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Ed O’Brien
/ Musician, activist and honorary Mancunian
Foreword
Naa Acquah
/ Dear Manchester
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Enriqueta Rylands
/ Illuminating a hidden philanthropist
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In conversation
/ Innovation at Manchester
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Simon Johnson
/ A Nobel mind
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Professor Duncan Ivison
/ Collaboration is our superpower
Opinion
Computer intelligence
/ Past, present and future
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Dr Pep Guardiola
/ A Manchester story
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The Lost Music of Auschwitz
/ The notes that survived
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Judith Sear
/ The life and impact of the Sear family
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2025
/ Celebrating milestones
Summer 2024
Foreword
Michael Wood
/ 200 years of The University of Manchester
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Nancy Rothwell
/ Manchester. Always The University of Manchester
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Then, now and next
/ Manchester pioneers making their mark
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Reckoning with our past
/ Exploring the University's historic links to the slave trade
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2024: A vintage year
/ Celebrating anniversaries
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Bicentenary Way
/ A celebration of Manchester's finest
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Celebrating our bicentenary
Opinion
A future perspective
/ Energy
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The Global Development Institute
/ What is its role in the 21st century?
Feature
Benedict Cumberbatch
/ Owens Park to Oscar nominee
Summer 2023
Foreword
Nancy Rothwell
/ Celebrating our University values
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Manchester Museum
/ Inclusivity and cultural understanding
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Student entrepreneurs
/ Innovation for good
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Chrissie Wellington OBE
/ Champion of courage
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Manchester firsts
/ Transforming the Parkinson's prognosis
Feature
Nazir Afzal OBE
/ Made in Manchester
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UK-Med
/ 30 years of humanitarian aid
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Global Manchester
/ Building cancer partnerships in Kenya
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Ella Podmore MBE
/ Engineering change for women in science
Opinion
The RoundView
/ Climate change education
Picture
Lessons from a life in sport
/ Chrissie Wellington OBE
Summer 2022
Foreword
Nancy Rothwell
/ Together, we make an impact
Feature
The Paterson Building
/ A bold future for cancer research
Feature
Gareth Owen
/ A man on a mission
Feature
Artificial intelligence
/ Putting the human back into the algorithm
Picture
Gift of Time
/ Lemn Sissay
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Jodrell Bank
/ The First Light Pavilion has landed
Feature
Making a difference
/ Greater Manchester graduates
Feature
Black Excellence Network
/ Inspiring the Black leaders of tomorrow
Feature
Research with impact
/ Solving the world's most urgent problems
Feature
Students securing justice
/ The Innocence Project
Feature
Lemn Sissay
/ Lemn's legacy
Picture
A local artist's thoughts
/ Bex Mamo on Lemn Sissay
Opinion
Promoting fair and equitable access to medicines
/ Professor Anthony Green
Feature
The British Pop Archive
/ A real pop-portunity
Spring 2021
Foreword
Nancy Rothwell
/ Global challenges, Manchester solutions
Feature
Written in – and for – the stars
/ Ben Elton
Feature
Rethinking productivity
/ The Productivity Institute
Feature
Countering the cost of conflict
/ Northern Uganda
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For health, equality and sustainability
/ Delivering the UN SDGs
Feature
Driving sustainability
/ Graphene start-ups
Feature
Inspiring real change
/ Online and blended learning
Opinion
What did biotechnology ever do for us?
