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Laura Nuttall, our inspiring student who graduated last year despite having incurable brain cancer, sadly passed away this morning. Our thoughts are with her Mum Nicola and the rest of her family at this incredibly difficult and sad time.
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Congratulations to
@VincentKompany
of
#mancity
and
@BelRedDevils
who's graduated with his MBA from Alliance Manchester Business School. 🎓
There's more on this below and over at
@MBSnews
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VIDEO: Watch T. rex walk (not run) in simulation done by
@wisellers
,
@UoMSEES
&
@N8HPC
. The groundbreaking research says
#Trex
couldn't run.
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Our Professor of Public History
@DavidOlusoga
will host a new
@BBC
documentary 'Our International
@NHS
' celebrating migrant workforce in the health service
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Welcome
@DavidOlusoga
- the historian, broadcaster and film-maker has become a Professor at
@officialuom
@UoMhistdept
#history
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In 2018, Laura Nuttall discovered she had Glioblastoma Multiforme - an aggressive and incurable form of brain cancer. Yesterday, she celebrated her graduation at
@officialuom
with her family. Congratulations Laura - what an achievement!
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New research by scientists
@OfficialUoM
found that Greater MCR's devolution deal increased control over a range of public services, has had a positive impact on life expectancy.
@AndyBurnhamGM
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“Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at."
What a hero. RIP Stephen Hawking.
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ICYMI: Our Professor of Public History,
@DavidOlusoga
, has written in the
@guardian
on the toppling of the
#edwardcolstonstatue
. He says the action wasn't "...an attack on history. It is history."
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Morning all, it's nearly the weekend, and if you're looking for something different to do,
@ProfBrianCox
has come up with his top 10
#science
day trips in today's
@guardian
, inc.
@jodrellbank
,
@McrMuseum
and
@UoMGraphene
& of course, us!
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Huge congratulations to
@garyyounge
of
@uomsoss
, who has been longlisted for the
@TheOrwellPrize
for journalism 👍
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We are delighted to announce the appointment of author and broadcaster
@jeffreykboakye
to a new post at
@EducationUoM
@officialuom
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Honorary degree for Oxfam director
@Winnie_Byanyima
as University celebrates
#FoundationDay
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An international team including
@jamie_woodward_
has discovered a vast network of stone walls along the River
#Nile
, which they say reveals an ancient form of hydraulic
#engineering
#Egypt
#Sudan
@GeographyUOM
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Functioning human mini-kidney grown from
#stemcells
in mice for first time - amazing research from
@FBMH_UoM
in the
@Independent
by
@AMatthewsKing
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Congratualtions to us! We've reached our highest ever place in the latest
@worlduniranking
from
@TopUnis
. We're now ranked the world’s 27th best university, 8th in Europe and 6th in the UK 🌍🥳🙌
#QSWUR
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Congratulations Alan Turing! Winner of
@BBC
#Icons
tonight. Find out more about the former
@OfficialUoM
researcher here:
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A team of archaeologists from
@officialuom
and
@uochester
have made some fascinating discoveries which shed new light on the communities who inhabited
#Britain
after the end of the last Ice Age
#archaeology
@uomarchaeology
@archaeoverton
@mesoplants
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We are pleased to announce that a generous £1.5m gift from
@BlackpoolFC
owner and
@officialUoM
alumnus Simon Sadler has enabled our university to launch a new bursary for students leaving care
@alumniUoM
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Congratulations to
@MCRSociology
Professor
@GaryYounge
, who has won
@TheOrwellPrize
for
#Journalism
2023
@uomsoss
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Retweet to say thanks to all the scientists, including our amazing colleagues at
@LydiaBeckerIII
, for working night and day to beat
#COVID19
@lizziemannlab
@HussellTracy
@MadhviM
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Don't forget,
@e_monkman
&
@Bobby_Seagull
(of
#UniversityChallenge
fame) will be hitting your screens tonight with their "Genius Guide to Britain" on BBC 2 @ 8pm! Their first episode features our own
@ProfTimOB
&
@jodrellbank
!
