Archive | University of Manchester

Manchester Literature Festival, the Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester are partnering again for this October’s exciting Literature Live event, bringing some of the most extraordinary contemporary writers to Manchester to discuss their lat...

Doctors could one day diagnose and characterise early stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC) with a simple blood test thanks to a transatlantic study led by CRUK Manchester Institute Cancer Biomarker Centre researchers at the University of Manchester wi...

The Alan Gilbert Learning Commons will be open from 8am to 8pm and staffed by our colleagues from Constant Security.Find out moreLocations and opening hoursContact us...

The employment of non-medical staff with clinical roles in primary care has been linked to negative impacts on patient satisfaction in a study by University of Manchester researchers....

Healthcare professionals may be unconsciously assigning lower clinical priority to patients from poorer areas compared to patients who live in more affluent areas, a study of English Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments by The University of Manch...

Outcome of initial phase of investigationWe have completed the initial phase of investigation into the recent publication of the work of a student, who had registered for a PhD, which has raised widespread and significant concerns and complaints, all...

The Elys Roberts scholarship is available to support talented applicants from or working in low/middle-income countries and HCRI is looking for candidates who can demonstrate:Professional experience related to Global HealthA clear idea of how the MSc...

If you have ever considered presenting your research in alternate formats and styles to the written word, this workshop can help you discover innovative and exciting ways to creatively conduct, present, and evaluate your research. These creative rese...

Together with Peter Hopkins, Raksha Pande, Claire Chambers and Richard Phillips Nafhesa Ali published the article about the benefits and risks associated with working with community interviewers in social and cultural research in the journal Area.Wor...

A preeminent study has, for the first time, directly measured the energetic cost of chewing in humans and has suggested it may have played a crucial role in the evolution of human jaws, chewing muscles and teeth....

Recent research regarding a dinosaur nicknamed April which previously called Manchester Museum home has revealed rare new findings....

‘Tales From The Future’, a beer made in a recent collaboration between researchers at The University of Manchester and Cloudwater Brew Co., will launch at the end of August 2022. The beer is uniquely brewed using a novel strain of yeast, a hybrid, de...

A growing departmentWe were very lucky to have grown as a department,  and this year were pleased to welcome a number of new staff:Dr Eon KimDr Katie Benson Dr Jon DaviesDr Nico TrajtenbergDr Olga Sanchez De RiberaDr David StrawDr Fiamma TerenghiThey...

The items included range from an effigy of the Methodist pioneer John Wesley to the earliest portion of any New Testament writing ever found, the St John’s fragment. 3D modelsThe 3D models were created by the Rylands’ Senior Photographer Tony Richard...

Scientists from Manchester and China have demonstrated that graphene can be a kind of ‘philosopher’s stone’, allowing gold extraction from waste containing only trace amounts of gold....

The University of Manchester has been ranked at number 38 in the latest Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) which ranks the world’s leading higher education institutions. ...

Prof Ricardo Climent (Music academic and founder at Keep•It•Human) joined forces with marine biologist Camille Rivera (NGO Oceanus Conservation co-founder) and her team, to record and monitor three contrasting mangrove forests in the Philippines. Vis...

Thinking of goods as circular and leaving a lighter environmental footprint are ideas that are moving from niche to norm. Growing numbers of people now buy less stuff and buy better quality, longer-lasting goods.Some people also want to extend the li...

The inaugural issue of the journal 'Consumption and Society' published by Bristol University Press is out now.SCI Lecturer Dan Welch is among the founding co-editors of this journal focussed on articles that advance understandings of consumption as a...

Experts from The University of Manchester’s Dalton Nuclear Institute - the largest and most advanced nuclear research capability in UK academia - have called on the government to do more to support the advancement of the UK’s nuclear energy capabilit...

Researchers from the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) have developed a new enzyme engineering platform to improve plastic degrading enzymes through directed evolution.  ...

A powerful new crop management tool has been launched today, to enable farmers, businesses, and governments to make more informed decisions about water management, irrigation investments, and climate risks....

The Network aims to ensure that the world-leading UK materials research base, the existing National Quantum Technologies Programme (NQTP), and the developing quantum industry base are brought together in a UK-wide coordinated effort....

Record temperatures and dry weather in the UK this summer are causing exceptionally high levels of danger from extreme wildfires, according to experts.  ...

Distinctive and rare rock crystals were moved over long distances by Early Neolithic Brits and were used to mark their burial sites, according to groundbreaking new archaeological research. ...

A gallery of “breath-taking” images and videos which shine a light on crucial dementia research have been released today by Alzheimer’s Society’s first ever research image competition which was won by a University of Manchester researcher....

Apple trees respond to a common viral infection by targeting a gene in the same pathway that genetic scientists are aiming at, find scientists from The University of Manchester...

Two University of Manchester academics have been named 2022 National Teaching Fellows (NTFs) by Advance HE for their outstanding contributions to teaching....

A popular Ukrainian celebrity has joined forces with University of Manchester psychologists to encourage families affected by the war to access the widely shared psychological support leaflets they created....

Scientists from The University of Manchester have developed a novel yet simple method for producing vertical stacks of alternating superconductor and insulator layers of tantalum disulphide (TaS2), potentially speeding up manufacture of ‘heterostruct...