/ Professor Rob Field
Feature
Fighting back against COVID-19
/ The Manchester response
Feature
Opening up the universe
/ The search for extra-terrestrial life
Feature
Recovery from brain haemorrhage
/ Improving chances
Opinion
Mind the gap
/ Professor Richard Jones
Opinion
A wake-up call on inequality
/ Bridget Byrne
Feature
Communities as a local asset
/ Fundamental volunteers
Picture
Manchester Guardian bicentenary
/ New exhibition
Picture
Dr Catherine Chisholm
/ Paediatrics pioneer
Feature
Tutoring the next generation
/ The Tutor Trust
Autumn 2019
Foreword
Nancy Rothwell and Luke Georghiou
/ Innovation at our heart
Feature
Creative Manchester
/ Music for the speed of light
Feature
Sarah Cartmell
/ A materials world
Opinion
Patsy Perry
/ Cost of fashion
Feature
Cancer
/ Power couple
Feature
Jodrell Bank
/ World Heritage
Feature
Poetry
/ Manchester Lens
Opinion
Francesca Gains
/ Diversity and devolution
Feature
Immunity
/ Lydia Becker Institute
Feature
Stellify
/ Period poverty
Picture
Global inequalities
/ After Maria
Feature
Graphene
/ Smarter roads
Feature
Enterprise
/ Invisible Manchester
Picture
Equity and Merit
/ Tackling urbanisation
Feature
Anthony Burgess
/ Realising a vision
Picture
Ellen Wilkinson
/ Firing up social change
Opinion
Hamied Haroon
/ Social identity
Feature
Luke Collinson
/ Tenacity to succeed
Summer 2019
Foreword
Nancy Rothwell and James Thompson
/ Social responsibility at our core
Opinion
Jen O’Brien
/ Empowering students
Feature
School governors
/ Making a difference in schools
Feature
Stellify
/ Their time
Feature
Social Development Goals
/ Answering the world’s call
Feature
Vaskar Saha
/ Taking on the challenge
Feature
Windfarms
/ Blowing in the right direction
Feature
David Olusoga
/ History through a different lens
Picture
Purple Wave
/ The extra mile
Opinion
James Mason
/ Net zero
Feature
Campus Masterplan
/ Building better futures
Feature
Public contributors
/ Shaping Manchester’s work
Feature
MIF
/ Futures in creativity
Feature
Roy Conway
/ Inspiring by example
Feature
Shaping the future
/ Health care in Rwanda
Feature
Dams
/ Powering development
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IntoUniversity
/ Helping the next generation
Opinion
Simon Ross
/ Manchester University Press
Picture
Sir William Arthur Lewis
/ Development done differently
Spring 2019
Foreword
Dame Professor Nancy Rothwell
/ Placing Manchester at the heart of our University
Opinion
Kirk Malone
/ Future for plastics?
Feature
Graham Lord
/ A healthier Manchester
Feature
Chester Zoo
/ Placements that protect
Feature
Maxine Peake
/ Fearless creator
Feature
Bone bricks
/ Rebuilding bodies
Feature
Between the lines
/ World War I remembrance
Feature
Peterloo
/ Remembering the fight
Picture
Lasting legacy
/ Urban regeneration
Feature
Storytelling
/ Public engagement
Feature
Protons
/ Fighting against cancer
Opinion
Neil Allen
/ Care home consent
Feature
ScienceX
/ Science and engineering festival
Feature
Today’s winner
/ Tomorrow’s research stars
Feature
Age-friendly cities
/ Manchester’s challenge
Picture
Sir John Charnley
/ Medical pioneer
Autumn 2018
Foreword
Dame Professor Nancy Rothwell
/ Demonstrating the value of our university
Opinion
Mark Corbett
/ A catalyst for cleaner growth
Feature
Social Responsibility
/ Local, national, international
Feature
Rosie Garland
/ A novel approach
Picture
Jodrell bank
/ Art piece
Feature
Graphene
/ A runaway success
Feature
Energy
/ Joined-up thinking
Feature
Smart screens
/ Aiding sleep
Picture
Social justice
/ Picture competition
Opinion
David Hulme
/ The changing face of poverty and inequality
Picture
The Baby
/ #MadeAtUni
Opinion
Elaine Ferneley
/ The age of digital and blended education
Summer 2018
Foreword
Dame Professor Nancy Rothwell
/ Importance of reputation
Feature
Creative Manchester
/ Hive of creativity
Feature
Culture
/ The Manchester way
Feature
Dental health
/ Students making a difference
Feature
Fighting for justice
/ Legal students' success
Feature
Parental leave
/ Shaping the future
Picture
Christabel Pankhurst
/ Queen of the Mob
Opinion
Bina Agarwal
/ Everydayness of harassment
Feature
Reaching further
/ Widening participation
Feature
Lung cancer
/ Scans during the weekly shop
Picture
HV Lab
/ 60 electrifying years
Picture
Purple Wave
/ Staff runners make a splash
Opinion
Anna Scaife
/ Football and data science
Picture
NHS 70
/ Our part in a proud story
Spring 2018
Foreword
Dame Professor Nancy Rothwell
/ The value of universities to society
Feature
Power of learning
/ International success for our undergraduate
Feature
Change-makers
/ How students are helping our outreach work
Opinion
Joseph Lampel
/ Creating a culture for breakthrough innovations
Opinion
Alexander Baratta
/ Let’s talk about accent
Feature
Manchester, UNESCO City of Literature
/ A look at the University’s role
Feature
Driving force
/ How will future cars be powered?
