We apologise for the message sent to our students last night about posters in windows, it didn't reflect the University's view. We respect the rights of students to express themselves, but as requested by
@gmpolice
the posters must not break the law or they'll have to be removed.
On the sixth anniversary of the Manchester Arena terror attack, our thoughts are with those who lost their lives and those who's lives were forever changed that evening.
Manchester remembers. ❤️🐝
We are saddened at the tragic death of one of our students in an incident in Fallowfield. Our thoughts are with their family and friends.
Students can contact the Counselling, Mental Health and Wellbeing Service by email at counselling
@mmu
.ac.uk or by calling 0161 247 3493.
We’re delighted to have been named the UK’s number 1 sustainable University! Placing first in the
@peopleandplanet
University League for 2021. 🙌♻️🎉
Find out why 👉 .
@McrMetSustain
We are proud to announce today that
@Elbow
frontman Guy Garvey has joined the University as our first ever Visiting Professor of Songwriting. Welcome
@Guy_Garvey
!
We’ve been recognised as a leading modern university in the REF, with 90% of our research impact rated ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ across more than 740 academics. 🎉 🙌
Read more: .
#McrMetProud
#REFResults
Congratulations to Momtaza Mehri (
@RuffneckRefugee
) &
@Tim_Etchells
- the winners of the Manchester Writing Competition 2019, which is run by
#McrMetUni
&
@McrWritingSchl
.
Find out more about them and their winning work in our latest news story:
Always in our hearts. At 10.31pm tonight, bells will ring out across Manchester city centre to remember the 22 lives that were lost at the arena attack on May 22, 2017. 🐝💔
It is with great sadness that we learn of the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. We give thanks for her immeasurable contributions to the UK and throughout the world and we extend our deepest sympathies and sincere condolences to the Royal Family.
Today we remember the victims of the Manchester Arena attack on 22 May 2017, four years ago. The 22 people who lost their lives and those whose lives were forever changed that night are always in our hearts. 🐝💔
We're delighted to be named Sunday Times 'University of the Year for Student Retention.' Congratulations to our whole team for this great recognition of their hard work supporting our students.
Read more here:
#GoodUniGuide
@thesundaytimes
A big congratulations to Michelle Yeoh on wining the Oscar for Best Actress. 🎉👏
Michelle graduated with a bachelor's degree in creative arts and drama in 1983 and is understood to have studied at our former Cheshire campus.
Find out more 👉
#BlackoutTuesday
We stand in solidarity - black lives matter. We must make sure we support one another and look out for and after each other. We want to see a better world for all of us, and together we will be the change.🖤
We've been lighting up the city to celebrate 200 years of driving progress and innovation from the heart of Manchester. ✨🤩
Did you catch one of our amazing displays?
Find out how we're celebrating our 200th birthday across the year 🔗
#McrMetProud
Great news! Plans for our iconic new library have been approved. 🤩
The library will provide a vibrant learning, research, and collaboration hub, empowering our community and fostering creativity and engagement for future generations.
Read more 🔗 .
We're officially 200 years old! 🎉
From our beginnings in the creation of the Manchester Mechanics Institution on 7 April 1824, we continue to transform lives locally, nationally and around the world.
Happy Anniversary to our students, staff, alumni and partners.
#McrMetProud
#BlackLivesMatter
: resources/support at
#McrMetUni
Following recent events in the US/feedback on our
#BlackoutTuesday
post, we wanted to give our students/staff more info/resources about our work at the Uni plus more. Read more below.
Photo credit: willowbytheriver_/Instagram
A minute’s silence will be held at 2.30pm today on the anniversary of the Manchester Arena tragedy in remembrance of those who lost their lives and all others that were affected by the attack
#mcrtogether
When you can't contain your excitement that it's
#graduation
and you just have to dance it out! 💃 🎓
Thanks to former
#McrMetUni
PR & Marketing student and
#McrMetGrad
Oluwanifewa Agunbiade for letting us share this fantastic moment from her graduation last year.
#Classof2019
Next week, we officially launch our Institute of Sport (
@McrInstSport
) 🙌 🎉
Sport and activity are worth £39 billion to the UK economy and we're proud of our increasing contribution. To celebrate, we'll be sharing some of our highlights, key partnerships and research.
