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Keep up-to-date with the latest news from the Faculty of Humanities.
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Young people with Special Educational Needs face far more bullying and discrimination
10 Apr 2025
A new report from #BeeWell, which has surveyed 130,000 young people since 2021, has highlighted the experiences of pupils in mainstream schools with ...
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China plans to build the world’s largest dam – but what does this mean for India and Bangladesh?
9 Apr 2025
China recently approved the construction of the world’s largest hydropower dam, across the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet. When fully up and ...
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2025 Methods@Manchester Summer School
8 Apr 2025
Methods@Manchester’s popular Summer School is back for another year, with one week of courses in the week commencing 30 June. Featuring a range of ...
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Time to stop blaming bats and newts for blocking development?
4 Apr 2025
For years, nature has been blamed as a blocker of economic growth. After some ministerial bluster about not letting newts and bats get in the way of ...
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Manchester planning expert appointed as ESRC Council Member
4 Apr 2025
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) - the UK’s largest funder of economic, social, behavioural and human data science - has appointed ...
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Pupil wellbeing is more important to parents than Ofsted ratings and grades
3 Apr 2025
#BeeWell and the Youth Sports Trust are calling on the government to implement a national wellbeing measurement programme to address the needs of ...
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Manchester Professor wins award for her commitment to disability inclusion
1 Apr 2025
Professor Jackie Carter from The University of Manchester has been recognised with a prestigious Culture Shift Award for her exceptional leadership ...
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#BeeWell survey highlights wellbeing priorities and challenges for young people
1 Apr 2025
New findings from the latest #BeeWell survey have highlighted the importance of ensuring every young person has access to everyday support in their ...
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Expert says ageing is 'an opportunity, not a problem to be managed'
1 Apr 2025
Professor Tine Buffel called for society to reframe ageing as an opportunity during her plenary at the Age-Friendly Futures Summit held from 25 to 27 ...
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Five Manchester experts become Academy of Social Sciences Fellows
1 Apr 2025
An unprecedented five academics from The University of Manchester have been recognised as leading experts in their fields by being named as Fellows of...
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Experts call for urgent bus network reforms to reconnect communities
24 Mar 2025
Leading experts have called on the government to make urgent changes to the UK’s bus network in an appearance at a Transport Select Committee ...
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Lemn Sissay OBE to judge University's 2025 Micropoetry Competition
21 Mar 2025
Esteemed poet and former Chancellor of The University of Manchester, Lemn Sissay OBE, has been unveiled as a returning judge for the 2025 edition of ...
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Police struggle to identify the riskiest domestic abuse perpetrators – here’s how they can do better
20 Mar 2025
The government cannot achieve its target to halve violence against women and girls if it doesn’t address the most serious perpetrators – and it ...
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The government has revealed its plans to get Britain building again - some of them might just work
20 Mar 2025
The UK government has published its planning and infrastructure bill, a cornerstone of its strategy for growth. The bill aims to “get Britain ...
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New ‘River Rescue Kit’ empowers campaigners to tackle sewage pollution
17 Mar 2025
An expert from The University of Manchester has contributed to the ‘River Rescue Kit’, a groundbreaking online resource designed to empower ...
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Acclaimed author Sarah Hall joins The University’s Centre for New Writing
17 Mar 2025
Internationally acclaimed novelist and short story writer Sarah Hall has joined The University of Manchester as a Professor of Creative Writing.
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New research centre for the North of England aims for a sustainable future
14 Mar 2025
A new research centre led by The University of Manchester has been launched which aims to promote socially just, people-centred sustainability ...
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Study reveals teenage girls’ own views on why low mood and anxiety is increasing
11 Mar 2025
New research published in BMC Women's Health has shed light on adolescent girls’ own views on why their demographic is experiencing increasing rates...
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Kisii County ambulance services development
11 Mar 2025
Overview of the Ambulance Service At the heart of Kisii County’s emergency care system is its dedicated ambulance service, owned and operated by ...
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University of Manchester establishes new partnership with University of Texas at Austin as Manchester and Austin become sister cities
11 Mar 2025
The University of Manchester has signed a new university-wide strategic partnership with the University of Texas at Austin.
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Chloe Fox-Robertson, PhD Researcher in Geography, recognised in Women in Fintech Powerlist
7 Mar 2025
Innovate Finance, the independent industry body for UK FinTech, has announced the highly anticipated annual Women in Fintech Powerlist. The Powerlist...
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Manchester Professor named Archaeologist of the Year in public vote
5 Mar 2025
The University of Manchester’s Professor Joyce Tyldesley OBE has won the 2025 Archaeologist of the Year award, as voted for by readers of Current ...
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BioTechQuilombo: Pioneering Community-Led Biodiversity Monitoring in the Amazon
4 Mar 2025
The Amazonian BioTechQuilombo project, led by Dr. Polyanna da Conceição Bispo, Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography at The University of ...
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Professor Jackie Carter highlights legacy and future of GM4Women2028
3 Mar 2025
The University of Manchester’s Professor Jackie Carter has delivered a compelling message on the importance of data-driven legacy and sustained ...