Feature
Making a Difference
/ a poem by Lemn Sissay
Opinion
Vidyadhar Peesapati
/ Expecting more from electrical infrastructure
Feature
Preventing stillbirth
/ Pioneering research giving parents hope
Feature
Alan Turing
/ 80 years since a heroic enigma joined us
Autumn 2017
Foreword
Dame Professor Nancy Rothwell
/ Our commitment to widening participation
Feature
A vast cosmic arena
/ Daleks, deep space and distant galaxies
Feature
Lighting the way
/ University initiatives helping to widen participation
Opinion
Iain Buchan
/ Time to address the north-south health divide
Feature
A man of the city
/ When it comes to Manchester, it’s personal
Feature
Research
/ Propelling the aviation industry towards hypersonic speeds
Feature
A bright future in The Works
/ Previously homeless people tell their story
Opinion
Ajmal Hussain
/ Radicals with a cause? Young Muslims and the underbelly of the city
Feature
Be // Longing
/ Raising the curtain on Manchester Migration Lab
Picture
Equity and Merit
/ Scholarship student becomes Rwanda’s youngest ever government minister
Picture
Heritage
/ Lost Turing letters give unique insight into his academic life prior to death
Opinion
Andrew Hosty
/ A materials renaissance to spark disruption
Picture
Rutherford
/ Splitting the atom and saving lives
Summer 2017
Foreword
Dame Professor Nancy Rothwell
/ Explaining our University's finances
Feature
Defending the bee
/ The emblem of Manchester
Feature
Artist fellowship
/ Giving a voice to the oppressed
Opinion
Gunn Grande
/ Putting the spotlight on the invisible workforce of family carers
Feature
Social responsibility
/ Big numbers, real lives
Feature
Energy
/ Getting graphic: Bioenergy for the future
Feature
Research
/ Sustaining our future
Opinion
Tom Arnold
/ A ‘Metrolink Mayor’?
Feature
Research
/ Cleaner water, bluer skies
Feature
God particle
/ The physicist, the rabbi and the quest to understand the universe
Opinion
Lynne Bianchi
/ Inspiring the engineers of the future
Feature
Citizen science
/ Understanding allergies
Picture
Manchester
/ #weloveManchester
Spring 2017
Foreword
Dame Professor Nancy Rothwell
/ An international city and university
Feature
Research
/ Wealth of experience
Feature
Teaching
/ Sparks and explosions
Feature
Innovation
/ Doing things differently
Feature
Our inspiring scholars
/ A journey of discovery
Feature
Opinion
/ Impact of US politics
Feature
Social responsibility
/ Real lives, inspiring women
Picture
Anthony Burgess
/ Slovos and warbles
Feature
Advanced materials
/ Big business, global solutions
Winter 2016
Foreword
Dame Professor Nancy Rothwell
/ A global reputation
Feature
Research
/ Making history in health care
Feature
Research
/ The man who is building a brain
Opinion
David Allison
/ Spreading the word, not the worry
David Allison
Feature
Global inequalities
/ Born unequal
Feature
ESOF 2016
/ Science as revolution
Feature
Teaching
/ A Renaissance in learning
Feature
Research
/ Bring me sunshine
Feature
Research
/ Grown for home
Opinion
Sarah Mander
/ The second 'dash for gas'
Picture
Margaret Murray
/ The Grand Old Woman of Egyptology
Feature
Winnie Byanyima
/ We Belong
Summer 2016
Foreword
Dame Professor Nancy Rothwell
/ The value of a university education
Feature
Research
/ Ahead of the curve
Feature
Cancer
/ The personal approach
Opinion
Hema Radhakrishnan
/ Let's make women count in science
Hema Radhakrishnan
Feature
Research
