Historically, when studying disorders such as autism, psychosis or dementia, those with the disorders were treated as study subjects rather than collaborators. However, people with disorders are increasingly becoming ‘experts by experience’, playing key roles in the...
Year: 2022
Greater Manchester Green Summit 2022
This year’s Greater Manchester Green Summit was held at The Lowry on the 17 October. The University played a key role in providing expertise on progression of reaching the University’s calculated science-based goal of Zero Carbon by 2038, which is pivotal to...
A nose to diagnose: improving Parkinson’s diagnosis
Parkinson's is a complex disease to diagnose and relies on practitioners' ability to recognise a myriad of different symptoms. University of Manchester Professor Perdita Barran and Joy Milne are working on ways to improve Parkinson's diagnosis. Joy Milne is a ‘super...
Working together to achieve Living Wage City
The University of Manchester was proud to be part of the city of Manchester team who worked together to achieve Living Wage City status earlier this month. The University has been a pioneer and advocate for the Real Living wage in the city and has been a Real Living...
Ardwick Climate Action Day
On Sunday 2 October, 50 students from University of Manchester took part in the first Ardwick Climate Action Day. They worked with local climate activists to close part of the A6 to cars and helped to steward the road while groups, including skateboarders and a...
Manchester spreads the message on sustainability solutions
Climate change has become a priority issue for a range of organisations and sectors – and advanced materials are increasingly seen as providing breakthrough solutions for this global challenge. In response to this call, the Graphene@Manchester team at the University...
Using AI to tackle humanity’s greatest challenges – such as climate change
Human-focussed artificial intelligence can play a key role in tackling existential issues such as climate change, says Sami Kaski, Professor of Artificial Intelligence at The University of Manchester. Professor Kaski has been working with an international team of...
Greater Manchester Civic University Agreement – One Year On
Research has shown the positive impact of Greater Manchester’s universities on the city region, its people, and businesses, one year on from the signing of a flagship agreement. The Greater Manchester Civic University Agreement commits the five higher education...
Dawn run for COP27: Manchester team use graphene technology as part of climate change relay
While you were sleeping on Monday 3 October, staff at the University were breaking in new graphene trainers and doing their bit to help launch COP27, the upcoming climate conference in Egypt (6-18 November). Joe Wilson, Nathan Lumb and Dr Paul Wiper ran an 11km leg...
#OurEngagingPeople October
Ever wanted to find out a little more about public engagement at the University and the personal stories behind those involved? Each week we spotlight someone from our University community who is involved in some form of public engagement. Find out what our people do,...