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2024
18
March
2024
| 17:12 Europe/London
Critical metals, such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese, are key to the path towards net zero. The UK Government released their Critical Minerals Strategy in early 2023, which sets out to improve the resilience of the critical metal
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18
March
2024
| 09:57 Europe/London
The University of Manchester has hosted Afzal Khan MP on a visit to the Firs Environmental Research Station which recently completed a £2 million redevelopment.  
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18
March
2024
| 09:01 Europe/London
Dr Raymond Schofield was awarded the 22nd annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences with Judith Kimble and Allan Spradling for their discovery of the stem cell niche, a localised environment that controls stem cell identity.
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15
March
2024
| 11:59 Europe/London
The University of Manchester has launched a new podcast, which aims to amplify marginalised voices in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) industry.
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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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15
March
2024
| 09:00 Europe/London
People living in the North of England and in coastal areas are more likely to die from ‘death of despair’, according to new University of Manchester-led research.
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14
March
2024
| 15:37 Europe/London
The University of Manchester has won Partnership and Collaboration Award at the prestigious annual Bionow Awards 2023
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14
March
2024
| 13:36 Europe/London
Dr Ian Bruff’s article has become a seminal text in political economy and the social sciences more broadly. The article argued ‘that we are witnessing the rise of authoritarian neoliberalism, which is rooted in the reconfiguring of the state
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14
March
2024
| 08:41 Europe/London
Most children and adolescents in England presenting to their GPs with psychiatric symptoms have low or declining rates of ongoing contact, according to a study led by University of Manchester researchers.
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13
March
2024
| 18:06 Europe/London
In a blog for UK in a Changing Europe, Professor Robert Ford analyses the circumstances behind Galloway’s surprising victory in the Rochdale by-election. Ford argues that the large swing to Galloway must be understood against the unique
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13
March
2024
| 17:18 Europe/London
Dr Nikita Basov (Department of Social Statistics) has been awarded a British Academy Small Grant. The grant will fund the project titled "Statistical Modelling of Meaning Creation in Interaction: A Test of Core Social Theories.".In this project, Dr.
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12
March
2024
| 16:58 Europe/London
The Zone of Interest, based on the novel penned by late University of Manchester creative writing Professor Martin Amis, made Oscars history as the first British film to land ‘Best International Film’.
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12
March
2024
| 15:00 Europe/London
The University of Manchester has been awarded £30 million funding by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) for four Centres for Doctoral Training as part of the UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) £500 million investment in
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12
March
2024
| 12:50 Europe/London
A team of academics from the Religions and Theology department at The University of Manchester have created ‘Going Beyond Belief’, a new learning resource for A Level students, with the support of the BBC Beyond Belief team.
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12
March
2024
| 12:38 Europe/London
The Association of Social Anthropologists in the UK (ASA) has chosen The University of Manchester to host its inaugural anthropology festival. 
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12
March
2024
| 11:32 Europe/London
·        A team based in The University of Manchester’s Department of Materials are leading  research into inorganic high-entropy materials.·        Engineering from the atom
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12
March
2024
| 11:16 Europe/London
One of our students Minghao Zhao recently attended the 10th annual Innovations in Large-Area Electronics Conference (innoLAE 2024) which took place at Magdalene College Cambridge. 
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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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12
March
2024
| 10:00 Europe/London
The situation at the British Library has had an impact on some of our services at The University of Manchester Library as well as the availability of certain resources.At present, electronic theses from the British Library’s EThOS service which are
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11
March
2024
| 20:00 Europe/London
Scientists at The Universities of Manchester and Oxford have developed an AI framework that can identify and track new and concerning COVID-19 variants and could help with other infections in the future.
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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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11
March
2024
| 07:42 Europe/London
Campaign group Ardwick Climate Action, with the support of University of Manchester researchers, are to launch  a green route on 12 March where local people can avoid the excessive pollution caused by motor vehicles.
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11
March
2024
| 06:00 Europe/London
A ground-breaking research study has used AI to understand the genetic underpinning of the heart’s left ventricle, using three-dimensional images of the organ. It was led by scientists at The University of Manchester, with collaborators from the
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07
March
2024
| 18:47 Europe/London
University of Manchester graduate Tatiana Parr has been awarded one of the Henry Moore Dissertation prizes for her BA dissertation in Art History titled ‘Harmony and Hostility: A Study of Ancient Ife’s Figural Sculptures c. 1100-1400
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07
March
2024
| 17:53 Europe/London
We are hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Qualitative) to work on the project “Innovations in the Lab: Leveraging Transformations in Science”, sponsored by the UoM Faculty of Humanities Large Collaborative Grant. The researcher will be housed
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07
March
2024
| 17:15 Europe/London
The much-anticipated conference report from the Era-Learn Partnership Stakeholder Forum 2023 is now available for download on the Era-Learn website. Prepared by MIOIR’s Honorary Professor Effie Amanatidou and Dr Dimitri Gagliardi, in
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07
March
2024
| 12:49 Europe/London
Prof. Arek Wisniowski published in February a new article in the prestigious journal “Migration Studies”. This new article explains that undercounting is a critical issue in migration statistics, resulting in bias. It typically arises from
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06
March
2024
| 17:24 Europe/London
Creative Manchester were pleased to partner with Manchester Literature Festival, and Centre for New Writing, for ‘Bernie Sanders in Conversation with Gary Younge’ at Home theatre on Sunday, 18 February 2024. This event discussed Senator
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06
March
2024
| 12:17 Europe/London
Equal rights, good work and recognition of unpaid labour are some of the demands from a collective voice of 100 diverse Manchester women aged fifty-plus, following a research project led by Manchester Met.
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06
March
2024
| 09:30 Europe/London
Situated in a heritage shopping arcade, The Engine Room is a co-working and co-learning space designed to counter the trend of creatives leaving Southport for employment and opportunities. The venue officially opens its doors with a launch event at
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