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GDI recognised at Making a Difference Awards
19 May 2022
Colleagues and alumni were recognised in the Community Engagement and Environmental Sustainability categories. The work of the Global Development ...
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Pandemic has made young people more depressed, research finds
18 May 2022
A new study measuring the impact of COVID-19 on the wellbeing and mental health of adolescents has found that the pandemic has made them more ...
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Words For Your World: HCRI School Writing Competition Winners Announced Soon with Special July Event
17 May 2022
The deadline to enter the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute’s “Words For Your World” school writing competition is now closed and ...
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Q-Step evaluation finds that quantitative skills training boosts social science graduates’ employment prospects
16 May 2022
The Nuffield Foundation, on Wednesday, 4 May, released an independent evaluation of the Q-Step Programme. Currently Q-Step operates in 17 ...
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University employee completes 1600km cycling challenge to raise money for Ukraine appeal
13 May 2022
A member of staff from The University of Manchester has completed a marathon cycling challenge, raising over £3000 for UK-Med’s Ukraine Appeal in ...
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Spotlight on: The British Pop Archive
12 May 2022
Q: How would you describe the British Pop Archive? HB: The British Pop Archive (BPA) at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library is ...
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Professor Tony Redmond wins prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award
12 May 2022
Professor Tony Redmond has been honoured with a prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2022 Pride of Manchester Awards, in recognition of a ...
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AI and the Arts: Languages and Linguistics
10 May 2022
This cross-platform event between the Digital Futures, Creative & Heritage and Data Science & AI themes and the Creative ...
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‘The Desire for Identity’ key theme for 2022 Sexuality Summer School
9 May 2022
This year’s Sexuality Summer School (SSS) at the Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture will focus on ‘The Desire for Identity’ as a ...
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Event to explore the past, present and future of British TV
29 Apr 2022
On 18 May 2022, to celebrate the launch of the British Pop Archive, Creative Manchester will be hosting a roundtable discussion with David Olusoga OBE...
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New podcast examines rapidly growing movement to overturn false convictions
29 Apr 2022
Broadcaster Kylie Pentelow and producer Lucy McDaid have partnered with the University's Manchester Innocence Project to launch a new true crime ...
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Devolved Vision roundtable to tackle future of British television
22 Apr 2022
To celebrate the launch of the British Pop Archive, Creative Manchester is hosting a roundtable discussion with David Olusoga OBE and ...
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Businesses benefiting from political connections harm China’s economic growth
21 Apr 2022
Researchers from The University of Manchester and University of Navarra have examined the value of politically connected firm directors to the Chinese...
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Researchers create system to quickly identify Ukraine atrocities using social media
11 Apr 2022
Experts from universities in the UK and the USA have repurposed their research activities to quickly create a system which provides a running account ...
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British Pop Archive set to open at John Rylands Research Institute and Library
6 Apr 2022
The British Pop Archive (BPA), a national collection dedicated to the preservation and research of popular culture, is set to open at The University ...
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HCRI to host annual Careers in Humanitarianism day for students and sixth-formers
5 Apr 2022
The Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) will host its annual Careers in Humanitarianism Day on 29 April 2022 in University Place. ...
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University provides free MA places for refugee women from Afghanistan
4 Apr 2022
The University of Manchester has provided free places on its Masters in Educational Leadership in Practice programme to a group of 15 Afghani refugee ...
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Anti-racist and decolonial art and performance celebrated at Contact
4 Apr 2022
A Festival of Latin American Anti-Racist and Decolonial Art will be hosted by Contact Theatre in Manchester later this month (23 April 2022) ...
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Pandemic ‘shielding’ led to two-fold rise in depressive symptoms in over 50s
4 Apr 2022
Older people who were shielding throughout the pandemic were nearly twice as likely to experience depressive symptoms compared to those who were not, ...
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Three Greater Manchester experts named as ‘New Generation Thinkers’
1 Apr 2022
Three experts from Greater Manchester have each been named by BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as one of their 2022 New...
