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2025
04
February
2025
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11:40
Europe/London
As part of its efforts to promote disability inclusion and empowerment within the academic community, The University of Manchester is set to host the launch of Beyond the Chair, a compelling memoir by disabled scholar Dr Paul Doyle.
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04
February
2025
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11:22
Europe/London
The University of Manchester has been awarded an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Doctoral Landscape Award, which will provide significant funding to support PhD students in arts and humanities disciplines, strengthening the universityÇà¹ÏÊÓƵ™s …
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04
February
2025
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11:04
Europe/London
Researchers from The University of Manchester have explored the barriers that block patients from attending their cervical cancer screening appointments and perspectives around self-sampling methods as an alternative.
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31
January
2025
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08:00
Europe/London
The University of Manchester is bringing together some of the UKÇà¹ÏÊÓƵ™s brightest minds from across academia, industry and regulatory affairs to make medical product testing and approval processes faster, safer, and more cost-effective.
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31
January
2025
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07:52
Europe/London
The death of a young man to bacterial meningitis has resulted in the launch and eventual rollout of a teaching resource in a bid to prevent others from enduring the same fate.
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30
January
2025
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05:01
Europe/London
Peatlands are critical ecosystems for carbon storage and biodiversity, containing more carbon than all the world's forests despite covering just 3% of the global land surface Çà¹ÏÊÓƵ“ but new research has revealed that vast areas of the UKÇà¹ÏÊÓƵ™s peatlands, …
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29
January
2025
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16:00
Europe/London
Scientists analysing samples from asteroid Bennu, delivered to Earth by NASAÇà¹ÏÊÓƵ™s OSIRIS-REx mission , have revealed new findings about the origins of life and the early days of our solar system.
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28
January
2025
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16:00
Europe/London
Scientists from The University of Manchester have developed a new material that could help reduce water pollution caused by harmful chemicals, such as from leftover medicines and hygiene products, that end up in rivers and lakes.
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28
January
2025
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10:05
Europe/London
The May Davidson Award 2024 has been presented to Dr Sarah Parry by the British Psychological Society (BPS) for her exceptional early career achievements.
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27
January
2025
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16:36
Europe/London
The UK needs greater collaboration between national and regional authorities, more empowerment of local mayors and policies tailored to specific regions to significantly improve its productivity performance in the long-term, according to the …
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27
January
2025
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16:02
Europe/London
A new study published in Nature Water has revealed that EnglandÇà¹ÏÊÓƵ™s major water and sewage companies are misleading the public and Government by using strategies which mirror those of the tobacco and fossil fuel industries.
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24
January
2025
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13:40
Europe/London
The 2024 general election was the first in the UKÇà¹ÏÊÓƵ™s history to be run under a system of voter ID. When heading to the polling station, people could only vote if they proved their identity first. This was the result of a law brought in in 2023 and …
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24
January
2025
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11:43
Europe/London
The University of Manchester and Garden Court North Chambers are set to host a lecture by award-winning Guardian journalist David Conn on the Hillsborough disaster, and the subsequent legal failings that led to a decades-long fight for justice.
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24
January
2025
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08:29
Europe/London
An international team of scientists have discovered that soap Çà¹ÏÊÓƵ“ just like the type we use to wash our hands - could be important to helping our understanding of complex systems in the human body, such as lungs, and improving therapies for conditions …
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22
January
2025
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11:43
Europe/London
The University of ManchesterÇà¹ÏÊÓƵ™s commitment to academic excellence in research and teaching across all subject areas has been recognised in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by Subject (WURS) for 2025.
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21
January
2025
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09:00
Europe/London
The University of Manchester and Bupa have announced an innovative new collaboration to develop new methods and strategies to drastically reduce the healthcare sectorÇà¹ÏÊÓƵ™s environmental impact upon our planet.
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21
January
2025
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09:00
Europe/London
A groundbreaking study led by researchers at The University of Manchester has exposed significant gaps in global research on transboundary rivers, revealing that the water needs of people in the Global South are being disproportionately …
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20
January
2025
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15:05
Europe/London
A new research project has been launched which will lay the groundwork for future studies into the impact on children of smartphone and social media use.
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20
January
2025
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13:55
Europe/London
As Donald TrumpÇà¹ÏÊÓƵ™s begins his second term as President of the United States, a groundbreaking study led by The University of Manchester has revealed that a majority of Ukrainians hold a cautiously optimistic view of his presidency - even amid …
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20
January
2025
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11:46
Europe/London
A major new study by experts from The University of Manchester has found that bullying has a significant negative impact on the mental health of teenagers - particularly for boys - and has highlighted the need for more effective prevention …
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17
January
2025
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16:53
Europe/London
The Premier League is currently vulnerable to new investors and team owners who could have sourced their wealth from illicit activities.
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15
January
2025
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16:00
Europe/London
Scientists have built an artificial motor capable of mimicking the natural mechanisms that power life.
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15
January
2025
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13:34
Europe/London
Manchester is putting communities at the heart of policy to improve health outcomes in the city following a successful bid to establish a Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC).
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14
January
2025
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19:15
Europe/London
An international team of scientists has produced the clearest three-dimensional view yet of the Ring Nebula Çà¹ÏÊÓƵ” one of the night skyÇà¹ÏÊÓƵ™s most iconic celestial objects.
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13
January
2025
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13:25
Europe/London
Friendly germs armed with their own biological syringes and poisons could hold the key to overcoming the antimicrobial resistance crisis, according to a new study by biologists at the Universities of Manchester and Basel.
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10
January
2025
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16:00
Europe/London
Researchers at The University of Manchester are celebrating after receiving two prestigious awards from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS).
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08
January
2025
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13:01
Europe/London
An international team of scientists are to set to use thousands of MRI brain scans from research teams around the world in a bid to study Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1), a lifelong neurological condition.
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07
January
2025
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19:00
Europe/London
Researchers from OxfordÇà¹ÏÊÓƵ™s Institute of Population Ageing and the University of Manchester, and Tufts University have found that head injuries, such as those induced in sports and the military, may re-awaken dormant viruses in the brain, triggering …
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07
January
2025
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16:52
Europe/London
A research team led by The University of ManchesterÇà¹ÏÊÓƵ™s Dr Jonathan Ritson has been awarded a prestigious Bezos Earth Fund Greenhouse Gas Removal Ideation Prize for their research into enhancing carbon capture and reducing methane emissions through …
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06
January
2025
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13:00
Europe/London
A significant research grant from the Wellcome Trust will allow a team of researchers to identify the biological mechanisms through which magnetic forces affect animals, including humans.
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