/ Manchester's mechanical opus
Feature
Michael Wood
/ A storyteller in China
Feature
Research
/ Robots doing the dirty work
Feature
Teaching
/ A tale of two continents
Feature
Research
/ The gifts of life and learning
Opinion
Jonathan Darling
/ Housing asylum seekers
Jonathan Darling
Feature
Social responsibility
/ Governing change in education
Feature
Widening participation
/ Mapping out futures
Opinion
Julia Segar
/ Health and social care devolution
Julia Segar
Picture
Desmond Paul Henry
/ The Picasso of the machine age
Spring 2016
Feature
Jodrell
/ A journey into the unknown
Foreword
Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell
/ A chance to transform through science
Feature
Powerhouse
/ Honorary Professor Jim O'Neill
Feature
Research
/ An education in conservation
Feature
Campus masterplan
/ A vision of transformation
Feature
Industrial biotechnology
/ Feed, fuel and heal the world
Opinion
Chris Martin
/ Sharing can be better
Opinion
Rathaven Gunaratnarajah
/ Little things make a big difference
Feature
Student experience
/ Giant steps for student interns
Feature
HCRI
/ A rare glimpse behind the scenes of a humanitarian crisis
Picture
Beatrice Shilling
/
A flaming pathfinder of women's lib
Feature
Outreach
/ A symphony of science and art
Opinion
Francis Livens /
A nuclear future
Clarissa Gabriel
Feature
Student experience
/ What does it take to be a student of the year?
Winter 2015
Foreword
Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell
/ The spirit of revolution
Feature
Research
/ Charting a shifting political landscape
Feature
Global inequality
/ One globe, a world of solutions
Opinion
Clarissa Giebel
/ How can we improve things for people affected by dementia?
Clarissa Gabriel
Feature
Chancellor Lemn Sissay
/ Inspire and be inspired
Picture
Mother of the Sea
/ Research has the power to make lives better – sometimes for an entire nation
Feature
Teaching
/ An inspiring adventure on campus
Feature
Teaching
/ Pioneering tomorrow's patient care
Opinion
Kevin Anderson
/ Climate change: a global cause, an individual's duty?
Feature
Advanced materials
/ The 2D revolution
Opinion
Tanja R Müller
/ What can history teach us about migration?
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Ed O’Brien
/ Musician, activist and honorary Mancunian
Foreword
Naa Acquah
/ Dear Manchester
Feature
Enriqueta Rylands
/ Illuminating a hidden philanthropist
Feature
In conversation
/ Innovation at Manchester
Feature
Simon Johnson
/ A Nobel mind
Feature
Professor Duncan Ivison
/ Collaboration is our superpower
Opinion
Computer intelligence
/ Past, present and future
Feature
Dr Pep Guardiola
/ A Manchester story
Feature
The Lost Music of Auschwitz
/ The notes that survived
Feature
Judith Sear
/ The life and impact of the Sear family
Feature
2025
/ Celebrating milestones
Summer 2024
Foreword
Michael Wood
/ 200 years of The University of Manchester
Feature
Nancy Rothwell
/ Manchester. Always The University of Manchester
Feature
Then, now and next
/ Manchester pioneers making their mark
Feature
Reckoning with our past
/ Exploring the University's historic links to the slave trade
Feature
2024: A vintage year
/ Celebrating anniversaries
Feature
Bicentenary Way
/ A celebration of Manchester's finest
Picture
Celebrating our bicentenary
Opinion
A future perspective
/ Energy
Feature
The Global Development Institute
/ What is its role in the 21st century?
