Saab | University College Cork | |
| 474 | Drew Domalick | ||
| 473 | John Leith | ||
| 472 | Evermore Mapungwana | ||
| 471 | James Ramsden | ||
| 470 | Jean GAFFIN | retired PCT chair | Men are a hard to reach group - a focus on their health makes good public health sense |
| 469 | George Arthur | ||
| 468 | Ray Calder | ||
| 467 | Steven Markham | Health Promotion Group | Health is a human right. This 'proposal' to abolish the Centre for Men's Health and make 10 Health Promotion Group staff redundant is being made by caetextic accountants who do not value health and wellbeing research that impacts males of all ages, their families and society. |
| 466 | Jordan McCullough | ||
| 465 | nick ryder | Brighton | |
| 464 | Timothy Larson | United States of America (USA) | |
| 463 | Rachel Fidler | London | |
| 462 | Peter Hemming | Cardiff University | |
| 461 | Martin McDonnell | ||
| 460 | Rory Bell | Tyne and Wear | |
| 459 | Benjamin Ibbetson | North Yorkshire | Men's health and wellbeing is sadly almost universally ignored by society at large. This is despite men dying earlier, dying more often in the workplace and commiting suicide more often. Don't be a part of the society that ignores men's issues. The work that was being done at the university was essential. I want to stay proud that my former university. |
| 458 | damien page | South Essex College | as vice chancellor in waiting can i be quite clear that thia is not part of our university strategy - this has not been discussed with our governors and is a whim to meet budget at end of year |
| 457 | Tyler A | undisclosed | Shoutout to r/MensRights |
| 456 | Alec Tinker | ||
| 455 | micky mouse | Kensington and Chelsea College (KCC) | who is lori beckett and how do leeds beckett employ such people to make a connection with grenfall is a disgrace and demands an apology what on earth is gping on up there in leeds ? |
| 454 | undisclosed undisclosed | undisclosed | this is yet another slimy pete cut |
| 453 | Ruth Cross | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 452 | Adetoke Akande | Alumni Leeds Beckett University/ Msc Health Promotion | |
| 451 | Undisclosed Undisclosed | The work and learning carried out by the Centre for Men's Health has contributed significantly to aspects of my work to date. It contributes to existing relationships with local authorities, 3rd sector organisations and academic networks internationally. Id be sad to see this Centre close down and believe the university should be supporting mens health not doing the opposite. | |
| 450 | Sarah Hawley | The MSc in Health Promotion was the best teaching experience due to these amazing lecturers. In my opinion their passion, experience, hard work and commitment to an excellent student experience made the course and I am very sad to hear about this situation. At an event today I heard how well respected and vital the Health Promotion subject area is thanks to the staff behind it. | |
| 449 | Sarah Alden | University of Sheffield | |
| 448 | Chris Orton | Health Sector development lead | |
| 447 | Xander Warrender | Don't ignore men's health issues. This is discriminatory unless you're making equal cuts to women's health funding. | |
| 446 | Tracy Ramsey | Liverpool Hope University | |
| 445 | Lisa Esmonde | Sheffield 4 Good Health Clinic | |
| 444 | Marc Taylor | ||
| 443 | Fabio Danesin | Violence has no sex | |
| 442 | Matthew Darlow | Alumnus, Leeds Beckett University | |
| 441 | Craig Gent | University of Warwick | |
| 440 | Kevin Stoodley | North East Young Dads & Lads Project | Really sad to hear that Leeds Beckett University are planning these cuts. The Health Promotion subject group have been an invaluable source of specialist support, knowledge and expertise to our charity overtime. A lifeline for projects and services who want to offer the highest quality services that meet the needs of young dads. |
| 439 | Lesli Godfrey | Leeds Beckett University | Redundancy is such a short-sighted approach to tackling budget cuts in the school when this team has such International acclaim and the potential to attract income from research and consultancy across the globe. There must be another path that could be taken. |
| 438 | Renee Thompson | Northamptonshire | |
| 437 | Lori Beckett | Carnegie School of Education | These proposed staff cuts in Health promotion are myopic, ironically given the wider social & political significance given recent atrocities, including the Grenfell Tower block fire disaster in London, but also given local experiences of health and educational inequalities. Instead, the university should be working to coordinate across-School partnerships to develop initiatives locally & beyond. |
