News archive – July 2011

Pigment patterns from the prehistoric past
01 Jul 2011
An international collaboration led by researchers at The University of Manchester has for the first time revealed chemical traces of pigments in bird, fish and squid fossils, some over 100 million years old.

Temporary summer closure: Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre
01 Jul 2011
Due to essential repair work to its library and office space on J Floor, Sackville Street Building, the Centre will be closed to the public between 8 July and 12 September 2011.

Enter an 'English Summer' themed Twitter poetry competition
03 Jul 2011
Inspiring success leads to second outing in #micropoem14

The University of Manchester – Strategic Vision 2020
04 Jul 2011
Introduction by the President and Vice-Chancellor with link to full consultation document.

Residential Pastoral Advisors
04 Jul 2011
Applications are invited from academic, academic related or research staff or postgraduate students of The University of Manchester for Residential Pastoral Advisor posts on the Fallowfield Campus for the 2011/12 academic session.

Summer in the City: Events in July
04 Jul 2011
24:7 Theatre Festival * Manchester Jazz Festival * Manchester Summer Mega Mela

Christie's Bistro opens coffee shop for Graduation
04 Jul 2011
The staff from Christie's Bistro will be opening up a coffee shop in the old Visitors' Centre next to Whitworth Hall throughout Graduation fortnight.

Wood Street Mission Lottery
04 Jul 2011
Announcing the winner for July.

Research Computing Courses: July 2011
04 Jul 2011
IT Services for Research is running a series of courses aimed at staff and postgraduates who run computer simulations as part of their research.

Sky Ride Manchester: Bike through the streets without a car in sight
05 Jul 2011
On Sunday 7 August 2011 in Manchester City Centre.

Putting sunshine in the tank
05 Jul 2011
Scientists from The University of Manchester are working on how to use the energy of the Sun to make fuels, which could help to solve the world’s escalating energy crisis.

The wonders of graphene on display
05 Jul 2011
An interactive exhibit highlighting the almost limitless potential of the world’s thinnest material goes on display today.

Walk to Ardwick Park on Tuesday 5 July
05 Jul 2011
Lunchtime Strollers at The University of Manchester

Disability Support Office temporary closure
05 Jul 2011
Closed for staff training on 13 and 14 July

UMSA Day at Chester Races on Sunday 31 July
05 Jul 2011
Due to the popularity of this event, we have laid on an extra coach and have places still available!

Offer for University staff: Two complimentary tickets for Not Part Of Festival
05 Jul 2011
HEAD/HEART at The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama on Friday 8 July (6.30pm) and Saturday 9 July (6.30pm)

AUA North West Conference and Jubilee Lecture
06 Jul 2011
A full day of professional development workshops and peer networking for administrators and managers on 27 July at Edge Hill University, Ormskirk.

UK researchers to take the lead in international partnerships
06 Jul 2011
Almost £1·5m is once again being made available this year for UK environmental scientists taking a lead in international research projects.

Rutherford Public Lectures at University Place
06 Jul 2011
To celebrate the centenary of Rutherford's "discovery" of the atomic nucleus in 1911, a short series of public lectures is being held which will look at the history of this discovery, as well as its application to modern medicine and nuclear energy.

Events at The Manchester Museum from 9 July
06 Jul 2011
Froglife Big Saturday on 9 July * We are extInked exhibition – 100 tattoos on 100 ambassadors for endangered species

Picturing the Holy Land: Collection close-up
06 Jul 2011
Free event on Wednesday 13 July (12-12.45pm) at John Rylands Library Deansgate.

Chancellors Hotel Open Evening
06 Jul 2011
Inviting all University conference and accommodation bookers to attend the Chancellors Spanish Evening on Thursday 14 July 2011.

Manchester International Festival – late nights at the Whitworth
06 Jul 2011
For every night of the Festival (30 June-17 July), at the Whitworth Art Gallery, Whitworth Park will come to life for Tony Oursler’s The Influence Machine, a spectral son-et-lumiere with videos projected onto trees and smoke.

FoodOnCampus News
06 Jul 2011
University Place Graduation BBQ * Taste Manchester's Sizzling Summer Offer * Special Graduation cupcakes * EATS early closure on 19 July

Scientists wanted to take part in this year’s Manchester Science Festival
06 Jul 2011
Help is required with scientific analysis at Laughter Yoga Workshop on Monday 24 October 2011 (5.30pm).

The new Directorate of Estates and Facilities
07 Jul 2011
From 1 August 2011, there will be a change of name to reflect the transfer of catering and conferencing to the Directorate of Estates.

Do well at school to avoid heart disease later, research shows
07 Jul 2011
Students who leave school without any qualifications can expect to suffer from poorer health and greater risk of heart disease than those with some qualifications, according to new research.