Feature
Benedict Cumberbatch
/ Owens Park to Oscar nominee
Summer 2023
Foreword
Nancy Rothwell
/ Celebrating our University values
Feature
Manchester Museum
/ Inclusivity and cultural understanding
Feature
Student entrepreneurs
/ Innovation for good
Feature
Chrissie Wellington OBE
/ Champion of courage
Feature
Manchester firsts
/ Transforming the Parkinson's prognosis
Feature
Nazir Afzal OBE
/ Made in Manchester
Feature
UK-Med
/ 30 years of humanitarian aid
Feature
Global Manchester
/ Building cancer partnerships in Kenya
Feature
Ella Podmore MBE
/ Engineering change for women in science
Opinion
The RoundView
/ Climate change education
Picture
Lessons from a life in sport
/ Chrissie Wellington OBE
Summer 2022
Foreword
Nancy Rothwell
/ Together, we make an impact
Feature
The Paterson Building
/ A bold future for cancer research
Feature
Gareth Owen
/ A man on a mission
Feature
Artificial intelligence
/ Putting the human back into the algorithm
Picture
Gift of Time
/ Lemn Sissay
Picture
Jodrell Bank
/ The First Light Pavilion has landed
Feature
Making a difference
/ Greater Manchester graduates
Feature
Black Excellence Network
/ Inspiring the Black leaders of tomorrow
Feature
Research with impact
/ Solving the world's most urgent problems
Feature
Students securing justice
/ The Innocence Project
Feature
Lemn Sissay
/ Lemn's legacy
Picture
A local artist's thoughts
/ Bex Mamo on Lemn Sissay
Opinion
Promoting fair and equitable access to medicines
/ Professor Anthony Green
Feature
The British Pop Archive
/ A real pop-portunity
Spring 2021
Foreword
Nancy Rothwell
/ Global challenges, Manchester solutions
Feature
Written in – and for – the stars
/ Ben Elton
Feature
Rethinking productivity
/ The Productivity Institute
Feature
Countering the cost of conflict
/ Northern Uganda
Feature
For health, equality and sustainability
/ Delivering the UN SDGs
Feature
Driving sustainability
/ Graphene start-ups
Feature
Inspiring real change
/ Online and blended learning
Opinion
What did biotechnology ever do for us?
/ Professor Rob Field
Feature
Fighting back against COVID-19
/ The Manchester response
Feature
Opening up the universe
/ The search for extra-terrestrial life
Feature
Recovery from brain haemorrhage
/ Improving chances
Opinion
Mind the gap
/ Professor Richard Jones
Opinion
A wake-up call on inequality
/ Bridget Byrne
Feature
Communities as a local asset
/ Fundamental volunteers
Picture
Manchester Guardian bicentenary
/ New exhibition
Picture
Dr Catherine Chisholm
/ Paediatrics pioneer
Feature
Tutoring the next generation
/ The Tutor Trust
Autumn 2019
Foreword
Nancy Rothwell and Luke Georghiou
/ Innovation at our heart
Feature
Creative Manchester
/ Music for the speed of light
Feature
Sarah Cartmell
/ A materials world
Opinion
Patsy Perry
/ Cost of fashion
Feature
Cancer
/ Power couple
Feature
Jodrell Bank
/ World Heritage
Feature
Poetry
/ Manchester Lens
Opinion
Francesca Gains
/ Diversity and devolution
Feature
Immunity
/ Lydia Becker Institute
Feature
Stellify
/ Period poverty
Picture
Global inequalities
/ After Maria
Feature
Graphene
/ Smarter roads
Feature
Enterprise
/ Invisible Manchester
Picture
Equity and Merit
/ Tackling urbanisation
Feature
Anthony Burgess
/ Realising a vision
Picture
Ellen Wilkinson
/ Firing up social change
Opinion
Hamied Haroon
/ Social identity
Feature
Luke Collinson
/ Tenacity to succeed
Summer 2019
Foreword
Nancy Rothwell and James Thompson
/ Social responsibility at our core
Opinion
Jen O’Brien
/ Empowering students
Feature
School governors
/ Making a difference in schools
Feature
Stellify
/ Their time
Feature
Social Development Goals
/ Answering the world’s call
Feature
Vaskar Saha
/ Taking on the challenge
Feature
Windfarms
/ Blowing in the right direction
Feature
David Olusoga
/ History through a different lens
Picture
Purple Wave
/ The extra mile
Opinion
James Mason
/ Net zero
Feature
Campus Masterplan
/ Building better futures
Feature
Public contributors
/ Shaping Manchester’s work
Feature
MIF
/ Futures in creativity
Feature
Roy Conway
/ Inspiring by example
Feature
Shaping the future
/ Health care in Rwanda
Feature
Dams
/ Powering development
Feature
IntoUniversity
/ Helping the next generation
Opinion
Simon Ross
/ Manchester University Press
Picture
Sir William Arthur Lewis
/ Development done differently
Spring 2019
Foreword
Dame Professor Nancy Rothwell
/ Placing Manchester at the heart of our University
Opinion
Kirk Malone
/ Future for plastics?
