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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 ...

MICRA at The University of Manchester was well represented at the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics European Region Congress 2019, which took place in Gothenburg, Sweden from 23 – 25 May. From SENSE-Cog, Piers Dawes and Irace...

On 18 June MICRA was pleased to host Professor Sarah Vickerstaff, presenting the 2019 Annual Lecture Extending Working Lives: The implications for winners and losers in the changed UK policy landscape. Sarah is professor of work and employment...

Grey, rainy and chilly: the morning of Thursday 13 June appeared to be an average Mancunian day. However, as many others set off to work under the dismal grey skies, it was anything but an ordinary day for the 100-or-so delegates from across the UK a...

The University of Manchester is delighted to appoint Donna Hall as an Honorary Professor of Politics. Donna Hall, CBE has been described by the Mayor of Greater Manchester as “a pioneering public servant.” She was Chief Executive Officer at Wigan ...

On the 29 July, Joseph Haydn’s The Creation returned to the Proms for the first time in a decade. Its performers included 40 students from the University of Manchester, who sang with the BBC Proms Youth Choir alongside the BBC Philharmonic. The Cr...

Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Manchester’s Centre for New Writing Jeanette Winterson has been longlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize. Jeanette’s highly acclaimed new novel, Frankissstein, is one of 13 in the running for this yea...

A new scholarship has been set up to support students from lower income households to do a degree in modern languages at the University of Manchester. The RWS Brode Scholarship Programme has been set up by RWS, one of the world’s leading language ...

HCRI were pleased to grant the Outstanding iBSC Dissertation award to Julia Kiemble-Gabbay and the inaugural Citizenship Award to Olivia Harper. The award recognises Julia’s achievement on completing her Intercalated BSc Global Health disserta...

HCRI colleagues participated over the weekend in Bluedot 2019, the annual music, science and culture festival at Jodrell Bank. HCRI’s stall provided a multimedia graphic novella experience and colouring station based on After Maria: Everyday Recov...

The LOOPER project is implementing interventions designed in partnership with the community to test perceptual traffic calming and aesthetic uplift along Brunswick Street in Ardwick. These include the use of a mural and banners showcasing communit...

Understanding the relationship between population ageing and urban change has become a major issue for public policy, and an increasingly important area for interdisciplinary research. On the 26 June 2019, an event called ‘Developing age-friendly ...

The University of Manchester’s School of Arts Languages and Cultures has celebrated the induction of three of its academics into the British Academy. Representing the Department of Music, Prof Rebecca Herissone, Professor of Musicology, has been r...

Graduation week became more special as HCRI’s initial cohort of BSc International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Response became the first-ever graduates of the course. To acknowledge the special occasion, Dr Gemma Sou, Programme Director, a...

A new guide to the treatment of pensions on divorce has been published by the Pension Advisory Group (PAG). The long-awaited report brings guidance to family judges, lawyers and pension experts encouraging fairer settlements and helping to manage ...

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...

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...

Master’s student representative for the Humanitarianism and Conflict Response Institute Hanna Matt has won this year’s University of Manchester Students’ Union award for ‘Student Rep – Biggest Engagement with Feedback’. Hanna was nominated by peer...

The rise and rise of medical technology is breaking down barriers in healthcare, but with a new wave of innovation comes a tide of ethical and legal questions that need to be answered. Responding to this brave new world, The University of Manchest...

An accomplished Music graduate has scooped the prestigious Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Prize at this year’s BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition. Katie, who studied Music at the University of Manchester’s School of Arts, Languages and Cul...

The University of Manchester’s Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) is marking the third successful outing of its annual Young People in Humanitarianism conference. The full-day event was attended by a delegation of schoolchildren a...

MCI Director Pete Gries welcomed a delegation from the Institute of Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences on Wednesday 20 June. The delegation included development economists interested in collaborative applied research with Universi...

MCI has launched its scholars in residence programme and welcomes applications for visiting periods lasting from a few weeks to a whole year. The programme is open to researchers working in China studies at all career stages (from PhD students to Pro...

Four Law students gave a musical performance at a key legal networking event held in Manchester. An exclusive drinks reception, hosted by Lincoln House Chambers, celebrated 100 years since the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919, which allowed wo...

The harrowing and in some cases inconclusive stories of five refugees have been told by Cathleen Miller, a Fullbright Scholar serving as Distinguished Chair of the Humanities at the University of Manchester, for Aljazeera. Published in the run-up ...