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2019
03
September
2019
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17:01
Europe/London
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.
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19
July
2019
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17:23
Europe/London
A University of Manchester graduate is raising money for girls’ football through a company she started while studying for her Bachelor’s degree.
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18
July
2019
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16:31
Europe/London
A University of Manchester graduate is leaving with a First Class degree, after juggling academic studies with an elite level para-swimming career.
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04
July
2019
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20:00
Europe/London
The University of Manchester remains among the best European universities for teaching excellence in this year’s Times Higher Education (THE) Europe Teaching Rankings.
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20
May
2019
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15:29
Europe/London
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.
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16
May
2019
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16:02
Europe/London
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.
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15
February
2019
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14:12
Europe/London
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..
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2018
05
December
2018
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12:15
Europe/London
Two University of Manchester students have won the highest award possible at this year’s prestigious Undergraduate Awards.
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29
November
2018
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16:19
Europe/London
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...
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10
October
2018
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12:18
Europe/London
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.
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15
August
2018
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17:14
Europe/London
The University of Manchester has reached its highest-ever position in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).
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10
July
2018
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15:17
Europe/London
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.
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03
July
2018
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10:25
Europe/London
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...
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20
June
2018
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15:57
Europe/London
Hundreds of children from primary schools across Greater Manchester came together for the Great Science Share 2018
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06
June
2018
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10:30
Europe/London
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...
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23
May
2018
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15:19
Europe/London
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.
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09
May
2018
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01:01
Europe/London
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.
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01
May
2018
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11:24
Europe/London
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.
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18
April
2018
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12:53
Europe/London
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.
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12
April
2018
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15:40
Europe/London
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...
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11
April
2018
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12:28
Europe/London
The University of Manchester has been awarded £150,000 to develop new ways of supporting the wellbeing and mental health of postgraduate research students.
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26
March
2018
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12:02
Europe/London
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.
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23
March
2018
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10:00
Europe/London
A group of dismissed employees are celebrating after ten law students from Manchester helped to win an employment case on their behalf.
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01
March
2018
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11:00
Europe/London
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.
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2014
11
February
2014
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01:00
Europe/London
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...
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2013
10
December
2013
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01:00
Europe/London
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...
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30
April
2013
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02:00
Europe/London
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...
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2011
29
September
2011
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02:00
Europe/London
For the second year running, a University of Manchester graduate has been named as the best Chemical Engineering student in the country.
Rachel Perry, 23, a 2011 graduate of the School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, has won the pr...
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2010
22
April
2010
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02:00
Europe/London
Astrid Tishler from The University of Manchester was named a runner-up in the International Student of the Year last night after reaching the finals of a prestigious competition.
Astrid, from Estonia, challenged for the title on Wednesday as one o...
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2009
14
July
2009
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02:00
Europe/London
Karen Buckle always knew that if she did it at all she would graduate with first class honours at The University of Manchester, despite being autistic and a single mother of three who had also found the time to start up and chair the European self he...
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