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Researchers based at The University of Manchester are set to begin a study that will examine the effects of a school-based life skills programme after being awarded with £800k of funding by Norway’s Kavli Trust. ...

A new study measuring the impact of COVID-19 on the wellbeing and mental health of adolescents has found that the pandemic has made them more depressed and less satisfied with their lives....

A member of staff from The University of Manchester has completed a marathon cycling challenge, raising over £3000 for UK-Med’s Ukraine Appeal in the process....

Professor Tony Redmond has been honoured with a prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2022 Pride of Manchester Awards, in recognition of a career spent providing crucial medical care to those most in need all over the world....

A member of staff from The University of Manchester is set to cycle around the entire circumference of The Netherlands – 1400km in total – to raise funds for UK-Med’s Ukraine Appeal....

The Government needs to decentralise the UK’s decision-making structures and invest in skills if it is to achieve its ‘levelling up’ ambitions, according to a new publication from The University of Manchester....

The University of Manchester is part of a new £1.25M project working to develop a more diverse energy research community, ensuring energy research draws upon the expertise of academics from all backgrounds....

Poor countries reliant on fossil fuel revenues need more time to end production and financial support to do so. ...

Young people across Greater Manchester have places to spend their free time and feel they belong at their school, according to the results of a survey released today....

Reversing forest loss is essential for climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation. We are pleased to announce that Dr Johan Oldekop has been awarded a grant of €2 million to investigate sustainable forest transitions from the European Re...

Pupils from 25 primary schools across Greater Manchester will be working scientifically to investigate air quality in their local area next week, thanks to a partnership between The University of Manchester and the Royal Society, the UK’s national ac...

A humanitarian charity based at The University of Manchester has launched an urgent Ukraine Appeal, as it seeks to raise money to provide emergency medical aid for the millions of people displaced by the Russian invasion of the country....

A new report has highlighted where more research is needed into the negative effects of loneliness on the UK’s population....

The University of Manchester’s Dr Anisa Jafar has been named as Young Researcher of the Year by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM)....

Greater Manchester’s #BeeWell programme has entered a pioneering funding partnership with BBC Children in Need’s A Million & Me programme to champion youth voices and empower young people to make their wellbeing everybody’s business....

Mental health has hit the headlines during the COVID-19 pandemic as the impact of lockdowns, strains on healthcare services and fear of the virus itself have created a toxic mix which has both exacerbated existing disorders, and provoked them in othe...

Poor water quality in English rivers is the result of chronic underinvestment and multiple failures in monitoring, governance and enforcement, a report from the UK Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee has claimed....

A group of student volunteers from The University of Manchester have planted over 100 trees in a bid to help fight the planet’s climate and biodiversity crises. ...

The British Psychological Society (BPS) recently visited the Manchester Institute of Education (MIE) to assess the MEd Psychology of Education programme and we are delighted to announce that the BPS recommended the programme retains the Society’s acc...

The University of Manchester has launched a national climate writing competition for young people in the aftermath of the recent COP26 conference in Glasgow. ...

Dr Tanja Bastia, Global Development Institute, and colleagues Dr Erika Busse Cárdenas and Dr María Calderón Muñoz, recently ran a photography competition to document the voices and images of migrants living in Latin America through the Covid-19 pande...

A £7 million project led by experts at The University of Manchester is to develop a pioneering digital hub, which will provide easy access to an extensive range of the UK’s environmental data. ...

To coincide with the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, experts from Manchester have warned that the humanitarian aid sector is unprepared for the escalating crises caused by climate change – leaving them unable to provide support to the growing millio...

Black Professional Women in England face an almost impenetrable ‘concrete ceiling’ when it comes to career progression, according to from The University of Manchester and Lancaster University. ...

Research published by The University of Manchester and the Canal & River Trust has shown that the presence of canal water can cool urban areas by up to 1.6°C during heatwaves in a 100-metre-wide corridor along the waterway. ...

The exhibition explores the role of physical models in architecture through their history, craft and changing technologies that support their continued use in new digital ways.The workshop made a significant unique contribution to the project that ha...

To mark International School Library Month, new research has been released which highlights that the diversity of the UK’s population is not currently reflected by school library books, which leaves BAME children feeling underrepresented and can affe...

The increase in the amount of hybrid working post-pandemic - where office-based employees work remotely for part of the week - needs to be more sustainable, according to a new study from experts based at The University of Manchester and Lancaster Uni...

A new report by The Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS) has revealed the vital importance of working to reduce the UK’s overall energy demand in order to meet the UK’s net-zero target by 2050 – as well as the health, lifestyle an...

Dr Matthew Tyce has been awarded the prestigious Dudley Seers Memorial Prize for 2020. ...