Research Highlights
Alliance Manchester Business School in the UK is a research-led school within a research-led university. Given our scale and breadth we aim to tackle big, contemporary problems that require long-term research commitment, while encouraging teamwork across multiple academic disciplines.
We draw on and contribute to the University’s world-leading research profile and international reputation for excellent higher education. Our core strengths are not just centred on the quality of our research, but also around our individual and collaborative work, our teaching and executive education, our collaboration with international partners, and around our advisory, policy and public speaking roles. This is encapsulated in our motto Original Thinking Applied.
We are also aligned to the University of Manchester’s wider research beacons which are tackling some of the biggest questions facing the planet.
Andre Geim
2010 Nobel Prize in Physics
Andre Geim shared the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics with Kostya Novoselov for preparing and then characterising individual atomic planes of carbon, known as graphene. In 2004 they demonstrated how to extract and isolate graphene from graphite crystals using Sellotape.
Geim also shared the 2000 Ig Nobel Prize in Physics for his tongue-in-cheek diamagnetic levitation of a live frog.
Research Beacons
From tackling cancer and poverty to finding the energy solutions of the future, our research is making a real difference to the quality of people’s lives across the globe.
Global Challenges, Manchester Solutions.
Find out how world-class academic research is commercialised by scientists, engineers, medical professionals, business leaders and policymakers.
Research News
Alan Turing will be face of new £50 note
Alan Turing will be the next face on the £50 note the Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney, announced today
How moon landing conspiracy theories began and why they persist today
Bill Kaysing was a former US Navy officer who worked as a technical writer for one of the rocket manufacturers
Red wine may hold the key to next-gen wearable technology
A team of scientists are seeking to kick-start a wearable technology revolution by creating flexible fibres and adding acids from
Plans for a world-leading cancer research centre receive £25m in Government funding
Plans to create a globally leading cancer research centre in Manchester have been awarded £25 million by the Research England
Bird-like dinosaur is oldest unearthed in North America
A team of palaeontologists from the UK and US have identified a one of a kind 150 million-year-old dinosaur skeleton.
Jodrell Bank added to UNESCO World Heritage List
Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. The observatory becomes the 32nd UNESCO World Heritage Site
University of Manchester ranks in European top 10 for teaching excellence
The University of Manchester remains among the best European universities for teaching excellence in this year’s Times Higher Education (THE) Europe
Manchester’s innovation model is pointer to the future, says leading politician
A senior cabinet minister has praised The University of Manchester for its pioneering approach to ensure homegrown discovery is brought
Sir John Charnley / Medical Pioneer
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.
Lasting legacy / Urban regeneration
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
Volunteering / Making a difference
Manchester is a place where students have opportunities to grow, to lead and to make a difference, both through their studies and beyond via the
Mark Corbett / A catalyst for cleaner growth
In June 2018 the Industrial Biotechnology Leadership Forum launched A National Industrial Biotechnology Strategy to 2030. One of its co-authors, Dr Mark Corbett, Project Manager
Protons / Fighting against cancer
Ernest Rutherford first split the atom at The University of Manchester, so it’s only fitting that the next century’s discoveries in proton use should be
Kirk Malone / Future for Plastics?
Once hailed as wonder materials, plastics are now spoken about as a threat to the very well-being of our planet. Dr Kirk Malone ponders whether