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The latest edition of the Centre for New Writing’s Manchester Anthology was launched with an event at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation on Monday, 13 October.Two award winners were announced on the evening:Anne Boyd Rioux took The PFD …

Academics and business engagement colleagues gathered on Tuesday 9 December to celebrate business engagement and knowledge exchange success across the Faculty of Humanities. The Faculty was the first to embed business engagement & Knowledge …

The Fellowship â€˜This is our Story – Reclaiming Black British music’s his- and herstories’ builds on Karen’s experience working in broadcast media including the BBC and ITV, and as an independent filmmaker, to document the lived …

For the second-year running, Creative Manchester was one of the partners for the BEYOND Conference, engaging with industry leaders, researchers and artists from across the creative sector. The conference provided an opportunity to explore …

ROGER LING, Professor of Classical Art and ArchaeologyIt is very sad to report that Roger Ling, a distinguished member of the Art History staff at the University of Manchester for more than 50 years - as lecturer, senior lecturer, Professor, and …

New pan-European research has shown that the spread of conspiracy theories across the continent is driven by a continuous feedback loop between media reporting, political rhetoric, protest movements and social media algorithms - not any single …

Dr Omer Aijazi, Lecturer in Disasters and Climate Crisis at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI), has won the Gloria Anzaldúa Book Prize for his monograph, Atmospheric Violence: Disaster and Repair in Kashmir.

The University of Manchester proudly hosted the unveiling of the official 2026 BRIT Awards trophy design at the University’s Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama, marking a major cultural moment as the BRITs prepare to be hosted in Manchester …

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 …

Thanks to the dedication of The University of Manchester’s Dr Gillian Redfern and the support of the University’s Social Responsibility Fund, the Manchester Medieval Quarter Festival will return to the city on Saturday 27 September. The free, …

An expert from The University of Manchester has revealed how a single sheet of 1,100-year-old parchment may have been used to heal a dangerous royal rift in Ancient England.

A historian from The University of Manchester has been named as one of six authors shortlisted for the 2025 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize, which celebrates the best popular science writing from across the globe. 

A powerful new initiative is set to transform how children talk about death, dying, and bereavement. The project - a collaboration between the universities of Manchester, Bradford and Wolverhampton, Child Bereavement UK and the Child Bereavement …

Archaeologists from The University of Manchester have played a leading role in the rediscovery of the ancient city of Imet in Egypt’s eastern Nile Delta, uncovering multi-storey dwellings, granaries and a ceremonial road tied to the worship of the …

The University of Manchester is set to launch the Manchester Digital Dante Library, a landmark digital collection which will make some of the rarest and most significant early printed editions of Dante’s Divine Comedy available freely online for the …

National Geographic is set to premiere ‘The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking the Truth’ in the UK next month, which features expert commentary from The University of Manchester’s Professor Stephen Scott-Bottoms.

Creative Manchester, Digital Futures and the Turing Innovation Catalyst (TIC) Manchester are pleased to announce the return of the CreaTech Network Series, with three events taking place across Manchester from May to June 2025.Following on from a …

Esteemed poet and former Chancellor of The University of Manchester, Lemn Sissay OBE, has been unveiled as a returning judge for the 2025 edition of the annual Micropoetry competition.

Internationally acclaimed novelist and short story writer Sarah Hall has joined The University of Manchester as a Professor of Creative Writing.

The University of Manchester’s Professor Joyce Tyldesley OBE has won the 2025 Archaeologist of the Year award, as voted for by readers of Current Archaeology magazine.

An expert from The University of Manchester has strongly criticised US President Donald Trump’s recent remarks blaming a tragic aviation accident on diversity initiatives. Lecturer in Creative and Cultural Industries Dr Roaa Ali argues that these …

An exciting programme of literature events returns this October, hosted by Manchester Literature Festival (MLF).

The Zone of Interest, based on the novel penned by late University of Manchester creative writing Professor Martin Amis, made Oscars history as the first British film to land ‘Best International Film’.

The University of Manchester's Jason Allen-Paisant has been named the winner of the UK’s most prestigious poetry award, the TS Eliot Prize.

Budding writers have been challenged to craft a Twitter micropoem on the theme of the ‘science around us’ by Creative Manchester, which has launched its annual Micropoetry Competition to mark World Poetry Day.

In a recent conspiracy case in Manchester, prosecutors were able to build a group case against several black teenagers and have them convicted after they used social media messages between the teenagers that referenced violence in drill rap lyrics. …

David Olusoga is Professor of Public History at The University of Manchester, specialising in the British Empire and how different communities experience its lasting effects in modern society. Awarded an OBE in 2019 for his services to history and …

Since becoming a research platform at The University of Manchester, Creative Manchester has witnessed immense growth, nurturing exciting research and delivering outstanding workshops and events. The platform’s research is centred on three key …

Professor of Poetry and Creative Manchester Director, John McAuliffe, opened the workshop by providing a brief overview of Creative Manchester and the Creative Industries Deep Dive Aspect Project, followed by ÌìÃÀÓ°ÊÓ Associate Dr Alicia J Rouverol …

Curated for Creative Manchester by Senior ÌìÃÀÓ°ÊÓ Fellow Ellah Wakatama OBE, the conversations focused on new publications in many genres, touching on poetry, science fiction, fantasy, nature writing, and memoir. With a variety of poets …