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2024
12
March
2024
| 15:00 Europe/London
The University of Manchester has been awarded £30 million funding by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) for four Centres for Doctoral Training as part of the UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) £500 million investment in
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12
March
2024
| 10:30 Europe/London
The Global Development Institute (GDI) at The University of Manchester has received a further transformational donation of £2 million from the Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Foundation.
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11
March
2024
| 11:00 Europe/London
The Great Science Share for Schools (GSSfS), a pioneering campaign dedicated to fostering scientific curiosity and education among young learners, has been granted the prestigious patronage of the United Kingdom National Commission for UNESCO (UKNC)
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04
March
2024
| 09:00 Europe/London
A generous £1.5m gift from British businessman and University of Manchester alumnus Simon Sadler has enabled the University to launch a new bursary for students leaving care.
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27
February
2024
| 10:20 Europe/London
Northern Gritstone, the investment business focused on science and technology-enabled businesses in the North of England, along with Parkwalk Advisors, have announced a combined £3.5 million seed round investment into adsilico Limited (‘adsilico’),
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26
February
2024
| 13:57 Europe/London
Manchester’s researchers are on a mission to tackle some of the UK’s most challenging resilience and security problems. 
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22
February
2024
| 12:32 Europe/London
Renold building will be a focal point for science, technology, and innovation related activities.
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21
February
2024
| 15:35 Europe/London
A review has shed light on the groundbreaking advancements in the simulation of blood flow within the intricate vascular system that could transform medical treatment and device innovation for vascular diseases.
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14
February
2024
| 16:53 Europe/London
Manchester has today become a UNESCO City of Lifelong Learning, in recognition of outstanding efforts to make lifelong learning a reality for all, with The University of Manchester acting as a key partner.
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13
February
2024
| 16:14 Europe/London
Manchester City Council has approved plans to transform The University of Manchester’s John Rylands Research Institute and Library (Rylands) to enhance its contribution to research, student experience and public engagement. The £7.6m project, named
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06
February
2024
| 16:30 Europe/London
Our University has been awarded accreditation status by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the leading global authority on the environment – one of only twenty universities worldwide to have been given this
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31
January
2024
| 14:09 Europe/London
Lou Cordwell OBE has been appointed Professor of Innovation at the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIOIR) at Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS), and Special Advisor to the Office of the President and Vice-Chancellor.
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31
January
2024
| 11:21 Europe/London
Silver award recognises advancement of gender equality and our work to embed inclusivity across the University.
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31
January
2024
| 09:25 Europe/London
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visited Jodrell Bank yesterday (Tuesday 30 January) to mark the occasion of Jodrell Bank Observatory being awarded UNESCO World Heritage Status in 2019.
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30
January
2024
| 10:05 Europe/London
The University of Manchester will host a four-day festival to celebrate 200th year, featuring Professor Brian Cox and Professor David Olusoga.  
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29
January
2024
| 16:10 Europe/London
The University of Manchester and SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics have announced the establishment of the SPIE-Manchester Postgraduate Scholarship in Photonics.
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26
January
2024
| 10:30 Europe/London
University of Manchester is one of 13 UK universities to be awarded Disability Confident Leader status.
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19
January
2024
| 10:05 Europe/London
The University kicked off its bicentenary celebrations on 17 January with a dazzling light display and fun-filled evening of music, poetry and performance.
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19
January
2024
| 09:23 Europe/London
The University of Manchester’s proposal to redevelop the Fallowfield Campus to provide more high-quality, modern student accommodation has been approved by Manchester City Council Planning and Highways Committee.
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2023
30
December
2023
| 11:03 Europe/London
Three University of Manchester Professors are among those recognised in the King's 2024 New Year Honours List. 
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20
December
2023
| 11:15 Europe/London
The University of Manchester has appointed Professor Duncan Ivison as its next President & Vice-Chancellor. He will formally take up his role as President & Vice-Chancellor on 1 August 2024.
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20
December
2023
| 08:30 Europe/London
The Faculty of Science and Engineering at The University of Manchester has been at the forefront of many exciting discoveries and achievements in 2023. Here we round-up just some of the great stories from this year.
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13
December
2023
| 10:00 Europe/London
The collaboration will support the development of future engineering talent, as well as drive the development of innovative and sustainable power solutions.
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08
December
2023
| 09:45 Europe/London
The University of Manchester’s President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell has been honoured for her achievements by the Times Higher Education at its prestigious annual awards ceremony.
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08
December
2023
| 06:00 Europe/London
The University of Manchester welcomed the Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt to learn about its research and expertise in energy networks and discuss the Government’s recent plans to reform the UK’s power network.
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06
December
2023
| 16:50 Europe/London
The University of Manchester has been awarded a Platinum Watermark award by the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE), which recognises universities’ engagement with the public. Manchester is only the second university to be
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05
December
2023
| 10:59 Europe/London
The University of Manchester has been rated top in the UK and Europe, and third in the world, in the independent QS World University Sustainability Rankings, echoing its performance in the Times Higher Education Impact league table earlier this
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04
December
2023
| 15:19 Europe/London
The University of Manchester and Osaka University are delighted to announce the launch of a new institutional partnership. The new alliance complements the ongoing civic engagement between our two cities with the university-to university partnership
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04
December
2023
| 11:41 Europe/London
The University of Manchester has won the ‘2030 Climate Action’ prize at the prestigious UK & Ireland Green Gown Awards in recognition of its “forward looking and innovative” work to decarbonise the University's operations.
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23
November
2023
| 09:27 Europe/London
A new Investment Zone for Greater Manchester, announced by the Chancellor in today’s Autumn Statement, is expected to create 32,000 jobs and leverage £1.1 billion of private sector investment.
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