New pioneering applications star in Wonder Materials exhibition
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 […]
Outstanding Manchester humanitarians recognised for their world-leading roles
Two former Manchester students have been presented with awards by the University in recognition of their world-leading leading roles in humanitarian aid and emergency response. Gareth Owen and Karen O’Neill both won Outstanding Alumni awards, which are presented annually to alumni who have achieved distinction in their professions through exemplary service to local, national or […]
Fashion Marketing Sr Lecturer writes about fashion and sustainability
On September 16th, 2016, the Business of Fashion asked the question “How can the fashion industry become more sustainable?” This is not a new question; indeed, it has been a question asked of the industry both externally and internally for a number of years now. It was, however, a convenient coincidence that BoF asked this […]
Collaboration and innovation: in conversation with Dr Robert Sorrell from BP
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 […]
Materials Post-Grad Launches Women of Science Campaign
It’s an exciting day for one of the school’s PhD students, and somebody who has appeared on the blog a couple of times already. Rhys Archer appeared in the #MondayMaterials series and also wrote a post for us about her success in the ‘I’m An Engineer, Get Me out of Here’ competition. Part of her […]
Fostering the next generation of nuclear scientists
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 […]
University of Manchester’s support for computing in schools gets the royal seal of approval
Sarah Zaman and Dave Ames, both of the University of Manchester, have been invited to a reception at St James’s Palace hosted by Prince Andrew, HRH The Duke of York, to celebrate the success of computing education in schools. His Royal Highness is Patron of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. The Foundation has recently announced that […]
University academics share engineering expertise in Rwanda
Housing Regulations and Standards Division Manager at the Rwanda Housing Authority who was on the training course. The Rwanda Housing Authority (RHA) leads the development of infrastructure projects in Rwanda and the agency is, for example, currently supporting the Rwandan government build ‘model villages’ as part of the latest efforts to modernise rural settlements. The […]
MECD time capsule – laying the foundations for future innovation
Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge came to The University of Manchester on 14 October 2016 and sealed a time capsule at the site of the Manchester Engineering Campus Development (MECD) during their recent visit to the city. The aluminium capsule, made by the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, will […]
Some thoughts on Calder Hall, on its birthday
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 […]