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April 2021 Issue Words by Nancy Rothwell As I write we have more staff and students back on campus than we have been able to for 12 months. There is growing optimism and we hope to be able to welcome even more students back in the coming weeks. It is hard to speak of the future […]
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April 2021 Issue Words by Krystyna Rudzki Images by iStock/xavierarnau As the UK considers how its economy can recover from the impact of the pandemic, a new institute based at Manchester is aiming to reframe the debate on productivity. A new national institute aims to change the way the UK thinks about, measures and increases productivity. Based at Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS),
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April 2021 Issue Words by Vicky Taylor-Plane As a leading international research university, The University of Manchester is committed to playing a collaborative role in tackling global challenges and helping create a greener, fairer and healthier world. We are the world’s number one university in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings for action taken towards the United Nations’
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April 2021 Issue Words by Alan Beck Image by Beenish courtesy of the Faculty of Science and Engineering Meet the graphene entrepreneurs putting social responsibility at the centre of their new businesses to help protect our environment. Across the world, more than one billion tyres are burned or buried in landfill every year. Around 60% of all water used
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April 2021 Issue Words by Professor Rob Field Illustration by Jane Naylor In looking to a greener and healthier future, what we can take from our past? Professor Rob Field, Director of the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB), explains the lineage from our oldest innovations to those that will shape our future. We have a rich history of discovering alternative
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April 2021 Issue Words by Sally Mavin Image by iStock/DrAfter123 Every five minutes, someone in the UK will have a stroke, with one in ten of these a brain haemorrhage. Manchester researchers are preparing to launch a care package across north-west England that could save more lives from these severe strokes. Fiona Moss will never
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