Manchester Magazine

April 2021 Issue Words by Nancy Rothwell As I write we have more staff and students back on campus than we have been able to for 12 months. There is growing optimism and we hope to be able to welcome even more students back in the coming weeks. It is hard to speak of the future […]

April 2021 Issue Words by Krystyna Rudzki Images by iStock/xavierarnau As the UK considers how its economy can recover from the impact of the pandemic, a new institute based at Manchester is aiming to reframe the debate on productivity. A new national institute aims to change the way the UK thinks about, measures and increases productivity. Based at Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS),

April 2021 Issue Words by Vicky Taylor-Plane As a leading international research university, The University of Manchester is committed to playing a collaborative role in tackling global challenges and helping create a greener, fairer and healthier world. We are the world’s number one university in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings for action taken towards the United Nations’

April 2021 Issue Words by Alan Beck Image by Beenish courtesy of the Faculty of Science and Engineering Meet the graphene entrepreneurs putting social responsibility at the centre of their new businesses to help protect our environment. Across the world, more than one billion tyres are burned or buried in landfill every year. Around 60% of all water used

April 2021 Issue Words by Professor Rob Field Illustration by Jane Naylor In looking to a greener and healthier future, what we can take from our past? Professor Rob Field, Director of the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB), explains the lineage from our oldest innovations to those that will shape our future. We have a rich history of discovering alternative

April 2021 Issue Words by Sally Mavin Image by iStock/DrAfter123 Every five minutes, someone in the UK will have a stroke, with one in ten of these a brain haemorrhage. Manchester researchers are preparing to launch a care package across north-west England that could save more lives from these severe strokes. Fiona Moss will never

Autumn 2019 Issue Words by Nancy Rothwell and Luke Georghiou Research and discovery are at the core of what we do at the University, driven by curiosity and the pursuit of new knowledge. However, we also aim to ensure that we realise the impact and benefit of those discoveries for both their economic and social

Autumn 2019 Issue Words by Katie McCall Image by iStock/Design Cells The University of Manchester is home to a world-leading community of immunology and inflammation experts, working together to address the some of the most pressing global healthcare challenges. Named after the celebrated scientist and women’s rights advocate, the Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation unites

Autumn 2019 Issue Words by Dipika Mummery Images by Tracey Gibb Anthony Burgess’s plans to publish his collected works as he intended were never realised – until now. Manchester University Press (MUP) is bringing unseen texts and familiar works together for the first time in an enlightening scholarly series. An asteroid hurtles towards Earth, ready to

Summer 2019 Issue Words by Nancy Rothwell and James Thompson In this issue of the magazine we will place the spotlight on our University’s commitment to social responsibility. This commitment – one of our three core goals – is particularly pertinent as we look afresh at what it means to be a civic university, now and in