News archive – January 2024
Welcome to 2024 – and 200 years of The University of Manchester
01 Jan 2024
A message from our President and Vice-Chancellor, Dame Nancy Rothwell
Have you returned with any new gadgets?
02 Jan 2024
If you've arrived back after a break with a new laptop, phone or tablet, we have instructions on how to get it set up on some of our IT services
University members recognised in 2024 New Year Honours
02 Jan 2024
Three of our professors are among those recognised in the King’s 2024 New Year Honours List
Aurora Women’s Leadership Development Programme for Women
02 Jan 2024
Applications close this week - Friday, 5 January 2024
Starting well in 2024
02 Jan 2024
Start your new year with a commitment to your wellbeing
Manchester Access Programme: academic tutors needed
03 Jan 2024
This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to our social responsibility goals and develop your one-to-one tutoring
Wood Street Mission Lottery winner
03 Jan 2024
Announcing the winner for January 2024
UMRI Pump-Priming for collaborative research
03 Jan 2024
Funding call to be launched next week – for activities that encourage collaboration and align to four themes, increasing our interdisciplinary research
Student Experience Internship Programme 2024 launches
04 Jan 2024
The Student Experience Internship (SEI) team is pleased to announce that the SEI 2024 programme is now accepting project proposals for Learning Through Research (LTR) internships
Aline Egan's legacy: helping postgraduate students finance their studies
04 Jan 2024
Thanks to Manchester alumna Aline Egan, who kindly chose to remember the University with a gift in her will, which is helping to support up to 200 postgraduate students over the next four years
HR Excellence in Research Award
04 Jan 2024
University successfully retains award which recognises our full adoption of European Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers
Turbocharge your career at the Research Staff Conference
04 Jan 2024
Explore a range of career paths and examine areas of leadership, collaborations, decision making, and grant writing on Monday, 29 January – registration closes at midday on Friday, 12 January
Issues with login to several IT systems - resolved
05 Jan 2024
Update on IT login issues
There’s still time to enter the 2024 Making a Difference Awards
05 Jan 2024
The deadline is fast approaching, so make sure you enter or nominate someone for our Making a Difference Awards by 16 January
The Turing Scheme 23/24: call now open for PGRs
05 Jan 2024
We’re pleased to announce that the call is open for Turing Scheme placements for our postgraduate researchers
Have you heard of Students as Partners?
08 Jan 2024
'Students as Partners' describes opportunities for students to take an active role in supporting our University improve the student experience
Take part in our Purple Wave during a very special year
08 Jan 2024
The Purple Wave holds a special place in our bicentenary celebrations, and we're looking to assemble 1824 runners for the Great Manchester Run on Sunday, 26 May 2024
Rewarding exceptional performance scheme opens
08 Jan 2024
Nominations are open from Monday, 8 January to Friday, 16 February 2024
Starting well in 2024
08 Jan 2024
Start your New Year with a commitment to your wellbeing
Recognition for President & Vice-Chancellor's huge and sustained contributions
08 Jan 2024
Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell recognised by the University for her outstanding career and service
Professor Alex Frangi to speak as part of Lord Mayor of London's lecture series
08 Jan 2024
Computational Medicine and Digital Twins Improving Medical Care takes place on Friday, 12 January as part of the Knowledge Miles lecture series
Career mentoring for undergraduates – applications now open
09 Jan 2024
The programme is designed to match successful students with an industry professional to support them with their career planning and decision making
Digital Futures – Manchester Prize
09 Jan 2024
Applications for the Manchester Prize now open – please complete information form by 4pm on Monday, 15 January 2024
Join our purple pathway of light, celebrating our 200th year
10 Jan 2024
On Wednesday, 17 January we'll be celebrating the start of our University's 200th year with a special evening of light, poetry and performances
UMRI Interdisciplinary Research Funding
10 Jan 2024
University of Manchester Research Institute (UMRI) announces two funding calls for 2024 in light of impressive and extensive range of activities and outputs from UMRI-awarded projects
The 7th Annual Institute for Data Science and AI Conference
10 Jan 2024
