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The Whitworth, which is part of The University of Manchester, has today announced Sook-Kyung Lee as its new Director.

The University is the only institution in the world to rank in the top 10 in every year the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings have existed.

A study has thrown crucial new light on the relationship between the mental and physical health of people who suffer from three stigmatising disorders whose symptoms are not medically explained, including Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) -  also known ...

The University of Manchester is to launch a groundbreaking new course on Ukrainian politics in the Autumn, strengthening its place as a key institution in the UK for students studying Ukrainian politics and society....

UK Biobank, the world’s most significant source of data and biological samples for health researchers, has been successful in its £127.6m to the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Infrastructure fund to move to a new purpose-built facility at Bruntwoo...

Scientists have made a significant advancement with quantum technologies that could transform complex systems modelling with an accurate and effective approach that requires significantly reduced memory....

A new briefing from The University of Manchester’s Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE) and the Runnymede Trust has highlighted the need to use teacher training and Initial Teaching Education (ITE) to develop a more diverse and inclusive curric...

A new international research centre designed to create robotics and autonomous systems that will play a key role in the climate response has been developed in partnership with The University of Manchester and Jacobs....

I asked the pilot to deviate from our approved flight path and go low over Darfur. It was 2003 and I was the United Nations Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator in Sudan investigating reports of violence. What I saw was a genocide unfolding on my wa...

Hearing loss is unlikely to be a common symptom of Covid-19, a study led by The University of Manchester and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) scientists have shown....

Sir Patrick Vallance FRS FMedSci FRCP HonFREng, the Government Chief Scientific Adviser who played a critical role during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been appointed an honorary Chair in Biological Sciences in the University of Manchester’s Faculty of ...

New analysis of the government’s Community Renewal Fund allocation has found that the North missed out on funding to the tune of £21 million.

Martin Amis, former Professor of Creative Writing at the Centre for New Writing has died at the age of 73.Martin Amis, who has just died in Florida, worked as our first Professor of Creative Writing at The University of Manchester's Centre for New Wr...

An inspirational student who graduated from her degree at The University of Manchester despite having incurable brain cancer has sadly passed away.

The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, officially opened a successful launch event to celebrate the multi-million-pound funding boost for the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) a...

For the first time in the UK, scientists have been able to recover commercial grade lithium carbonate and graphite from black mass; a solid black powder containing a complex mixture of metals and impurities recovered from recycling end-of-life lithiu...

After decades of trying, astronomers have found the origin of a Type Ia supernova explosion using radio emissions, thanks to the e-MERLIN telescope network.

A senior delegation from The University of Manchester, is in India for major talks to strengthen existing partnerships with leading institutions and businesses across the country and to seek new opportunities around science, health and humanities....

World-leading scientists, clinicians and operational staff are now moving into a new £150m cancer research centre at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust’s site on Wilmslow Road in Withington. The building is part of the Manchester Cancer Research Centr...

Patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions are vulnerable to long term opioid use, with up to 1 in 3 of those with rheumatoid arthritis or fibromyalgia potentially at risk, suggest researchers at The University of Manchester...

The career of Manchester alumna Meera Syal was recognised by BAFTA on Sunday night, as she was given their highest Fellowship award at their glittering ceremony in London.

The stories of four University colleagues take centre stage in a feature in the Manchester Evening News, showing how we offer good quality work and job opportunities to people living in our neighbouring communities. ...

Three outstanding University of Manchester academics have been honoured among eighty researchers, innovators and communicators from around the world who have been elected as the newest Fellows of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of scienc...

The founder of a frontline medical aid charity based at The University of Manchester who spent 35 years responding to wars and major disasters around the world is to deliver this year’s Cockcroft Rutherford Lecture on Tuesday 16 May....

The University’s Faculty of Science and Engineering and the Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, are pleased to announce the launch of a dual award PhD programme which complements the wider agreement on academic cooperation between our tw...

Today, May 6, marks the coronation of King Charles III as the new monarch is officially crowned during an historic ceremony at Westminster Abbey, London.

The Lee Kai Hung Chinese Culture Gallery is the first permanent gallery devoted to Chinese culture in the history of Manchester Museum. Its aim is to promote empathy and understanding between the people of the UK and China.The celebration event gathe...

New research led by experts from The University of Manchester, the University of St Andrews, the University of Essex and the University of Nottingham suggests that people from ethnic and religious minority groups are more likely to be interested in p...

The University of Manchester is among eight institutions to receive a share of £73 million in Wellcome funding to establish a Discovery Research Platform for Cell-Matrix Biology.

University of Manchester Professor, David Olusoga OBE will be presented with a BAFTA Special Award at the forthcoming BAFTA Television Awards for outstanding contribution to television.