Every year, we take part in the
@ManchesterPride
Parade, and this year, as we celebrate our bicentenary, weโreย going all out!
Weโreย thrilled to have our President and Vice Chancellor, Duncan Ivison, join staff and students at
#Pride
.
@UoMEandD
@UoMLGBT
โค๏ธ๐Congratulations
@MarcusRashford
!
Today Marcus received his honorary doctorate at Old Trafford. Marcus is the youngest recipient of an honorary degree in the history of the University.
@ManUtd
@England
In 2018, Laura Nuttall discovered she had Glioblastoma Multiforme - an aggressive and incurable form of brain cancer.
Yesterday, she celebrated her graduation at The University of Manchester with her family. Congratulations Laura, what an achievement!
Marcus will receive his honorary degree in August for his remarkable campaign against child poverty and his outstanding sporting achievements. Congratulations,
@MarcusRashford
#UoMGraduation
.
(THREAD) The
@HCRInstitute
has responded to international demand for
#humanitarian
studies, growing to one of the most significant institutions for humanitarian teaching and research worldwide. This year it is celebrating 10 years.
Fantastic news! Alan Turing, former Director of the Computing Laboratory at the University, will be the next face on the ยฃ50 note
#Turing50
#ThinkScience
After receiving his honorary doctorate from the University for his campaigning against child poverty,
@MarcusRashford
spoke to
@BBCBreakfast
.
๐ฃ๏ธ โYouโve got to decide, are you going to eat or are you going to be warm in the house?โ
In 2017, academics at
@WorkEqualities
@IGAUnit
developed the first Human Development Report for Greater Manchester โ a report on how
#humandev
enlarges the choices of citizens.
The University of Manchester has been ranked 3rd out of more than 500 universities around the world in the
#THEglobalimpact
rankings based on our societal impact against the
@UN
's Sustainable Development Goals.
#GlobalGoals
#SDGs
An award of ยฃ16.1million has been granted to
@JodrellBank
โs Discovery Centre. This will see the creation of a new gallery, which will celebrate its world-leading place in the history of astronomy:
๐ Manchester has rocketed up the list of the best cities in the world.
According to The Economist, the city now ranks higher than London for stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure
"Americans harnessed electricity, split the atom, and gave the world the telephone and the internet. We settled the Wild West, won two World Wars, landed American Astronauts on the Moonโand one day soon, we will plant our flag on Mars!"
โ President
@realDonaldTrump
Weโre proud to be ranked by QS
@worlduniranking
in the 2021 QS World University Rankings โ a testament to our outstanding academic standards!
#QSWUR
Just wow ๐๐คฉ
The Northern Lights over campus, captured perfectly by our Instagram follower gao.ggg. Who was lucky enough to spot them on Friday night?ย
#northernlights
#universityofmanchester
#aurora
Students living in University accommodation who have not returned since the national lockdown announcement on 5 January, will not pay any rent until the end of the current restrictions, or the date that they return to their accommodation in Manchester.
The University of Manchester has retained 5th place for research power - the quality and scale of research and impact - in the UK governmentโs Research Excellence Framework 2021.
#REFResults
@REF_2021
@ResEngland
Professor
@DavidOlusoga
is a historian and broadcaster, who joined the University in 2019 as a Professor of Public History. Watch his Lockdown Lecture from 12pm tomorrow.
๐ฅณ We're number one in the UK, number one in Europe and second in the world for social and environmental impact in this year's
@timeshighered
University Impact Rankings.
#THEimpact
๐ฃ Ole on
@MarcusRashford
's honorary degree: "We're so proud of Marcus โ what a great person he is.
"The work he's done shows he cares so much about others. Hopefully he can keep his personality for the rest of his life and keep being himself."
#MUFC
@OfficialUoM
Our President and Vice-Chancellor Nancy Rothwell has signed an open letter to politicians warning of the risks for research, staff and students if the UK leaves the EU without a deal on 29 March 2019.
Read more:
Today Manchester remembers the 22 people killed in the
#ManchesterArena
attack last year.
@ManCityCouncil
will hold a civic memorial service at the city's Cathedral today between 2pmโ3pm. Staff and students will be able to observe a minute's silence on campus at 2.30pm.
Working with
@ManchesterSU
, we have agreed to give all students in University halls of residences a reduction for semester 1 totalling 30%. This will be provided irrespective of whether students stay in halls over the holiday period or not.
@LemnSissay
, Happy Birthday Chancellor!
If we could see you today we would be waking, and making, and baking a birthday cake for you
#MakingADifference
"It was a real privilege and an amazing experience to meet HRH The Duchess of Sussex and share the work we are doing at Manchester to drive forward gender equality." New University Lead for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
@rachelcowen
after yesterday's
@The_ACU
event
Join some of the nationโs foremost scientists, thinkers, historians and social commentators for some informal lectures from the comfort of your own home
#LockdownLectures
You may have noticed lots of bee sculptures being placed around Manchester this month. The bee outside of Oxford Road Train Station was designed and created by our student Kelly Stanford
#BeeInTheCity
President and Vice-Chancellor, Nancy Rothwell, sincerely apologises for the concern and distress caused by the erecting of a fence around our Fallowfield Halls of Residence.
The fences are being taken down from Friday morning. (1/4)
We are helping to coordinate a growing, national effort to accelerate clinical trials in intensive and critical care patients linked to
#Covid19
#Coronavirus
#UniSupport
๐ Sir William Arthur Lewis was an economist, Nobel Prize winner and Britainโs first black professor.
Today,
@GoogleUK
celebrate our former professor.
๐ Todayโs
#GoogleDoodle
celebrates St. Lucian economist, professor, and author Sir W. Arthur Lewis, a pioneer in the field of international development economics.
Learn more โ