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Applications to be part of the bicentenary festival, Universally Manchester Festival are open until 22 March 2024. This flagship event of our 200th celebrations offers a unique platform to reach a diverse audience here in Manchester and beyond, whether that’s raising awareness of climate change research through dance, providing a sneak peek into the world…
Pictured above from left to right is Nazir Afzal OBE, Chancellor, Professor Sir Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for England, and Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, President and Vice-Chancellor. Professor Sir Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for England, launched The University of Manchester’s new Talk 200 series on 13 February with a lecture on health inequalities. Our…
Do you have a question about the University’s visa check-in system? We want to hear from you! On Wednesday 28 February from 12 noon until 1pm, we’re hosting an online open meeting to discuss all things visa-check in. The meeting will be hosted by Robbie Beale, Activities and Cultures Officer at the Students’ Union. It’s…
Our University has announced it will be hosting Universally Manchester, a celebratory four-day festival to mark its 200th year, welcoming up to 60,000 people to our Oxford Road campus from Thursday, 6 June to Sunday, 9 June 2024. Festival goers will be able to curate their own varied programme, from behind-the-scenes tours to salon discussions,…
In 2024 we celebrate our bicentenary: 200 years of learning, innovation, and research at Manchester, and we want you to get involved. We’re calling all our students to share what being ‘Made in Manchester’ means to you through art, words, sound or video. We’re asking you to capture the rich and transformative experiences you and…
The University ‘painted the town purple’ on Wednesday, 17 January with a brilliant pathway of light illuminating Oxford Road to mark the start of our 200th anniversary celebrations. Light Up, the first in a series of exciting bicentenary events planned throughout 2024, saw campus transform from a frosty white to a resplendent purple. Iconic buildings…
Here we are at the start of a new year, 2024. A very special moment for us at The University of Manchester, as we mark our bicentenary. A year to celebrate 200 years of learning, innovation and research. 200 years of our incredible people and community. 200 years of global influence. A time to reflect…
The University of Manchester has appointed Professor Duncan Ivison as its next President & Vice-Chancellor. He will formally take up his role as President & Vice-Chancellor on 1st August 2024. He will succeed Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell who steps down after 14 years in the role at the end of July 2024 when her contract…
Latest news 3rd July 2024: Recent Protest – Publication of Questions and Answers 17th June 2024: Update on protest activity – a message from Patrick Hackett, Chief Operating Officer 10th June 2024: Recent protests: joint University and Students’ Union statement 25 May 2024: Updated: Exam contingency plans following occupation of the Whitworth Hall 17 May…
A drug alert has been issued in Manchester over neon green ‘ToR’ embossed tablets which are being sold as ecstasy/MDMA. The tablets have been analytically confirmed by Manchester Drug Analysis Exchange (MANDRAKE) to contain a strong two and a half times the common oral dose. MANDRAKE are an organisation based at Manchester Metropolitan University who…
What has happened? The University and College Union (UCU) has failed to reach the legal threshold for a further mandate for industrial action over pay and working conditions. The ballot closed on Friday, 3 November and followed the UCU’s latest mandate, which ended in late September 2023. The turnout, which was 42.59% of all eligible…
A drug alert has been issued in Manchester over purple ‘FC Barcelona’ embossed tablets which are being sold as ecstasy/MDMA. The tablets have been analytically confirmed by Manchester Drug Analysis Exchange (MANDRAKE) to contain a strong three times the common oral dose. MANDRAKE are an organisation based at Manchester Metropolitan University who chemically analyse drugs across…
Recent demonstrations on campus and social media comments have made claims that need correcting. We want to make it clear that The University of Manchester (including its graphene activities) has no involvement with the Israeli defence sector. For clarification, in 2014 an early graphene manufacturing spinout called 2-D Tech was sold to a British company…
A drug alert has been issued in Manchester over yellow ‘Tomorrowland’ embossed tablets which are being sold as ecstasy/MDMA. The tablets have been analytically confirmed by Manchester Drug Analysis Exchange (MANDRAKE) to contain a strong dose of dipentylone, a synthetic cathinone. MANDRAKE are an organisation based at Manchester Metropolitan University who chemically analyse drugs across the…
A commitment to good community relations at this difficult time We understand that our University community is deeply concerned about the escalating violence, loss of life and the dreadful situation in Israel and Palestine. The University and Students’ Union are continuing to stand together, committed to assuring good community relations at this difficult time as…