A massive congratulations to everyone who’s confirmed their place at Manchester Met - we’re looking forward to meeting you all in September 🙌
Let us know what course you’ll be studying!
#McrMetProud
Congratulations to everyone who's secured a place at Manchester Met today!
You should be proud of your hard work, and we hope you're looking forward to the next exciting stage of your life 🙌
Congratulations to our Vice-Chancellor, Professor Malcolm Press, awarded a CBE, and our
#McrMet
Paralympians Kadeena Cox OBE (
@kad_c
) and Tully Kearney MBE (
@TullyKearney
) in the New Year Honours.
Read more here:
We're delighted to announce a new research partnership between
@ManUtd
and
@McrInstSport
which will help to drive elite performance and offer unique opportunities for our students.
👉
On the fifth anniversary of the Manchester Arena terror attack, our thoughts are with those who lost their lives, those who lost loved ones, and those whose lives were forever changed that evening.
As a city, we stand together to reflect, remember and love 🐝
We’re delighted to share that we’ve achieved an overall rating of GOLD in latest Teaching Excellence Framework, recognising our commitment to delivering an outstanding student experience. 🏅🙌
Read more: .
#McrMetProud
Greater Manchester will be the first place in the country to establish a dedicated centre to help support higher education students with mental health needs, thanks to a new partnership
We are delighted to welcome Professor Steve Rothberg as our new Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor. Steve will lead our academic strategy and drive the implementation of our Road to 2030 vision.
Welcome to Manchester Met! 👋
Read more: .
Following the Prime Minister’s statement last night, we are stopping face-to-face teaching immediately at
#McrMetUni
. Please read more here:
⬇️ In the below thread, we will be putting the latest information and updates for our staff and students. ⬇️
2024 marks 200 years of Manchester Met. 🌟
Our bicentenary celebrations kick off this week and we’ll be unveiling something exciting in different spots across Manchester on Wednesday afternoon.
Here’s a sneak peak of what’s to come, stay tuned to find out more… 🎉
Following a significant increase in the number of COVID-19 cases across the city over the last week.
We have agreed, along with
@OfficialUoM
, to move teaching online until 30 October 2020, except for a small number of clinical or practice-based courses.
On the seventh anniversary of the Manchester Arena terror attack, our thoughts are with those who lost their lives and those whose lives were forever changed.
Manchester remembers. ❤️🐝
Congratulations to our Director of Apprenticeships
@Lizgorb
who has been awarded an MBE in the King’s New Year’s honours. 👏👏
Liz has received the honour for services to education and skills.
🔗
#McrMetProud
We've climbed 29 places to 10th in the latest Uni Compare rankings! 🙌
Manchester Met also ranked 6th for course quality and achieved a ‘99% recommended’ rating from students based on data and written reviews.
Read more 🔗
Last week, we took possession of our new flagship School of Digital Arts (
@SODAmcr
) and The Institute of Sport (
@McrInstSport
) Building. 🙌😍🙌
SODA is set to welcome students over the coming weeks and The Institute of Sport opens for teaching in January. We can't wait! 👏
Following the tragic death of Luke O’Connor, a second year Business Management degree student at Manchester Met, his family has issued a tribute: .
We will be offering whatever help and support we can to Luke’s family over the coming days.
We’ve been named as the “Most Improved in the United Kingdom” in the 2025 QS World University Rankings.
We’ve risen 190 places in five years, reflecting the impact of our excellent education, impactful research, and more.
👉
@TopUnis
We’re so proud to have won ‘Widening Participation or Outreach Initiative of the Year’ for our First Generation Scholarship Programme at tonight’s
#THEAwards
.
#McrMetProud
🙌 🥳 🙌
The
#THEAwards
Widening Participation or Outreach Initiative of the Year prize goes to
@ManMetUni
for its First Generation scholarship programme offering a “complete journey of support” for young people from Greater Manchester whose parents have no direct experience of HE
Congratulations to
@profcathyparker
who has been awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours for services to education and place management.
Prof Parker and
@placemanagement
's work is helping communities to transform their high streets.
More info:
‘To Bee or not to Bee’ has landed!
