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In the latest MetCast, we caught up with
@McrFashionInst
graduate Olivia about working with the NHS to develop a sustainable hospital gown to help patients feel more comfortable.
Listen 🔗
Spotify:
Apple:
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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.
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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. ❤️🐝
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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.
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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
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#McrMetUni
has received the Queen’s Anniversary Prize
@QAPrizes
at a special ceremony at Buckingham Palace for its innovative multilingual poetry competition Mother Tongue Other Tongue. Read more about the event:
#QAPrizes
@McrWritingSchl
@SharonHandley2
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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
!
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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
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Congratulations to our
@McrSchArt
Fine Art student Stan Harland who achieved a lifelong ambition to graduate at the age of 80! 🎓🎉
Find out more 👉 .
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We are pleased to present
@MsIbegbuna
founder & CEO of the
@RECLAIMproject
with an honorary Doctor of Education (DEd) degree
#McrMetProud
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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:
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Coaching degree launched by
@ManCity
City in the Community foundation and Manchester Metropolitan University. See:
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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. 🐝💔
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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.
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Amazing news!
@MMULibrary
has been ranked 9th as one of the world’s most popular University libraries: . 🙌 😍
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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. 🐝💔
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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
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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 👉
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#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.🖤
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We're proud to announce we've been ranked as the UK's greenest university
@peopleandplanet
#UniversityLeague
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Lecturer
@helenmort
to front exciting new
@BBCRadio4
poetry series Mother Tongue, starting Sunday.
@McrWritingSchl
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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 🔗 .
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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
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Zoe Lola Dixon, a
#McrMetUni
@McrFashionInst
student has designed a limited edition
@pumafootball
@ManCity
shirt, to celebrate
@ManchesterPride
. ⚽️🌈🙌 Zoe's design is available from the club shop.
Read more here 👉🏽
#MPFestival2019
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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
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#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
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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
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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
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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.
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We’re
#McrMetProud
of our 600
#teamorange
runners taking part in
#GreatManchesterRun
today! Good luck everyone 🙌
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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
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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 🙌
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Happy New Year to our amazing Manchester Met staff, students, alumni and partners.🥳🥳
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A very Happy Easter from Manchester Metropolitan University. 🌼
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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:
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Happy New Year from Manchester Met! 🎆 🎆
📸 @ emmabeaumont10 on Instagram
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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 🐝
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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.
👉
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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
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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
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Planning permission has been granted for
#McrMetUni
's Institute of Sport - a new centre of excellence for
#sport
-related
#research
,
#education
and
#knowledgeexchange
.
Find out more about the Institute of Sport in our latest news story:
@McrMet_EFCD
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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: .
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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. ⬇️
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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.
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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… 🎉
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We are proud to announce that we have been awarded
#silver
in the Teaching Excellence Framework. Find out more here>
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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.
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This week we welcomed a special guest to campus! 😍
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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! 👏
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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
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At 11am today, there will be a minute's silence to remember those who lost their lives in Monday evening’s tragedy
#WeStandTogether
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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
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Happy
#FlashbackFriday
! We love seeing old images of Manchester and
#McrMet
. ❤️Check out these pictures of All Saints and Oxford Road👇
#Manchester
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A massive congratulations if you were successful at securing your place at
#McrMetUni
today. 🎉🙌🤩
We can’t wait to see you on campus. Some of our Alumni have a special message for you:
#McrMetWelcome
#Congratulations
#McrMetProud
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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:
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‘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!
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Team
#McrMetProud
all together for the first time in All Saints Park. Looking bright and raring to go
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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
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We can't get enough of the cherry blossoms in All Saints Park! 🌸
📸: medina.ghupur / w.lens13
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We want to wish
#TeamOrange
the very best of luck for today's
#GreatManchesterRun
🏃🏼♂️ 🧡 - our
#McrMetUni
team of students, staff and alumni who are taking part in the 10k run.
Show your support for them in the comments below. 👇
#McrMetUni
McrMetProud
@Great_Run
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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
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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:
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Congratulations to Professor Helen Mort on winning the grand prize at the Banff Mountain Book Competition 2023. 📖 🙌
Find out more 🔗 .
@McrWritingSchl
@banffcentre
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We’re so proud of the Manchester Fashion Institute (
@McrFashionInst
) and
@MMUHPSC
students and staff involved in this project! ⭐❤️
#McrMetProud
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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
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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.
🔗 .
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We're absolutely loving the energy on campus as we welcome new students to halls 😍 We hope you're having a great time too!
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Congratulations to all of our undergraduate students receiving their final year results! Incredibly proud of all of your hard work 🎉
#McrMetProud
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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: .
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Congratulations to Dr
@sue_greenhalgh
, a Clinical Fellow within our
@MMUHPSC
faculty, who’s spoken of her 'surprise and delight' at being made an OBE in the New Year Honours List 2019!
Read more about it here:
#NewYearsHonours
#NewYearsHonoursList
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That's it for the 16/17 academic year! Wishing our students a wonderful summer - we'll see returning and new students in September!
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Happy New Year to all of our students, staff, partners and followers! ! What are your goals for the year ahead?
#2019
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Thoughts with all those affected by terrible events at Manchester Arena. There is travel disruption. Please check
@OfficialTfGM
for updates.
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"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
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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
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We will be celebrating the amazing work of our students/staff/alumni as part of a brand new campaign called
#McrMetStars
. ⭐
First up is the
@PrintCityMMU
team - they have been 3D printing headbands for visors for
@SalfordRoyalNHS
frontline workers.
@MMUEngage
#WeAreTogether
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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 👇
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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
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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:
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Planning permission has been granted for
#McrMetUni
's new state-of-the-art Science and Engineering building. Read more in our story:
Keep up to date with the project here:
@McrMet_EFCD
@MMUEngage
@turleyplanning
@bdp_com
@gt_llp
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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
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#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
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#Manchester
to unite at vigil for victims of arena terror attack tonight - 6pm at Albert Square
#WeStandTogether
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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.
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A huge congratulations to all of our
#ClassOf2017
Graduates! We hope you all enjoyed your graduation ceremonies!
#McrMetProud
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We are pleased to present
@PeteLomasPi
co-founder of
@Raspberry_Pi
with an honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) degree
#McrMetProud
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As revealed at
@Comic_Con
today, we’re working with
@Ray_Harryhausen
to digitally preserve giants of the silver screen like The Kraken for future generations.
Discover the full story behind The Reanimate Project here:
#McrMetUni
#SDCC50
#SDCC2019
#SDCC
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Students and staff observe minute's silence in All Saints Park and at Birley to remember those lost in Monday's tragedy
#WeStandTogether
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Our thoughts are with those who lost their lives and all others affected by the tragic events at Grenfell Tower one year ago. The University will be remembering them by observing a minute’s silence at 12noon today.
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Launching today,
#PLACE2020
is a new project by
@PlaceCentre
sharing new poetry, essay, fiction, film & podcasts from some of the biggest names in the field on how ideas of ‘place’ have changed radically in the age of the Coronavirus.
Read more here:
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We cannot get enough of these amazing sunset photos being captured at the moment, including this shot of the Business School at
#McrMetUni
glowing in all sorts of brilliant colours!
Photo credit: 0161manchester / Instagram
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