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Common lung conditions linked to heart disease

Patients with some of the most common lung diseases are substantially more likely to suffer a heart attack and develop other major heart problems according to new research. The team of heart and l...

Apr. 04

Manchester to lead new digital security network

A consortium led by The University of Manchester has been awarded £1.36 million by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to establish a new digital security network. The Sec...

Mar. 30

Students help to create guidance to protect vulnerable people online

A group of law students fromThe University of Manchesterhave been involved in a case creating new guidance to ensure vulnerable individuals are protected when using the internet. Working alongside a ...

Mar. 27

Centralised stroke services save more lives

The new analysis, which builds on research undertaken in 2014, finds an extra 69 lives are being saved every year as a result of further centralisation of services in Greater Manchester. In London, wh...

Mar. 27

Hand gestures increase entrepreneurs' likelihood of securing investment

Entrepreneurs who use skilled hand gestures when pitching to investors are more likely to secure funding than those who don’t, according tonew research conducted by academics at Alliance Manches...

Mar. 08

Alliance Manchester Business School partners with Northern Care Alliance to ready its leaders for the future

Alliance Manchester Business School has partnered with Northern Care Alliance NHS Group to launch the Group’s first senior leader development programme. The programme, which is being funded via ...

Mar. 01

Nobel Prize-winning laureate to create graphene-embedded art

Celebrating 15 years since his successful isolation of graphene, Nobel Laureate Professor Sir Kostya Novoselov will produce pieces of art using the innovative material, live at Mobile World Congress (...

Feb. 22

Automation, robots and the ‘end of work’ myth

Tony Dundon, Profesor of HRM and Employment Relations, and Debra Howcroft, Professor of Technology and Organisation, dispel some myths around automation. Can you imagine travelling to work in a robot...

Feb. 01

Manchester tops graduate employer list two years running

The University of Manchester has for a second year running come out on top as the most targeted university in the UK for top graduate employers The report from independent market research company, Hi...

Feb. 01

Manchester scientists set to take on cancer's 'grand challenge'

Manchester scientists are set to benefit from one of the biggest funding grants ever awarded by Cancer Research UK. Researchers at the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, part of The University ...

Jan. 28