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Professor Duncan Ivison: ‘Collaboration is our superpower and we need to lean into it’

A year into his Presidency and Vice-Chancellorship, Professor Duncan Ivison is firmly focused on the future. He tells us about his vision for Manchester’s next decade and the work being done to take us there.

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Judith Sear: The Life and Impact of the Sear Family
Manchester alumna Judith Sear established the Sear Family Cancer Research Fund after losing her son, Jason, to adrenal cancer. In this interview, Judith explains how ...
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Foreword: Dear Manchester
As a Londoner, I wanted to go to a big city for university – I needed somewhere vibrant, energetic and community-driven. Manchester ticked all the ...
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Ed O’Brien Musician – Activist and Honorary Mancunian
Winners of four Ivor Novello Awards, three Grammys and the joint most-nominated act in Mercury Prize history, Radiohead remain among the most revered bands in ...

Solving the world’s most urgent problems

July 2022 Issue Words by Vicky Taylor-Plane Illustration by Jane Naylor The University has a strong tradition of delivering innovation and positive change, creating benefits ...

Greater Manchester graduates

July 2022 Issue Words by Anna Pintus Images by Jill Jennings and Pete Carr The University of Manchester’s graduates are the most sought after by ...

The First Light Pavilion

July 2022 Issue Words by Jodrell Bank Image by Andrew Brooks Jodrell Bank Observatory, part of the University, is celebrating the opening of a new ...

Gift of Time

July 2022 Issue Words by Anna Pintus Illustration by Jane Naylor To mark the end of his tenure as our Chancellor, Lemn Sissay OBE has ...

Putting the human back into the algorithm

July 2022 Issue Words by Sami Kaski, Professor of Artificial Intelligence Image by iStock/ipopba Is AI our only hope for the future of humankind? Professor ...

A real pop-portunity

July 2022 Issue Words by Rose Brooke A first-of-its-kind pop archive has launched in Manchester, bringing with it extraordinary objects from the popular culture canon ...
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