News
As you'd expect in such a large and engaging Faculty, we have lots of great, news-worthy activity.
The news feed below features news from across Humanities, with Faculty and School stories.
If you prefer you can see news specific to each of our Schools on their sites:
- Alliance Manchester Business School
- School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
- School of Environment, Education and Development
- School of Social Sciences
Humanities headlines
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SALC: Connect, Engage, Inspire
15 Apr 2021
Featured On International Women’s Day (Monday 8 March) we were joined for an in conversation event with Maxine Peake, Honorary Professor of ...
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Call for autistic girls to be supported in post-covid return to school
1 Apr 2021
To mark UN Autism Awareness Day on Friday April 2, researchers are calling for the needs of autistic girls to be better supported during the ...
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Commission sets out recommendations to tackle inequality in Greater Manchester
29 Mar 2021
An independent commission involving two experts from The University of Manchester has set out a range of measures for tackling inequality and ...
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Call for Government to close ethnicity data gap exacerbated by Covid-19
26 Mar 2021
The Evidence for Equality National Survey (EVENS) is calling on the Government to urgently tackle the ethnicity data gap amid spiralling inequalities ...
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Manchester experts lead new project to develop training for COVID-19 contact tracers
25 Mar 2021
Experts from The University of Manchester are to lead a new project to develop motivational interviewing training for COVID-19 contact tracers, ...
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Manchester experts conferred as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences
24 Mar 2021
Two academics from The University of Manchester have been recognised as leading experts in their field, after they were conferred the award of Fellow ...
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Bridging the Informational Divide: High-Speed Broadband Comes to St Helena
24 Mar 2021
A Manchester student is set to study the impact of the arrival of high-speed broadband on one of the most remote islands in the world.
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Manchester graduate campaign leads to hate crime recording changes
22 Mar 2021
Two graduates from The University of Manchester who have been campaigning for nearly three years have been celebrating this week, as the Government ...
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Airbnb is funding deregulation campaigns in cities around the world
22 Mar 2021
New research has found that online home rental marketplace Airbnb is funding deregulation campaigns in hundreds of cities around the world, as it ...
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Greater Manchester Young Persons Wellbeing Programme - announcement of initial coalition of partners
10 Mar 2021
The Greater Manchester Young Persons Wellbeing Programme (GMYPWP) is delighted to announce the first thirty members of its coalition of partners.
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Royal ‘love letters’ revealed as evidence of an unwelcome pursuit
8 Mar 2021
A series of newly transcribed letters between the then-future George IV and his family’s sub-governess Mary Hamilton have shed fresh light on their ...
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Participating in engagement schemes significantly improves young people’s wellbeing
23 Feb 2021
New research by an expert from The University of Manchester has shown that taking part in youth engagement schemes like National Citizen Service can ...
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UK’s first survey of ethnic and religious minority people during Covid-19 launches
16 Feb 2021
The UK’s first and largest survey of its kind to document the impact of Covid-19, and the lockdowns, on the lives of 17,000 ethnic and religious ...
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Manchester to lead ambitious project to measure impact of coronavirus on ethnic minority people
15 Feb 2021
A coalition of 10 universities in England and Scotland, led by The University of Manchester, has announced ambitious plans to research Covid-19’s ...
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Indian women experience far more Covid-related hardship than men, research finds
15 Feb 2021
New research has revealed that women in India have suffered much more than men during the coronavirus pandemic, and in more ways than is usually ...
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Surge in use of online mental health services during COVID-19 pandemic
10 Feb 2021
There has been a surge in the use of online mental health services during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research, as millions of people ...
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Progression from GCSEs not working for many young people, new research finds
5 Feb 2021
A new report has highlighted the barriers faced by many of the 40 percent of young people in England who miss the benchmark of grade 4 in GCSE English...
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University of Manchester asks school students to write letters to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
3 Feb 2021
This spring, The University of Manchester’s American Studies programme is asking UK school students to write letters to the new US presidential ...
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Oscar-winning film director to deliver 2021 Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies
28 Jan 2021
The University of Manchester Centre for Jewish Studies is pleased to announce that its 2021 Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies will be delivered ...
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New project to understand and improve wellbeing of school pupils in Greater Manchester
27 Jan 2021
Experts from The University of Manchester are set to work with leaders from Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and all of the ...
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New report outlines how government can address COVID-19 ethnic disparity
19 Jan 2021
A new report from The Runnymede Trust and The University of Manchester’s Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity has addressed the possible causes of - ...
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Deadline extended: Making a Difference Awards
14 Jan 2021
Due to popular demand, the deadline for entries for The University of Manchester Making a Difference Awards has been extended. The new closing date ...
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New film shares teenagers’ lockdown experiences, alongside toolkit for educators
11 Jan 2021
Experts from The University of Manchester have created a short film which shares teenagers’ experiences of lockdown in the COVID-19 pandemic, which ...
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Lockdown loneliness, homeworking and financial worries impact mental health
8 Jan 2021
New research has found that the first coronavirus lockdown saw more people reporting common mental disorders in the UK, but that mental health began ...
