Talk 200 is a new lecture and podcast series from The University of Manchester, launching to mark our bicentenary: 200 years of making a difference. This year we’re reflecting on our past, celebrating our present and looking to the future – and Talk 200 invites...
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Our top five stories in March
This month we’re sharing five social responsibility highlights from our latest newsletter. Firstly, we are excited to share the news that the Great Science Share for Schools has been granted the prestigious patronage of the United Kingdom National Commission for...
University academic invited to speak at international trade forum in Manila
A research paper and recent Alliance Manchester Business School blog reflecting on COP28 developments has generated an invitation for PhD candidate Sandra Hamilton to speak at an international trade forum being co-hosted in the Philippines later this month by the...
Research cafe: Plants in civic futures
Researchers across the University's Faculty of Humanities will come together on 10 April 2024 for an interdisciplinary discussion on plant lives and plant thinking. Organised by the Research Platform Creative Manchester, this ‘Research Café’, held at Contact Theatre,...
Climate action group launches walking route to combat air pollution
Campaign group Ardwick Climate Action, with the support of University of Manchester researchers, has launched a green route where local people can avoid the excessive pollution caused by motor vehicles. The scheme close to Kale Street in Arwick will help combat the...
University to host first ASA Public Anthropology Festival
The Association of Social Anthropologists in the UK (ASA) has chosen The University of Manchester to host its inaugural anthropology festival. Taking place from Friday 5 - Sunday 7 April, PeopleFest: Public Anthropology Festival 2024 marks a momentous occasion as it...
Manchester University Press shortlisted for Academic, Educational and Professional of the Year
Manchester University Press is delighted to announce that they have been shortlisted for the Academic, Educational & Professional Publisher of the Year at the British Book Awards 2024. The publishers shortlisted for this award in 2024 are: Bloomsbury Boydell &...
University leads the way in prescribing volunteering to students
The University’s Green Wellbeing Project (GWP) is a project where volunteering is 'prescribed' to students rather than medication if appropriate. Jointly managed by the University’s Volunteering and Awards and the Social Prescribing teams along with the team at the...
Transformational gift set to redefine global development research for the 21st century at the University of Manchester
The Global Development Institute (GDI) at The University of Manchester has received a further transformational donation of £2 million from the Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Foundation. The gift, which is the most recent donation to the University from the Foundation, will...
LGBT+ History Month 2024 and beyond
In February 2024, the University celebrated LGBT+ History Month, and the theme this year was Medicine #UnderTheScope. The University's Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Team had the pleasure of co-organising a number of events for staff, students and the wider...