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University staff member cycling 1400km to raise money for Ukraine war victims
30 Mar 2022
A member of staff from The University of Manchester is set to cycle around the entire circumference of The Netherlands – 1400km in total – to ...
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Experts call for significant changes in order to ‘level up’ the country
29 Mar 2022
The Government needs to decentralise the UK’s decision-making structures and invest in skills if it is to achieve its ‘levelling up’ ambitions, ...
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Tackling the lack of diversity in energy research
28 Mar 2022
The University of Manchester is part of a new £1.25M project working to develop a more diverse energy research community, ensuring energy research ...
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Greater Manchester charity In Place of War wins major award
25 Mar 2022
A charity that supports individuals or communities affected by war, violence or oppression which began as a research project at The University of ...
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Power of the Dog brings Oscar auspices to MA Screenwriting
25 Mar 2022
Tanya Seghatchian could be taking home a coveted statuette for Best Picture at the 2022 Academy Awards, bringing Oscar gold tantalisingly close to ...
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Lemn Sissay OBE launches 2022 Poetry Competition
21 Mar 2022
Creative Manchester has chosen World Poetry Day (21 March 2022) to announce the 2022 edition of its Micropoetry Competition in partnership with the ...
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Youth-led #BeeWell uncovers major insights into young people’s experiences across Greater Manchester
18 Mar 2022
Young people across Greater Manchester have places to spend their free time and feel they belong at their school, according to the results of a survey...
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New research funding for sustainable forest transitions announced
17 Mar 2022
Reversing forest loss is essential for climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation. We are pleased to announce that Dr Johan Oldekop has ...
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SPRITE+ network secures grant to develop its work
15 Mar 2022
The University’s Security, Privacy, Identity and Trust Engagement NetworkPlus (SPRITE+) has secured a £2.6 million follow-on award from the ...
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University staff evacuate students from Russia after invasion of Ukraine
15 Mar 2022
As the world’s eyes fell on Ukraine following the Russian invasion of its borders, staff from The University of Manchester’s International ...
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Covid pandemic worsened pre-existing inequalities in the creative industries
15 Mar 2022
The pandemic has worsened pre-existing inequalities in the creative and cultural industries by causing job insecurity and financial instability among ...
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Manchester charity launches urgent appeal to provide Ukraine medical aid
10 Mar 2022
A humanitarian charity based at The University of Manchester has launched an urgent Ukraine Appeal, as it seeks to raise money to provide emergency ...
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Two Manchester experts named Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences
4 Mar 2022
Two academics from The University of Manchester have been recognised as leading experts in their field by being named Fellows of the Academy of Social...
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Manchester academic’s book wins prestigious Current Archaeology prize
1 Mar 2022
A thought-provoking book exploring the world of bog bodies – human remains naturally mummified in peat and wetlands – by a Manchester expert has ...
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Faculty of Humanities to host first British Academy lecture
22 Feb 2022
On Monday, 7 March 2022 the University will welcome David Wengrow FBA, Professor of Comparative Archaeology at University College London. The ...
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More research needed into negative effects of loneliness, say experts
17 Feb 2022
A new report has highlighted where more research is needed into the negative effects of loneliness on the UK’s population.
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Review highlights stark ethnic healthcare inequalities in the UK
14 Feb 2022
A major new review into ethnic inequalities in healthcare has revealed vast inequalities across a range of health services in the UK.
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Manchester academic joins inquiry into Government’s levelling up agenda
10 Feb 2022
An academic from The University of Manchester has joined the Local Government Association’s inquiry into how the Government’s levelling up agenda ...
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Emergency Medicine expert named Young Researcher of the Year by RCEM and NIHR
10 Feb 2022
The University of Manchester’s Dr Anisa Jafar has been named as Young Researcher of the Year by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) and...
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#BeeWell announces funding award from BBC Children in Need
31 Jan 2022
Greater Manchester’s #BeeWell programme has entered a pioneering funding partnership with BBC Children in Need’s A Million & Me programme to ...
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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 Kathputli Utsav – A Festival of Traditional Indian Arts’ took place on Wednesday, 23 February 2022 in celebration of UNESCO ...
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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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