Kirsty McIntyre, PhD student from the Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health has been awarded the New Researcher Outreach and Engagement award 2018 from the Royal Society of Biology.

In the UK, around 1 in 225 pregnancies end in stillbirth, causing an unimaginable amount of pain and suffering and yet, there is little understanding as to why stillbirth occurs or how to prevent it, as research remains chronically underfunded.

The Student Inspire Network (SIN) is a new and exciting project developed by students at The University of Manchester.

For more than 30 years, Black History Month has been a fixture in Britain’s cultural calendar, celebrated every October in schools, universities and at a vast array of events across the country.

The University’s Sustainable Consumption Institute has just launched a pilot initiative targeting electrical waste and we’d like people to get involved.

The University’s Sustainable Consumption Institute has just launched a pilot initiative targeting electrical waste and we’d like people to get involved.

Making a Difference Award Winner launches a new Food Business Course for local people

University School Governors Initiative which has helped 99,000 pupils wins Spirit of Manchester Award

11am – 4pm on Saturday 20 October 2018,

Happy new academic year! From Russia to Rusholme, from Bury to Beijing – we’ve been delighted to welcome thousands on new students to Manchester from near and afar.

8,000 students, 9 buildings, 1 day – welcome to Manchester

Athena SWAN (Scientific Women’s Academic Network) is a charter run by Advance HE.

The University recognises that as a global institution we have a responsibility to review our single use plastic consumption and as such have established a single use plastic action group that will feed into the University’s decision making structure via the Environmental Sustainability Leadership Group.

The Residences Administration Team are riding high after a successful trial with an electric cargo bike.

Staff, students, visitors and members of the local community attended a celebratory health and wellbeing event earlier this month, marking the official opening of Brunswick Park at the heart of The University of Manchester’s campus.

Staff at the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre (AIUC) have said thank you and farewell to Jackie Ould, their long-standing Education Co-ordinator and (latterly) Co-director, who retired in August.

ReachOut is a mentoring charity working with children in disadvantaged communities to raise aspirations and help them grow in character and attainment.

Shaking epileptic flies into a seizure may not be your average biology lesson; it is however just one of the activities taking place with a group of 12 schools in Lancashire.

The Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health’s new ‘Instruments of Change’ display was launched by the Interim Vice-President and Dean, Professor Peter Clayton, earlier this month.

Social mobility considers how someone’s adult outcomes relate to their circumstances as a child, with low social mobility often impacting on the life chances of a large section of our society.

The University of Manchester has been at the forefront of Development Studies for 60 years, starting with Nobel Prize winner Sir Arthur Lewis right through to the current work of our Global Development Institute (GDI).

A new research project, led by Professor Stephanie Barrientos will look at how to promote more ethical labour standards in the growing market of goods produced in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Alumni from The University of Manchester go onto amazing achievements and we are proud to learn of the continued involvement of Masters alumnus Rajab Mohandis who has been supporting the representation of civil society in the South Sudan peace talks.

Kate Osamor, Shadow Secretary for International Development, will visit The University on Friday 2 November to talk about her vision for a world that addresses inequality as well as poverty.

The University of Manchester will play host to the world’s first laboratories to receive Carbon Literacy training.