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Kinship carers struggling to cope despite £4.3 billion value they add to society
27 Feb 2025
Dr Jingwen Zhang, Lecturer in Sociology, is one of the authors of 'Valuing Kinship Care in England', a new report on the huge and often ...
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New Head of School of Environment, Education and Development appointed
21 Feb 2025
Khalid, who is Professor of International Development, Global Development Institute (GDI), will take up the Head of School role on 1 August 2025. He ...
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Manchester academic condemns Trump’s attacks on diversity initiatives
20 Feb 2025
An expert from The University of Manchester has strongly criticised US President Donald Trump’s recent remarks blaming a tragic aviation accident on...
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Trump is making false claims about Zelensky's popularity, say experts
19 Feb 2025
US President Donald Trump has once again echoed Kremlin talking points, by falsely claiming that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s approval ...
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Artificial human DNA study raises urgent ethical questions for society
18 Feb 2025
Researchers from The University of Manchester - in collaboration with the Universities of Granada, Lund, and Oslo - have conducted the first-ever ...
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The John Rylands Library in Manchester announces a major new exhibition: The Secret Public: LGBTQ Pop 1955 – 1985
18 Feb 2025
Press release Landmark exhibition shows the extraordinary contribution LGBTQ artists have made to popular culture Celebrates 30 years of LGBTQ pop ...
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methods@manchester and UoM staff visit the Data Visualisation Observatory (DVO)
13 Feb 2025
This session was organised to give colleagues a feel for the DVO itself and the kinds of projects and opportunities it offers. It was led by Dr ...
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Landmark study reveals promising mental health interventions for schools
10 Feb 2025
An intervention that helps students normalise their everyday emotions is the ‘most promising’ of several approaches for supporting mental health, ...
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Study highlights importance of sleep for mental wellbeing of teenage girls
10 Feb 2025
A new study by researchers at The University of Manchester, using data from the #BeeWell survey, has found that sleep plays a crucial role in the ...
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The 2025 Methods Fair
6 Feb 2025
Last year, over one-hundred researchers presented work, engaged in discussion, attended work shops and connected with others from UoM, universities ...
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New study reveals social connections are key to preventing disease
5 Feb 2025
A groundbreaking study published in Nature Scientific Reports has revealed that people’s social connections play a crucial role in determining ...
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University champions disability inclusion with book launch for inspiring academic
4 Feb 2025
As part of its efforts to promote disability inclusion and empowerment within the academic community, The University of Manchester is set to host the ...
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Contributions invited for Getting Serious about Sustainability Symposium
4 Feb 2025
Where: The University of Manchester (rooms/building TBC) When: Thursday 22 – Friday, 23 May 2025 Contact: Heather Alberro, Lecturer in ...
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Future of UK peatlands under threat due to climate change
30 Jan 2025
Peatlands are critical ecosystems for carbon storage and biodiversity, containing more carbon than all the world's forests despite covering just 3% of...
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Mitchell Online – the new methods@manchester Spring School offering
27 Jan 2025
Mitchell Online is brought to you by our friends at the Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis, the leading cross-disciplinary research group in...
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Regional empowerment key to Britain’s productivity revival
27 Jan 2025
The UK needs greater collaboration between national and regional authorities, more empowerment of local mayors and policies tailored to specific ...
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Water industry using deception tactics to deflect blame for sewage pollution
27 Jan 2025
A new study published in Nature Water has revealed that England’s major water and sewage companies are misleading the public and Government by using...
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Almost 2 million people didn’t have the right ID to vote in 2024
24 Jan 2025
The 2024 general election was the first in the UK’s history to be run under a system of voter ID. When heading to the polling station, people could ...
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Guardian journalist to talk about Hillsborough legal failures as families push for law change
24 Jan 2025
The University of Manchester and Garden Court North Chambers are set to host a lecture by award-winning Guardian journalist David Conn on the ...
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Global water research overlooks needs of the Global South, study reveals
21 Jan 2025
A groundbreaking study led by researchers at The University of Manchester has exposed significant gaps in global research on transboundary rivers, ...
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New project to assess impact of smartphones and social media on young people
20 Jan 2025
A new research project has been launched which will lay the groundwork for future studies into the impact on children of smartphone and social media ...
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New study reveals how bullying impacts teenage mental health
20 Jan 2025
A major new study by experts from The University of Manchester has found that bullying has a significant negative impact on the mental health of ...
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Study identifies illicit finance risks in Premier League club ownership structures
17 Jan 2025
The Premier League is currently vulnerable to new investors and team owners who could have sourced their wealth from illicit activities.
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Baroque Opera as a tool for peace: An evening with international theatre director Peter Sellars
16 Jan 2025
Taking place at the Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama on Tuesday, 4 February, Peter will deliver a lecture titled ‘How to End a War: The ...
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The Post Office: an emblem of the UK’s relationship with the state, sliding into dystopia
15 Jan 2025
Written by Martin Greenwood The Horizon scandal, which led to the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of subpostmasters, has severely dented the ...
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Data Visualisation Observatory (DVO) - Staff Training
8 Jan 2025
Did you know that the University has a 3D, large-scale visualisation facility with 72 full HD screens? Do you want to learn more about this facility,...
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