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Professor Peter Hopkinson of the CE-Hub was joined by Professor Frank Boons (Professor of Innovation and Sustainability at Manchester, Director of Sustainable Consumption Institute and Academic Fellow, DEFRA Systems Research Programme)....

Dr Sampriti Mahanty and co-authors Prof Frank Boons, Prof Julia Handl and Dr Riza Batista Navarro have recently published a journal article titled “An investigation of academic perspectives on the 'circular economy' using text mining and a Delphi stu...

Study spacesStudy spaces will be available at the Alan Gilbert Learning Commons (AGLC) during the Christmas break.The AGLC will be open as follows:Friday, 17 December 2021: closes at 8pmSaturday, 18 December 2021 to Sunday, 2 January 2022: open 8am-8...

The collaborative project involves Manchester researchers Professor Kevin Taylor and Dr Lin Ma. ...

Part of the ESRC Festival 2021, the Creative and Cultural Collaborations in Social Science Research event hosted a superb attendance, both online and in-person. The event began with an introduction and welcome from Professor John McAuliffe, Director ...

Face coverings and social distancing guidanceFace coverings in our University are mandatory in all indoor spaces with the exception of solo use spaces. They are available at building entrances.This includes when you are in the Library and seated at a...

The term of the appointment to the committee is from 1 January 2022 through to 31 December 2023. ...

You can:access online resources and join in-person workshops to learn new revision strategiesspeak to Library staff in drop-ins and one-to-ones to get revision and assessment support and guidanceget wellbeing support by accessing helpful resources an...

Staff can ask the Library to embed a curated assessment support package into your Blackboard space at School or programme level. To request complete our request form:Request Assessment Support for BlackboardSupport will be available and promoted to s...

The Manchester China Institute (MCI) Director, Prof. Peter Gries, has contributed to a successful bid for a British Council grant designed to strengthen UK-China institutional partnerships through academic collaboration. MCI partnered with the Univer...

Greater Manchester has seen some of the highest rates of COVID-19 and as a result has faced particularly stringent lockdown regulations. With Manchester being one of the most deprived local authorities in England, many neighbourhoods and communities ...

SCONUL members can visit the libraries of other HE institutions who participate in the scheme.We’re delighted to be able to process applications from Manchester students who want to visit other HE libraries, and to welcome visiting SCONUL members fro...

Many anti-racist scholars have wrestled with the contradictions of working within a higher education system that often perpetuates social injustice. Anti-Racist Scholar Activism shows how students and academics can work within universities and other ...

Where we live has a huge impact on our health. Our homes can help build bonds between neighbours, promote our physical and mental wellbeing, and help us live independently for longer. But how does housing affect those living with dementia, and the pe...

Currently in her second-year of part-time studies on the MusM Masters in Composition, under the supervision of Professor Camden Reeves, Vinthya Vinthya Perinpanathan has been accepted onto the Manasamitra Mentoring Scheme for women composers from min...

Our internationally-renowned Hebrew collections are astonishingly diverse, covering all aspects of Jewish life as lived in Europe, North Africa and further afield. These manuscripts have been digitised and catalogued as part of an ongoing project led...

She has been named a winner in the Contribution to Infrastructure category. ...

Aline Miller has been named a finalist in the Start-Up Entrepreneur of the Year category at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards (GBEA) 2021 ...

Thank you for all your support in working with the Library to get your teaching resources and reading lists ready for Semester 1. We now need your help to ensure we have everything ready for your students for Semester 2. Here’s what you need to know:...

Researchers at The University of Manchester are looking for individuals to take part in a study investigating what factors have impacted older people's access to and engagement with digital public services during COVID-19.The project team would like ...

How does the arts respond to traumatic events?What kinds of social care and solace can artworks and the culture institutions that commission and exhibit them offer?And how have artists and arts workers found their own pathways for respite and recover...

The University of Manchester’s annual start-up competition is now open for entries! ...

About the competitionUnfunded monograph authors from any University faculty can enter the Library’s Open Access (OA) monograph competition, as long as they will soon be publishing a monograph or published one on or after 1 January 2021.Winners will r...

In collaboration with the SU, MEC are hosting the first MCR Makes Market, encouraging our students with side hustles or small businesses to sell their products in person. ...

The University of Manchester is an endorsing body for the Start-up Visa, endorsing recent graduates in their entrepreneurial pursuits at the end of their Tier 4 visa. ...

Warm congratulations to 2021 MA graduate Robert Dean, who has won the Peters Fraser + Dunlop (PFD) Prize for best MA dissertation (Fiction) for his entry Leviathan.Peters Fraser + Dunlop is one of the longest-established literary and talent agencies ...

CADA is the Creative Ageing Development Agency. It is hosted by Manchester Museum, Supported by The Baring Foundation, Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Arts Council England and in collaboration with MICRA.On the site, you will find a summary...

As part of the ESRC Festival 2021, the event ‘creative and cultural collaborations in social science research’ will take place on Wednesday, 10 November 2021....

Creating Spaces for an Ageing Society considers the existing social science literature on shared neighbourhood spaces through the perspective of an ageing population. It asks the question; how can we use social infrastructure to build local neighbour...

Participation would involve completing 16 online ‘brain training’ sessions (i.e. a programme of regular cognitive activities). The online tasks are all computer-based and are designed to measure ‘working memory’ (the ability to hold information in mi...