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To close the inaugural People Fest conference from 5-7 April, the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology and Creative Manchester proudly present 'Jeremy Deller in Conversation', a free event featuring the esteemed British artist in conversation with …

University of Manchester graduate Tatiana Parr has been awarded one of the Henry Moore Dissertation prizes for her BA dissertation in Art History titled ‘Harmony and Hostility: A Study of Ancient Ife’s Figural Sculptures c. 1100-1400 …

We are hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Qualitative) to work on the project “Innovations in the Lab: Leveraging Transformations in Science”, sponsored by the UoM Faculty of Humanities Large Collaborative Grant. The researcher will be housed …

The much-anticipated conference report from the Era-Learn Partnership Stakeholder Forum 2023 is now available for download on the Era-Learn website. Prepared by MIOIR’s Honorary Professor Effie Amanatidou and Dr Dimitri Gagliardi, in …

Scholarships for the postgraduate certificate in Global Health (PGCert).For September 2024, a scholarship is available to help fund the first year of study in MSc Global Health by distance learning, where you can exit with a Postgraduate …

Generative AI is an emerging interdisciplinary area which will have wide-ranging impacts on everyday life, especially education.To tackle global education challenges, understanding and harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence, particularly …

Dr Vaidehi Tandel features in a new documentary taking an inside look at India's vast black market for water.'Water Mafia' produced by Vice Studios and DocuBay explores the political economy of water provisioning in two of India's major cities, …

The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIoIR) is thrilled to latest addition to its recently launched MIOIR Working Paper Series.Working Paper 2024-01: Digital transformation in firms: determinants of technology adoption and …

The National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2024 with a series of special initiatives.NCRM is a partnership between The University of Manchester, the University of Southampton and the University of …

The University has received funding from Research England to fund activities that support collaborations between University of Manchester researchers and international partners to address global challenges.The aim of this call is to fund activity …

In 2024, The University of Manchester is marking its bicentenary. It’s a year to celebrate 200 years of learning, innovation and research. To mark our 200th year, our Micropoetry competition is back with esteemed poet and former Chancellor of the …

The University of Manchester's Jason Allen-Paisant has been named the winner of the UK’s most prestigious poetry award, the TS Eliot Prize.

The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIoIR), based at AMBS, welcomed almost 500 delegates from 33 countries last week as it hosted the prestigious Geography of Innovation conference over three days at The University of Manchester.The …

The University of Manchester Research Institute (UMRI) Board are pleased to announce two calls for interdisciplinary research to encourage collaboration and provide support for activities that will lead to an increase in successful interdisciplinary …

In December 2023 a group of students from BA Architecture visited London Road Fire Station to see the renovation of the Grade-II*-listed building.A highly prominent Edwardian Baroque building, London Road Fire Station has been unused since the …

Two books by academics in SEED have been selected by the Architecture Foundation for their 2023 Book Week: 'Modelling the Metropolis' by Matthew Wells and 'Paolo Portoghesi: Architecture between History, Politics and Media' by Silvia Micheli and …

We are delighted to announce the 2023 winner of the Kiki Ahmadi Dissertation Prize is Mohammad Hossein Eslamian for his dissertation “AI Trustworthiness and Responsible Innovation”.Each year the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research sponsors …

The aim of the call is to pump-prime activities to encourage collaboration and strengthen alignment to four themes that will lead to an increase in successful interdisciplinary research through external research funding applications.Applications for …

Dr Roaa Ali, Lecturer in Creative and Cultural Industries, won a collaborative Wallace Foundation Award. Partnering with Silk Road Rising (Chicago), Roaa Ali will examine the role and impact of arts service organisations in shaping the American …

A new postgraduate course addressing the global environmental crisis and the challenges of building sustainable societies has been launched by The University of Manchester.According to a recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate …

The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research hosted the AI for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Early Career Researcher Winter School, bringing together over thirty participants from twenty institutions and ten countries.The week-long …

The University of Manchester is one of five partner organisations who together have been awarded £37.5 million from The Economic and Social Research Council to fund the UK Data Service until 2030. Of this award £7 million is to support our team at …

Renowned Swiss politician Ruth Dreifuss will deliver the inaugural Department of Criminology Annual Lecture at the University of Manchester on Wednesday, 15 November 2023.Madame Dreifuss, the former President of Switzerland, will discuss her …

It’s an industry with an estimated 2.5 billion global players with games played on consoles, mobile devices and VR headsets. How can video games be a tool that offers educational benefits to this worldwide audience?Following on from the livestream …

Race & Ethnicity in Britain is a new podcast mini-series produced in collaboration between the Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE) and Surviving Society.In the first episode, host Chantelle Lewis discusses the challenges of communicating …

Art History’s Edward Wouk, together with Professors Sasha Handley and Stefan Hanß, both of History, have co-curated the landmark exhibition Albrecht Dürer’s material world at the Whitworth (30 June 2023-10 March 2024), together Whitworth Curator …

The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research is thrilled to co-sponsor a public lecture with The Productivity Institute and the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine.Join us on Tuesday, 5 December from 17:30 to 18:30, for a …

Academics from the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIoIR) based at AMBS, in partnership with colleagues from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Manchester, presents the "3D Printers on the Road" project. This project aims …

Four University of Manchester academics have received funding to work across several government departments as part of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Policy Fellowships programme.Representing the Faculty of Humanities, the four academics have …

The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIoIR) is thrilled to latest addition to its recently launched MIOIR Working Paper Series:Working Paper 2023-05: The Principles of Digital Transformation for Development (DX4D): Systematic Literature …