Manchester urged to visit ‘fascinating’ exhibition on city’s medical history
A group of students are creating a ‘pop-up’ exhibition at a local museum, highlighting Manchester’s medical history.
‘Over a million could die’: One in three chance of large volcano eruption this century, warns Manchester Uni expert
A University of Manchester professor has worked alongside volcano enthusiasts to produce a list of the ten most dangerous active volcanoes in the world.
‘I could have slipped through the cracks’: Parents expose ‘mishmashed’ and ‘patchy’ postnatal depression support
As reports reveal one in four mums suffer postnantal depression, a senior lecturer at Manchester Uni tells MM that specialist mental health care for mums is ‘patchy’ and whether you receive care is a ‘postcode lottery’.
‘Surreal and somewhat ridiculous’: Manchester accountant best in world
A University of Manchester alumnus has been crowned the best accountancy student in the world, after scoring a global high score out of 22,078 entrants.
‘We’ve got terrestrial work to do’: Matt Damon film success and NASA discovery sees Martians land in Manchester
Martians have landed in Manchester after a leading space exploration group opened a new branch in the city.
The Little Unsaid’s John Elliott on TS Eliot and performing at Manchester Comedy Store
Yorkshire born John Elliott is feeling the effects of life on the road when he peruses the coffee menu, hoping for the ‘world’s strongest coffee’ and settling for a flat white.
Manchester academics to boycott Israeli universities as Palestinians denied ‘any semblance’ of human rights
Lecturers from across the city’s universities have pledged to boycott Israeli institutions until its government complies with international law and human rights principles.
Choosing ‘Booker of the North’ winner like ‘choosing Pope without the smoke’
Books exploring magic, bereavement and landscape are among the fiction and nonfiction shortlisted for a £10,000 writing prize dubbed the ‘Booker of the North’.
‘An exciting opportunity’: Manchester’s first Language Day host by Levenshulme
Levenshulme will host Manchester’s first Language Day on Saturday to celebrate the community’s rich linguistic and cultural diversity.
Relief in site for chronic pain sufferers as Man Uni enhance body’s natural painkillers
Chronic pain sufferers could be set for some relief as Manchester-based research has discovered the body’s natural painkillers could be enhanced.
‘Discrimination’: Courts can’t use rap lyrics as ‘blueprint for murder’, warns Man Uni
The use of rap lyrics as evidence in criminal trials is tantamount to ‘discrimination’, a University of Manchester cultural historian has said.