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This year is the 30th anniversary of Black History Month in the UK. The occasion aims to give young Black people role models from similar backgrounds with whom they might share experiences. There was a great turnout for the event, where the audience heard from a range of guest speakers from across the Faculty and […]
Tim Gregory and Tessa Naran share more in common than just their UoM background. They also both want to be astronauts and are currently appearing on our screens every Sunday at 9pm. The reason? They’re participants in the new BBC 2 show Astronauts: Do you have what it takes?. Beating off tough competition from 3,000 […]
For one weekend in July, the observatory at Jodrell Bank, known for its huge radio telescope, transforms into Bluedot Festival. The site is filled with thousands of campers who come for the fantastic mix of science, art and music, all set against the amazing backdrop of the Lovell Telescope. The festival blends the frontiers of […]
Congratulations! You’ve survived the stress and fervour of A-level results day. The nerves, the worry, the knots in the stomach – they’ve all been worth it to secure your place in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at The University of Manchester. And now the fun really begins. Welcome to a city of creativity, a […]
This Left Handers Awareness Day, we decided to set ourselves what we thought was a straightforward task – finding out what causes one in ten of us to favour our left hand for everything from writing to throwing. Turns out, the task wasn’t so easy after all. There is no one proven reason as to […]
Remember when a printer was just something that spurted out paper documents and emails and that you occasionally (okay, frequently) shouted at? Chances are this is still the extent of your relationship with your printer – but that could all soon change. For instance, imagine using a printer to prepare your perfect snack. A delicate […]
As summer approaches, you’re no doubt already mentally planning your holiday as you slave over a hot keyboard. Tenerife. Miami. What about Venus? Maybe that’s a bit too hot – plus it’d be a pretty long journey. Space tourism has been something us humans have dreamed of for generations. Travelling around the planets in our […]
Ever wondered why Schrödinger’s cat became so famous – or who Schrödinger is, for that matter? And could an infinite number of monkeys really type the complete works of Shakespeare? And if they could, how does this help scientists anyway? Well, it turns out that cats stuck in boxes, monkeys with aspirations to write and […]
It’s not often you can get within ten feet of lightning and still walk away completely unscathed, but this is what happened when we visited The University of Manchester’s High Voltage Laboratory with YouTube film maker Tom Scott, whose 750,000+ subscribers get treated to videos of Amazing Places and Things You Might Not Know. In […]
This week we welcomed Charles Hendry, the UK Commissioner for the UK Pavilion at the Expo 2017 in Astana, to the University. He is leading the UK’s representation at the Expo and came to the University on a fact-finding mission. Whilst here he spent time at the National Graphene Institute learning about graphene; one of […]