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The five Greater Manchester’s Universities, of which The University of Manchester is one, have launched a refreshed set of civic priorities, reaffirming their collective commitment to improving lives across the city-region.

Today, 23 October 2025, Understanding Animal Research (UAR) has published a list of the ten organisations that carried out the highest number of animal procedures – those used in medical, veterinary, and scientific research – in Great Britain in …

Children placed in school ‘isolation rooms’ are losing learning time, feeling cut off from their peers and suffering damage to their wellbeing, according to new research from The University of Manchester.

Representatives from the Oddfellows, a national friendly society, visited the Manchester Cancer Research Centre (MCRC) on Thursday 2 October to present a cheque for £67,068 to Prevent Breast Cancer to help progress its innovative breast cancer …

An anthropologist from The University of Manchester has uncovered the hidden struggles of young men on the edges of Nairobi, who inherit land but lack the means to turn it into the financial security they desperately need.

Researchers at The University of Manchester are developing pioneering technology to harness powerful wind in railway tunnels, turning them into renewable energy power stations. Researchers at The University of Manchester are developing pioneering …

 Abusive parents will no longer have presumed access to their children following a change in the law and years of campaigning by victims’ groups and other experts, including University of Manchester researchers.

As the government continues to grapple with the challenge of recruiting and retaining new teachers, a new study from The University of Manchester has shed light on why some flourish in the classroom, while others struggle and even leave the …

Ardwick Climate Action, a group based in Ardwick, Manchester, working with University of Manchester researchers, has been recognised for its work by The Health Creation Alliance

The first  ever psychological intervention to help prepare medical students for clinical placements saw significant improvements in resilience, confidence and mental wellbeing after taking part in a pilot online coaching programme called …

The University of Manchester has today (16 October) set out a clear strategic ambition to be a great civic University for the 21st century: From Manchester for the World.

The Government could save upwards of £20 billion and support more than 220,000 people back into employment through return-to-work schemes, according to new analysis by researchers from The University of Manchester, Newcastle and Glasgow

A mobile app can improve the symptoms of one of the commonest mental health problem in students - even with limited engagement- according to University of Manchester researchers.

A groundbreaking study led by University of Manchester scientists has identified genetic variants which make some patients more sensitive to radiation in specific parts of the rectum than others.

Supermarket shoppers across the UK are all too familiar with empty shelves when disruption strikes. Whether it was the panic buying of COVID-19, floods affecting deliveries or strikes in distribution centres, the fragility of supply chains has …

A near-complete skeleton found on UK’s Jurassic Coast has been identified as a new and rare species of ichthyosaur - a type of prehistoric marine reptile that once ruled the ancient oceans.

Research from The University of Manchester has uncovered how something as simple as walking and taking photographs can reveal powerful stories about people’s lives and the places they live.

Groundbreaking new research led by The University of Manchester has uncovered a significant and lasting link between the subjects young people study in secondary school and their political preferences. 

The University of Manchester has been ranked 8th in the UK and 56th in the world in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2026. The prestigious rankings evaluate more than 2,000 institutions from 115 countries and territories.

In a unique tribute to cross-musical culture, 70 Valencian musicians are to march around the University of Manchester campus before performing at the nearby Christ Church Moss Side.

One of the UK’s leading experts in fungal infections, Dr Riina Richardson, has been elected the next President of the British Society for Medical Mycology (BSMM) – one of the oldest medical mycology societies in the world.Dr Richardson is a Senior …

A team of researchers has found new ways to make it cheaper - and greener - for small food producers to get their goods to customers.

New research by Dr Laure Humbert from The University of Manchester and Dr Raphaële Balu from Sorbonne University has revealed how Britain’s vital contribution to the French Resistance during the Second World War was largely forgotten in France - and …

For ten long years, Australia earned an unenviable reputation as one of the world’s climate change ‘laggards’. From 2013 to 2022 its governments weakened environmental rules, cut renewable energy funding and fought against international climate …

An innovative study by University of Manchester researchers has shown that mothers’ feelings of being overwhelmed and unhappiness, not fathers’,  are directly associated with their children’s feelings of nervousness, worry and …

The University of Manchester has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Washington in the US.

An AI-powered hearing test is reliably able to check your hearing on a computer or smart phone without clinical supervision according to a study by University of Manchester researchers.

We are shocked and horrified by the events at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue this morning.  The thoughts of everyone at the University and Students’ Union go out to those affected and their loved ones. 

Commercial sunbeds should be banned in the UK, argue experts from the University of Manchester and Christie NHS Foundation Trust  in The BMJ today.

75 years after the publication of Alan Turing’s seminal paper Computing Machinery and Intelligence, The University of Manchester now sits at the centre of a 1,600-strong community of researchers who are shaping the future of artificial intelligence …