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The world premiere of Philip Grange’s new violin concerto will take place at Bridgewater Hall next month, commissioned by the BBC and performed by the BBC Philharmonic. Professor of Composition at The University of Manchester’s Music Department in...

A new collection of nine case studies has just been published from the Urban Data, Inequality and Justice in the Global South project.  ...

A trio of undergraduate students have successfully set up an HCRI university society on campus. Committee organisers Holly Vipond, Matilda Shannon and Sarah Hilton-Watts identified that unlike other institutes and courses across The University, HC...

The Greater Manchester Ageing Hub marked the UN’s International Day of Older Persons on 1 October 2019, celebrating ‘the journey to age equality’. The Hub set out a number of key objectives in light of this event and its theme, starting with the c...

New sociology research dives into the inequalities of the cultural sector, with recommendations for improving how the sector collects its equality monitoring data. Dr Susan Oman, an Honorary Research Fellow working with the Institute for Cultural ...

Researchers at The University of Manchester have collaborated with Oldham Coliseum to explore how the experiences of women aged over 50 can help to map out what makes a good place in which to grow old. The project involved a group of women aged 50...

The Manchester Museum has announced exciting news of plans for a new national agency to lead innovation, address ageism and realise the potential of a creative ageing society. The recruitment process to find a director to lead the agency begins next ...

The internationally renowned and award-winning Dame Evelyn Glennie will be giving a percussion masterclass at the Martin Harris Centre’s Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall next week (Monday 14 October, 2pm-4pm). The event is part of a series of centenary...

A historian who was a professor at The University of Manchester for over three decades has been awarded the prestigious title of doctorate honoris causa by the Sorbonne University in Paris. The title was awarded to Prof Bergin for his life’s work ...

Manchester was one of the ‘lighthouse cities’ under the spotlight at the Triangulum International Conference in Stavanger, Norway, last week (23-25 September 2019). Under the banner ‘Energising Cities: Innovations, Challenges and Solutions’, the E...

An innovative new digital installation exploring the humanitarian crisis and on-going conflict in Yemen is set to come to The University of Manchester on 9 October. The people of Yemen are facing what is described by the UN as the ‘world’s worst’ ...

The University of Manchester’s Music Department has been ranked top in the country in the 2020 edition of the revered Sunday Times Good University Guide. The newspaper selects one centre of excellence for more than 60 subject areas based on a sele...

Lady Hale, first female President of the UK Supreme Court and lecturer at The University of Manchester Law School between 1966 and 1984, yesterday handed down the judgement in a landmark case brought against the Prime Minister for his decision to pro...

Erika Fernández, PhD student in Humanities at the University of Alcalá (Spain), is on a three-month research visit at the Institute for Cultural Practices to collaborate with Dr Kostas Arvanitis, Senior Lecturer in Museology, and study messages from ...

A group of Chinese and American diplomats have met in the remote mountains of China's Anhui province for the 12th annual US-China Diplomatic Dialogue, co-hosted by Professor Peter Gries of the Manchester China Institute. ...

The Sustainable Consumption Institute (SCI) has launched the Autumn 2019 edition of its newsletter, which is now available to download here. The latest edition of the circular features an discussion with Manisha Anantharaman about climate, justice...

The Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group (MUARG) has released a report on developing age-friendly cities: turning urban research into practice.  ...

Professor Peter Gries, Director of the Manchester China Institute, Lee Kai Hung chair and professor of Chinese politics, will be speaking at the Chinese University of Hong Kong next week on the subject of international relations. In his presentati...

A talented University of Manchester graduate musician has been selected to be part of the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s NEXT programme supporting early-career musicians. Raddon Stephenson, who was awarded...

Two graduate musicians from The University of Manchester have made the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) World Music Days 2020 shortlist.  Taking place in New Zealand, composers Manuella Blackburn and Tom Coult are among the six ...

iNews reports that one in five UK adults has experienced economic abuse, according to the charity Refuge, and 60 per cent of them are women. Debora Price, professor of social gerontology and current MICRA director, carried out Behind Closed Doors,...

Ideas were flying at a three-day event to mark the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo massacre in Manchester, which brought thought-leaders from the arts together to discuss the theme ‘Romanticism now and then’. On 31 July - 2 August 2, 184 delegat...

Siobhán Jolley, a PhD candidate in the Centre for Biblical Studies, spent July in Germany, on a German (and) Theology Summer School at Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz. Siobhán followed in the footsteps of fellow PhD candidates Sam Rogers ...

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...

Peter Oakes has just returned from the annual meeting of the Society of New Testament Studies (SNTS), held this year in Marburg, Germany. The Oberhessische Presse - on the 1 August 2019 - dedicated a half-page spread to the opening because the las...

Dr Robert Szymanek , teacher of gamelan - the traditional music of Java and Bali - at The University of Manchester, brought an energetic set to the Siam main stage of this year’s WOMAD festival. The world arts and music festival, which took place ...

Early-career urban scholars are invited to contact us with expressions of interest in a joint application to join MUI on one of the latest Urban Studies Foundation (USF) Postdoctoral Research Fellowships. These opportunities provide promising earl...

On 2 August 2019 at the Friends’ Meeting House, adjacent to St. Peter’s Square, Manchester, three renowned scholars of the early 19th century gathered to offer new perspectives on the 1819 Peterloo massacre, a peaceful protest for democratic reform t...

The Global Development Institute has three new Global Challenges Research fund (GCRF) Post-Doctoral Fellows who will be based at the Institute over the next year. The fellowships provide career development opportunities for those at a relatively earl...

GDI Merit Scholar Kwame Kwarteng has taken up his role as General Secretary of The University of Manchester Students’ Union. He was elected as General Secretary in March and took up the post in July. Kwame is the first international student to be ...