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A University of Manchester PhD student has developed a prototype flexible heat shield for spacecraft that could reduce the cost of space travel and even aid future space missions to Mars. ...

Physics graduate plans to cycle 16,500km to raise money for a charity who have supported his younger sister ...

An ‘outstanding’ engineering graduate’s exceptional academic success has been rewarded with a double-award win and a sought-after internship at one of the world’s biggest companies. ...

The University of Manchester has contributed to a new report which examines how data involving applicants’ backgrounds and personal circumstances can be used to help them gain a place and realise their potential. ...

The University of Manchester hospitality and events team has scooped the Sustainable Business Award at the UK’s most prestigious hospitality and catering awards, the Cateys, organised by The Caterer. ...

Social responsibility was the highlight of the night at the recent CUBO Awards (Colleges & University Business Officers). The University of Manchester’s Directorate for the Student Experience successfully won three awards for projects that not only s...

The University of Manchester has risen five places in the latest QS World University Rankings - to a position of 29th. ...

A first year PhD student from The University of Manchester will join a full-month long expedition to the Arctic Ocean to measure the impact of climate change on the region’s marine life. ...

Manchester’s Give It Don’t Bin It campaign, initiated and led by teams from the city’s Manchester Metropolitan University and The University of Manchester, has won the Association of University Directors of Estates’ (AUDE) Reaching Higher award. This...

The University of Manchester has been awarded £150,000 to develop new ways of supporting the wellbeing and mental health of postgraduate research students. ...

Students at The University of Manchester have designed and built a 3D printed, low-cost robotic prosthetic hand that could provide a much cheaper alternative for amputees. ...

A group of dismissed employees are celebrating after ten law students from Manchester helped to win an employment case on their behalf. ...

The University of Manchester has been ranked the 26th ‘most international’ university in the world, in an independent analysis by the Times Higher Education. ...

A politics and quantitative methods student from The University of Manchester has been crowned Britain’s indoor triple jump champion in Birmingham. ...

Lecturers at The University of Manchester have been showcasing the exciting technologies and techniques that are transforming teaching on (and off) campus. ...

The University of Manchester is the most targeted university in the UK for top graduate employers, according to a new report from independent market research company, High Fliers Research. ...

This month has seen Manchester City Football Club Captain, Vincent Kompany graduate from Alliance Manchester Business School with a Master's in Business Administration (MBA). ...

The University of Manchester’s Chancellor, Lemn Sissay, has attended a special event in Addis Ababa to officially extend a transformational student scholarship to Ethiopia. ...

Students have raised as much as £1.3 million in donations of unwanted items to the British Heart Foundation in the last six years, through the Manchester Partnership. ...

Law students at The University of Manchester are using their skills to help people convicted of crimes who maintain their innocence and continue to appeal. ...

A nursing student and single mum of two, has defied the odds to achieve a first as a Bachelor of Nursing (Hons) at the University of Manchester. ...

A University of Manchester student has been placed among the best in the world for her research project which investigated how women in Asia are using literacy as a way of protecting their families from disease and poor living standards. ...

Two projects on a massive scale designed to increase knowledge of sustainability issues among staff and students at The University of Manchester have won an award. ...

A University of Manchester delegation has been in India on a wide-ranging visit which has included providing support to a university which is in the process of establishing a new medical school. ...

The University of Manchester and University of Manchester Students’ Union have received funding to co-produce an active bystander campaign that will encourage fellow students to safely speak out against harassment and hate crime. ...

Sports mad students at The University of Manchester will be able to enjoy world class facilities thanks to the opening of the UK’s largest University all-weather pitch facilities. ...

A University of Manchester student has been honoured by the Prime Minster for setting up his own charity which delivers life-saving medical equipment to developing nations. ...

The University of Manchester has moved up to 33rd in the world in a leading independent league table of graduate employability. ...

At 30, new Rwandan Minster for Transport, Jean de Dieu ‘Jado’ Uwihanganye is the youngest ever minister in the country and a hugely successful project manager, but none of this would have been possible without the backing of a unique scholarship from...

Undergraduate student residents leaving halls have donated 6,125 bags of unwanted clothes, shoes, books, electrical appliances and crockery to the British Heart Foundation in the annual ‘Give It Don’t Bin It, end of year campaign. ...