#TuneIn
#MonkmanAndSeagull
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Former
@UKLabour
leader
@JeremyCorbyn
has spoken at the launch of clothing
#poverty
campaign
@righttoclothing
, which was founded by
@lukedgraham
of
@law_uom
alongside
@SharewearUK
and
@corbyn_project
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Plans to create a globally leading cancer research centre in Manchester with
@OfficialUoM
@CR_UK
@MCRCnews
&
@TheChristieNHS
have been awarded £25 million by the Research England UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (UKRPIF)
#builtwithUKRPIF
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A new animation from
@GeographyUOM
has highlighted the importance of
#microplastics
research in driving investigations into the behaviour of water companies, and the role of regulators in tacking illegal activity
@Jamie_Woodward
@georgemonbiot
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It's official!
@OfficialUoM
continues its rise in the latest Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)! We're 6th in the UK & move up one place to 33rd in the world. That's our highest ever position
#ARWU
#ShanghaiRanking
#universities
#Clearing2019
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Manchester has become a
@UNESCO
City of
#Literature
! Congrats to
@deggy21
& colleagues
@newwritingMCR
@lemnsissay
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We're all thinking of our amazing alumna Laura Nuttall and her Mum
@shitscaredmum
at the moment - it was a real pleasure to meet them when she graduated recently ❤️
'I'm just trying to source a turkey, which is a little bit tricky'
The family of Laura Nuttall, who was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer 4 years ago, are celebrating Christmas this weekend.
Her mum Nicola spoke to
#BBCBreakfast
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£5m boost for new world-class cancer centre in Manchester, thanks to
@wolfsonfdn
. The money will go to the Re-write Cancer campaign, a £20million joint fundraising appeal between
@OfficialUoM
,
@CRUKManchester
@CR_UK
@TheChristie
@TheChristieNHS
@MCRCnews
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.
@DavidOlusoga
's new documentary series which explores the role of immigrants within the
#NHS
debuted on
@bbcone
last night - you can watch it here:
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.
@OfficialUoM
is 3D printing face masks and donating PPE for NHS staff tackling
#COVID19
. Here's today's PPE collection:
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.
@OfficialUoM
has moved up two places to 23rd in the latest "most international universities in the world" rankings from
@timeshighered
🌍👩🎓👨🎓🌐
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Congratulations to us! We rank
#1
in the UK for our social & environmental impact according to latest
@timeshighered
Global Impact world rankings. Well done to
@julianskyrme
,
@SocialResponUoM
& everyone else involved! 🎉👏
#THEGlobalImpact
#SDGs
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#Manchester
has been rated ‘Excellent’ by
@UNESCO
as a Creative City of Literature - – a unique achievement among the prestigious group of global cities!
@UOMCreativeMCR
@MCRCityofLit
#CitiesofLit
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.
@officialuom
has appointed
@oonuch
as the UK's first Professor of Comparative and Ukrainian Politics, in a move welcomed by the
@AUGBSUB
and the
@BritishCouncil
@UoMPolitics
@uomhums
@uomsoss
@UkrEmbLondon
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.
@officialuom
's Professor
@DavidOlusoga
is to interview former US President
@BarackObama
on
@BBCOne
this Wednesday
@uomhistdept
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The Christabel Pankhurst Institute for Health Technology and Innovation (
@UoMPankhurst
) has been launched. It's a collaboration between
@OfficialUoM
,
@MFTnhs
@BW_SciTech
,
@TweetsbyMSP
&
@HealthInnovMcr
& a Local Growth Fund award from
@greatermcr
&
@GMLEP
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Congratulations to
@ProfDaveLeigh
& his team from
@UoMChemistry
. They've set a Guinness World Record with
@GWR
for tying the world's tightest knot! It just shows, dedication (and world leading research) is all you need to be a
#recordbreaker
#gwr2018
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Great news as
@jodrellbank
Observatory is confirmed as the UK's 2019 World Heritage nomination! 🔭📡
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After the longest shut-down in its history
@jodrellbank
is taking the first steps to resume operations following the
#COVID
ー19 lockdown. The long, complex and phased process has made a successful start:
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Huge congratulations to
@EngineerDG
of
@UoMSciEng
who has been awarded the
@royalsociety
's Michael Faraday Prize for her continuing role in promoting science to a wider audience! Something she will be doing again at
@bluedotfestival
this weekend!
