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Our Academic Engagement Librarians are proud to share Library highlights of the past year and a preview of what’s to come in the next 12 months. Some of the topics covered include: recent enhancements to Pure; the Library’s Order a Book and eTextb...

The University's Patrick Cai will help to found the Wellcome Sanger Institute's skills in synthetic genomics. ...

The University has played an important role in a successful marine expedition to the deep waters of the Red Sea off Sudan. ...

Colleagues from SEES asked 'what's in your water?' as part of Blastfest 2018 at Manchester Caribbean Carnival. ...

Staff from SEES recently visited Myanmar to deliver workshops on freshwater ecology; it proved an important cultural exchange. ...

Welcome to all new and returning students, we’re looking forward to meeting you, and we’re ready to support you with your studies, and make sure you get the best possible learning experience while at the University. Over the next three weeks, we’r...

The Library’s Learning Development Manager Jennie Blake has been recognised for her outstanding impact on student outcomes and the teaching profession by being named as a National Teaching Fellow. The National Teaching Fellowships Scheme is the co...

In the summer of 2017 two research groups from The University of Manchester each published research into the performance of single-molecule magnets. ...

Norman Blackburn, formerly Fielden Professor of Pure Mathematics at The University of Manchester, died on 24 May 2018, aged 87, after a short illness. ...

You’ve done it! Congratulations to all this year’s summer graduates. Make sure to come and see us before you go. Take a few selfies, show your family your favourite spot for pulling an all-nighter (studying, of course). And don’t forget you can do...

UK researcher have played a key role in the first successful acceleration of electrons using a wave generated by protons zipping through a plasma. ...

The Library has a long standing relationship with the University Language Centre, providing support during the summer period for their pre-sessional students. These students undertake a range of courses which are designed to help them develop the aca...

Congratulations to Dr Stefan Güttel, who has received the 2018 Teaching Excellence Award. ...

Staff in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences have secured funding, as part of a Faculty competition, for four projects to support its social responsibility agenda. ...

MSc Electrical Power Systems Engineering students visited Tratos manufacturing facilities to understand more about cable design and manufacturing. ...

Many thanks to Peter Duck and a warm welcome to Oliver Jensen as the new Head of School. ...

BrowZine is an app (and website) students and staff at The University of Manchester can access courtesy of the Library which enables you to browse, read and stay up-to-date with content published in e-journals in one simple interface. Journals on a v...

Congratulations to our recent School of Mathematics graduates, who celebrated graduation on Thursday, 19 July. ...

80 A-level Students attended this year’s Making Maths at Manchester to work on challenging maths problems. ...

We understand how frustrating it can be when you can’t find the book you need, which is why we’re pleased to report that 1,617 requests have been processed through the 'Order a book' service since it launched in February. Students across the Unive...

The School of Mathematics held the first Women in Mathematics Research event on 29th June. The day was open to all year 12 students of mathematics, but female attendees were especially encouraged. ...

Researchers from the School of Mathematics are working with St. Mary's Hospital on placental research. ...

Dr Nazmul Karim, Knowledge Exchange Fellow at the National Graphene Institute, The University of Manchester has been awarded £35,000 from the Innovate UK Innovation to commercialisation university research (ICURe) fund to validate commercial potentia...

Today (20 June 2018), HRH Prince Khaled Bin Sultan announced the winners for the 8th Award of the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW) at the opening session of UNISPACE+50 conference in Vienna, Austria. Professor Andr...

The Big Book Move is the name for work which will see more than 21 kilometres of books re-shelved to new locations around Main Library to make books – including High Demand – part of a single, user friendly sequence so they will be easier to locate a...

The 3rd Annual Chemistry Postgraduate Research Conference celebrated the work of over 100 postgraduate research students. ...

At The University of Manchester Library a key ambition for teaching, learning and the student experience is for there to be no barriers to studying and no boundaries to learning so we were delighted to be recently given the opportunity to contribute ...

Congratulations to Professor Robin Smith who was presented the Sargent Medal of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) at the Institution of Chemical Engineers Annual General Meeting on 21 May 2018. ...

To support our graduating students in the School of Physics and Astronomy, we invited a number of local companies to talk about the career options currently on offer. ...

The University of Manchester Library's Carcanet Press Email Preservation Project won the award for 'safeguarding the digital legacy' at the Digital Preservation Awards in January 2015. Collecting institutions like the University of Manchester Libr...