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Coronavirus update

The safety and wellbeing of our staff, students and visitors is our highest priority. To help keep everyone safe during the COVID-19 outbreak, we have moved teaching online, closed non-essential facilities and cancelled or postponed on-campus events. For the latest updates, visit our coronavirus information page.

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Lockdown Lectures

Over the next few weeks, some of our amazing researchers will be going online to tell you their story.

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Responding to the 
challenge of coronavirus

Our people are working together to contribute to the response to COVID-19.

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Public torn over using COVID-19 contact tracing apps

Early results from a Manchester study show privacy and lack of effectiveness are amongst the most common concerns.
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University to decarbonise investment portfolio

The University will end investments in fossil fuel reserve and extraction companies by 2022, and ‘decarbonise’ all investments by 2038.
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Help support our students

We’ve launched The University of Manchester Emergency Hardship Fund to support students struggling financially because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Research into COVID-19 impact on BME mentally-ill community

Research launched into how ethnic minority people with mental illness, and their carers, are coping during the pandemic.
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Professor Brian Cox launches ‘Lockdown Lectures’

The University’s Lockdown Lectures series has launched, with Professor Cox talking about what inspired him to pursue his career.

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North hit hardest by COVID-19

Research shows deprived urban areas in northern England are being hit hardest by deaths and COVID-19 unemployment rates.
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Great Science Share brings science investigations into homes

More than 45,000 young people are sharing their questions and home investigations as part of the Great Science Share 2020.

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App developed to reduce risk of falls during lockdown

The Keep-On-Keep-Up app is helping reduce the risk of falls and physical decline in older people self-isolating during lockdown.

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