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Three leading departmental researchers are being awarded highly prestigious European Research Council (ERC) advanced grants.

Seven leading Manchester researchers are being awarded highly prestigious European Research Council (ERC) advanced grants.

The University of Manchester has announced the first speakers, performers and events for Universally Manchester Festival; a 200th birthday celebration like no other, with 150 free events across four captivating days at its iconic Oxford Road Campus …

No7 Beauty Company and Boots today announce the renewal of their 20-year, multi-million-pound partnership with the University of Manchester Centre for Dermatology Research for a further five years. The partnership has accelerated discoveries in skin …

In November 2023, the World Health Organisation (WHO) established the Commission on Social Connection, which aims to reposition social connection as a genuine global public health and well-being priority and to scale up cost-effective solutions to …

In a new breakthrough that could revolutionise medical and material engineering, scientists have developed a first-of-its-kind molecular device that controls the release of multiple small molecules using force.

Fintech (financial technology) is everywhere. It’s the catch-all term for technology-enabled financial services innovation.

Pet Shop Boys will appear at a special ‘in conversation’ event at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library on Friday, 26 April 2024, the day their new album ‘Nonetheless’ is released.

On March 22, Dr Nikita Basov received laudation as the recipient of the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for outstanding research achievements, as part of the Symposium for Research Award Winners in …

During the month of March, University of Manchester colleagues at the UK Data Service (UKDS) delivered the following events:Dissertation projects: Introduction to secondary analysis for qualitative and quantitative data (11 March, Alle …

Dr Jess Gifkins’s has co-authored the report Queering Atrocity Prevention in collaboration with the charity Protection Approaches, which works to change how the world views and thereby prevents identity-based violence. During the United Nations …

Researchers at The University of Manchester have achieved a groundbreaking advancement in catalyst technology.

An international team of astronomers have made a significant breakthrough in understanding the unprecedented behaviour of a previously dormant star with a powerful magnetic field.

Dr Michael Magcamit from the Department of Politics at the University of Manchester was recently awarded a Leverhulme International Fellowship of £31,000 for his research project ‘Decolonising Japanese peacebuilding through the affective peace …

MIOIR Working Paper 2024-02: Joseph Schumpeter, Alfred Marshall and the Nature of Restless Capitalism by Stan MetcalfeThe Swedish Schumpeter Lecture 2022 On Knowledge and Economic Transformation: Joseph Schumpeter, Alfred Marshall and the Nature of …

Cancer Research UK has announced today that universities across Scotland and England including the Cancer Research UK Manchester Centre are set to receive a multimillion-pound cash injection to train more doctors as clinician scientists, so they can …

To close the inaugural People Fest conference from 5-7 April, the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology and Creative Manchester proudly present 'Jeremy Deller in Conversation', a free event featuring the esteemed British artist in conversation with …

Dr Lama Tawakkol will be researching the water-for-energy deal as a lens (geo)politics, capitalist relations and power asymmetries in the region, particularly as they pertain to water governance and politics in Jordan.Tawakool is a Lecturer in …

Commenting on her new role, Haastrup said:‘UACES has been a cornerstone of my professional life, from PhD student to Professor. I have benefited from this community which has emphasised the importance of collaboration, critical thinking and …

In the article for Foreign Policy, Wang writes that ‘the mood among [Chinese] social media users is a sharp departure from past elections’, referring to the recent Taiwanese presidential election:‘In 2024, however, things have changed. The most …

As a result of conversations with academic colleagues across the humanities, the library has purchased the Object Lessons Archive 2015-2018, a digital collection of monographs published by Bloomsbury.The ‘Object Lessons’ series emerged out of The …

Scientists at The University of Manchester have supported a successful bid for a new distributed research and innovation infrastructure aimed at bolstering the UK’s capability in mass spectrometry.

£7 million funding from UK Research and Innovation has been awarded to lead partner King’s College London to establish a research theme in Population Mental Health, as part of a new national research network Population Health Improvement UK (PHI-UK) …

There is no evidence that locum doctors are less clinically competent or practice less safely than permanent doctors, a study in England led by University of Manchester researchers has shown.

The Burgess Fellowships introduce two new, published writers to each year’s new Creative Writing Masters programme at the Centre.In their role as Writer Fellows, Nat and Victoria read work-in-progress by the MA Creative Writing cohort, and by …

Dr Pritish Behuria, Associate Professor in Politics, Governance, and Development at the Global Development Institute, has been awarded two prestigious grants for a project entitled ‘Varieties of African Capitalisms: The Contemporary Vulnerabilities …

Guest editors:Elena Cefis, University of Bergamo, Jakob Edler, ISI Fraunhofer and University of Manchester, Silvia Massini, University of Manchester.BackgroundResearch on innovation policy has often developed to address and respond to the specific …

The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) is pleased to announce that applications are now open for this competition and will be evaluated based on the strength of their commercial proposition to establish a new business revolving around …

Researchers based at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) and The University of Manchester, supported by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), have been awarded an …

The University of Manchester has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Greater Manchester-based organisation KultraLab Limited, which will formalise and strengthen the partnership through new research, development and knowledge exchange …