@BeeintheCity
has started and our Shakespeare bee is looking great. Visit All Saints Park today and send us your selfies!
Happy
#NationalPoetryDay
! 📖
We're celebrating with a specially commissioned poem by award-winning poet Dr Kim Moore (
@kimmoorepoet
) exploring the themes of motherhood as refuge. 👇
Find out more 🔗 .
@McrPoetryLib
Congratulations to Professor Helen Mort on winning the grand prize at the Banff Mountain Book Competition 2023. 📖 🙌
Find out more 🔗 .
@McrWritingSchl
@banffcentre
Zombies, werewolves, vampires and bad bugs – how to bring science to life with Prof
@JoVerran
, who has been honoured with a prestigious
@aaas
award for public engagement in science. Congratulations!
One of our academics and the team from
@anthonyburgess
have discovered a never-before-seen ‘sequel’ to A Clockwork Orange.
#McrMetUni
Modern Literature Professor, Andrew Biswell, shares more about the discovery below. 👇
Listen to the full podcast here:
Could this be our cutest Graduation guest so far? 👶
English Literature and Lingustics graduate Lucy was accompanied to her
#ClassOf2024
ceremony yesterday by her seven day old daughter Evelynn.
#McrMetGrad
#McrMetProud
New hospital gowns created from Manchester City shirts have been donated to Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, aiming to help, support and improve the experience for children undergoing treatment and care 💙
Read all about it! ⬇️
🔷
#ManCity
|
Congratulations to Chief Executive of Arts Council England, Dr Darren Henley OBE on being made an Honorary Doctor of Arts, in recognition of his significant contribution to the arts, the cultural sector and the creative industries. 👏 🎓
@ace_national
#McrMetGrad
Following a public consultation, plans to expand and improve All Saints Park have been approved by
@ManCityCouncil
. Improvements will include the creation of new outdoor event and social spaces and a memorial garden.🌳
#Manchester
#McrMet
In a UK first, we've joined forces with
@UKSportsInst
to launch the Centre of Excellence for Women in Sport.
The Centre will be a ‘go to’ global hub for female health and performance helping to support elite athletes and wider public health.
🔗 .
Congratulations to Professor Carol Ann Duffy from
@McrWritingSchl
, who has been awarded the prestigious Golden Wreath for her lifetime achievement in the field of poetry 👏
Find out more: .
Exciting news! We’ve submitted plans for a visionary library which will help Manchester retain its status as a choice destination for students. 🤩
Find out more 🔗
@MMULibrary
"It is pleasing to see the University’s continued upward progress in league tables; we now occupy our highest ever position, having risen 39 places in a decade."
#McrMetUni
places 54th in
@compuniguide
's 2021 University League Table. Read more:
#cug2021
Today, we officially launch our Grosvenor East building, where traditional disciplines like English and History meet the arts, and skills of painting, acting, fashion and photography. 🙌
To celebrate, we're sharing some of our top arts and humanities achievements.
A thread 👇
We're delighted to have received outstanding National Student Survey results with Manchester Met improved across every single theme. 🙌
Find out more 🔗 .
#McrMetProud
Congratulations to Human Geography lecturer
@MysteriousDrBex
, who has been named among the UK's 100 most influential disabled people 🎉
Read more about Dr Becky Alexis-Martin's place in the 2022
@ShawTrust
Disability Power 100 shortlist:
Tomorrow's the big day! 🎓
We can't wait to welcome you into
@BridgewaterHall
for our
#ClassOf2023
graduation ceremonies. How amazing does this look?!
Thank you to both Bridgewater Hall and
@MidlandMCR
for hosting our registration and ceremonies!
#McrMetGrad
We are delighted that the new School of Digital Arts building has been granted planning permission. Opening in 2021, SODA is a £35m investment to meet the urgent and growing demand for skilled workers in the region’s creative and digital industries.
#McrMetUni
's
@PlaceManagement
has been awarded a £8.6m contract by the government to lead its new High Streets Task Force - an expert group to help regenerate England's towns and city centres.
Find out more about them here:
#McrMetResearch
#highstreet
After seeing these brand-new CGI images, we can’t wait for Manchester Met’s Institute of Sport to open in 2022! Find out more here: . 😍🏏
#McrMetUni
#InstituteofSport