Articles tagged with 'creative-manchester' | University of Manchester

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2024
06
March
2024
| 17:24 Europe/London
Creative Manchester were pleased to partner with Manchester Literature Festival, and Centre for New Writing, for ‘Bernie Sanders in Conversation with Gary Younge’ at Home theatre on Sunday, 18 February 2024. This event discussed Senator
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23
February
2024
| 13:57 Europe/London
UNESCO International Mother Language Day (IMLD) 2024 took place last week on 21 February, with an inspiring programme of local celebrations presented by Manchester City of Literature and their partners.This year was the 8th International Mother
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23
February
2024
| 12:13 Europe/London
Digital Futures, Creative Manchester and the Turing Innovation Catalyst (TIC) Manchester have jointly launched a new series of events aimed at supporting the development of a network of industry professionals working in CreaTech and related
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26
January
2024
| 14:34 Europe/London
Creative Manchester is delighted to present a number of events celebrating UNESCO International Mother Language Day (IMLD) 2024, in partnership with Manchester City of Literature.This year will be the 8th International Mother Language Day observed
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17
January
2024
| 21:15 Europe/London
In 2024, The University of Manchester is marking its bicentenary. It’s a year to celebrate 200 years of learning, innovation and research. To mark our 200th year, our Micropoetry competition is back with esteemed poet and former Chancellor of the
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16
January
2024
| 15:50 Europe/London
The University of Manchester's Jason Allen-Paisant has been named the winner of the UK’s most prestigious poetry award, the TS Eliot Prize.
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2023
17
November
2023
| 14:48 Europe/London
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the event with Alice Oswald has been cancelled. Jodrell Bank will be in touch with those who have made bookings in due course. We expect to bring you an Evening with Alice Oswald again in 2024. The
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30
October
2023
| 13:04 Europe/London
On Wednesday, 18 October 2023, Factory International’s new home Aviva Studios opened its doors, an incredibly exciting addition to Manchester's vibrant arts scene. The opening was celebrated with a spectacular inaugural performance of Danny Boyle’s
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30
October
2023
| 12:48 Europe/London
Four University of Manchester academics have received funding to work across several government departments as part of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Policy Fellowships programme.Representing the Faculty of Humanities, the four academics have
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23
October
2023
| 10:52 Europe/London
A new report has found that the creative workforce is still dominated by graduates, with access to creative Higher Education remaining highly unequal.
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17
October
2023
| 15:54 Europe/London
Writer Jason Allen-Paisant has won the Best Collection award 2023 at the Forward Prize for Poetry.The University of Manchester Senior Lecturer’s ‘Self-Portrait as Othello’ is a dazzling poetic memoir, which imaginatively places the figure of Othello
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13
October
2023
| 17:17 Europe/London
A team of experts has teamed up with the BBC, Channel 4 and Candour Productions to analyse the role of social class, both on screen and behind the scenes of TV production.
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06
October
2023
| 12:43 Europe/London
Published in April 2023, Gareth’s Never Was: A Novel Without a World has made this year’s six-book shortlist from 107 entries. Director for Creative Manchester’s Professor John McAuliffe wrote:
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03
October
2023
| 17:39 Europe/London
University of Manchester Senior Lecturer and writer Jason Allen-Paisant is celebrating another shortlisting today for his second collection of poems, Self-Portrait as Othello.Self-Portrait as Othello is a dazzling poetic memoir, which imaginatively
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03
October
2023
| 10:13 Europe/London
Creative Manchester were delighted to be a premium sponsor of the Creative Conference 2023, organised by business development organisation pro-manchester.Taking place in the heart of Media City at the Innovation Hub HOST Salford on 22 September, the
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29
September
2023
| 14:00 Europe/London
Until August 2023, Rebecca Parnell worked as a Creative Producer – a joint role with one of The University of Manchester’s four Research Platforms, Creative Manchester, and Manchester Camerata. Rebecca’s PhD – with the Department of Music - examines
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05
September
2023
| 10:21 Europe/London
To add to a growing list of recognition for the writer, performance artist and producer, Keisha has been awarded an Honorary Research Fellowship in the Drama department at the University of Manchester.The fellowship recognises the outstanding
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01
September
2023
| 15:30 Europe/London
Manchester Literature Festival (MLF) 2023 will take place 7-22 October, featuring a programme of exciting events marking the city’s contribution to literature.The University of Manchester is proud to be the Festival’s official Higher Education
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15
August
2023
| 11:51 Europe/London
The Manchester City of Literature Schools Writing Trail took place 1-15 June 2023 in six Manchester City Centre venues - including The University of Manchester campus in the Samuel Alexander Building’s glass corridor exhibition space.The trail –
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28
July
2023
| 11:00 Europe/London
A panel of judges including former University Chancellor and poet Lemn Sissay, Creative Manchester Director and Professor of Poetry John McAuliffe and Manchester-based poet and critic Maryam Hessavi, gathered to judge this year’s Micropoetry
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28
July
2023
| 09:15 Europe/London
As festivalgoers gathered at Jodrell Bank Observatory in rural Cheshire once again Bluedot 2023 kicked off with a performance by Max Richter and the BBC Concert Orchestra headliners on Thursday evening. Throughout the weekend the festival saw
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28
July
2023
| 09:04 Europe/London
Manchester International Festival 2023 took place from 29 June to 16 July and featured a wide-ranging programme of original new work by artists from around the world in venues and spaces across the city. We are delighted to have seen MIF23 events
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27
June
2023
| 10:37 Europe/London
Run by the Manchester China Institute (MCI) and Creative Manchester at The University of Manchester, the competition uses amateur photography as a visual way of overcoming linguistic divides and highlighting the common humanity of China and the UK.
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20
June
2023
| 16:17 Europe/London
Now in its seventh year, the competition is aimed at pupils from Greater Manchester schools, encouraging children to use poetry as a means of self-expression. The Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester’s 2023 Schools Poetry competition took
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16
June
2023
| 12:59 Europe/London
7-11 June saw the return of Manchester UNESCO City of Literature’s Festival of Libraries, taking place across the whole of Greater Manchester to celebrate the role that libraries play in wellbeing, culture, creativity and more.Creative Manchester –
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02
June
2023
| 12:36 Europe/London
This event marks the second lecture in Creative Manchester’s ‘Solstice and Equinox series’, and forms part of a new series of events which brings innovative creative artists to The University of Manchester’s four Cultural Institutions.Creative
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01
June
2023
| 13:52 Europe/London
BAFTA-nominated poet and writer Lemn Sissay - our former Chancellor who holds an honorary chair of creative writing at our University - will be one of three judges considering entries.How to enterEntries will need to combine a vast and
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22
May
2023
| 12:28 Europe/London
Martin Amis, former Professor of Creative Writing at the Centre for New Writing has died at the age of 73.Martin Amis, who has just died in Florida, worked as our first Professor of Creative Writing at The University of Manchester's Centre for New
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19
May
2023
| 15:41 Europe/London
Gary Younge, award-winning author, broadcaster and Professor of Sociology, Gary Younge, has been shortlisted for The Orwell Prize for Journalism 2023. Formerly a columnist at The Guardian he is an editorial board member of the Nation magazine and
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11
May
2023
| 13:24 Europe/London
Creative Manchester and Digital Futures are hosting a CreaTech Innovation Showcase on 17 May.CreaTech is the intersection of creativity meeting technology. It brings together creative skills and emerging technologies to create new ways of engaging
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