| 436 | Dave Woolley | Leeds beckett University/school of BE&E/Northern Terrace | LBU should reconsider its' strategy on this issue especially given that there is in excess of £120M planned expenditure on new building works. |
| 435 | Liam Kelly | National Centre for Men's Health, Institute of Technology Carlow | |
| 434 | Josh Bostock | ||
| 433 | Mark Williams | Leeds Beckett University/City Campus | |
| 432 | Leslie Bender | Illinois | Do NOT close this centre. |
| 431 | Lorraine Agu | LBU | |
| 430 | Lisa Dervan | University of Bristol | |
| 429 | Paul Dawson | NHS | |
| 428 | Melanie Watts | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 427 | Pieter de Meer | London | |
| 426 | Cheryl Hurst | New York | |
| 425 | Mary Harrison | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 424 | John Gregson | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 423 | William Baldwin | ||
| 422 | Stephen Wagg | Leeds Beckett University | Please withdraw these plans. |
| 421 | Ebrahim Shaghouei | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 420 | Paul Sharples | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 419 | Sally Foster | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 418 | Rebecca Berrigan | ||
| 417 | Ros Chiosso | Leeds Beckett University | To impose compulsory redundancies would be such a retrograde step and would cross a line that has never been breached in this institution's history - (at least not in the 25 years I have worked here). There are always alternatives and I would urge the University to explore these. |
| 416 | Andrea Gorra | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 415 | Tim Briggs | Leeds Beckett | People before profit? |
| 414 | Suzanne Corazzi | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 413 | Sajida Manzoor | LBU | |
| 412 | Conrad Russell | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 411 | simon warren | Leeds Beckett University | The Social Mobility Group of Universities UK7 makes comment about the role of many Universities as ‘anchor institutions within their local community, working with local and regional partners to promote economic, social and cultural regeneration.’ I think there are fantastic examples across the university where we engage socially, culturally and economically. We should promote all this work. |
| 410 | gill phillips | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 409 | Alan Combs | ||
| 408 | Ollie Jones | West Yorkshire | |
| 407 | Kathryn Curran | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 406 | Keith Dando | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 405 | Janine Lee | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 404 | Tom Goodwin | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 403 | Lynne Hibberd | Cultural Studies | |
| 402 | Amy Brightmore | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 401 | David Kesselheim | ||
| 400 | Glyn Thompson | North East Lincs Council | |
| 399 | Alexandra Blum | ||
| 398 | Mark Gamsu | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 397 | Mark Barter | ||
| 396 | Olivia Garvey | University of Leeds | |
| 395 | David Mays | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 394 | Eleanor Davies | ||
| 393 | Simon Coss | Journalist | |
| 392 | Ted W | ||
| 391 | Stella Johnson | West Yorkshire R&D | |
| 390 | James Brown | SOAS, University of London (The School of Oriental and African Studies) | |
| 389 | Jim Pollard | Freelance health writer | I have written hundreds of thousands of words on men's health over the years in books, articles and online and there's definitely nowhere else that comes close to the Leeds Beckett centre for men's health. The university has an international reputation for men's health. When times are tough, closing down arguably your biggest asset is surely not the way to go. |
| 388 | Linda Sayle | Member of Unite Union | |
| 387 | Lawrence Bernard | Mental health (and especially men's mental health) is sorely underfunded and under-researched as it is. The proposed cuts and closure of the Centre for Men's Health may save a few quid, but what's valuable cannot be measured by money alone. | |
| 386 | Simon Rowlands | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 385 | Jack Saunders | University of Warwick | |
| 384 | Torin Lewer | ||
| 383 | Adam Kara | Carpenter | |
| 382 | Rajveer Raghuwanshi | n/a | |
| 381 | Judet-Safi Mevertis-Karim | ||
| 380 | Sara Sause | Sydney | |
| 379 | Ben Champ | Gloucestershire | At a time where men are being largely ignored where so many women's services are being expanded, it remains crucial to maintain the few services we have for men. Men deserve support too, and its about time we gave it to them. Male suicide is at an all time high and if services like this one are not provided, this will surely continue to get worse. |
