Our partners
We partner with a number of centres and institutes from in and around the University. They include:
Since London’s The Great Exhibition of 1851, world fairs and expos have introduced and popularised some of the most important inventions of the modern age. Don’t believe us? Take a look at your phone. Alexander Graham Bell’s invention was first shown to the public at the Philadelphia World Fair of 1876. Hard as it may […]
Our Nuclear Industry has defined my working life. For over thirty years it has been my constant companion. We have matured together, becoming comfortable in each other’s company and learning to tolerate each other’s faults and frailties. My experience has caused me to see the power of ‘special’ material as a beguiling prize to be […]
The Wonder Materials: Graphene and Beyond exhibition at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester has been open for just over six months. Over that time, we’ve had an incredible 80000 visitors. People have described the exhibition as inspiring, fun, and informative. This is great, but we know that there are ways we can […]
The University of Manchester is the Hub for the BP International Centre for Advanced Materials (BP-ICAM). Could you tell us about this collaboration between academia and industry? RS: Materials underpin everything we do in BP from Upstream Oil & Gas exploration and production through our Downstream businesses in refining, petrochemicals fuel and lubricants to alternative […]
Each year we hold our Dalton Day Symposium to give young researchers within the remit of the Dalton Nuclear Institute and supported by our industrial partners the opportunity to showcase their research to those partners, academic colleagues and interested students. It is an opportunity for all to catch up on the excellent research being done […]
17 October 2016 marks 60 years since the opening of the world’s first commercial nuclear power plant. Opened by the Queen in 1956, Calder Hall nuclear power plant in northwest England became the first nuclear power plant to supply commercial amounts of electricity to a public grid. Celebrating 60 years civil electricity generation is an […]
Earlier this year, Dalton Nuclear Institute staff and students ran an interactive stand for visitors to Bluedot festival, hosted by Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre. Collaborating under the Manchester Energy banner, Next Generation Nuclear PhD students and alumni and PhD students from the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering joined forces to talk about energy with […]
Hello all. Thanks for joining me for the 25th episode of #MondayMaterials, featuring Professor Philip Withers. Phil was officially named as our inaugural Regius Professor of Materials by Her Majesty the Queen this weekend, so we couldn’t think of a better person to be talking to on this chilly Monday morning. On top of that […]
Over the past two decades, Professor Paul O’Brien’s work has helped change the lives of many of South Africa’s young scientists. Here, Professor O’Brien and one of his first protégés look back upon the impact he has made. On a damp afternoon in March, Professor Paul O’Brien visited Buckingham Palace to collect his CBE for […]
There’s no doubt that full membership of the EU has had profound largely positive impacts on both environmental law and the environment in the UK over the last 40 years – notably in improvements in waste recycling (e.g. Circular Economy Package – for a more sustainable use of materials and products), cleaner beaches, cleaner air, […]