Feature
Graham Lord
/ A healthier Manchester
Feature
Chester Zoo
/ Placements that protect
Feature
Maxine Peake
/ Fearless creator
Feature
Bone bricks
/ Rebuilding bodies
Feature
Between the lines
/ World War I remembrance
Feature
Peterloo
/ Remembering the fight
Picture
Lasting legacy
/ Urban regeneration
Feature
Storytelling
/ Public engagement
Feature
Protons
/ Fighting against cancer
Opinion
Neil Allen
/ Care home consent
Feature
ScienceX
/ Science and engineering festival
Feature
Today’s winner
/ Tomorrow’s research stars
Feature
Age-friendly cities
/ Manchester’s challenge
Picture
Sir John Charnley
/ Medical pioneer
Autumn 2018
Foreword
Dame Professor Nancy Rothwell
/ Demonstrating the value of our university
Opinion
Mark Corbett
/ A catalyst for cleaner growth
Feature
Social Responsibility
/ Local, national, international
Feature
Rosie Garland
/ A novel approach
Picture
Jodrell bank
/ Art piece
Feature
Graphene
/ A runaway success
Feature
Energy
/ Joined-up thinking
Feature
Smart screens
/ Aiding sleep
Picture
Social justice
/ Picture competition
Opinion
David Hulme
/ The changing face of poverty and inequality
Picture
The Baby
/ #MadeAtUni
Opinion
Elaine Ferneley
/ The age of digital and blended education
Summer 2018
Foreword
Dame Professor Nancy Rothwell
/ Importance of reputation
Feature
Creative Manchester
/ Hive of creativity
Feature
Culture
/ The Manchester way
Feature
Dental health
/ Students making a difference
Feature
Fighting for justice
/ Legal students' success
Feature
Parental leave
/ Shaping the future
Picture
Christabel Pankhurst
/ Queen of the Mob
Opinion
Bina Agarwal
/ Everydayness of harassment
Feature
Reaching further
/ Widening participation
Feature
Lung cancer
/ Scans during the weekly shop
Picture
HV Lab
/ 60 electrifying years
Picture
Purple Wave
/ Staff runners make a splash
Opinion
Anna Scaife
/ Football and data science
Picture
NHS 70
/ Our part in a proud story
Spring 2018
Foreword
Dame Professor Nancy Rothwell
/ The value of universities to society
Feature
Power of learning
/ International success for our undergraduate
Feature
Change-makers
/ How students are helping our outreach work
Opinion
Joseph Lampel
/ Creating a culture for breakthrough innovations
Opinion
Alexander Baratta
/ Let’s talk about accent
Feature
Manchester, UNESCO City of Literature
/ A look at the University’s role
Feature
Driving force
/ How will future cars be powered?
Feature
Making a Difference
/ a poem by Lemn Sissay
Opinion
Vidyadhar Peesapati
/ Expecting more from electrical infrastructure
Feature
Preventing stillbirth
/ Pioneering research giving parents hope
Feature
Alan Turing
/ 80 years since a heroic enigma joined us
Autumn 2017
Foreword
Dame Professor Nancy Rothwell
/ Our commitment to widening participation
Feature
A vast cosmic arena
/ Daleks, deep space and distant galaxies
Feature
Lighting the way
/ University initiatives helping to widen participation
Opinion
Iain Buchan
/ Time to address the north-south health divide
Feature
A man of the city
/ When it comes to Manchester, it’s personal
Feature
Research
/ Propelling the aviation industry towards hypersonic speeds
Feature
A bright future in The Works
/ Previously homeless people tell their story
Opinion
Ajmal Hussain
/ Radicals with a cause? Young Muslims and the underbelly of the city
Feature
Be // Longing
/ Raising the curtain on Manchester Migration Lab
Picture
Equity and Merit
/ Scholarship student becomes Rwanda’s youngest ever government minister
Picture
Heritage
/ Lost Turing letters give unique insight into his academic life prior to death
Opinion
Andrew Hosty
/ A materials renaissance to spark disruption
Picture
Rutherford
/ Splitting the atom and saving lives
Summer 2017
Foreword
Dame Professor Nancy Rothwell
/ Explaining our University's finances
Feature
Defending the bee
/ The emblem of Manchester
Feature
Artist fellowship
/ Giving a voice to the oppressed
Opinion
Gunn Grande
/ Putting the spotlight on the invisible workforce of family carers
Feature
Social responsibility
/ Big numbers, real lives
Feature
Energy
/ Getting graphic: Bioenergy for the future
Feature
Research
/ Sustaining our future
Opinion
Tom Arnold
/ A ‘Metrolink Mayor’?