| 378 | Blake Beesley | ||
| 377 | James Newton | ||
| 376 | Shannon Coles | ||
| 375 | Nicky Hudson | ||
| 374 | Neil Barnett | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 373 | Marika Rose | University of Winchester | |
| 372 | Liiam Kernan | Mengage Ltd | |
| 371 | Lorna Jones | ||
| 370 | Nicholas Ramsey | ||
| 369 | Alison Potts | ||
| 368 | Trevor Miles | ||
| 367 | Adrian Johnson | ||
| 366 | Colin Penning | ||
| 365 | LINDA GIBSON | Nottingham Trent University (NTU) | At a time when the global health community is talking about the need for all countries to develop action plans to achieve the SDGs and a renewed focus on achieving UHC health promotion is needed more than ever. Leeds Beckett has always been a leader in health promotion education and practice. It is a time to invest not divest. Reconsider please |
| 364 | Jonathan Pownall | ||
| 363 | Raphael Clark | Barca-Leeds | As someone who works in deprived areas of Leeds I see such a need for this kind of support, education and research to continue. Please reconsider. |
| 362 | Amanda Galsworthy | ||
| 361 | David Mcguire | ||
| 360 | Glenn Williams | Leeds Beckett University | It is tragic to witness the proposed disbanding of the Men's Health team and the prospect of redundancies among the Health Promotion team. It is also sad to see someone playing around with this petition by posing as senior figures in the University (e.g. Andrew Slade (would he HONESTLY use the phrase 'RAE'??), and Cathy Barnes (not Uni of Leeds)). This is not a laughing matter at all! Why do th |
| 359 | Zarria Phillips | Bristol Area Unite Community | |
| 358 | Joan M Coan | Keighley. West Yorks. | |
| 357 | Sharon North | West yorkshire Police | We need more support services not less . We need to stop the cuts and end this incessant regressive mentality and long term human cost to far too many . Sharon |
| 356 | Liam McLoughlin | Closing the centre would be a severe setback to the undervalued area of addressing men's health issues. | |
| 355 | Andy Cullen | S91JQ | |
| 354 | Francesca Day | I graduated from the MSc Public Health-Health Promotion course in 2014 and it was the best decision that I've ever made. I don't believe that I would have been able to progress my career without it and it would be awful if others weren't able to access the same high quality education that I enjoyed. | |
| 353 | Elizabeth Wilks | N Wales | Short sighted decision will lead to poorer health outcomes further diwn the line. |
| 352 | Mark Brooks | The ManKind Initiative | As a charity that supports male victims of domestic abuse who suffer from both physical and mental health problems, we need this vital centre to remain open. |
| 351 | Sean Gallagher | Farley Community College | The closure of a centre doing such vital and rare research into an incredibly important topic would be catastrophic. |
| 350 | David Jacques | Merseyside | In Solidarity |
| 349 | Xanthe Whittaker | University of Leeds | |
| 348 | Jan Bernard | EVDA.ORG.UK | |
| 347 | Nick Musselle | Glyndŵr University | |
| 346 | Paul Spencer | ||
| 345 | Camilla Royle | King's College London (KCL) | |
| 344 | Andy Mitchell | London Metropolitan University | An absolutely disgraceful way to treat this groundbreaking team. This dept works closely with the unemployed, homeless, single parents and other marginalised groups in Leeds and beyond. |
| 343 | Libby Tinworth | Health for all | |
| 342 | Caroline Law | De Montfort University (DMU) | |
| 341 | Terry Kevans | Gloucestershire | |
| 340 | Oliver Swingler | Man with 7 medical conditions | |
| 339 | Mary Sayer | Unite the Union, Salford | As co-ordinator of Unite's project 'Unite in Schools' - I feel strongly about any move (particularly in the current political climate) to compromise successful and much needed work in the community amongst marginalised sections of society. |
| 338 | Adam Dyster | ||
| 337 | Harry Stopes | University College London (UCL) | |
| 336 | natalie davies | zest health for life | |
| 335 | shaun pender | Unite Community | |
| 334 | Brett Sparkes | Unite | UCU member |
| 333 | Pat Daly | ||
| 332 | Kerry McMahon | ||
| 331 | Sai Englert | SOAS, University of London (The School of Oriental and African Studies) | |
| 330 | Sheila Coleman | Unite community | |
| 329 | Ben Towse | University College London (UCL) | |
| 328 | Rachel Krische-Duenas | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 327 | Kelly Tomlinson | Unite Community Coordinator | Please Beckett University reconsider this decision, support your staff and enable the University to retain its reputation for high-impact teaching and research in these areas. |
| 326 | Albert Hewitt | Belfast Unite the Union | |
