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His Royal Highness The Duke of York has officially opened the £60m Masdar Building which houses the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) at The University of Manchester. ...

The University of Manchester has been awarded a Gold Watermark for the effectiveness of the ways in which it works to engage society with its activities in research, culture and teaching. ...

The University of Manchester’s employment centre, The Works, is set to move to a significantly larger building which will enable it to provide more training and opportunities to help local people in to work.   ...

On Monday (November 19) the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, supported by National Apprenticeship Service and The University of Manchester held a conference for employers and training providers to highlight the work carried out as part of the p...

Local initiatives ranging from a neighbourhood summer fête to bat box building for local children and a scheme tackling social isolation have benefitted from this year’s University of Manchester Community Construction Fund. ...

Manchester has once again been ranked the fifth best UK institution for employability in the Times Higher Education 2018 Global University Employability Rankings. The ranking also makes us the best university in the country outside of the Oxbridge...

A physics lecturer has developed a new piece of computer software that can help identify students with potential stress, wellbeing or mental health related problems at University. ...

This November, for the first time in the UK, people working for universities and local authorities are getting the chance to take a course which will let them explore the complex relationships between ‘town and gown’. ...

Scientist and businessman, Dr Gerald Chan delivered The University of Manchester’s prestigious annual Foundation Day lecture yesterday. He was then awarded an honorary doctorate along with scientists Emmanuelle Charpentier and CNR Rao, architect Rach...

The University of Manchester has “surged” 27 places on a list ranking the world’s most innovative universities.   ...

Greater Manchester will be the first place in the country to establish a dedicated centre to help support higher education students with mental health needs. ...

The University of Manchester has celebrated a key milestone with the 10 year anniversary of launching its China Centre in Shanghai. ...

It’s been ranked among the country’s best schemes of its type with more than 200 University staff volunteering their skills to help schools, and now The University of Manchester’s flagship School Governors Initiative has won a high-profile award. ...

The University of Manchester has been awarded a pair of multi-million pound research grants to work with two leading industry partners, Astra Zeneca and AkzoNobel. ...

The Manchester Engineering Campus Development (MECD) – one of the largest capital projects ever undertaken by a UK higher education institution – has celebrated a key milestone in its construction. ...

Staff, students, visitors and members of the local community have attended a celebratory health and wellbeing event marking the official opening of Brunswick Park at the heart of The University of Manchester’s campus. ...

The University of Manchester will be part of a new £6 million cybersecurity hub in collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), Lancaster University and the University of Salford ...

Two members of staff at The University of Manchester have been recognised for their outstanding impact on student outcomes and the teaching profession by being named as National Teaching Fellows. ...

The University of Manchester has reached its highest-ever position in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). ...

The building where Nobel Prize-winner Ernest Rutherford discovered the structure of the atom in 1911 has been placed in the country’s top ten sites for ‘power, protest and progress’ by Historic England. ...

The University of Manchester’s Board of Governors has approved a proposal to seek a corporate partner to develop its North Campus site in Manchester city centre into a world-class innovation district over the next 20 years. ...

The University has signed up to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), becoming the first English Russell Group University to join the organisation. ...

The ‘Bee inspired’ University sculpture, part of the free public art trail ‘Bee in the City’, has been installed in our John Owens quad. ...

Three Manchester academics have been made Fellows of the prestigious British Academy. ...

Physics graduate plans to cycle 16,500km to raise money for a charity who have supported his younger sister ...

The Royal Society is awarding Professor Danielle George the prestigious Michael Faraday Prize. ...

An ‘outstanding’ engineering graduate’s exceptional academic success has been rewarded with a double-award win and a sought-after internship at one of the world’s biggest companies. ...

A new service has been launched by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and the National Graphene Institute (NGI) at The University of Manchester, which will help the UK to cash in on the potential of graphene, by providing the ‘missing link’ for i...

Stretford and Urmston MP Kate Green visited the University of Manchester this weekend to celebrate the achievement of local pupils who have successfully completed The Scholars Programme – a prestigious national scheme which gives school pupils an opp...

The University of Manchester has contributed to a new report which examines how data involving applicants’ backgrounds and personal circumstances can be used to help them gain a place and realise their potential. ...