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

The School of Arts, Languages and Cultures at The University of Manchester welcomes its audiences to SALC: Connect, Engage, Inspire – a digital repository for its wide-ranging arts and cultural activities. Through this new portal, you can explore the...

DigiFest will take place on Friday 4 September and Saturday 5 September this year, and will mark the 50th anniversary of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act (1970), a landmark piece of legislation pioneered by Lord Alf Morris (1928-2012). ...

Presented by the Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester, Writing the Pandemic invited young people (aged 11-18) from Greater Manchester high schools and colleges to send in written responses to life in lockdown. From letters to poems, short s...

Lectures Settle in for some synapse-kindling, world view-challenging content courtesy of The University of Manchester's Lockdown Lectures, featuring insights from the Faculty of Humanities' David Olusoga, Gary Younge and Michael Wood. Watch now. ...

On World Poetry Day (21 March 2020), Creative Manchester and the Centre for New Writing launched a Twitter-based micropoetry competition. This invited budding writers to express their thoughts about the climate within a 280-character poem, for the ch...

Presented by the Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester, the Schools Poetry Competition has been running annually since 2017, when it was launched by University Chancellor and poet, Lemn Sissay. It encourages Manchester school pupils aged 7 t...

With concerts cancelled and venues closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Martin Harris Centre at The University of Manchester is now opening a virtual window allowing audiences to share in the joy of music and connect with The University’s tale...

Manchester China Institute and Creative Manchester staged an exhibition and ceremony for this year’s International Photography Competition, which promotes mutual understanding between the UK and China. Hundreds of family-themed submissions were recei...

David Olusoga and Michael Wood, two celebrated professors from The School of Arts, Languages and Cultures and Creative Manchester 'Iconics', have participated in The University of Manchester Lockdown Lectures, sharing their views about Coronavirus, h...

Since the beginning of February 2020, Helena Bull has been carrying out a Simon Industrial Fellowship at The University of Manchester, with Creative Manchester. This Fellowship builds on the existing relationship between The University and Manchester...

Talented students at the Centre of New Writing have responded to the global Covid-19 pandemic through poetry and spoken word, reflecting their thoughts on the complex, ever-changing world in which we live. Through their poetry, the students reflec...

The Kabul Olympics, the latest poetry collection by John McAuliffe, Professor of Poetry at the Centre for New Writing at The University of Manchester, has been announced as poetry book of the month in The Guardian. The Kabul Olympics was published...

The Manchester China Institute (MCI) and Creative Manchester have said how ‘hugely rewarding’ it has been to receive hundreds of creative submissions to the International Photo Essay Competition during these unusual times. The images, according to...

The Centre for New Writing, Creative Manchester and The University of Manchester Library have produced a new podcast series entitled The Rylands Brief. It explores the unopened John Rylands exhibition Carcanet at 50, and features editors, poets, arch...

Writing is a great way of processing our lives. For young people living in a locked-down world, writing can be a helpful means of reflection and self-expression. That's why the Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester at the University of Ma...

Manchester China Institute (MCI) and Creative Manchester will stage the exhibition and ceremony for this year’s International Photo-Essay Competition in Sichuan’s provincial capital, Chengdu. 2020’s theme is ‘What does family mean to you’, and MCI...

The Institute for Cultural Practices (ICP) at The University of Manchester’s School of Arts, Languages and Cultures has recently launched its new magazine, Cultural Practice. The new magazine features critical reflective pieces in arts management,...

The University’s arts and cultural organisations have responded with great ingenuity to the unprecedented demands of the COVID-19 lockdown. The ‘new normal’ of exclusively online engagement has necessitated quick shifts towards the digital arena, ...

The next generation of arts managers can develop their skills on a new short course offered by the Creative Manchester Summer Schools. Running from 6-15 July 2020, the Creative Producing Summer School offers students a chance to work with cultural...

Michael Wood, the renowned historian, broadcaster and filmmaker, has been appointed President of SACU, the Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding. Founded in 1965, SACU promotes good relations between the people of China and the UK, with the Chin...

The Muslim arts and culture festival MACFEST 2020 enjoyed a successful outing at Blackwell’s book store at University Place, Manchester on Monday 13 January 2020. Well-known authors participated in celebrating the diversity and richness of Muslim ...

Students of Drama and Electronic Engineering lent their talents to an event at the heart of Manchester International Festival (MIF) in the latest chapter of The University of Manchester’s fruitful partnership with MIF. Shining a light on these pla...

A University of Manchester Drama alumna has been recognised for harnessing her creative talents to benefit the community at the Manchester Culture Awards. Cara Looij, who graduated in 2018, took home the Young Creative of the Year award at the eve...

Creatives will be joining the discussion on issues affecting the burgeoning city of Manchester as part of a special weekend-long event. Contemporary theatre company Quarantine (Wallflower; Summer.), is bringing people together from all sides of th...

The Martin Harris Centre’s new programme for autumn/winter 2019 is giving fresh talent a platform with some renowned names in the arts. An exciting and diverse programme of events across drama, literature and music awaits every kind of audienc...

Ellah Wakatama Allfrey OBE is to lead a new annual series of literature events, as part of a new 3-year artistic partnership between The University of Manchester and arts venue HOME. ...

A love of poetry was kindled in school children from Manchester who participated in the third annual schools poetry competition, organised by Creative Manchester and founded by Prof John McAuliffe of The University of Manchester’s Centre for New Writ...

The Martin Harris Centre has hosted its annual summer musical performance with a difference, the Relaxed Performance singalong. The Relaxed Performance is masterminded with inclusivity as a priority. Staged more informally than other events, the p...

Photography is a medium that can bring people of all nationalities together, revealing the humanity we all share, which was the mission of the Manchester China Institute (MCI) and Creative Manchester when they launched their International Photography...

A new exhibition at The John Rylands Library is set to display rare historic documents relating to the 1819 Peterloo Massacre. The exhibition is part of a city-wide programme of events commemorating Peterloo's 200th anniversary. ...