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An exciting new partnership between an English Literature and Creative Writing Lecturer at the University of Manchester’s School of Arts, Languages and Cultures and the Cheshire Wildlife Trust serves to give conservation wings with poetry. Dr Clar...

The John Rylands Library, Manchester, is holding a special event ‘The Aldine Edition of the Ancient Greek Epistolographers: Roots and Legacy’, shining a spotlight on the collections of ancient Greek epistolographers included in the Aldine. Organis...

Music composed by the University of Manchester Reader in Music Kevin Malone, inspired by grueling 18th century textile miller life, is being performed by the Orchestra of Opera North. Conducted by Robert Guy and brought to life by violinist An...

The Library has recently moved over to a more modern, sustainable model for reserved book collections. We will no longer be using multi-coloured paper rolls to mark books that have been reserved, this will contribute to the reduction of our carbon...

Funded by the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO), TEAMS is a project that aimed to develop, pilot and assess a standardized, validated and cost-effective training package focused on operational training for Emergency ...

A new book by Professor Stephanie Barrientos consolidates more than 10 years of research on contemporary working conditions and gender discrimination in a new book “Gender and Work in global value chains: Capturing the Gains?” Today’s consumer soc...

Singing is an activity that raises the spirits and brings people closer together, and University of Manchester student Volunteer of the Year Isla Atay achieved this and more with her unique choir. Isla (MusB 2020), coordinated a singing collec...

The University of Manchester School of Law scooped five prizes in four categories at the Making a Difference Award, recognising the real-world impact the School is making on the community and beyond. The University of Manchester School of Law was ...

A new exhibition explores one of the world's oldest civilisations and its connections to north west England. Aratta, at Manchester’s Central Library until 16 June 2019, takes a look at the lives of some of the Armenian diaspora who have been makin...

Qian Chen's entry project was based on his PhD studies into laser processing for perovskite solar cells. ...

A Politics and Modern History student from the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures has won £12,000 Venture Further funding for her Invisible Manchester social mobility start-up. Alice Sparks will use her investment to grow her enterprise, which...

From today, all items (except High Demand) will be automatically renewed until 20 June 2020. Going forward, the standard loan period for University of Manchester students will be for the whole academic year, rather than a single semester as was pr...

More support and space is now available as Exam Extra reaches its two week milestone.The campaign is the Library’s package of extra hours, extra space and extra support during the revision period. In addition to MLE’s sessions and the extra spaces cr...

The Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra) has appointed six senior academic Fellows from universities across the UK to focus on five key areas: Rural Land Use, Food, Air Quality, Marine, and Resources and Waste. Prof Boons is he...

Dr Saralees Nadarajah was presented with the 'Most Supportive Staff Member' award at the 2019 Students' Union Awards. ...

Almost 200 students attended the 2019 Alan Turing Cryptography Day to solve complex puzzles and challenges. ...

Saralees Nadarajah and Martin Wiegand were presented with Making a Difference awards at the 2019 ceremony. ...

Five academics from The University of Manchester have received prestigious awards from the RSC. ...

The Library’s Data Specialist, Phil Reed, was highly commended at the University’s Volunteer of the Year Awards as staff, students and alumni came together to recognise extraordinary volunteering contributions across a diverse range of projects. P...

Prof Peter Gries, Director of the Manchester China Institute (MCI), will later this month (23 May 2019) give a lecture at the University of Copenhagen's ThinkChina think tank on the topic 'Will China "forcefully reunify" Taiwan? The potential pro...

Prof Peter Gries, Director of the Manchester China Institute (MCI), will next week (8 May 2019) give a lecture at SOAS University of London's Centre for Taiwan Studies on the topic 'Will China "forcefully reunify" Taiwan? The potential problem of...

University of Manchester historian Dr Pierre Fuller and MCI Director Prof Peter Gries have hosted an informal gathering of students and scholars to discuss the legacy of the May Fourth Movement. Held in the reading room of the Manchester China Ins...

Students in Applied Mathematics (MSc) have presented their posters as part of their 'Transferable Skills' training. ...

On 20 September 2017, the ‘biggest storm in Caribbean history’ Hurricane Maria struck the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico causing over US$30 billion in damage. But what happened after the storm passed? How did the people recover and what were the...

The Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST) will be supported through Tyndall Manchester. ...

Professor Françoise Tisseur has been elected as the new SIAM United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland Section President. ...

We’re currently trialling a new service in the Main Library, where we’ll retrieve the book you want for you, and put it in the Collectme room on Blue Ground. You can request items via Library Search that are currently available on the shelf in the...

'The Great Science Publishing Scandal' looks at how people access the thousands of articles published each year that form the official record of science: The Great Science Publishing Scandal - BBC Four How the Library is affected by the pub...

The Mapathon involved the volunteers tracing 20,000 features (roads, huts, buildings, etc) to the poorly-mapped region of Acholi in Uganda on satellite photographs. The open source mapping aimed to contribute to an ongoing project coordinated by D...

‘Reflections on air quality challenges: governance and good health’ was an interdisciplinary piece co-authored by a third-year atmospheric science PhD student, Jessica Slater. The article was a summary of presentations and discussions at the UKELA...