Articles tagged with 'students' | University of Manchester

A team of students from The University of Manchester have won an award for genetically modifying bacteria to produce kinder hair-dyes. ...

University of Manchester students will be raising money for a homelessness charity by running non- stop for 24 hours. ...

A community project based at The University of Manchester has won the Equalities category of this year’s Spirit of Manchester Awards. ...

Leaders of graduate institutions from 16 countries across six continents today agreed on a set of principles and practical actions supporting graduate student mental health and well-being. ...

A University of Manchester graduate is raising money for girls’ football through a company she started while studying for her Bachelor’s degree. ...

A University of Manchester graduate is leaving with a First Class degree, after juggling academic studies with an elite level para-swimming career. ...

The University of Manchester remains among the best European universities for teaching excellence in this year’s Times Higher Education (THE) Europe Teaching Rankings.   ...

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. ...

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.    ...

Despite the suffering caused by bipolar disorder – also known as manic depression, a significant minority of patients actually want to keep it because of the creative highs it gives them, according to new research from University of Manchester psycho...

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

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. ...

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...

Hundreds of children from primary schools across Greater Manchester came together for the Great Science Share 2018 ...

The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, will officially open the Royal College of Surgeons’ new Outreach hub at The University of Manchester Innovation Centre today (6 June). The new hub will give the RCS a full-time, staffed presence in the N...

The 2,300 University of Manchester staff, students and alumni who took part in last weekend's SimplyHealth Great Manchester Run have so far raised over £28,000 for worthy causes. ...

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. ...

A second year physics student, whose hole in her heart was fixed by surgeons aged 3 months, will participate in The University of Manchester’s Purple Wave one year on from her second open heart surgery. ...

More than 2000 staff, students and alumni have registered for the Simply Health Great Manchester Run as part of The University of Manchester’s Purple wave on May 20. ...

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 launched this year’s Purple Wave with a bid to register as many runners as possible for the Simply Health Great Manchester Run on 20 May. ...

The University netball team has won the BUCS Premiership North and will now go on to play the Southern Premiership teams in a fight to become overall BUCS Champions. Helen Gavin, a final year Politics student and club captain, said: 'I am overwhel...

The University of Manchester is still on track to achieve an unprecedented third successive University Challenge title. Manchester stormed into the quarter finals last night, with a convincing 325-110 win over Queens’ College, Cambridge. It’s t...

Manchester retained its University Challenge title on 29 April, beating University College, London 190 – 140 in the televised final. It is the fourth victory for The University of Manchester in just eight years. Team captain Richard Gilbert from S...