Creative Manchester events at the Festival of Libraries
Creative Manchester host events within the Festival of Libraries every year that allow academics to facilitate events with the public based on their research. Creative Manchester has curated a series of four free events for the Festival programme, showcasing our...
Event: Beyond Visibility: Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Lives, Resistance and Futures
To mark Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) Month in June, join our 'In Conversation' event, centred on the ways GRT communities continue to challenge exclusion while shaping new political, intellectual, and collective self-determined futures. This event is open to...
University of Manchester hosts the second Muslim-Friendly Universities Conference
On Monday 11 May, the University of Manchester co-hosted the second Muslim-Friendly Universities Conference: Researching Equity and Inclusion with Muslim Communities, with one of our donors, the Aziz Foundation. Over 50 delegates attended, including researchers from...
University of Manchester signs Memorandum of Understanding with Tokyo University of the Arts and National Center for Art Research, Japan
The University of Manchester, through Creative Manchester, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the “Arts-Based Communication Platform for Co-creation to Build a Convivial Society" at Tokyo University of the Arts and the National Center for Art Research...
Creative Health Research Symposium: Social care and creative practice
Join Creative Manchester, a University of Manchester research platform, for the Creative Health Research Symposium: Social Care and Creative Practice. The 2026 symposium focuses on arts and creative practices developed by various regional organisations. Come along to...
Raising awareness of ovarian cancer through early detection and personalised care
Research led by the University's Professor Richard Edmondson, Professor of Gynaecological Oncology in the Division of Cancer Sciences, is working to improve outcomes for women with ovarian cancer by focusing on earlier detection and more personalised treatment...
Celebrating a STEM initiative award win at the Educate North Awards
We are delighted to share that the University's Great Science Share for Schools (GSSfS) has won the STEM Initiative Award at the Educate North Awards. Since its inception, the campaign has inspired hundreds of thousands of pupils aged 5–14 to ask meaningful...
Eva Gore-Booth: Irish radical poet, rebel and reformer
The Irish poet and activist Eva Gore-Booth (1870-1926) led a life defiantly at odds with her aristocratic origins. Choosing to live and work among the poor of Manchester, she campaigned on behalf of barmaids, circus performers, flower sellers and pit-brow lasses, her...
From Manchester, for the world: People, partnerships and place
A new feature showcasing the University of Manchester’s civic mission and global ambition has been published in the Manchester Evening News, accompanied by a short film featuring the University’s President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Duncan Ivison. Titled From...
20 Years of Manchester Access Programme
The Manchester Access Programme (MAP) first came to life in 2006, making it one of the earliest examples of a university widening access initiative of its kind. At that time, the University of Manchester recognised a difficult reality: talented students from less...
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