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Announcing a significant step-change in our move towards sustainable forms of energy at the University. ...

The University, working together with the Students’ Union, has agreed to give all students in University halls of residences a reduction for semester 1 (Sept 2020 – 31 Jan 2021) totalling 30%. ...

This Sunday (15 November) a number of our senior staff, including our President and Vice-Chancellor, Nancy Rothwell, will be meeting with student representatives from our Fallowfield residences and Students’ Union officers to discuss their concerns a...

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) today announced that the Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP has appointed Professor Francis Livens to its board. ...

Message from the President and Vice-Chancellor I am writing today to update on the next steps following the regrettable string of events linked to the fencing on our Fallowfield campus yesterday. Firstly, I want to apologise again for the distr...

I sincerely apologise for the concern and distress caused by the erecting of a fence around our Fallowfield Halls of Residence today. This was not our intention – in fact quite the reverse. The fencing was intended as a response to a number of ...

A University of Manchester academic is featuring in an exhibition of UK Black Female Professors at the Southbank Centre in London. ...

Four experts from The University of Manchester have received Future Leaders Fellowships from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), and will share part of a £109 million funding pot to help their research into tackling major challenges ranging from cardi...

The huge efforts of the University’s staff and students in responding to the global pandemic, and a celebration of the past year’s successes, are the themes for this year’s Foundation Day. ...

Safeguarding people's living standards, re-evaluating the role of key workers in society, and reducing racial and social inequality are crucial for the UK’s economic recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

Commenting on the Prime Minister’s speech this morning on changes to the education system in England to help boost the post-Covid economy. The Vice-Chancellors of all the universities and the Principals of all Further Education colleges in Greater Ma...

The University is continuing to make the campus as safe as possible for staff, students and the local community. ...

A new Energy Innovation Agency (EIA) to be established between three Greater Manchester universities, local government and industry has been announced today with the aim of kick-starting a decade of clean energy innovation to meet the region’s 2038 c...

Manchester Museum and the Whitworth art gallery are reopening their doors to the public for the first time since the pandemic-enforced lockdown came into place six months ago. ...

University leaders from across Greater Manchester have come together to remind students of their important role in preventing the spread of COVID-19 as the new academic year starts. ...

The Henry Royce Institute for advanced materials research and innovation celebrated a key milestone earlier this year ahead of the new national hub becoming fully operational in 2021. The Royce Hub Building based at The University of Manchester fo...

Prof Rothwell is the first woman to take on the role and takes over from Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Glasgow. ...

Immunologist Professor Tracy Hussell from The University of Manchester and a team from across the UK will be investigating the nature of COVID-19 infection outside hospital. ...

Alliance Manchester Business School will host a new institute funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to make the UK economy more productive. ...

The University of Manchester is listed as the fifth best institution in the UK according to the latest Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). It is a one place improvement on last year’s position. Overall, the University ranks 36th globally. ...

Designed to be one of Europe’s most effective University Technology Transfer offices, the Innovation Factory has built a new team and processes for commercialising the University’s innovations and intellectual property. ...

Three University of Manchester academics have been recognised for their “outstanding” work at this year’s Advance HE Teaching Excellence Awards for Higher Education. ...

The UK’s first national pledge calling on senior leaders in NHS mental health trusts, public bodies and commissioning to reduce ethnic inequalities in mental health care launches today (Wednesday 5th August 2020)  ...

Humanities academics have been made Fellows of The British Academy, in recognition of their contribution to the humanities and social sciences. ...

Manchester United and England footballer, Marcus Rashford, will receive an honorary doctorate from the University later this summer. ...

Today, The University of Manchester announced it has resumed the procurement process to find its development and investment partner to deliver the £1.5 billion new world-class innovation district ID Manchester. ...

The University of Manchester is to take part in a national project to explore ways of improving academic-policy engagement, in partnership with UCL and the universities of Cambridge, Nottingham and Northumbria, as well as Parliament, Government and p...

A new National Research Facility (NRF) in Lab-based X-ray Computed Tomography is set to launch in November this year. The NRF will provide access and support for both academia and industry, embracing both first time users and more experienced rese...

The University of Manchester has been named as the world’s 27th best university, maintaining its highest ever position in the QS World University Rankings. ...

We released a statement expressing these feelings last week, but having had more time to reflect on the implications of these events for our University, I want to write to you again from a personal perspective ...