Following on from the success of ADSAI 2023, this year’s Institute for Data Science and AI Conference, a Digital Futures activity, will take place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Manchester over the course of two days on 3 and 4 June 2024
Watch with me: blending the synchronous with the asynchronous
10 Jan 2024
Institute of Teaching and Learning Fellowship Project report focuses on a new and innovative teaching methodology
Changes to our Student Services Centre
11 Jan 2024
As part of continued developments in our student support, the Student Services Centre (SSC) front desk closed permanently from Thursday, 21 December 2023
WATCH: Wendy Gallagher - Judging a Distinguished Achievement Award nomination
11 Jan 2024
Wendy Gallagher from The Manchester Museum and judge for the Distinguished Achievement Awards explains why you should nominate a colleague and what the judges are looking for
Hyatt Regency Hotel and Hyatt House: 2024 discounted rates now available
11 Jan 2024
Colleagues can get a discounted rate of £89 per night (bed and breakfast) at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Booth Street West through the online booking system, which is back in use
Find out more about our University’s commitment to social responsibility
12 Jan 2024
Public engagement – what, why and how: our next open session for colleagues
Sangrand Magh 2024
12 Jan 2024
Wishing our Sikh colleagues a wonderful Sangrand Magh
Book your place on our Microsoft 365 training sessions
12 Jan 2024
The Microsoft 365 training available to all staff as an extension of the Digital Champions Programme has recently added 2,500 new registration spaces for sessions between January - April 2024
Research Cafe - Manchester's DNA
12 Jan 2024
Join us for an informal lunch and discussion on the present and future of genetics humanities
MyView unavailable on following dates
12 Jan 2024
Please anticipate that MyView may be unavailable on the following dates in January and February so that essential updates can be made to the system
Changing our approach to resolving issues at work
12 Jan 2024
We are changing our approach so that colleagues are better informed about what services are on offer and prepared if they need to access them
New StaffNet pages for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
12 Jan 2024
New design and simplified navigation better reflect how the EDI team work to realise the ambitions of our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion strategy
Book now: Open meeting with the Senior Leadership Team
15 Jan 2024
The meeting, taking place on Monday 29 January, will focus on 2024 and the year ahead for our university
‘Blue Monday’ but any day can be challenging
15 Jan 2024
Mental Health and Wellbeing Support
Register for the annual Research Communications Conference, 29 February
15 Jan 2024
The event is open to researchers at all career levels and Professional Services colleagues responsible for promoting research
World 100 university reputation survey – deadline
16 Jan 2024
The World 100 Reputation Network survey ends on Sunday, 11 February – your answers enable us to see how we’re perceived compared to other UK and global universities by staff
Technician scores a place in national physical disability cricket squad
16 Jan 2024
Jordan Williams has been selected to join the team on a five-game tour of India later this month
Manchester win latest University Challenge match
16 Jan 2024
The Manchester team were up against Birkbeck - London in the latest programme
Join our Appeals, Complaints, Conduct and Discipline (ACCD) Network
16 Jan 2024
Are you involved in student casework?
Book launch event with author Gregor Gall
16 Jan 2024
Marking the launch of 'Mick Lynch: the making of a working-class hero', published by Manchester University Press
Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti 2024
17 Jan 2024
Wishing our Sikh colleagues a happy Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
Anthony Green and Rahul Nair honoured in 2024 Blavatnik Awards
17 Jan 2024
Professor Green and Professor Nair are named as UK Laureates in the the 2024 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK
Manchester Digital Skills Festival
17 Jan 2024
The University of Manchester announced as education partner for the Manchester Digital Skills Festival
Explore new open research management tools
18 Jan 2024
Introducing OSF and Protocols.io
Manchester poet wins prestigious TS Eliot Prize
18 Jan 2024
Senior Lecturer Jason Allen-Paisant has been named the winner of the UK’s most prestigious poetry award, the TS Eliot Prize
Staff benefits January update
18 Jan 2024
Boost your wellbeing this new year with your exciting range of employee benefits.
Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching Conference 2024
18 Jan 2024
The University of Manchester’s College for Interdisciplinary Learning (UCIL) will host the Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching Conference on Thursday, 21 March 2024
Join our wellbeing choir, plus our latest Be Active timetable now available
18 Jan 2024
Kickstart your new year with our timetable of activities
Changes to Blackboard on Saturday 27 January
18 Jan 2024
As part of our planned upgrade of the Blackboard interface, there will be some disruption to this service.
£500 prize up for grabs as 2024 Micropoetry Competition opens
18 Jan 2024
To mark our 200th year, our Micropoetry competition is back with esteemed poet and former Chancellor of the University, Lemn Sissay, returning to the judging panel for 2024.
Spotlight on University reputation
18 Jan 2024
Our External Stakeholders Survey report is one of the most positive to date
Closing soon: Library Open Access monograph competition 2023/24
19 Jan 2024
Unfunded monograph authors: there’s just one week to enter the competition to win funding to make your monograph Open Access
Plans for Fallowfield campus redevelopment approved
19 Jan 2024
The approved proposal will create modern, high-quality, purpose-built student accommodation on the Fallowfield campus. It forms part of a phased redevelopment to increase the supply of modern bedrooms and student socialising spaces to provide a supportive residential experience.
Performance & Development Review (P&DR) update
19 Jan 2024
Improving P&DR through conversations highlighting continuous professional development
WATCH: Stephen Hamer on judging a Distinguished Achievement Award
19 Jan 2024
Stephen Hamer from the Faculty of Science and Engineering and judge for the Distinguished Achievement Awards explains why you should nominate a colleague and what the judges are looking for.
Concert for Chinese New Year 2024
19 Jan 2024
The Confucius Institute at the University of Manchester is delighted to host a concert for Chinese New Year on 26 January at the Martin Harris Centre.
Got a business idea? Sign up for start-up bootcamps, plus enter our competition
22 Jan 2024
You could win up to £15,000 of start-up funding for your business idea
Boost your research profile - Research Communications Conference 2024
22 Jan 2024
Registration for our annual event – on Thursday, 29 February – is now open to researchers at all career levels and professional services staff responsible for promoting research
Join our bicentenary sessions: exploring content, design, events and social
22 Jan 2024
Join our bicentenary and social media teams at one of two sessions planned for colleagues across the University, demonstrating how to support our bicentenary celebrations through content, design and social media.
University lights up for 200th celebration
22 Jan 2024
We ‘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
Sustainability drop-in Q&A: online session
23 Jan 2024
Taking place on Tuesday, 30 January from 11am - 5pm
Celebrating the official launch of the Pankhurst Institute building
23 Jan 2024
On 16 November 2023, the Christabel Pankhurst Institute for Health Technology Research and Innovation ('the Pankhurst') welcomed guests to celebrate the official launch of its flagship building on the Manchester Oxford Road Corridor
New Associate Director for The University of Manchester Library
23 Jan 2024
Ciaran Talbot has been appointed to the post of Associate Director: AI and Ideas Adoption for The University of Manchester Library.
Free Basic Life Support training sessions
23 Jan 2024
The sessions are running on Wednesday, 7 February and Wednesday, 6 March from 1pm until 3pm
USS Update
23 Jan 2024
The 2023 valuation has been completed and lower contribution rates are now in effect from 1 January 2024.
New John Rylands exhibition, plus Royal Geographical Society Archives available
24 Jan 2024
Explore stories of identity in our Library collections
WATCH: Georgina Lewis-Vasco on judging a Distinguished Achievement Award
24 Jan 2024
Georgina Lewis-Vasco from the School of Social Sciences and judge for the Distinguished Achievement Awards discuses the importance of diversity and inclusion when judging an award.
