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:
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- School of Social Sciences
Humanities headlines
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SALC: Connect, Engage, Inspire
26 Jul 2021
Featured Manchester City of Literature celebrated Greater Manchester's 133 libraries with a Festival of Libraries from Wednesday 9 June to Sunday ...
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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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The UK’s green recovery falls well short of its European counterparts
5 Jul 2021
New research by experts from The University of Manchester has identified significant shortcomings in the UK’s green recovery in comparison with ...
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Virtual celebrations for the class of 2021
2 Jul 2021
This summer, The University of Manchester will be holding virtual celebrations for its graduating students, to celebrate the successful completion of...
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Call for ‘critical conversation’ about statues in the context of Black Lives Matter
2 Jul 2021
A new briefing paper on cultural activism, which challenges the government’s ‘punitive’ response to contesting statutes in the wake of the Black...
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Simon Industrial Fellowship awarded to Duncan Craig, OBE
25 Jun 2021
Since 2009, the charity Survivors Manchester has worked in five prisons in the North West to break the silence of the sexual abuse, rape and sexual ...
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New guide launched to help challenge Covid conspiracy theories
18 Jun 2021
A new guide has been launched to help science communicators to have conversations with individuals who buy into coronavirus conspiracy theories.
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Winners of international photography competition announced in China
11 Jun 2021
Manchester China Institute and Creative Manchester recently staged an awards ceremony in China for this year’s International Photography ...
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Boris Johnson lockdown scepticism was out of step with wider public - but not Tory voters
10 Jun 2021
New British Election Study research from experts based at The University of Manchester and Royal Holloway shows that while Boris Johnson’s ...
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Events taking place to mark 200 years of The Guardian newspaper
8 Jun 2021
The University of Manchester’s John Rylands Research Institute and Library holds the entire archive of the Manchester Guardian. In a series of ...
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Volunteers sought for Humphry Davy notebook project
8 Jun 2021
A new project to uncover previously unpublished material from the early nineteenth century’s ‘foremost man of science’ launched online on ...
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Manchester academic recognised as one of UK’s leading female data science professionals
20 May 2021
An academic from The University of Manchester has been recognised as one of the nation’s leading female data science professionals, after being ...
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Pioneering partnership launched to boost regional innovation
20 May 2021
A pioneering partnership has been launched which seeks to boost regional innovation and jobs. It will work with local authorities ...
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Greater Manchester-wide #BeeWell to launch in autumn after £1.2m funding raised
13 May 2021
A pioneering programme to address challenges facing young people in the post-Covid world will be offered to all secondary schools across Greater ...
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Water companies are main cause of microplastic pollution in UK’s rivers
13 May 2021
New research by experts from The University of Manchester has found that the poor management of untreated wastewater and raw sewage by water companies...
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COVID lockdowns exacerbated racist policing in the UK, say experts
11 May 2021
The nationwide coronavirus lockdowns and enhancement of police powers have disproportionately harmed communities of colour, according to a new ...
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Researchers question Council land sales in Manchester
11 May 2021
The report highlights a lack of transparency around public land deals and questions whether Manchester City Council is getting value for money when ...
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Experts call for action to be taken to tackle the UK’s digital divide
11 May 2021
The University of Manchester has released a major new publication in which leading academics call for urgent actions to be taken to tackle the ...
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Vulnerable older people at greater risk of depression and anxiety during pandemic
5 May 2021
Older people who are clinically vulnerable to COVID-19 are at greater risk of deterioration in health and social well-being during the pandemic, ...
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Greater Manchester Police teams up with university for interactive workshops about sexual assault
30 Apr 2021
The University of Manchester has teamed up with Greater Manchester Police (GMP) to fund a series of thought-provoking interactive theatre performances...
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The UK and the UN SDGs: Make or Break Time
23 Apr 2021
This week, the UK government sought to put itself firmly in the global driver’s seat for cutting carbon. The Prime Minister announced an amazingly ...
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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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