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Jen O’Brien / Empowering Students

Summer 2019 Issue Words by Jen O’Brien Illustration by Steve McCabe The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a blueprint to achieve a better future for all. Dr Jen O’Brien, who’s helped create a pioneering interdisciplinary module for undergraduates on sustainability, explains why Manchester is the perfect place to engage with global challenges. We live […]

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Social Development Goals / Answering the world’s call

Summer 2019 Issue Words by Rose Brooke Images by David Gennard and Jill Jennings The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals give us all a target of addressing global challenges by 2030. It’s a mission that aligns with The University of Manchester’s commitment to social responsibility, embodied in our people, as these three stories show. In

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James Mason / Net zero

Summer 2019 Issue Words by James Mason Illustration by Steve McCabe   ‘Net zero’ and ‘carbon neutral’ have quickly become the go-to phrases for ambitious declarations on climate change action. But what do net zero, zero carbon or carbon neutral mean in practice? James Mason, PhD researcher at Tyndall Manchester, explores the terms and how

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Sir William Arthur Lewis / Development done differently

Summer 2019 Issue Words by Maree Perkins Image by Steve McCabe Founder of development economics, Nobel Prize winner, Britain’s first black professor: Sir William Arthur Lewis did it all – and did it differently. After joining The University of Manchester in 1948, Lewis explored the social and cultural influences in development. Sitting at the heart of international development

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Sir John Charnley / Medical Pioneer

Spring 2019 Issue Words by Angela Barlow Image by Steve McCabe Charnley presented an ambitious vision for a total hip replacement to the British Medical Association. His innovation is still helping people walk pain-free today. Charnley was a surgeon with a love of engineering and a determination to advance medical science. Fuelled by this passion he designed an implant and procedure

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Lasting legacy / Urban regeneration

Spring 2019 Issue Words by Frank Hamilton Image by Matthew Ludlam Foundation Communities, schools and streets across south Manchester have been lit up by dazzling works of art, thanks to the legacy of a gifted alumnus of the University. Matthew Ludlam (1981–2015) was a prize-winning student of planning, gaining degrees at BSc, MPlan and PGCert levels from the University, with a promising career that

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