| 325 | Stephen Cowden | Coventry University | This seems to me an utterly irrational course closure. Surely at a time when there is such well documented evidence of health inequalities and the social impact these have, we should not be closing professional training in this area. |
| 324 | Suzanne White | ||
| 323 | Tim Jeeves | University of Lancaster | |
| 322 | Emma Goldsmith | Rugby League | It would be an incredible shame to see the closure of the Centre for Men's Health. This centre have supported the Sport of Rugby League immensely in the past, across multiple project, not just the current commission. It would be a huge loss to the University to cut this department, we instead would propose a different model of delivery (including a business development function). |
| 321 | Agnes Henson | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 320 | David Pearce | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 319 | Laura Davies | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 318 | Ben Leonard | ||
| 317 | Louisa Malone | Birmingham | |
| 316 | Altgeld Thomas | Landesvereinigung für Gesundheit & Akademie für Sozialmedizin Niedersachsen e.V., Hannover | Dont shut down the absolute hotspot of mens health research. The editorial stuff of the maennergesundheitsportal.de in Germany is learning a lot from this centre. |
| 315 | Scarlett Drury | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 314 | Patrick Ingham | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 313 | Catherine Tucker | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 312 | Harry Woolner | Leeds North Social Prescribing | It would be terrible if the centre gets closed. Men's health and wellbeing work is grossly underfunded and under researched. And yet the destructive nature of men's issues are central to many of the problems occurring in our communities. We need more centres of this ilk, not less! |
| 311 | Sian Cartwright | Carers Leeds | |
| 310 | Ann Pemberton | Home-Start Leeds | very disappointing news. |
| 309 | Simon Howes | Autumn Live Ltd | The research from the CfMH gets used in every talk I give on men's mental health and suicides prevention. The quality and practicality of application means it literally changes and saves lives. Do not close this department, it would be a short-sighted, reputation-damaging decision that you will end up regretting. Instead, make the kind of choices that will give you kudos and respect. |
| 308 | Paul Barker | Space2 Leeds | |
| 307 | Hannah May | Connect Housing | |
| 306 | Alex Toothill | Royal Mencap Society | |
| 305 | Joanne Trigwell | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 304 | Dom Charkin | Zest Health for Life | |
| 303 | Donna Johnson | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 302 | Caragh Brosnan | University of Newcastle, Australia | |
| 301 | Craig McKenna | ||
| 300 | Clare McConnell | NHS Digital | |
| 299 | Sarah Kelsey | Leeds Beckett University | Shocked by this news. |
| 298 | Michael Cross | University of Bradford | |
| 297 | Mark Carrigan | ||
| 296 | Jayne Godward | Leeds Beckett University | Alternatives to redundancy need to be explored to allow these experienced and valuable staff to continue contributing to the University |
| 295 | Lucy Graham | ||
| 294 | Helen Doig | Unite | |
| 293 | Alison Traynor | Bangor University | |
| 292 | Martin Pennington | ||
| 291 | Georgia Jenkins | University of Leeds | |
| 290 | Mohammed Azam | LS8 5JG | |
| 289 | Doreen Keegan | ||
| 288 | Graham Martin | ||
| 287 | Frances Darby | ||
| 286 | Jordan Turner | Edinburgh Unite Community | |
| 285 | Leonie Sharp | UNISON | |
| 284 | Clare Duggan | Leeds | |
| 283 | Jessica Turner | De Montfort University (DMU) | |
| 282 | Nina Putnis | NHS | |
| 281 | Kevin Deighton | ||
| 280 | Karl Powell | ||
| 279 | Emily Wheeler | University of Leeds | |
| 278 | Rob Wilson | Leeds City Council | |
| 277 | Hillary Wadsworth | ||
| 276 | Bill Walton | ||
| 275 | Liam Bishop | Leeds University | |
| 274 | Tony Whelan | London School of Economics (LSE) | |
| 273 | Emma Martin | Merseyside | |
| 272 | Angela Rawden | Leeds | |
| 271 | Erica Moored | ||
| 270 | Chris Armstrong | University of Leeds | |
| 269 | Deirdre O'Neill | University of Huddersfield | This is a disgraceful decision and a symptom of the appalling way universities are being run in line with a neoliberal agenda |
| 268 | Angela Beese | Psychologist/Psychotherapist Otley West Yorkshire | It is essential to find ways of encouraging men of all ages to engage with health services and in particular mental-health services in order to prevent suffering and tragedy both for themselves, their families and society in general. This is a neglected group and this Research Centre has been producing some terrific work. |
| 267 | Clive Klinger | Leeds | |
| 266 | Mirja Heinen | University college dubli | |
