Your biological clock is important to your health and wellbeing – so what is it? The Centre for Biological Timing in the Faculty Biology Medicine and Health is the largest research group in Europe working on the body clock and its role in human disease.

On 10 October colleagues from Student Recruitment and Widening Participation, the School of Arts Languages and Culture, and Creative Manchester hosted 150 pupils from Greater Manchester schools for a day to explore Black History and British society.

Greater Manchester schools are set to trial clean air monitoring systems across Greater Manchester Schools to determine how varying levels of air quality affects school children.

Sounds of the kora, a West African harp, played by local musician Jali sparked the start of the University’s annual Black History Month celebration event.

Each year, the month of October is celebrated as Black History Month (BHM) in the UK; the purpose of this being to recognise and celebrate the achievement of Black people in the UK and across the world.

On 1 October, the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education Trust (AIU) ran the first of ‘three’ takeover days at Manchester Central Library.

A major new guide to the treatment of pensions on divorce has been published by the Pension Advisory Group (PAG).

The University hosted its annual Volunteering and Social Justice Fair on Tuesday 15 October.

The University’s environmental sustainability initiative, 10,000 Actions, has won an IEMA Sustainability Impact Award.

Our Chancellor Lemn Sissay’s third poem of a triptych for the University focuses on Stellify, our package of extra-curricular activities to help students develop their skills and experiences to become socially responsible, innovative, resourceful graduates.