May 2020
- Making a Difference Awards take place on Facebook Live!Thu 7 May 2020, 20:52
On Thursday 7 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.
- Professor Brian Cox launches The University of Manchester's Lockdown LecturesMon 18 May 2020, 10:04
While in lockdown are you looking for something more than your next Netflix boxset binge or Spotify top 100 of whatever playlist?
- Meet the Winners of the 2020 Volunteer of the Year AwardsMon 18 May 2020, 10:56
Volunteering now more than ever is contributing to local communities everywhere.
- Social justice photography competition 2020 winners announcedMon 18 May 2020, 11:01
The winners of the Social Justice Photography Competition have officially been announced.
- Pandemics and the cityMon 18 May 2020, 11:08
The Manchester Urban Institute (MUI) is home to The University of Manchester's world-leading urban research.
- Manchester researcher helping to tackle coronavirus in Kenya's slumsMon 18 May 2020, 13:15
- Why gender matters in policy analysis for later lifeMon 18 May 2020, 13:24
University professor, Debbie Price, advises that policy analysis is sensitive to gender and disadvantage in later life.
- Psychology, human behaviour, and battling COVID-19Tue 19 May 2020, 12:03
Health Psychologists across the UK have come together to make a difference, to ensure all health & social care professionals have access to health psychology, knowledge and skills during COVID-19.
- Simple COVID-19 home-test under development by Manchester biotech teamTue 19 May 2020, 12:18
World-leading Manchester biotech researchers are working towards developing a test for COVID-19 that could be used at home like a domestic pregnancy test.
- Doing things differentlyThu 21 May 2020, 10:31
At the University, our people are working together and with partners from across society to understand coronavirus (COVID-19) and its wide-ranging impacts on our lives.
- Manchester medic saves his father's lifeThu 21 May 2020, 13:50
Fourth-year student at The University of Manchester, Devershi Parekh, used his medical training to save his father's life after he contracted COVID-19.
- Suicide risk and prevention during the COVID-19 pandemicThu 21 May 2020, 14:04
Researchers in the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health (NCISH), based in our Division of Psychology and Mental Health are working with the National Health and Safety Executive (NHSE), Public Health England (PHE) and other academics to set up a national academic response to suicide prevention and COVID-19.
- Cultural Practice Magazine launchedThu 21 May 2020, 14:26
The Institute for Cultural Practices based in the University's School of Arts, Languages and Culture has launched a new online magazine featuring critical reflective pieces on arts management, arts practice, cultural policy, heritage studies and museology.
- Our monthly round-upTue 26 May 2020, 09:45
I hope you and your families continue to stay safe and that you're balancing the various demands on your work and personal lives.
- Traffic pollution drops in lockdown – but other risks to air quality increaseTue 26 May 2020, 09:57
Traffic pollution for most parts of the UK is plummeting thanks to the COVID-19 lockdown but more urban ozone – a dangerous air pollutant which can cause airway inflammation in humans - is probably being generated, say experts at the University.
- Wellbeing booklet with support and advice for older people isolating at homeTue 26 May 2020, 10:08
The University's Healthy Ageing Research Group has teamed up with the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub to support those who are self-isolating during COVID-19.
- Supporting the delivery of food to those in needTue 26 May 2020, 11:12
During what is being termed the greatest public health and economic challenge in living memory, local authorities and charities are finding there is an ever growing demand for food, from families or individuals in need, from those self-isolating to people struggling with poverty or redundancy.
- University helps test 150,000 pieces of PPE for Manchester City CouncilTue 26 May 2020, 11:19
A University of Manchester academic has helped Manchester City Council (MCC) coordinate and test thousands of pieces Personal protection Equipment (PPE) so that they could be delivered to key workers in the city.
- University of Manchester to decarbonise its investment portfolioTue 26 May 2020, 13:03
The University of Manchester has announced that it will end investments in fossil fuel reserve and extraction companies by 2022, and 'decarbonise' all investments by 2038.
- Listen to Edward Astle reflect on the Making a Difference AwardsTue 26 May 2020, 18:32
Edward Astle, Chair of the University's Board of Governors has recorded a short message reflecting on the 2020 Making a Difference Awards and the importance of this event for the wider University community.
