http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/ Thu, 17 May 2012 02:02:47 +0000 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/medialibrary/images/corporate/logomanchester.gif http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/ http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8280 Suicides by psychiatric in-patients have fallen to a new low, research published today (Thursday) has found. Thu, 17 May 2012 12:57:44 +0000 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8280 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8286 The vast majority of the millions of microwave ovens thrown away every year could be easily fixed and reused, according to University of Manchester research. Wed, 16 May 2012 09:59:22 +0000 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8286 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8255 This year’s China lecture at The University of Manchester is to be delivered by world renowned historian Professor Peter Perdue. Tue, 15 May 2012 14:09:53 +0000 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8255 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8277 UK cities must take more urgent and integrated action to adapt to our changing climate, according to some of the region's leading businesses and public sector representatives. Mon, 14 May 2012 09:42:04 +0000 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8277 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8273 One of the country’s best known literary figures is to become a professor of creative writing at The University of Manchester. Mon, 14 May 2012 14:34:56 +0000 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8273 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8274 The University of Manchester’s Medical School has appointed Mukesh Kapila as Professor of Global Health and Humanitarian Affairs. Fri, 11 May 2012 13:40:50 +0000 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8274 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8272 The University of Manchester last week celebrated the award of a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Further and Higher Education for the Dalton Nuclear Institute. Thu, 10 May 2012 11:49:57 +0000 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8272 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8268 The University of Manchester’s resident string quartet are to premiere a major work of one of the UK’s leading composers at the Martin Harris Centre tomorrow(11 May). Thu, 10 May 2012 08:28:51 +0000 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8268 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8252 A third year University of Manchester music student has signed up with one of the world’s leading music agencies Intermusica. Tue, 08 May 2012 08:06:56 +0000 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8252 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8249 Find A Better Way, the charity founded by Sir Bobby Charlton to improve the lives of individuals and communities around the world affected by landmines, will host a visit of prominent Westminster MPs at the University of Manchester today. Fri, 04 May 2012 09:12:26 +0000 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8249 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8242 The University of Manchester has joined the UK Electronics Skills Foundation, which seeks to reverse the decline in the number of UK graduates entering the electronics industry by linking talented electronic engineering degree students with companies for scholarships with work experience. Thu, 03 May 2012 09:01:19 +0000 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8242 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8247 A University of Manchester stem cell researcher has been awarded a prestigious Enterprise Fellowship Grant from The Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). Thu, 03 May 2012 15:35:52 +0000 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8247 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8243 Scientists have discovered an Achilles heel within our cells that bacteria are able to exploit to cause and spread infection. Thu, 03 May 2012 11:35:39 +0000 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8243 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8241 A major UK charity which funded a promising young kidney disease researcher back in 1992 has now invited him to join its Board of Trustees. Thu, 03 May 2012 10:47:18 +0000 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8241 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8240 For most engineers and scientists, wandering lonely as a cloud or being compared to a summer rose are not phrases which normally enter their minds. Thu, 03 May 2012 15:56:33 +0000 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8240 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8236 Dr Drew Whitworth from The University of Manchester has been honored by education technology company Blackboard for the innovative way he uses their software for his teaching. Wed, 02 May 2012 11:49:47 +0000 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8236 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8227 A fourteenth-century Jewish masterpiece, painstakingly preserved by experts at The University of Manchester’s John Rylands Library, is launched on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch this week. Tue, 01 May 2012 15:14:57 +0000 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8227 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8228 Older people who self-harm are at much greater risk of suicide than both the general population and younger adults who self-harm, a new study has found. Tue, 01 May 2012 11:16:05 +0000 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8228 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8226 The University of Manchester will this year host the biggest event in the history of Computer Science to celebrate the centenary of Alan Turing, the father of the modern computer. Tue, 01 May 2012 15:57:33 +0000 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8226 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8224 Obese women are more likely to be discriminated against when applying for jobs and receive lower starting salaries than their non-overweight colleagues, a new study has found. Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:33:16 +0000 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8224 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8213 Some foreign medical teams need to improve the way they respond to future disasters, according to an analysis of the devastating January 2010 Haiti earthquake. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:45:06 +0000 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8213 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8216 A Professor of Politics at The University of Manchester was been awarded one of the country’s top teaching prizes. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:25:19 +0000 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8216 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8205 A team of experts at The University of Manchester’s Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change (CRESC) says the West’s globalised system of doing business- typified by the multinational company Apple– is hitting profits and jobs in Asia and the United States. Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:14:53 +0000 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8205 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8200 Six of the UK’s top science fiction writers are calling for scientists and the creative community to work more closely together to improve the credibility of their work. Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:40:56 +0000 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8200 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8178 Orangutans may be smarter than previously thought if a new study into the sophisticated way they build nests is any indication. Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:10:55 +0000 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8178 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8177 University of Manchester researchers are beginning work on a prototype device for harvesting energy and clean drinking water from human waste. Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:20:55 +0000 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8177