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Professor Duncan Ivison: ‘Collaboration is our superpower and we need to lean into it’

A year into his Presidency and Vice-Chancellorship, Professor Duncan Ivison is firmly focused on the future. He tells us about his vision for Manchester’s next decade and the work being done to take us there.

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Judith Sear: The Life and Impact of the Sear Family
Manchester alumna Judith Sear established the Sear Family Cancer Research Fund after losing her son, Jason, to adrenal cancer. In this interview, Judith explains how ...
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Foreword: Dear Manchester
As a Londoner, I wanted to go to a big city for university – I needed somewhere vibrant, energetic and community-driven. Manchester ticked all the ...
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Ed O’Brien Musician – Activist and Honorary Mancunian
Winners of four Ivor Novello Awards, three Grammys and the joint most-nominated act in Mercury Prize history, Radiohead remain among the most revered bands in ...

Celebrating our University values

July 2023 Issue Words by Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, President and Vice-Chancellor At a time when every member of our University community, at home and ...

A bold future for cancer research

July 2022 Issue Words by Kate Tidman and Professor Stephen Taylor  Image by Kirsty Smith The Paterson Building is set to become the new home ...

A man on a mission

July 2022 Issue Words by Tom Fern Image by Russell Hart As he walks past University buildings, adorned with blue plaques that celebrate some of ...

Together, we make an impact

July 2022 Issue Words by Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, President and Vice-Chancellor In this year’s magazine, we celebrate impact – the impact of our people, ...

Bex Mamo on Lemn Sissay

July 2022 Issue Words by Bex Mamo Illustration by Bex Mamo Bex Mamo is a realist portrait artist based in Manchester. Her work celebrates inspiring ...

Promoting fair and equitable access to medicines

July 2022 Issue Words by Professor Anthony Green Illustration by Jane Naylor Professor Anthony Green of the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) explores an open-source ...

Lemn’s legacy

July 2022 Issue Words by Harry Newton Images by David Gennard After seven years spent inspiring our community as Chancellor of The University of Manchester, ...

The Innocence Project

July 2022 Issue Words by Rose Brooke Illustration by Jane Naylor The work of the Manchester Innocence Project (MIP) is paving the way to freedom for victims ...

Inspiring the Black leaders of tomorrow

July 2022 Issue Words by Hayley Cox Image by Russell Hart George Obolo, medical student and co-founder of The Black Excellence Network, placed fifth in ...
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