| 265 | Alex Sobel | Member of Parliament | The work of the Centre for Men's Health provides valuable work on engaging men on health issues which traditionally men tend to ignore or downplay. The Centre supports the third sector and will leave many organisations without support if it closes. I undertsand the heavy cuts placed on Univerities by Government and the funding regime but this decision should be revisited |
| 264 | Barlow Matthew | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 263 | Tracy Shildrick | University of Leeds | |
| 262 | Elaine White | Bradford College | |
| 261 | Joanne Arro | Hull City Council | |
| 260 | Malcolm Lyon | Retired (University of Manchester) | |
| 259 | Christine Smith | UCU Branch Plymouth Marjon University | |
| 258 | Michael Jenkins | ||
| 257 | Andreas Mayer | ||
| 256 | michael grimes | west yorkshire | |
| 255 | Helen Ingle | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 254 | Brandon Fox | Labour Party Leeds Central constituency | |
| 253 | Alex Donohoe | WIT | |
| 252 | Treasa McVeigh | last workplace: School of Nursing & Human Sciences, Dublin City University, Ireland. | Health Promotion is IMPORTANT! Making cuts to this is shortsighted and will cost more money in the end. Prevention is better (& cheaper) than cure. Chronic conditions / multiple morbidities likely to bankrupt the NHS in the coming decades if issue not addressed. |
| 251 | Lisa Hugill | ||
| 250 | Sand Fellner | ||
| 249 | Ruth Stern | School of Public Health, University of Western Cape, South Africa | Staff of the Health Promotion Dept were instrumental developing and supporting our Health Promotion Module and teaching programme. This level of support is essential for newer universities and it is horrendous to think that this wonderful resource is being cut |
| 248 | Lindsay Richardson | ||
| 247 | Alina Conngreve | London | |
| 246 | Katie Pickering | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 245 | Julie Fagan | Sacred heart catholic college | |
| 244 | Debbie Kinsella | Sandymoor School | |
| 243 | Helen Steel | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 242 | Martin Gebbett | Leeds | |
| 241 | Louise Cousins | alumni Leeds Beckett | |
| 240 | Costas Tsakirides | Leeds Beckett University | It is unbelievably tough for professionals who give their life and soul for their job, their students and their research to have to live with this fear/threat of redudancy over their heads. I hope the University will reconsider. |
| 239 | Bren Neale | University of Leeds | |
| 238 | Judy Thorne | The University of Manchester | |
| 237 | Hannah Corne | ||
| 236 | Amy Sweet | Used to attend Leeds Beckett | |
| 235 | Stephen Burrows | University of Leeds | |
| 234 | Holly Caldow | Manchester | |
| 233 | Tracy Herd | Independent health improvement Specialists | |
| 232 | Julie Armstrong | Unite the Union | Short sighted |
| 231 | Antony Silson | Teacher | |
| 230 | Matt Keighley | ||
| 229 | William Jarrett | Unite the Union | This is diabolical |
| 228 | Sarah Davies | ||
| 227 | Andrrw Toogood | Didsbury | |
| 226 | Erika Laredo | Leeds Beckett University | This decision is the price of the marketisation of HE. The decion must be reversed and we need a national debate about the current direction of the role of Universities in public life. |
| 225 | Marven Scott | Ex Beckett Student | |
| 224 | Humaira Akter | Warwick | |
| 223 | Caroline Isle | Unite Community Leeds & Wakefield | |
| 222 | Karl Baker-Green | Sheffield Hallam University | Corporate Myopia |
| 221 | Tim Straughan | NHS England | The Centre for Men's Health is has done an enormous amount of fantastic work over the last decade to raise the profile of men's health and has developed a world class reputation for reaseach and publications. It is one of the few expert centres in the world devoted to men's health and it is short sited to close this unit at a time when we should be investing in prevention and public health. |
| 220 | Caroline McGrory | NHS Lothian | |
| 219 | Vicky Laird | ||
| 218 | Marita Hennessy | NUI Galway | |
| 217 | Lawrence Mroz | University of British Columbia, School of Nursing, Vancouver, Canada | My post-doctoral fellowship with Steve Robertson at the Centre for Men's Health was important in shaping my work in men's health research and directing my career. Hard to imagine why Leeds Beckett would dismantle one of the few men's health centres in the world! |
| 216 | Julie Ellis | ||
| 215 | Ben Davies | University of Portsmouth | |
| 214 | Laura Ettenfield | ||
| 213 | Diane Scott | ||
| 212 | John Hadwin | Retired; formerly Guildford College of F and HE. | |
| 211 | Theocharis Ispoglou | ||
| 210 | Steve Atkinson | Leeds Beckett University | myopic |