University awarded Disability Confident Leader status
24 Jan 2024
We are one of 13 UK universities to be awarded Disability Confident Leader status
Enhancing student engagement - the new way to record attendance
25 Jan 2024
At our University, we believe that consistent attendance and active engagement with a programme of study are important factors, in both academic success and maintaining a balanced, healthy student life
Mahayana New Year
25 Jan 2024
Happy New Year to all our Buddhist staff and students
International Science Partnerships Fund
25 Jan 2024
Research England funding for Overseas Development Assistance projects – application deadline Wednesday, 28 February
LGBT+ History Month
25 Jan 2024
Celebrating our LGBT+ community at Manchester
Planned maintenance on P:drives and some shared drives (postponed)
25 Jan 2024
Information regarding maintenance work affecting P: drives and some shared drives
Join a focus group to help improve the effectiveness of IT Service delivery
26 Jan 2024
The IT Services team is looking for lecturers and researchers to help shape the University’s IT Service Management tool, which includes the Support Portal.
An update on Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) on campus
26 Jan 2024
Structural Engineers have completed detailed visual inspections followed by intrusive investigations and confirmed that all areas within Schuster building remain safe to occupy
Holocaust Memorial Day – Saturday, 27 January
26 Jan 2024
Reflecting on the Holocaust
Join us at our endometriosis and PCOS awareness event
26 Jan 2024
The Endometriosis and PCOS Support Network would like to invite you to our Endometriosis and PCOS awareness event, taking place on Friday, 1 March from 10am until 1pm
Sneak peek into UCIL’s online credit-bearing units for undergraduates
26 Jan 2024
Colleagues can now request access to a wide range of undergraduate course units available through the University College for Interdisciplinary Learning (UCIL)
AMBS talk: AI against forced and child labour, with Professor Ser-Huang Poon
26 Jan 2024
The Centre of the Analysis of Investment Risk is pleased to host this talk on Thursday, 29 February, from 3:30pm until 5pm
Time to Talk Day
26 Jan 2024
Take the time to check-in, listen and share your story
Team Rwanda: Applications open for flagship volunteer project
29 Jan 2024
Creating opportunities for widening participation students
One week left to apply: academic tutors needed for Manchester Access Programme
29 Jan 2024
This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to our social responsibility goals and develop your one-to-one tutoring
National Student Survey (NSS 2024) launches
29 Jan 2024
The NSS 2024 is now open, which means it’s time for our final year students to tell us about their time at Manchester.
WATCH: Open meeting with the Senior Leadership Team
29 Jan 2024
Today, 1-2pm
February offers from Beauty Bee
29 Jan 2024
Special prices available for treatments during February 2023
Sustainability Careers Week
29 Jan 2024
Encourage our students to attend
Book club meeting
29 Jan 2024
Our next meeting will be Friday, 23 February from 12:30 to 1:30pm
Responsibility of ownership and use of chemicals
30 Jan 2024
Colleagues are reminded of their duty of care when using chemicals – full guidance available
Our Universally Manchester Festival – and more!
30 Jan 2024
University to host four-day festival celebrating our 200th year – from Thursday, 6 to Sunday, 9 June – featuring Professor Brian Cox and Professor David Olusoga
Student Volunteering Week
31 Jan 2024
The Volunteering and Awards team will be running a programme of events from Monday, 12 February to Friday, 16 February and there is plenty for students to get involved with
Delivering Imagine2030: Library Annual Report 2022/23
31 Jan 2024
The latest report has been published
University awarded Silver Athena Swan
31 Jan 2024
Silver award recognises advancement of gender equality and our work to embed inclusivity across the University
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visits Jodrell Bank
31 Jan 2024
Celebration of UNESCO World Heritage status sees The Princess Royal operating our famous Lovell Telescope and planting sapling grown from seed originating from Sir Isaac Newton’s apple tree
Learn a new language at the Language Café
31 Jan 2024
For those of you who are trying out a new language for 2024 or want to have an opportunity to practice your language skills in an informal setting, the Language Café is the perfect place for you.