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Experts join forces to help hospital staff to identify eating disorders
18 Jan 2022
Mental health has hit the headlines during the COVID-19 pandemic as the impact of lockdowns, strains on healthcare services and fear of the virus ...
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A ‘chemical cocktail’ of sewage, slurry and plastic is polluting English rivers
13 Jan 2022
Poor water quality in English rivers is the result of chronic underinvestment and multiple failures in monitoring, governance and enforcement, a ...
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2021's news highlights from the Faculty of Humanities
22 Dec 2021
Our fantastic Humanities colleagues have done great things once again this year, despite the ongoing coronavirus situation. Here are some of the most ...
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SALC: Connect, Engage, Inspire
21 Dec 2021
Featured Creative Manchester and the Centre for New Writing recently concluded the Novel Voices 2 series. Each of the five online events saw ...
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Manchester students plant over 100 trees to help fight climate crisis
20 Dec 2021
A group of student volunteers from The University of Manchester have planted over 100 trees in a bid to help fight the planet’s climate and ...
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Manchester criminologists to lead new research on policing modern slavery
17 Dec 2021
The Vulnerability and Policing Futures Research Centre, led by the universities of York and Leeds, is the first of its kind to study how ...
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New police research project awards
16 Dec 2021
With projects on preventing cuckooing, disrupting domestic abuse, recording honour based violence, and identifying victims of coercive control, all ...
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Professor Søren Holm appointed to the DARE UK Scientific and Technical Advisory Group.
14 Dec 2021
DARE UK (Data and Analytics Research Environments UK) is a programme initiated by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). Data has been fundamental to the...
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New climate writing competition launched in wake of COP26 conference
9 Dec 2021
The University of Manchester has launched a national climate writing competition for young people in the aftermath of the recent COP26 conference in ...
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The British Academy awards prestigious prize to David Olusoga
9 Dec 2021
The British Academy has awarded their 2021 President’s Medal to broadcaster and historian Professor David Olusoga in recognition of his outstanding...
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City and United footballers support young people’s mental health and wellbeing through the #BeeWell programme
22 Nov 2021
Greater Manchester’s #BeeWell programme has now seen more than 20,000 wellbeing surveys completed by young people across the city region.
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Exploring the experiences of migrants living in Latin America through the Covid-19 pandemic
15 Nov 2021
Dr Tanja Bastia, Global Development Institute, and colleagues Dr Erika Busse Cárdenas and Dr María Calderón Muñoz, recently ran a photography ...
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£7 million project to provide access to wealth of environmental data
6 Nov 2021
A £7 million project led by experts at The University of Manchester is to develop a pioneering digital hub, which will provide easy access to an ...
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Manchester experts warn that aid sector is unprepared for climate change
5 Nov 2021
To coincide with the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, experts from Manchester have warned that the humanitarian aid sector is unprepared for the ...
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Manchester experts become Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences
4 Nov 2021
Two academics from The University of Manchester have been recognised as leading experts in their field, by being conferred the award of Fellow of the...
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Black Professional Women face ‘concrete ceiling’ in career progression
1 Nov 2021
Black Professional Women in England face an almost impenetrable ‘concrete ceiling’ when it comes to career progression, according to from The ...
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Opportunity for Manchester social scientists with innovative ideas
29 Oct 2021
We are delighted to invite you to apply to the ARC Accelerator - a comprehensive entrepreneurial skills training programme. Launching on 1 February ...
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Emotional impact of pandemic could lead to exodus of NHS staff
22 Oct 2021
New research has discovered that there is a high risk that the emotional and psychological impact of the pandemic on nurses and other healthcare ...
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The first-ever Corridor of Light illuminates Oxford Road
21 Oct 2021
From Thursday 21 to Saturday 23 October, Manchester Oxford Road will be adorned with a plethora of brand new visual arts commissions, installations, ...
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Research suggests canals can help the UK to cope with the climate emergency
20 Oct 2021
Research published by The University of Manchester and the Canal & River Trust has shown that the presence of canal water can cool urban areas by ...
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The climate emergency is a humanitarian crisis, say aid experts
19 Oct 2021
A new report from The University of Manchester’s Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, UK-Med and Save the Children is calling for the ...
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Creative and cultural collaborations in social science research (part of the ESRC Festival 2021)
19 Oct 2021
On 10 November, researchers from the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures and Creative Manchester will host a hybrid workshop exploring research ...
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New briefing highlights damaging impact of Covid-19 on high streets
18 Oct 2021
In a collaboration between the University's Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE) and The Runnymede Trust, a new briefing has highlighted how the...
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Diversity of UK’s population is not reflected in school library books
15 Oct 2021
To mark International School Library Month, new research has been released which highlights that the diversity of the UK’s population is not ...
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New research calls for hybrid working to be more sustainable
12 Oct 2021
The increase in the amount of hybrid working post-pandemic - where office-based employees work remotely for part of the week - needs to be more ...