Feature
Research
/ Cleaner water, bluer skies
Feature
God particle
/ The physicist, the rabbi and the quest to understand the universe
Opinion
Lynne Bianchi
/ Inspiring the engineers of the future
Feature
Citizen science
/ Understanding allergies
Picture
Manchester
/ #weloveManchester
Spring 2017
Foreword
Dame Professor Nancy Rothwell
/ An international city and university
Feature
Research
/ Wealth of experience
Feature
Teaching
/ Sparks and explosions
Feature
Innovation
/ Doing things differently
Feature
Our inspiring scholars
/ A journey of discovery
Feature
Opinion
/ Impact of US politics
Feature
Social responsibility
/ Real lives, inspiring women
Picture
Anthony Burgess
/ Slovos and warbles
Feature
Advanced materials
/ Big business, global solutions
Winter 2016
Foreword
Dame Professor Nancy Rothwell
/ A global reputation
Feature
Research
/ Making history in health care
Feature
Research
/ The man who is building a brain
Opinion
David Allison
/ Spreading the word, not the worry
David Allison
Feature
Global inequalities
/ Born unequal
Feature
ESOF 2016
/ Science as revolution
Feature
Teaching
/ A Renaissance in learning
Feature
Research
/ Bring me sunshine
Feature
Research
/ Grown for home
Opinion
Sarah Mander
/ The second 'dash for gas'
Picture
Margaret Murray
/ The Grand Old Woman of Egyptology
Feature
Winnie Byanyima
/ We Belong
Summer 2016
Foreword
Dame Professor Nancy Rothwell
/ The value of a university education
Feature
Research
/ Ahead of the curve
Feature
Cancer
/ The personal approach
Opinion
Hema Radhakrishnan
/ Let's make women count in science
Hema Radhakrishnan
Feature
Research
/ Manchester's mechanical opus
Feature
Michael Wood
/ A storyteller in China
Feature
Research
/ Robots doing the dirty work
Feature
Teaching
/ A tale of two continents
Feature
Research
/ The gifts of life and learning
Opinion
Jonathan Darling
/ Housing asylum seekers
Jonathan Darling
Feature
Social responsibility
/ Governing change in education
Feature
Widening participation
/ Mapping out futures
Opinion
Julia Segar
/ Health and social care devolution
Julia Segar
Picture
Desmond Paul Henry
/ The Picasso of the machine age
Spring 2016
Feature
Jodrell
/ A journey into the unknown
Foreword
Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell
/ A chance to transform through science
Feature
Powerhouse
/ Honorary Professor Jim O'Neill
Feature
Research
/ An education in conservation
Feature
Campus masterplan
/ A vision of transformation
Feature
Industrial biotechnology
/ Feed, fuel and heal the world
Opinion
Chris Martin
/ Sharing can be better
Opinion
Rathaven Gunaratnarajah
/ Little things make a big difference
Feature
Student experience
/ Giant steps for student interns
Feature
HCRI
/ A rare glimpse behind the scenes of a humanitarian crisis
Picture
Beatrice Shilling
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A flaming pathfinder of women's lib
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Outreach
/ A symphony of science and art
Opinion
Francis Livens /
A nuclear future
Clarissa Gabriel
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Student experience
/ What does it take to be a student of the year?
Winter 2015
Foreword
Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell
/ The spirit of revolution
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Research
/ Charting a shifting political landscape
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Global inequality
/ One globe, a world of solutions
Opinion
Clarissa Giebel
/ How can we improve things for people affected by dementia?
Clarissa Gabriel
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Chancellor Lemn Sissay
/ Inspire and be inspired
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Mother of the Sea
/ Research has the power to make lives better – sometimes for an entire nation
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Teaching
/ An inspiring adventure on campus
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Teaching
/ Pioneering tomorrow's patient care
Opinion
Kevin Anderson
/ Climate change: a global cause, an individual's duty?
Feature
Advanced materials
/ The 2D revolution
Opinion
Tanja R Müller
/ What can history teach us about migration?