University of Manchester third highest for academic journal spending
Out of 137 universities, the University of Manchester was found to be the third-highest spending in academic journal subscription expenditure from 2017-2019.
Manchester’s scientists and clinicians step up to beat COVID-19 and save lives
Manchester’s scientists and clinicians have formed a rapid response research group to find ways to save lives nationally and globally from coronavirus.
University of Manchester robot researchers make strides forward
Researchers at the University of Manchester have developed a theory that could kick-start improvements in the way robots walk.
‘One of the biggest blows in the Brexit saga’: Manchester students speak out against Erasmus vote
University of Manchester students have slammed MPs’ vote against the Erasmus programme negotiation.
What risks are there of the coronavirus reaching Britain?
As of today, the viral virus has killed 26 people and infected more than 800, but not all cases have been reported.
Behind the masks: Manchester’s Hong Kong protesters speak out
Molotov cocktails streak across the night sky. Tear gas hovers just above the ground. Hong Kong appears on the brink of collapse.
‘No substitute for collective action’: Massive Attack and University of Manchester seek to reduce music industry climate impact
Bristol-based band Massive Attack are joining forces with The University of Manchester to tackle the music industry’s environmental impact.
Staff and students unite outside University of Manchester as national strike enters second day
Both teaching and support staff are taking industrial action over concerns with pay and working hours.
Interview: China will defeat US in mobile phone trade war, says University of Manchester academic
The United States are not realising the incredible “Chinese technological prowess” in the context of the US-China trade war and will ultimately be defeated by their Asian rivals, says a leading University of Manchester academic.
Perceptual control theory: the solution to psychology’s therapy attendance and research replication issues?
Dr Warren Mansell and his team at the University of Manchester say that over 100 years of behaviourist theory that underpins psychological discourse and therapies may have fundamentally misunderstood human behaviour.
50 years to the day: Tommie Smith and the Black Power Salute
A martyr of sport, a symbol of hope and living embodiment of Olympic Idealism.