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Is it time for universities, the media & wider society to view "history through a different lens"?
@DavidOlusoga
talks about making it more inclusive, expansive & diverse. Great piece by
@DipikaMummery
in the latest edition of or magazine
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.
@JodrellBank
Observatory has been awarded UNESCO World Heritage Site status and will be inscribed on to the World Heritage Site List
#JodrellBankWorldHeritage
@OfficialUoM
@DCMS
@UNESCOUK
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Congratulations to our very own
@emergemedglobal
, who has been named as the Young Researcher of the Year by
@RCollEM
and
@NIHRcommunity
!
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In this
@ConversationUK
article
@mukeshkapila
of the
@HCRInstitute
writes about the rocky road to peace in
#Ethiopia
following the current
#Tigray
war, which has cost thousands of lives
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A major new project has launched which aims to understand and improve the wellbeing of secondary
#school
pupils across Greater
#Manchester
- a first for a UK city region
@greatermcr
@neilhumphreyUoM
@AFNCCF
@CORCcentral
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Lost Alan Turing letters found in
@csmcr
filing cabinet! Now safe in
@UoMLibrary
archive. Read this incredible story
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University's new
#bee
sculpture celebrates
#Manchester
's unique buzz
@beeinthecitymcr
@wildinart
@ManCityCouncil
@mcr_charity
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Could you crack the
#Turing
codes? Competition to coincide with the release of
@ImitationGame
http://t.co/2dnnAHEbyX
http://t.co/wXVEGfYBHd
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Here are some of our incredible immunologists from
@LydiaBeckerIII
working night and day to beat
#COVID
ー19 Let's all say thank you to
@lizziemannlab
,
@hussellTracy
,
@MadhviM
#ThankYouScience
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Tonight is the premiere of new
@BBCFOUR
3-part documentary, "From Ice to Fire; The Incredible Science of Temperature" with
@helenczerski
. Tonight's episode will feature
@jodrellbank
&
@ProfTimOB
!
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A new collaboration between
@OfficialUoM
@UCL
@Cambridge_Uni
@UniofNottingham
and
@NorthumbriaUni
is to strengthen links between universities and government
@cape_acuk
@uclnews
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ICYMI: Prof
@DavidOlusoga
's
@BBCOne
documentary about the hidden history of overseas nurses, doctors & health workers coming to Britain to serve in the
@NHS
is on
@BBCiPlayer
. For you nightowls, it is being repeated on
@BBCTwo
at 00:15🌛🦉
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A story in the
@guardian
about students who have been in care features
#Manchester
student Luke Collinson - he says that he is thrilled to have an invitation to a
#Christmas
dinner for around 50 young care leavers, hosted by Chancellor
@lemnsissay
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Great piece in today's
@Telegraph
on the development of lighter, faster unmanned aircraft with
@BAESystemsplc
&
#STEMAwards
2018
#STEM
#innovation
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Congratulations to
@sashahandley
, who was named as a finalist for the 2017
@wolfsonfdn
prize for her book on the
#history
of
#sleep
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NEWS: We're proud to be part of this project to preserve tributes left by the public to remember those killed or injured in the Manchester Arena terrorist attack 🐝
#mcrtogetherarchive
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Today,
@BBCPallab
came to visit
@jodrellbank
to do some filming with astronomers from
@OfficialUoM
and
@unibirmingham
.
Look out on Thursday for a very exciting announcement 👀🔭
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The
@timeshighered
THE Europe Teaching Rankings are published, and
@OfficialUoM
is ranked in the European top 10 for teaching excellence
#THEeurope
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Our Professor of Political Science
@robfordmancs
has been appointed as a Senior Fellow by leading research network
@UKandEU
, where he will analyse the impact of demographic change and identity divides on political outcomes
#Brexit
#PostBrexit
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Alan Turing will be the next face on the £50 note reports
@BBCNews
. Often dubbed ‘the father of modern computing’, Turing was based at
@OfficialUoM
after his work with the British Intelligence Service at Bletchley Park during World War II
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We kicked off our Bicentenary year on Wednesday, painting the town purple.
