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2024
15
March
2024
| 10:00 Europe/London
Latest #BeeWell data presents a much-needed good news story for young people’s mental health and wellbeing.
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12
March
2024
| 10:30 Europe/London
The Global Development Institute (GDI) at The University of Manchester has received a further transformational donation of £2 million from the Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Foundation.
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11
March
2024
| 11:00 Europe/London
The Great Science Share for Schools (GSSfS), a pioneering campaign dedicated to fostering scientific curiosity and education among young learners, has been granted the prestigious patronage of the United Kingdom National Commission for UNESCO (UKNC)
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04
March
2024
| 10:00 Europe/London
An academic from The University of Manchester has been recognised as a leading expert in her field by being named a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. 
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04
March
2024
| 09:00 Europe/London
A generous £1.5m gift from British businessman and University of Manchester alumnus Simon Sadler has enabled the University to launch a new bursary for students leaving care.
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01
March
2024
| 10:08 Europe/London
Artificial Intelligence has helped scientists reveal a new form of aggressive prostate cancer which could revolutionise how the disease is diagnosed and treated in the future.
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29
February
2024
| 10:00 Europe/London
A project to learn about women’s experiences of abuse whilst out running has found that more than two-thirds of them have been abused in some way. 
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16
February
2024
| 10:07 Europe/London
A revolutionary nanomaterial with huge potential to tackle multiple global challenges could be developed further without acute risk to human health, research suggests.
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14
February
2024
| 16:53 Europe/London
Manchester has today become a UNESCO City of Lifelong Learning, in recognition of outstanding efforts to make lifelong learning a reality for all, with The University of Manchester acting as a key partner.
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07
February
2024
| 12:01 Europe/London
A new report has revealed a crisis in children’s autism assessment, warning that thousands of autistic children and young people are waiting months - or even years - for health and education support.
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06
February
2024
| 16:30 Europe/London
Our University has been awarded accreditation status by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the leading global authority on the environment – one of only twenty universities worldwide to have been given this
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02
February
2024
| 15:25 Europe/London
BBC Radio 4 will broadcast an appeal on behalf of Manchester-based music charity In Place of War from Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien this weekend.
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31
January
2024
| 14:09 Europe/London
Lou Cordwell OBE has been appointed Professor of Innovation at the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIOIR) at Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS), and Special Advisor to the Office of the President and Vice-Chancellor.
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31
January
2024
| 09:25 Europe/London
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visited Jodrell Bank yesterday (Tuesday 30 January) to mark the occasion of Jodrell Bank Observatory being awarded UNESCO World Heritage Status in 2019.
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30
January
2024
| 10:05 Europe/London
The University of Manchester will host a four-day festival to celebrate 200th year, featuring Professor Brian Cox and Professor David Olusoga.  
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24
January
2024
| 11:01 Europe/London
The University of Manchester has been awarded over £23.5m by the government’s Department for Education (DfE) to lead a national consortium of eight Russell Group universities to provide over 400 doctoral programme training places for practitioner
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22
January
2024
| 11:11 Europe/London
An international collaborative led by The University of Manchester and the University of Leicester has published a new paper which outlines how to reduce COVID-19 health inequity among ethnic minority groups.
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19
January
2024
| 10:05 Europe/London
The University kicked off its bicentenary celebrations on 17 January with a dazzling light display and fun-filled evening of music, poetry and performance.
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19
January
2024
| 09:23 Europe/London
The University of Manchester’s proposal to redevelop the Fallowfield Campus to provide more high-quality, modern student accommodation has been approved by Manchester City Council Planning and Highways Committee.
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16
January
2024
| 15:50 Europe/London
The University of Manchester's Jason Allen-Paisant has been named the winner of the UK’s most prestigious poetry award, the TS Eliot Prize.
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15
January
2024
| 09:53 Europe/London
Existing drinking water fluoridation programmes in England still provide marginal savings for the NHS, but there is no guarantee new schemes would continue to do so, a new study led by University of Manchester researchers finds.
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14
January
2024
| 18:27 Europe/London
Eleven years ago, my colleagues and I estimated that about 2 million people around the world were dying from fungal infections annually. My latest estimate puts the figure today at nearly double that: around 3.8 million deaths.To put this in
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09
January
2024
| 09:51 Europe/London
An agricultural fungicide approved in the US and currently under consideration by authorities worldwide could have a devastating effect on a new drug for one of world’s deadliest infectious diseases, show University of Manchester scientists.
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04
January
2024
| 13:49 Europe/London
Almost immediately after being appointed as foreign secretary, David Cameron’s ties with China generated difficult headlines for Rishi Sunak’s government.
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04
January
2024
| 13:29 Europe/London
Way back in February 2020, before most of us really knew anything about COVID, we wrote an article for The Conversation about “leaveism” and its impact on flexible working.
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2023
21
December
2023
| 15:23 Europe/London
This year’s Winter Graduation saw more of our Equity and Merit Scholarship students receive their awards and celebrate their academic achievements.
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20
December
2023
| 13:11 Europe/London
As we approach the final leg of this year, it's time to reflect on the past 12 months and highlight the incredible efforts seen from across the University.
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20
December
2023
| 11:15 Europe/London
The University of Manchester has appointed Professor Duncan Ivison as its next President & Vice-Chancellor. He will formally take up his role as President & Vice-Chancellor on 1 August 2024.
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20
December
2023
| 10:33 Europe/London
Cleopatra would have been in safe hands if she really had been bitten by a snake, or a affected by any number of illnesses - say University of Manchester Egyptologists in a new book.
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20
December
2023
| 09:00 Europe/London
Our fantastic Humanities colleagues have been doing great things once again this year. Here are some of the most popular and interesting news stories from the faculty in 2023 - enjoy!
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