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The funding provided to PhD students is often not enough to cover the completion of a doctorate, the leaders of Europe’s top doctoral association have claimed at a conference hosted by The University of Manchester....

A reflection on the academic year via social media highlights from our online communities. From COVID-19 to culture shocks, 2021/22 has been another challenging, yet exciting and inspiring year for all our students and staff!  ...

The University of Manchester has received £5.65m funding from the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Impact Acceleration Account (IAA), in order to turn its cutting-edge research into innovative solutions for businesses....

The University of Manchester has been named the world's 28th best University and maintains its position as the 6th best institution in the United Kingdom...

The University of Manchester has created fully-funded scholarships for 20 students who are fleeing war and persecution, with people now able to apply to start studying in September....

Northern Gritstone, the new investment spinout business led by the Universities of Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield, announces a first close of £215m....

Colleagues and alumni were recognised in the Community Engagement and Environmental Sustainability categories.The work of the Global Development Institutes researchers and alumni was recognised at The University of Manchester’s Making a Difference aw...

The University of Manchester has held its annual Making a Difference awards ceremony to acknowledge and celebrate the incredibly inspiring work of its staff, students and alumni....

World-leading experts in AI and data science are set to gather in Manchester – the birthplace of the modern computer and original thought leadership in AI – as they join an international science conference. ...

The University of Manchester has retained 5th place for research power - the quality and scale of research and impact - in the UK government’s Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, the major national exercise to evaluate research activity, which ...

Chancellor, Lemn Sissay OBE, has been awarded the prestigious Ness Award by the Royal Geographical SocietyThe poet, writer and broadcaster received the award in recognition of his ‘long-standing contributions to promoting insightful understandings of...

The University of Manchester has published its 2021 Responsible Investment Report, confirming that it has ended investment in fossil fuel companies and has exceeded its target of reducing the carbon intensity of its other holdings....

The University of Manchester has remained a leader for impact towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals once again this year...

The Universities of Manchester, Melbourne and Toronto have announced new funding to develop bi- and trilateral research projects, and a declaration to establish a new International Centre for Translational Digital Health....

A fragment of the asteroid that hit the Earth 66 million years ago and led to the extinction of the dinosaurs, and the first ever fossilised remains of a dinosaur killed by the asteroid impact, are thought to be amongst the latest finds unearthed by ...

Patrick Hemmaway has been appointed as the University of Manchester’s new Director of IT Services....

Young people across Greater Manchester have places to spend their free time and feel they belong at their school, according to the results of a survey released today....

The University of Manchester Chancellor, poet and playwright, Lemn Sissay, has received his OBE for services to Literature and Charity from HRH Price Charles.Since taking up the Chancellorship in 2015, Lemn Sissay MBE has contributed to the Universit...

The University’s Security, Privacy, Identity and Trust Engagement NetworkPlus (SPRITE+) has secured a £2.6 million follow-on award from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council supplemented by £2.3 million from institutional contributio...

As the world’s eyes fell on Ukraine following the Russian invasion of its borders, staff from The University of Manchester’s International Programmes Office (IPO) had to focus their gaze on getting our students back to the UK.At the time of the initi...

Today, (Monday, 14 March) the University has published its initial findings into historic links with slavery, involving a number of early benefactors to its predecessor institutions, which went on to become The University of Manchester....

The University of Manchester is developing a new software engineering course that will help fill a skills gap in the IT sector whilst encouraging lifelong, flexible learning for those already in work....

The Russian government’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine is of ever-increasing concern as the conflict and human tragedy escalates. Like everyone, l am appalled and deeply distressed. Such aggression and human suffering are never acceptable and are co...

Announced today, the ID Manchester project has taken another important step forward, with completion of the £1.5 billion joint venture between The University of Manchester and Bruntwood SciTech...

The University has announced the appointment of Carol Prokopyszyn as its new Chief Financial Officer. Carol will be starting in June and joins from the University of Dundee....

The University of Manchester has been named the most targeted university by the UK’s top 100 graduate employers....

Research by Oxford Economics has revealed the extent that BAE Systems contributes to the economy in Lancashire through jobs, research & development and supply chains. ...

Congratulations to all of our alumni and supporters who have been recognised with a New Year Honour. ...

Congratulations to Banji Adewumi, Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), who has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours....

At the risk of sounding repetitious…2021 has been (another) extraordinary year globally, in society and here at the University. The pandemic has once again dominated the lives of our students and colleagues as we continually found ways to adapt to ou...