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UK can more than halve energy demand by 2050 and improve quality of life
6 Oct 2021
A new report by The Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS) has revealed the vital importance of working to reduce the UK’s overall...
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Life expectancy falls as a result of COVID-19
6 Oct 2021
A new report published today by a panel including an expert from The University of Manchester has highlighted that life expectancy at birth fell by ...
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Humanities academics amongst 33 Manchester Turing Fellows for 2021-22
6 Oct 2021
The Alan Turing Institute, the UK's National Institute for AI, has announced over 400 fellowships for 2021-22 across the 12 University partners. The ...
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Report finds that life expectancy falls as a result of COVID-19
6 Oct 2021
A new report, The COVID-19 Pandemic, published today by the Longevity Science Panel (LSP) (with contributions by MICRA's Professor Debbie Price), ...
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Matthew Tyce awarded Dudley Seers Memorial Prize
30 Sep 2021
Dr Matthew Tyce has been awarded the prestigious Dudley Seers Memorial Prize for 2020.
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David Olusoga to chair discussion on diversity in statues and public memorials
28 Sep 2021
David Olusoga OBE, Professor of Public History at The University of Manchester, is chairing a special panel discussion on the debate around statues ...
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Event to examine how British Muslims are involved in environmental issues
24 Sep 2021
A free online event is being held which will bring together academics, policymakers and community activists and organisations to draw attention to how...
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‘I don’t think I can cope financially’ – the people putting off parenthood because of austerity
23 Sep 2021
Britain’s birth rates are plunging. The number of babies being born has been in steep decline since 2017. Now, researchers are investigating early ...
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Covax misses its 2021 delivery target – what’s gone wrong in the fight against vaccine nationalism?
23 Sep 2021
The latest supply forecast for Covax – the programme for sharing COVID-19 vaccines around the world – suggests that accelerating vaccination in ...
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Greater Manchester celebrates young people’s wellbeing on #BeeWell Day
23 Sep 2021
Schools and youth organisations across Greater Manchester will take part today in the first ever #BeeWell Day, with a series of creative, active and ...
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Manchester revealed as a ‘Northern Humanitarian Powerhouse’
17 Sep 2021
Greater Manchester humanitarian organisations benefited the lives of more than five million of the world’s most vulnerable people in 2020, it has ...
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Pension inequality a major issue when couples divorce, research finds
15 Sep 2021
A new report has found that men within couples have substantially more private pension wealth than women, which poses particular challenges when they ...
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Remembering 9/11 - Manchester professor launches new work to mark 20th anniversary
9 Sep 2021
A professor from The University of Manchester is launching a new music composition on Saturday to mark the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, the day ...
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Manchester researchers to attend COP26 negotiations
31 Aug 2021
Nine researchers from the University will attend the Blue Zone at COP26, the UN Climate Change summit, to observe the negotiations that will be ...
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Remembering 9/11: A composer's journey
31 Aug 2021
When Professor of Social and Autoethnographic Composition Kevin Malone joined the University of Manchester's music department in 1999, he could ...
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Poetry Competition's winning micropoems featured in exhibition at the Geological Society
31 Aug 2021
This year's Micropoetry competition was themed around the 2021 'Year of Space', and presented by Creative Manchester in collaboration with ...
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Low-income drivers being punished by tax rules, study finds
25 Aug 2021
A report by an expert from The University of Manchester has found that low-income drivers are effectively being charged more than double (212%) per ...
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“Quite unsuitable for females” – 100 years since women’s football ban
23 Aug 2021
2021 marks 100 years since the Football Association banned women’s football in England - to mark the anniversary, an expert from The University of ...
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Archaeologists reveal origins of famous Stone Age monument
10 Aug 2021
Archaeologists from the Universities of Manchester and Cardiff have discovered the origins of Arthur’s Stone, one of the UK’s most famous Stone ...
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Manchester students help to preserve Marcus Rashford mural tributes
9 Aug 2021
Students from The University of Manchester have been involved in a project to catalogue and preserve tributes left on the Marcus Rashford mural in ...
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Research to assess woodland restoration alongside rivers to combat climate change
7 Aug 2021
A research project led by The University of Manchester is set to assess the potential of woodland restoration along England’s rivers and streams, as...
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Poorest twice as likely to feel lonely in lockdown compared to richest
28 Jul 2021
Older people in the poorest sector of the population were more than twice as likely to feel isolated and lonely during the first lockdown than the ...
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New research reveals challenges faced by older people during pandemic
12 Jul 2021
A new report launched today by The University of Manchester’s Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA) has revealed the challenged ...
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New artwork explores the 'uncertain futures' of women over 50 post-Covid
10 Jul 2021
A new collaborative artwork has been launched at Manchester Art Gallery, which aims to explore the futures of women in work in Greater Manchester ...
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Project launches to combat modern slavery and human trafficking in Greater Manchester
10 Jul 2021
A new project has been launched which aims to help Greater Manchester’s authorities to combat the problem of modern slavery, human trafficking and ...
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