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A series of newly transcribed letters between the then-future George IV and his family’s sub-governess Mary Hamilton have shed fresh light on their relationship. The 240-year-old letters – based at the Royal Archives in Windsor - reveal Hamilton’s pe...

The UK’s first and largest survey of its kind to document the impact of Covid-19, and the lockdowns, on the lives of 17,000 ethnic and religious minority people has been launched. ...

New research has revealed that women in India have suffered much more than men during the coronavirus pandemic, and in more ways than is usually recognised, due to pre-existing gender inequalities. ...

A simple non-invasive test can accurately detect womb cancer according to a proof of concept study by University of Manchester and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) scientists. ...

The annual ranking of the world’s best full-time MBAs also places Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS) 4th in the UK and 10th in Europe.The rankings are representative of AMBS improving in 10 of the 20 categories assessed by the Financial Times...

A new report has highlighted the barriers faced by many of the 40 percent of young people in England who miss the benchmark of grade 4 in GCSE English and Maths. It calls for system reforms which go beyond those in the Government’s recent ‘Skills for...

The University of Manchester Centre for Jewish Studies is pleased to announce that its 2021 Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies will be delivered by Oscar-winning film director László Nemes. ...

Experts from The University of Manchester are set to work with leaders from Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and all of the city-region’s secondary schools on a major new project that will survey children about their wellbeing and prepare...

A team of scientists from The University of Manchester have been honoured with the Guinness World Record for weaving threads of individual molecules together to create the ‘world’s finest fabric’, overtaking finest Egyptian linen. ...

A new report from The Runnymede Trust and The University of Manchester’s Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity has addressed the possible causes of - and offers solutions to – the ethnic disparity of the effects of Coronavirus. ...

Tuesday, 12 January saw a consortium led by The University of Manchester launch a new multimillion pound research and innovation institute that will build on Manchester’s academic strengths in digital health and advanced materials to discover innovat...

Millions of people across the world have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Countries are also now embarking on massive vaccination campaigns to control the virus and protect their most vulnerable citizens. One of the bigg...

Experts from The University of Manchester have created a short film which shares teenagers’ experiences of lockdown in the COVID-19 pandemic, which has been released alongside a free online toolkit for education staff working to support teenagers dur...

Congratulations to our academic staff who have been named in this year’s New Year’s HonoursProfessor Rachel Griffith became a Dame of the British Empire for services to Economic Policy and Education. She is Professor of Economics at the University as...

The Covid-19 pandemic has understandably dominated the media headlines in 2020, and many of our experts have been working on related research - but they have also continued to work on a wide variety of other fascinating projects. Here is our annual c...

A small number of previously healthy children infected with Covid-19 can have severe neurological complications, according to research by University of Manchester scientists. ...

In the past 12 months our entire University community has come together to produce the amazing stories and research that make up The Review of Year 2020…and there is much to be proud of and celebrate. ...

Christmas Day is going to look very different for a lot of people this year, but there are also positive changes to indulge in, especially when considering what to eat for Christmas dinner and how to cook it. ...

Manchester Museum, part of The University of Manchester, has been awarded a Capital Kickstart grant of £1,304,489 as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund, enabling the Museum to push forward with its hello future capital proje...

A new report has revealed that victims of crime presently lack an independent enforcer of victims’ rights. The report calls for an enhanced role for the Victims’ Commissioner, to ensure that people are treated properly and adequately supported in the...

Today (Thursday, 3 December) we publish the report into the erection of fencing at the Fallowfield Halls of Residence on 5 November.This report recognises the significant negative impact that the erection of the fence had on our students, and highlig...

A consensus more than 90-years-old on the mechanisms which regulate the day-night rhythm in heart rate has been fundamentally challenged by an international team of scientists from Manchester, London, Milan, Maastricht, Trondheim and Montpellier. ...

Exciting new 3D scanning technology is being used to offer students, staff and the wider public virtual tours of museums, galleries and heritage sites in Greater Manchester. ...

A project facilitated by the ESRC-funded Collaboration Labs programme at The University of Manchester has been recognised with an award. ...

A group of experts from academic, governmental and international organisations have identified five large-scale ‘megatrends’ affecting forests and forest communities, published today in Nature Plants. These are likely to have major consequences - bot...

Emissions from ship exhausts can have a major impact on air pollution, weather and climate, however until relatively recently these have been largely unregulated, particularly in international waters. ...

An academic from The University of Manchester has been recognised as one of the most cited scholars in the world following a major research study, joining Nobel prize winners Professor Andre Geim and Professor Kostya Novoselov in the top 300. ...

Gary Younge, the multi award-winning journalist who recently joined The University of Manchester as Professor of Sociology, will analyse the recent US election in a live streamed public lecture and Q&A on Thursday 19 November. ...

A study published today reveals over a third of those bereaved by suicide considered taking their own life, highlighting their acute need for more support. ...

Brexit could trigger an ‘artistic hiatus’ in the UK as cultural organisations struggle with loss of funding and new regulations, according to new research on the consequences of leaving the EU. ...