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The University of Manchester reaches its highest ever position in the latest global rankings.  ...

A University of Manchester School of Social Sciences graduate has been named an Outstanding Alumni Award winner for her humanitarian work. Rebecca Dykes, who graduated in 2005 with a degree in Social Anthropology, dedicated her life to improving t...

An alumna of The University of Manchester’s School of Arts, Languages and Cultures has been given an Outstanding Alumni Award for her disability advocacy work. The Outstanding Alumni Awards are presented annually to alumni of The University for th...

Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire has been named as the UK’s newest UNESCO World Heritage Site. ...

A first-year engineering student has finished ahead of thousands of others to be named as an undergraduate of the year in a national competition, winning a full summer internship with a major engineering firm. ...

Three Manchester researchers have been selected among the very best researchers and innovators promising to deliver global impact. ...

An academic from The University of Manchester has won a 2019 Guardian University Award - which recognise the inspiring and groundbreaking projects that UK universities have worked on in the past year - for her website exploring the untold stories of ...

Two University of Manchester astronomers have been awarded some of the Royal Astronomical Society’s (RAS) most prestigious prizes for their research and work in the field. ...

Professor Fiona Devine has been made a CBE in the New Year Honours as has honorary lecturer in dentistry, Dr Claire Stevens. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

A leading scientist from The University of Manchester has been chosen for a coveted national award by leading sight loss charity the Macular Society. ...

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

The University of Manchester hospitality and events team has scooped the Sustainable Business Award at the UK’s most prestigious hospitality and catering awards, the Cateys, organised by The Caterer. ...

Social responsibility was the highlight of the night at the recent CUBO Awards (Colleges & University Business Officers). The University of Manchester’s Directorate for the Student Experience successfully won three awards for projects that not only s...

The University of Manchester has been awarded funding for two Policy Research Units to explore how the health needs of the ageing population are to be met and to investigate how health and care systems and commissioning will look in the future. ...

The University of Manchester’s Professor of New Writing, Jeanette Winterson has been made a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, announced over the weekend. ...

Two initiatives developed by University of Manchester-based entrepreneurs have won £10,000 each from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) at a national awards ceremony. ...

The Greater Manchester Looked After Children’s Forum has been recognised for its work by winning a NEON Widening Access Partnership Award at the Palace of Westminster. ...

The University of Manchester has scooped a Champions of Champions award for inspiring thousands of staff and students to opt for more sustainable journeys to work. ...

An innovative website which tells the story of Britain’s past through migration has been awarded a prestigious Royal Historical Society prize. ...

Five members of The University of Manchester have been honoured by the Queen in the 2018 New Year’s Honours list. ...

A University of Manchester student has been placed among the best in the world for her research project which investigated how women in Asia are using literacy as a way of protecting their families from disease and poor living standards. ...

A Geography lecturer from The University of Manchester has won the inaugural Jo Cox Prize for Public Service and Active Citizenship, to recognise the positive impacts of her research. ...

Two projects on a massive scale designed to increase knowledge of sustainability issues among staff and students at The University of Manchester have won an award. ...

The city has paid tribute to the enormous contribution The University of Manchester has made to sport, by giving it the outstanding contribution to sport accolade at its most prestigious award ceremony. ...

The University of Manchester’s Professor Bina Agarwal has been recognised in the gender studies category of the Balzan Prize for her “heroic” work studying women’s contributions to agriculture in India. ...

Two academics from The University of Manchester have been given a prestigious National Teaching award. ...

Alliance Manchester Business School has been awarded £9.7 million by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). ...