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Year: 2020

Our monthly round-up

The early part of October was a challenging period for our student community, with increases in positive testing for COVID-19. While we are in no way complacent, thankfully our daily updates of students and staff who have reported testing positive for COVID-19 show...

Policy@Manchester: On Primary Care

Policy@Manchester, The University of Manchester’s policy engagement unit, recently released their latest publication On Primary Care: General Practice, Pharmacy, Workforce.

Online Linnean Society Annual Lecture

The Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health is delighted to welcome back The Linnean Society for the first ever online Irene Manton lecture which will take place in December.This year’s lecture will be delivered by Eleanor Drinkwater, PhD student from the University...

The politics of ‘weaponising’ antimicrobial resistance

In support of World Antibiotic Awareness Week, the University’s ‘Action on Drug Resistance‘ is delighted to announce that this year’s annual lecture will be given by Dr Jennifer Hobbs on Wednesday 18 November. Dr Hobbs completed her doctoral studies at The University...

The Smile Behind the Mask

The Doubleday Student Society has launched a new campaign amongst healthcare professionals and students on clinical placement that aims to help communication and empathy with patients during the COVID-19 mask-wearing era.PPE plays a vital role in keeping all of us...

Music, health & wellbeing workshop

What is the importance of musical participation in everyday life? How can it help people with dementia, and those in society who struggle to be heard through words alone?