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Professor Kevin Malone of The University of Manchester’s Department of Music has produced new music for the Ukrainian Composers Union amid the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.Prof Malone, Professor of Social and Autoethnographic Composition at Manchester,...

An Art History expert from The University of Manchester has written the first in-depth account of the story behind the twelve extraordinary murals in Manchester Town Hall, which he says reveal a remarkable Victorian vision of the city....

The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has awarded researchers at The University of Manchester funding to partner with local communities to tackle health inequalities across the UK.The award comes as part of a new wave of research projects a...

On 2 November 2022, Creative Manchester hosted the GM Creative Health Strategy Launch at the Whitworth art gallery, in collaboration with the GM Integrated Care Partnership and GM Person & Community Centred Approaches. The event welcomed creatives an...

The Manchester Science Festival returned this year, one of the most popular science festivals in the UK, asking its audience, ‘What does the future hold for humanity?’ Under this theme, the festival welcomed an unmissable programme of experiences, ev...

A new book by Stephanie Sodero of the HCRI explores the intersection between fossil fuel-powered mobility and climate change and how communities and mobility need to be revolutionised in Sodero’s homeland of Canada and beyond  in the context of clima...

A new anthology of stories written by Manchester students is to be published later this month, celebrating the wealth of literary talent produced by The University of Manchester’s Centre for New Writing....

Macclesfield-born, Stephen Morris has often been renowned for his ‘machine-like’ skills as a drummer, beginning his career alongside vocalist Ian Curtis in the band Joy Division. He then went on to be a founding member of New Order, and participated ...

Manchester has long been renowned for its rich musical history and nightlife, commonly regarded as a clubbing capital of the world and once home of the legendary Haçienda club. It was during his time DJ’ing at The Haçienda club that Graeme Park becam...

Described by attendees and viewers as a fantastic resource for students, Creative Manchester welcomed award-winning writer, historian, and broadcaster, Professor David Olusoga OBE, for his lecture on what it means to be Black and British and the role...

Saba Sams, a Centre for New Writing Alumna, has scooped the BBC National Short Story Award for a story taken from her debut collection Send Nudes.The wordsmith has taken home a £15,000 prize for Blue 4 eva which frames ‘complex family dynamics’ in a ...

The Placeholders project, a research initiative between Creative Manchester and Bruntwood, aims to create, test, and refine a process for engaging young people in town-centre place-making, with a particular focus on public spaces, sense of ownership,...

In May, Prof Kevin Malone worked with the distinguished and multi-Emmy award-winning television, film and concert composer John Wineglass, whose African ancestry underpins his latest compositional work about American slave ownership.  As a Professor ...

Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, our President and Vice-Chancellor, already expressed The University’s profound condolences to the Royal Family on the death of the late Queen and with them thanksgiving for her life of dedicated public service.  Staff a...

In a recent conspiracy case in Manchester, prosecutors were able to build a group case against several black teenagers and have them convicted after they used social media messages between the teenagers that referenced violence in drill rap lyrics. T...

David Olusoga is Professor of Public History at The University of Manchester, specialising in the British Empire and how different communities experience its lasting effects in modern society. Awarded an OBE in 2019 for his services to history and co...

The Arthur Lewis Lab for Comparative Development is a new interdisciplinary research group in economic history and comparative development at the University of Manchester.The lab will promote cutting-edge research on economic growth and development, ...

Manchester alumnus David Hartley has been named by Estonian city Tartu as ‘Writer in Residence’ for their time as European Capital of Culture in 2024, and will produce work in celebration of the occasion....

The Linguistic Diversity Collective and Creative Manchester present a free event taking place on 19 October at 5.30pm in the University of Manchester’s Alliance Manchester Business School penthouse event space.‘Supporting Manchester’s language commun...

From his extensive career and experience, and once described as 'the most influential man in British broadcasting,’ Sir Peter Bazalgette will be outlining the current context of the Creative and Cultural Industries, current research and projects from...

Centre for New Writing PhD candidate Charlotte Wetton has had a collection of surreal poetry acquired by The Emma Press, an independent publishing house based in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter.Charlotte’s Accessioning examines what it is we consider ...

Professor of Electroacoustic Music Composition and Director of the Electroacoustic Music Studios (MANTIS) at The University of Manchester Prof David Berezan has scooped two international industry prizes for a recent composition.Tongue Drum, an electr...

Since becoming a research platform at The University of Manchester, Creative Manchester has witnessed immense growth, nurturing exciting research and delivering outstanding workshops and events. The platform’s research is centred on three key themes:...

At first I wasn't sure I was the right person to act as a mentor for the schools poetry competition. After all I was – I am – primarily a fiction writer. But I write plenty of poetry, and had certainly studied it for long enough. As Dr Luke Brown sai...

In 2021, more babies – 51% – were born to unmarried mothers in England and Wales than to those in a marriage or civil partnership for the first time since records began in 1845. This is a huge change. For centuries, “illegitimacy” and unmarried paren...

Manchester Literature Festival, the Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester are partnering again for this October’s exciting Literature Live event, bringing some of the most extraordinary contemporary writers to Manchester to discuss their lat...

If you have ever considered presenting your research in alternate formats and styles to the written word, this workshop can help you discover innovative and exciting ways to creatively conduct, present, and evaluate your research. These creative rese...

Distinctive and rare rock crystals were moved over long distances by Early Neolithic Brits and were used to mark their burial sites, according to groundbreaking new archaeological research. ...

The theme for this year’s Micropoetry Competition of ‘Climate Change’ could not have been more fitting for the judges’ deliberations, which took place on the hottest day on record for the UK (19 July 2022).Despite the sweltering temperatures, an este...

Professor of Poetry and Creative Manchester Director, John McAuliffe, opened the workshop by providing a brief overview of Creative Manchester and the Creative Industries Deep Dive Aspect Project, followed by Research Associate Dr Alicia J Rouverol p...