2019 issue

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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Protons / Fighting against cancer

Spring 2019 Issue Words by Kate Tidman Image by Christopher Doyle 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 pioneered here, at the UK’s first NHS highenergy proton-beam therapy centre and dedicated research facility. In December 2018, the first patient was treated at a new £125

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