The Festival of Libraries is a county-wide celebration of Greater Manchester’s 133 libraries and will take place from 7-11 June 2023. This festival allows residents and visitors to Greater Manchester to celebrate the key role that libraries play in civic life, and to...
Exhibition telling stories about displacement launches at the Whitworth Art Gallery The Whitworth and Creative Manchester present Traces of Displacement, an exhibition using the Whitworth’s collection to address one of the major humanitarian concerns of the 20th and...
On 23 and 24 March , the John Rylands Research Institute and Library hosted a major conference ‘Compassion and Care: Emotions and Experience in the Care of Children through History’, co-organised by Dr Kate Gibson, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at The University of...
Maternal and child health research focuses on pregnancy and the early years of life to support health across a person’s whole lifecourse. The University is working towards improving maternal and child health through new discoveries and research to have real life...
Greater Manchester has one of the worst rates of child dental decay in the UK, with 1 in 3 children under 5 experiencing dental decay. Additionally, dental extractions are the leading cause of childhood hospital admissions in the UK – this is largely preventable with...
Globally, around 1 billion people live in urban slums. Slum communities face overcrowded and unsanitary conditions, leading to a high risk of disease transmission. Sub-Saharan Africa has a large urban slum population and thus faced significant risk during the COVID-19...
This year marks the 75th Anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush to the UK. Ahead of National Windrush Day on the 22 June, the University is proud to support The Windrush Warriors performance. Set in the Community Centre, which provides heart, comfort,...
Please join Manchester University Press at our upcoming public event to launch the new book, Devolution in Greater Manchester and Liverpool City Region. At this event, we will consider the progress of these two new mayoral combined authorities alongside the fate of...
The Manchester Access Programme (MAP) officially launched in April with 657 students from across Greater Manchester being selected for and registering on the programme. MAP is the University’s flagship post-16 widening participation programme for Y12 students from...
From setting up the UK’s first charity to fund womb cancer research to supporting the mental health of students and fighting ‘hidden hunger’ in children – our Volunteer of the Year winners make us proud. Our annual Volunteer of the Year Awards celebrate the actions of...
We are pleased to share the news that Jonathan Lewis' from the University's Centre for Social Ethics in the Department of Law, co-authored article 'Racial Justice Requires Ending the War on Drugs' is in The American Journal of Bioethics'top ten most cited publications...
The stories of four University colleagues took centre stage in a feature in the Manchester Evening News earlier this month, showing how we offer good quality work and job opportunities to people living in our neighbouring communities. Branko Kovacevic, Samantha...
The University of Manchester and Kings College London are proud to partner with The Raheem Sterling Foundation to offer scholarships to support Black African and Caribbean heritage applicants from socio-economically under-represented backgrounds. The Raheem Sterling...
The University has published its new Access and Student Success 2022 Impact Report, which evaluates our work to help talented students from non-traditional backgrounds to access HE – and once on campus, to do well. The report is filled with inspiring stories and...
We urgently need to improve plastic recycling – a new report outlines what this will take. Plastic recycling remains a persistent and stubborn problem. We simply do not recycle enough. And while waste reduction and reuse remain important, there’s no getting away from...
In March, student volunteers helped launch a new Fallowfield community project. Recruited and supported by the University's Volunteering and Awards Team, they joined local residents, Manchester Student Homes, Manchester City Council and Biffa to remove litter from an...
On 11 May we were joined by staff, students, alumni and friends from around the world to celebrate the incredible and inspiring work of our University community. This social responsibility work spans everything from research, teaching, student volunteering, working...
Everyone is invited to our Making a Difference Awards Join us live from Whitworth Hall to celebrate how our staff, students, alumni and external partners are making a difference. Thursday, 11 May from 6pm to 8:30pm. Everyone is invited to join our Chancellor Nazir...
On Saturday 10 June we'll once again be opening our doors to our local community. Ever fancied hunting for the stars, tickling a robot or fighting killer fungus? Ever wondered how strong chocolate is, how the nervous system works or wanted to share your Manchester...
Staff and research students have been sharing their thoughts about how we engage with the public in our research, teaching and cultural activities recently as part of the renewal of our Gold Engage Watermark granted by the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public...
The University of Manchester is at the heart of four new projects that have received a share of millions of pounds awarded to the Greater Manchester Innovation Accelerator, to turn cutting-edge technologies into businesses in Greater Manchester – in order to boost the...
University of Manchester Chancellor, Nazir Afzal OBE, stunned the audience with his heartfelt and passion filled words on International Women’s Day (IWD) when he joined Professor Rachel Cowan, Dr Natalie Gardiner and Dr Beth Micakovic at the University flagship event....
Engaging with millions of people each year, British Science Week (10-19 March 2023) is one of the largest national science festivals in the world. Through thousands of events hosted in universities, museums and public spaces, the annual festival celebrates and aims to...
Made up of billions of interconnected neuronal cells, our brain is what makes us who we are. Keeping our most complex organ healthy is key to our wellbeing, yet one in six of us will be affected by a neurological condition in our lifetime. However, world-leading...
With numerous partnerships across the world, the University prides itself on its global reach. Through collaboration, we exchange ideas and expertise for the benefit of wider society. Raj Ariyaratnam, Professor of Dental Education and Global Oral Health, and Academic...