Revised Taught Degree Regulations
07 Jul 2011
Update on developments so far and next steps.

Chips hold the key to understanding the human brain
07 Jul 2011
University of Manchester scientists have taken a key step towards producing a high-performance computer which aims to create working models of human brain functions.

EPSRC Doctoral Prize 2011
07 Jul 2011
Applications are now invited for the 2011 EPSRC Doctoral Prize.

Public engagement practice in contemporary Chinese arts
08 Jul 2011
Talk by Ying Kwok (The Chinese Arts Centre) on Tuesday 19 July (12.30-1.30pm) in The Kanaris Theatre, The Manchester Museum.

Historian marks debt to forgotten birth control pioneers
08 Jul 2011
A University of Manchester historian researching a forgotten band of women, who established birth control clinics in working class communities during the 1920s, says their work should be recognised.

Fundraising for The Teenage Cancer Trust at FoodOnCampus!
08 Jul 2011
There will be collection tins at all FoodOnCampus outlets from July to September 2011 (and again from January to March 2012) to raise funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust in Manchester.

Parking during Graduation fortnight: Monday 11 July to Friday 22 July
11 Jul 2011
During the next two weeks we shall see a large increase in visitors using the car parks around the University.

This week at The Martin Harris Centre: Final Not Part of Festival events
11 Jul 2011
Percussive Feet on 12 and 13 July (8pm) * University of Manchester Symphony Orchestra on 14 July (1pm)

Furniture Store – next opening
11 Jul 2011
Visit the Furniture Store on 12 July (10am to 11am) to measure and select furniture of your choice for re-use within the University.

Bioinformatics for Clinical Geneticists
11 Jul 2011
Two-day training course on 18-19 October at Nowgen

New Head appointed at Manchester Medical School
11 Jul 2011
The University of Manchester has appointed Professor Tony Freemont as the new Head of Undergraduate Medical Education for Manchester Medical School.

Japan nuclear victims in 1950s ‘guinea pigs’ and 'Communists'
12 Jul 2011
New insight into an infamous bomb test by the US army which exposed 23 Japanese fishermen to nuclear radiation has revealed the Americans viewed them - and their Japanese doctors - as Communist sympathisers.

Special seminar on 'Unconscious Bias': July's Diversity Calendar theme
12 Jul 2011
With Professor Geoff Beattie, School of Psychological Sciences, on Wednesday 27 July (12.30pm) in the John Casken Lecture Theatre, Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama.

Are you booking accommodation or a conference?
12 Jul 2011
Choose Chancellors, The University of Manchester’s 3 Star AA Hotel!

“Train building contract should go to Derby factory”, says CRESC
12 Jul 2011
State procurement should take much of the blame for the 1,400 job losses at Canadian train maker Bombardier, according to a new report by researchers at The University of Manchester’s Centre for Research in Socio-Cultural Change (CRESC).

Events at The Manchester Museum
12 Jul 2011
Alternative life drawing class for all ages and abilities this Saturday, plus Festival of British Archaeology events.

Hidden Marvels: A technical tour of the John Rylands Library, Deansgate
13 Jul 2011
On Sunday 17 July (12.00-12.45pm)

Wellbeing workshops and courses: Summer 2011
13 Jul 2011
The Counselling Service is offering a programme of workshops this summer.

Payroll Office move
13 Jul 2011
On 29 July 2011 the Payroll Office will move to Room G.024, John Owens Building.

New childcare vouchers provider - Kiddivouchers
14 Jul 2011
The University has recently re-tendered for the provision of childcare vouchers and Kiddivouchers has been appointed as the preferred supplier.

University engineers made Fellows of the Royal Academy
14 Jul 2011
Two University of Manchester scientists have been made Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering

Life Sciences Community Open Day
18 Jul 2011
The Faculty of Life Sciences is organising a Community Open Day on Saturday 23 July at 11am in the Michael Smith Building.

Britain beats America for political realism in film
19 Jul 2011
Political films made in Hollywood are almost always reluctant to criticise the establishment, whereas the opposite is usually true of their British counterparts, according to a new book.

Carbon calculator wins Innovation Award
19 Jul 2011
Academics from the School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science have received the GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Innovation Award from the Chemical Industries Association for CCaLC, a unique piece of software that calculates carbon emissions over the life cycle of industrial activities.

147 Oxford Road Link - Temporary route change
19 Jul 2011
The southbound service from Piccadilly will be affected from 18 July for about 10 days.

New website for Teaching and Learning Support Office
19 Jul 2011
All the information you need about teaching and learning

Summer fun at The Manchester Museum
19 Jul 2011
Lots of activities for all ages during the summer holidays

How does the Earth resemble a discoball?
19 Jul 2011
Find out in the latest atmospheric science podcast

Project will record Yemeni contribution to British life
20 Jul 2011
Researchers at The University of Manchester are to record the history of the region’s only established Yemeni community – in a project which starts this summer.