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Professor Michael Wood awarded OBE for services to public history and broadcast
6 Jan 2021
Professor Michael Wood has been awarded an OBE for his services to public history and broadcasting in the New Year Honours list 2020. Wood, a ...
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Manchester Music PhD student shortlisted for Composition: Wales 2021
5 Jan 2021
A Music PhD student from The University of Manchester is among eight talented musicians shortlisted for Composition: Wales 2021. Cameron ...
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2020's top news from the Faculty of Humanities
18 Dec 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has understandably dominated the media headlines in 2020, and many of our experts have been working on related research - but...
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The 2020 Review of the Year - Part Two
17 Dec 2020
In the past 12 months our entire University community has come together to produce the amazing stories and research that make up The Review of Year ...
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The 2020 Review of the Year - Part One
17 Dec 2020
In the past 12 months our entire University community has come together to produce the amazing stories and research that make up The Review of Year ...
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HCRI recognise PGT Outstanding Dissertation Award winners 2020
16 Dec 2020
All of the students who’ve completed their Masters, during the added challenges and unpredictability of a global pandemic, should be extremely ...
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HCRI PGT Outstanding Achievement Award winners
15 Dec 2020
For anybody completing their Masters in 2020, a significant amount of their studies has taken place against a backdrop of COVID-19, uncertainty, and ...
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Manchester City of Literature announces new team and launches website
11 Dec 2020
Manchester joined UNESCO’s worldwide Creative Cities network as a City of Literature in 2017, following a successful bid coordinated by a ...
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Project remembers Manchester students who died in the world wars
11 Dec 2020
Two students from Manchester have created a website which tells the stories of 24 men from the University’s St Anselm Hall who lost their lives ...
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School of Arts, Languages and Cultures celebrates student strength in virtual celebration
8 Dec 2020
The University of Manchester’s School of Arts, Languages and Cultures (SALC) will be hosting a celebration to mark the strength and resilience of ...
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New report calls for independent enforcer of victims’ rights
3 Dec 2020
A new report has revealed that victims of crime presently lack an independent enforcer of victims’ rights. The report calls for an enhanced role for...
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Making a Difference Awards 2021 open for entries
3 Dec 2020
This year, university life has presented challenges that might have previously been unthinkable. The impact of COVID-19 continues to reverberate, yet...
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3D scanning technology brings Manchester’s cultural sites to you
1 Dec 2020
Exciting new 3D scanning technology is being used to offer students, staff and the wider public virtual tours of museums, galleries and heritage sites...
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Research into LGBT+ sexual health services during Covid-19 wins award
1 Dec 2020
A project facilitated by the ESRC-funded Collaboration Labs programme at The University of Manchester has been recognised with an award.
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New research reveals ‘megatrends’ that will affect forests in the next decade
1 Dec 2020
A group of experts from academic, governmental and international organisations have identified five large-scale ‘megatrends’ affecting forests and...
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Music graduate’s lockdown piece gets BBC Radio 3 airtime
30 Nov 2020
A graduate from The University of Manchester’s Department of Music has had a piece of his music played on BBC Radio 3. Alexander Hopkins’ ‘Wash...
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3D scanning technology brings cultural sites to you
30 Nov 2020
3D scanning technology is being used to bring some of Manchester’s most celebrated cultural sites to all. The School of Arts Languages and ...
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Centre for New Writing student Mary Trend wins PFD literature prize
19 Nov 2020
Mary Trend, Creative Writing MA student from The University of Manchester’s Centre for New Writing, has been awarded the Peters Fraser and Dunlop ...
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Manchester academic recognised as one of the world's most cited scholars
19 Nov 2020
An academic from The University of Manchester has been recognised as one of the most cited scholars in the world following a major research study, ...
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University to host Business Engagement Workshop
19 Nov 2020
Researchers in Higher Education institutions often find the process of accessing businesses and organisations difficult. Equally, arts and cultural ...
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Professor Gary Younge to discuss race and the US election in public lecture
18 Nov 2020
Gary Younge, the multi award-winning journalist who recently joined The University of Manchester as Professor of Sociology, will analyse the recent US...
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MCI contributes to survey that reveals worsening European views of China in the age of Covid-19
18 Nov 2020
MCI Director Pete Gries has contributed to a new report published by the Central European Institute of Asian Studies, which presents recent ...
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University hosts Music Health and Wellbeing Workshop
18 Nov 2020
The workshop, which took place via Zoom on 11 November, was a collaboration between Creative Manchester, the Music Department and the University’s...
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Culture organisations face potential ‘artistic hiatus’ in EU partnerships due to Brexit
17 Nov 2020
Brexit could trigger an ‘artistic hiatus’ in the UK as cultural organisations struggle with loss of funding and new regulations, according to new ...
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Manchester’s Professor David Olusoga to interview Barack Obama on BBC One
16 Nov 2020
In an exclusive UK interview ahead of the release of his memoirs, former President of the United States Barack Obama will speak to The University of ...
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Coronavirus lockdown caused dramatic changes in water consumption, research finds
11 Nov 2020
New research has found that the coronavirus lockdown led to dramatic changes in water consumption in England and Wales, and that some of these are ...
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