Outreach
Magnify: New research magazine launches
The Faculty of Science and Engineering have launched a brand new online magazine dedicated to showcasing the University’s research and putting fact over fiction. Magnify is a research magazine unlike any other, removed from the rushing of stories and ‘bad news sells’ rhetoric. It prides itself on slow journalism, releasing bi-monthly issues on a single […]
Bugs by the Riverbed: The Medlock’s Watery World
To understand a river, you have to look closer – beneath the surface, beyond the obvious – into the life it quietly sustains. In the heart of Manchester lies one of the city’s lesser-known landscapes: the Medlock Valley. A former industrial corridor, it is now steadily transforming into a peaceful stretch of mature woodland, wildflower […]
Cultivating a community: Better World fund delivers fresh approach to school allotment project
Planters mounded with empty soil; donations being readily gifted and gratefully received; a celebration of community spirit filling the Autumn air. Harvest Festival seems a likely occasion for such a scene, but in Collyhurst, Greater Manchester, they’re cultivating so much more than produce. The Faculty’s Social Responsibility team has provided the catalyst for change, allocating […]
Student opinion: Teachers are sustainability heroes sparking curiosity
Words by Sanya Panda, Earth and Environmental Science student specialising in Earth & Planetary Science (Geochemistry) Recently, a beam of hope and inspiration has emerged within science education. Earth and Environmental Scientists from The University of Manchester have been making moves on a grassroots level in India, making Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) accessible […]
Great Science Share for Schools continues to inspire
The Great Science Share for Schools 2024 Greater Manchester event took place this Tuesday. Pupils from 35 schools from across all boroughs of Greater Manchester descended on the University of Salford to share a super range of investigations with other pupils, academics and with professionals working in science today. The Greater Manchester GSSfS event is just one […]
8 Clearing myths *debunked* using classic pop culture
This is a judgement free zone. Forget all the rumours you’ve read online, or any videos you’ve binge-watched on your FYP. Ignore whatever horror stories you’ve heard from friends… of friends… (of friends). We’re here to set the record straight about Clearing. Once and for all! Clearing has got a bad reputation. But times have […]
Big Sisters in STEM: the new podcast championing comfort, solidarity, and candid conversations
Imagine a world where the marginalised minds of STEM – those brilliant individuals that push the boundaries of what we know- are not confined by gender norms or societal expectations. A world where describing their lived experience isn’t the ways in which they’ve been discriminated, but the fascinating projects they’re working on, and the comfort […]
Green Together: A fresh take on climate action with Manchester’s community at its heart
Let’s be honest, conversations on climate change can sometimes feel like information overload. The doom and gloom can be scary, confusing, and not to mention unproductive. Without science-backed facts and a sense of unity, it can all leave us feeling rather lost within the noise, right? Chuck in some ‘greenwashing’ and suddenly it’s impossible to […]
Bringing a tale of self-discovery (and quantum science) to school children
At first glance, using the words ‘school’ and ‘quantum science’ in the same sentence seems rather paradoxical. However, scientists at The University of Manchester believe integrating the fundamentals of larger scientific concepts into the primary and secondary school curriculum is actually completely logical. Izzy Jones’s Quantum World is the bi-product of award-winning primary science teachers Jules Pottle and […]
Angry Birds, robots and delta wing aircrafts: outreach round-up March 2024
Believe it or not, we’re now a quarter of the way through the new year. Winter has come to a close, Spring is slowly emerging, and daylight savings brought us an extra hour of daylight (or one less in bed, whichever way you see it). Over the long Bank Holiday weekend, we’ve been reflecting on […]