Celebrate one year to go until the London 2012 Olympics
20 Jul 2011
FREE sports activities for all in Manchester

FoodOnCampus: Summer closures and conferences
20 Jul 2011
Plus a sizzling summer offer from Taste Manchester

University examines safety of the next generation of nuclear reactors
20 Jul 2011
Scientists from The University of Manchester have been selected to undertake vital safety work on the next generation of the world’s nuclear reactors.

Making an impact on green issues
20 Jul 2011
Staff and students gathered together on Wednesday 20 July to celebrate progress made towards creating a greener and more sustainable University campus.

Chinese language classes
20 Jul 2011
New classes beginning in October

University opens its doors on a day of discovery
20 Jul 2011
People in Manchester are being invited to meet creepy crawlies and the scientists who study them this Saturday.

Dragons Day at Deansgate
20 Jul 2011
Free fun day this Sunday.

Diversity in the Workplace training
21 Jul 2011
A few places still left

Education watchdog gives top marks to teaching charity
22 Jul 2011
First ever full inspection of Teach First praises exceptional quality of teachers working in UK’s most deprived areas.

John Healey becomes Fellow of the British Academy
22 Jul 2011
A Professor of Semitic Studies from The University of Manchester is one of only 38 academics to be elected a Fellow of the British Academy at its Annual General Meeting on 21 July.

Dr David Hill
22 Jul 2011
Announcement of death.

Venue change: HEI Seminar - Intro to Directorate for the Student Experience
25 Jul 2011
With Dr Tim Westlake, Director for the Student Experience, on Wednesday 27 July (12 – 1.30pm) in G20, Mansfield Cooper Building.

A “quantum leap” can make graphene devices even faster
25 Jul 2011
University of Manchester researchers led by the Nobel Prize winning scientists Professor Andre Geim and Professor Kostya Novoselov have taken another step forward towards the understanding of wonder material graphene.

Computer program could ‘revolutionise the world’s healthcare’
25 Jul 2011
A massive network of computer programs co-created by University of Manchester scientists could revolutionise healthcare around the world, saving countless lives and billions of pounds.

Countdown to the 2012 Olympics begins with Triathlon Live, Manchester
25 Jul 2011
Watch triathletes in action and have a go at completing your own mini triathlon in Exchange Square.

Manchester Condor Pool provides researchers with 2 million+ CPU hours
26 Jul 2011
IS staff in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences have been putting hundreds of desktop computers in student clusters, with thousands of cores, to good use as part of a supercomputer called The Manchester Condor Pool.

Family Friendly Film Club Weekender at The Manchester Museum (4-7 August)
26 Jul 2011
With twilight screening of Japanese animated fantasy film, Ponyo.

London 2012 Games most risk-aware in history
27 Jul 2011
London 2012 has put more effort to averting catastrophe than any other Olympic Games in history, according to an independent expert.

Newspaper anniversary marks beginnings of US cultural dominance abroad
27 Jul 2011
A University of Manchester historian is marking the little known 130-year anniversary of the launch of the Detroit Free Press’ London edition - the first American newspaper to operate abroad.

Medical School lecturer wins top teaching honour
28 Jul 2011
A University of Manchester academic has been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship – the most prestigious award for excellence in higher education teaching – by the Higher Education Academy (HEA).

New research director for Nuclear AMRC
28 Jul 2011
The Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (Nuclear AMRC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Mike Burke as Director of Research and Technology.

Farewell to Albert McMenemy
28 Jul 2011
Albert McMenemy will retire from the University at the end of this week (29 July 2011) after more than 23 years at the University – the last six as Registrar and Secretary.

Manchester bags £3 million to research ageing
28 Jul 2011
Two research projects at The University of Manchester have scooped almost £3 million from a major initiative to tackle the major challenges faced in later years.

August Cycle to Work rides and breakfast
29 Jul 2011
The monthly rides continue on Wednesday 3 August, finishing with free breakfast at Eats Refectory, University Place, between 8.20am and 9am.

Dead Sea Scroll tract was precursor to Jewish calendar
29 Jul 2011
An obscure Babylonian document from the world famous Dead Sea Scroll collection was almost certainly a precursor to the Jewish calendar according to University of Manchester research.

Urban research website launched
29 Jul 2011
A website which brings together University of Manchester research by academic staff and students has been launched this week.

Nursing graduate wins National Union of Students honour
29 Jul 2011
A University of Manchester student has won the NUS Student of the Year award for her campaign to raise awareness about mental health issues.