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turkey at xmas — Into the Festive Season

Research and impact 20th December 2019

Hello everyone! We are almost approaching the Christmas break here at the University. Christmas has been the most cherished and celebrated holiday in the UK as far as I’ve observed in my time here. I’m personally always into decorations and love to see the streets wearing all types of lights during the holiday. The Manchester […]

women in computer science — Our Women In Computer Science

Meet the Department 20th December 2019

“This week, we launch a series of four short, personal videos that showcase four young women and their take on the field of Computer Science. We decided to make these videos to help everybody, in particular girls, get a better understanding of computer science: it is one of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) subjects […]

Our @CSMCR students — Our @csmcr students – Sarah Kells

Student experience 19th December 2019

Hi Sarah, why did you want to study Computer Science at Manchester? Computer Science has always appealed to me. Problem solving is an area that I find extremely enjoyable, and combined with an interest in coding, computer science became an obvious choice. I considered many universities across the UK, but Manchester stood out the most […]

Merve in Alexandra Park — Introducing our new PhD blogger, Merve!

Research and impact 27th November 2019

Hello from mid-Semester At the beautiful Alexandra Park We are in the midst of a semester and also almost at the end of my favourite season when in Manchester. The season is autumn, which for me indicates new beginnings, some ends, and lovely colourful views on nature… It has been the fourth autumn during […]

Alan Turing statue in Manchester — Alan Turing’s generous nature

Welcome to Computer Science 25th November 2019

Alan Turing was a true pioneer of computer science; but are you aware of his philanthropic side? Here we explore the generous nature of ‘the father of computer science’.

Studying a PhD whilst at CERN, with Joshua Dawes.

Life after study 5th November 2019

Joshua Dawes is 25 years old, from the UK and a final-year PhD student in Computer Science. Although Joshua is studying his PhD with The University of Manchester, for the entire period of the programme he’s actually based at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland on CERN’s Doctoral Student programme. Here we find out more about Joshua’s […]

Meet the Department 11th July 2019

The University has launched its first Coding Boot Camp in partnership with Trilogy Education, a leading US workforce accelerator. The University is the exclusive provider of the programme based in the North West and is one of the first universities in the UK to offer the Coding Boot Camp. Why study coding? Did you […]

Welcome to Computer Science 21st June 2019

Did you know that Tom Kilburn, one of the men who helped build the Baby, also helped to set up the School of Computer Science at Manchester? Find out more.