| 209 | Dr Patricia Owen | Institute Of Health Promotion And Education Http://Ihpe.Org.Uk/ | For many years Leeds Beckett University has had a major impact on health promotion at national and international levels. Many public health leaders have been trained by this institution. We need more centres such as this not less to help find evidence and ways to reduce health inequalities and promote health. priorities. |
| 208 | Mercedes Martin Nevado | ||
| 207 | Eddie Caldow | University of Salford | Research into men's health is a vital area. Time and money should be invested in this area, not taken away. |
| 206 | Men's Health Network | USA | |
| 205 | Alison Lamont | Roehampton University | |
| 204 | Jonathan Long | ||
| 203 | Steven Cope | University of Kent | Men need health care. Closing this centre reinforces the idea that men are not concerned about 'soft' issues like health. |
| 202 | Don McCreary | Toronto, Canada | The Centre for Men's Health conducts game-changing research into understanding men's greater health morbidity and mortality risks. They engage in training and outreach. Their services are the best available and their loss would have a significantly negative impact on men's health in the U.K., Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, and elsewhere. |
| 201 | Amy Mathieson | The University of Manchester | |
| 200 | Eddie Little | Retired | |
| 199 | James Hannam | ||
| 198 | Dominic Miles-Shenton | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 197 | Rob Newton | NHS England | Health Promotion department is a tremendous asset to the university and the city. They would be sorely missed for many partnerships in addition to profits. |
| 196 | Nigel Mountney | University of Leeds | |
| 195 | Shane O'Donnell | National Centre for Men's Health, I.T. Carlow | |
| 194 | Katherine Baxter | ||
| 193 | Sophie Smith | ||
| 192 | Sophie Kinsella | ||
| 191 | G Raine | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 190 | Colin Fowler | Men's Health Forum in Ireland | |
| 189 | Nick Ashton | University of Manchester | |
| 188 | Pamela Fisher | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 187 | Matthew Evans | University of Sussex | |
| 186 | David Farmer | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 185 | Peter Baker | Global Action on Men's Health | The Centre for Men’s Health is unique in the UK. There is no other academic body with its remit, skills, expertise and experience. In fact, it is one of only a handful of similar organisations around the world and is pre-eminent among them. The Centre has an excellent track record in terms not only of academic research but also of project evaluation and policy and practice development. |
| 184 | Mark Taylor | Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) | |
| 183 | Emily Hart | Lancaster University | |
| 182 | Julian Goodare | University of Edinburgh | |
| 181 | Kaley Kramer | York St John University | |
| 180 | Adele Morrin | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 179 | Hugh Meyer | Leeds Beckett University/City Campus/Rosebowl | |
| 178 | Jim Speirs | Emis Health | |
| 177 | Chris Downs | University of Chichester | |
| 176 | Dr John Lloyd | Vice President IHPE | |
| 175 | David Carless | ||
| 174 | Anne-Marie Bagnall | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 173 | Sarah Gillborn | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 172 | Glen Jankowski | Leeds Beckett University | These cuts are a threat to all academic staff. |
| 171 | Steven Appleton | Brabners | |
| 170 | Gourav Banerjee | Leeds Beckett U | |
| 169 | Ann Sunderland | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 168 | Laura Sheard | Bradford Teaching Hospitals | |
| 167 | Mark Monaghan | ||
| 166 | Adam Lowe | Adam Lowe, MSc. - PhD Researcher and Part-time Lecturer - School of Social Sciences - Leeds Beckett University | The Centre for Men’s Health is an international leader, producing research with real world impact. Terminating this department for short term financial gains would have hugely negative implications, both for the university’s impact but also moral. A tragedy for academia and society, especially those underrepresented groups which the CfMH bring to the fore. A cynical and unambitious strategy. |
| 165 | Helen Russell | ||
| 164 | Alex Nunn | University of Derby | Some excellent research work went on in this unit, with positive academic and social impacts. If Health Promotion, including Centre for Men's Health, is now deemed to be unviable financially then surely this is (a) the responsibility of the University management, and (b) it would benefit from time to adjust to a new financial model. |
| 163 | Charlotte Jeavons | University of Greenwich | |
| 162 | Mark Davis | ||
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