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Research published today (5 May 2021) in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health found that the clinically vulnerable were more likely to report worse health outcomes than those with no clinical vulnerabilities, including greater depression ...

Ring the bells that still can ringForget your perfect offeringThere is a crack, a crack in everythingThat's how the light gets in(Leonard Cohen: Anthem)In Sherilyn MacGregor's recent article, ‘Making matter great again? Ecofeminism, new materialism a...

Founded in Manchester in 1821 after the horrific Peterloo Massacre in the city, the Manchester Guardian was a progressive voice at time when the industrial north was leading the country’s prosperity. Establishing a reputation for liberal opinions and...

Would you like to start to write – or write better – poetry? The Centre for New Writing, Creative Manchester and Carcanet Press have announced a new Poetry Short Course, to be delivered online from 12-23 July.The course provides an opportunity for as...

All Library sites will close on the upcoming Bank Holiday on Monday, 3 May 2021, except the Alan Gilbert Learning Commons and the Main Library, which will be staffed by Constant Security.The AGLC will be open 24 hours, while the Main Library will be ...

Professor of Political Science, Maria Sobolewksa and Politics PhD graduate, Dr Anna Sanders have both been recognised as the Political Studies Association (PSA) announces its academic prizes for 2020-21.Prof Sobolewska has been awarded the Joni Loven...

Supported by a grant from UK Research and Innovation, through the Arts and Humanities Research Council, NHS at 70 are developing a national collection of personal testimonies and in-depth reflections around COVID-19 that will be preserved as a perman...

Supported by the Attorney General, the LawWorks Student Pro Bono awards celebrate the best pro bono activities undertaken by law students and law schools and the positive impact on those assisted.Whilst law schools and students across the country hav...

The achievements of students in CEAS have been celebrated at a virtual awards ceremony. ...

What kind of politics is guerrilla gardening or installing community batteries? While there is a long history of material participation in social movements, recent movements incorporate a shift in relations between human and nonhuman as a political a...

This research project began in 2018 during a two-day workshop which aimed to understand how people with Parkinson's use music to: manage their movements (e.g. synchronizing steps to the musical beat).manage their moods (e.g. music to energize, to rel...

iPads and laptops can be borrowed from Blue Ground floor at Main Library, while laptops only can be borrowed from the AGLC.All machines have key apps pre-installed.Find out moreiPad and laptop loans available...

Hydrogen industry leaders and Manchester academics have come together to identify research and innovation opportunities. ...

As critical documentation of life in the digital age, the preservation of email is central to the mission and values of archives and archivists. This project, entitled Integrating Preservation Functionality into ePADD, or ePADD+ in brief, will integr...

Award-winning author, broadcaster and columnist turned Professor of Sociology, Gary Younge, has been longlisted for The Orwell Prize for Journalism 2021.The Orwell Prizes are awarded every year to the writing and reporting which best meets the spirit...

曼彻斯特和武汉于1986年正式结为友好姐妹城市。同年，中国驻曼彻斯特总领馆成立。几十年来，华人对曼彻斯特的影响和文化促进了这一伙伴关系的建立，时至今日，形成了庞大的华人社区，以及曼彻斯特市中心著名的中国城。去年的经历人们依然历历在记，并给予了2021年的结好纪念更多意义，强调了在历史联系的基础上，武汉和曼彻斯特两市更应继续巩固这一友谊。“2021年中英国际摄影大赛”作为其中的一个环节，旨在鼓励持续的文化交流和观点交流，促进两市和中英两国之间积极的联系和更多的文化理解。今年摄影大赛的主题是“何谓关...

Manchester and Wuhan were officially twinned in 1986, the same year that the Chinese Consulate-General in Rusholme, Manchester opened its doors. This twinning process was built on several decades of Chinese influence and culture in Manchester, which ...

The event was hosted by the Manchester Environmental Research Institute to mark UN World Water Day. ...

Researchers at UoM are currently recruiting participants for the ‘Understanding Anxiety in Older Adults from Diverse Cultural Backgrounds’ study. This study focuses on exploring how older people, from different cultural backgrounds, understand anxiet...

Congratulations to the Manchester University Law Society (MULS) and the Manchester University Pro Bono Society for taking home three awards, out of five nominations, at the prestigious LawCareers.Net Student Law Society Awards!The Student Law Society...

Laura's piece, ‘Good Morning, Vietnam’, explores the enduring and sometimes ridiculed interest in spirits and ghosts. It draws from her time in Japan researching youth crime and the experiments of the late criminologist and psychiatrist Donald West.T...

Based on a report published in March 2021 in collaboration with Manchester-based NGO Ethical Consumer, the study explores the relationship between companies and the political ‘movements’ for deregulation they fund. It shows that techniques used in to...

Lecturer in Global Health at HCRI, Dr Lisa Danquah, talks about developing and implementing a contact tracing application in Sierra Leone in response to the Ebola Virus Disease, building disability-inclusive water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) inter...

We believe that the report is alarming and unrelated to the facts. It fails to see the considerable and longstanding body of evidence on structural and institutional racism, how this pervades UK society and underpins individual acts of racism and dis...

In 1994, as a researcher in CEPRI, Beijing, China, Ruomei Li was awarded a Lee Kai Hung Fellowship, enabling her to spend 12 months studying at UMIST. She began her studies in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics in November 1994 ...

In December, the society held a relaxed performance with Venture Arts, a charity who work with adults with learning difficulties. The relaxed performance provided Christmas music for the Venture Arts Christmas party with around sixty of their members...

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the challenges faced when arranging transfers into or out of hospital for people living in care homes. Making transfers safer has been a focus for researchers at the GM PSTRC. Researchers are looking for members ...

Professor Paul Glendinning is one of 87 new Fellows from across sciences, arts, education, business and public life. ...

We’re pleased to share two new videos that have been co-produced with collaborating organisations and public contributors involved in the development of the Keeping Well at Home and Keeping Well this Winter booklet/talking tips and film over the past...

Eight projects have been launched to develop and test cutting-edge new wave energy technologies. ...