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A first year engineering student has finished ahead of thousands of others to be named as an undergraduate of the year in a national competition, winning a full summer internship with a major engineering firm. ...

A new collaborative scheme, launched today by Manchester Metropolitan University and The University of Manchester, aims to improve the digital skills, confidence and employment prospects of local graduates from disadvantaged backgrounds. ...

The University of Manchester ranks as the best higher education institution (HEI) in Europe – and in the top three globally – for its social and environmental impact across its full range of functions. ...

Dozens of the students from The University of Manchester joined local residents to help tidy up the streets of Moss Side by picking up litter, recycling rubbish and planting trees.. ...

Two University of Manchester students have won the highest award possible at this year’s prestigious Undergraduate Awards.    ...

Manchester has once again been ranked the fifth best UK institution for employability in the Times Higher Education 2018 Global University Employability Rankings. The ranking also makes us the best university in the country outside of the Oxbridge...

A physics lecturer has developed a new piece of computer software that can help identify students with potential stress, wellbeing or mental health related problems at University. ...

Greater Manchester will be the first place in the country to establish a dedicated centre to help support higher education students with mental health needs. ...

The Manchester Engineering Campus Development (MECD) – one of the largest capital projects ever undertaken by a UK higher education institution – has celebrated a key milestone in its construction. ...

The University of Manchester has reached its highest-ever position in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). ...

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. ...