Let's look back on the special night, witnessing how
@OfficialUoM
's signature purple stretched across the world💜
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Here's a picture of Dr Robina Shah
@OfficialUoM
lecturer who is Greater Manchester's new High Sheriff. Congratulations Robina!
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World leading clinician-scientist to head
#cancer
research in Manchester:
@CRUK_MI
@CR_UK
@TheChristieNHS
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Some great images of a 'once in a generation' comet shooting over Greater Manchester and Cheshire in
@MENnewsdesk
, inlcuding this great pictue of our own Lovell Telescope
@jodrellbank
☄️📡
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Great story this. One of our PhD students from
@jodrellbank
has discovered the "slowest ever" pulsar star which is some 14 million years old & 5200 light years away from earth
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NEWS: University wins gold watermark for
#publicengagement
work.
It's in recognition for our work to engage society with our activities in research, culture and teaching.
#Engage2018
Thanks
@NCCPE
!
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President & Vice-Chancellor Nancy Rothwell joins other university leaders in an open letter to MPs, warning of the consequences to UK universities of a no-deal
#Brexit
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What better way to start the week than with a brand new poem from our Chancellor
@lemnsissay
?
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Unearthing the secrets of the ‘Jurassic Mile’ - A new £20m project is launched today to discover the Jurassic-era American West with
@NHM_London
,
@TCMIndy
and
@museumnaturalis
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After 20 years in conception, over 10 years in construction & £15 million in funding, today the SpiNNaker machine reaches its 1,000,000 cores milestone
@FurberSteve
@apt_csmcr
@csmcr
@HumanBrainProj
. Read our full story
#CodingTheFuture
#supercomputers
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Is it a bap? Is it a muffin? Is it a cob? No, surely it's a barm! Here, a
@BBCNews
feature looks at an
@OfficialUoM
study into the numerous words in the
#UK
for the bread roll - and why none of them are right or wrong
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Great to welcome
@CSkidmoreUK
to
#Manchester
to visit
@UoMGraphene
and
@RoyceInstitute
to discuss Advanced Materials research and innovation being pioneered in the UK
@beisgovuk
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The
@MENnewsdesk
has done a fascinating interview with
@oonuch
, our
#Ukraine
politics expert - she told
@nicole_wc
that she is doing the most depressing work of her life, but the kindness of people in
#Manchester
keeps her going through the tough times
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It's an age old question...have you ever seen an elephant's skeleton in a train station? Well if the answer is no, now is your chance thanks to
@McrMuseum
&
@NetworkRailMAN
. Read our full story here 🐘🚂
#Maharajah
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Huge milestone reached for
@OfficialUoM
&
@UoMSciEng
as construction is completed on MECD. It has been a massive collaborative effort with
@balfourbeatty
@ArupGroup
@burofour
@mecanoo_
@burohappold
@bdp_com
to get to this point! 🙌👊
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Take a first look inside the new
@RoyceInstitute
hub in Manchester the new home for the UK's
#AdvancedMaterials
research and innovation
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.
@OfficialUoM
ranked 1 of the world's best universities for employability by
@worlduniranking
reports
@Guardian
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We are global 🌎🌍🌏
@OfficialUoM
has been named the '25th most international university in the world' by
@timeshighered
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Congratulations to
@robfordmancs
and Ed Fieldhouse of
@UoMPolitics
, who have both been named as Fellows of the
@AcadSocSciences
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Out with the brilliant
@lemnsissay
who's raising awareness about
#purplewave
to get
@OfficialUoM
students, alumni and staff active!
@UoMSport
@Great_Run
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Watch
@ProfBrianCox
discuss
#climatechange
& human evolution with
@matthewcobb
,
@Susanne_Shultz
& Richard Battye
http://t.co/3blnpD8lSD
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There will be both a
#Supermoon
&
#BlueMoon
on Jan 31st. But how 'super' is it really? And will it even be blue? Read
@jodrellbank
's
@ProfTimOB
's piece for the
@ConversationUK
explaining some key facts & myths about
#Supermoon2018
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Well-deserved recognition for our brilliant colleague Prof Alys Young who has made the 2022
@ShawTrust
#DisabilityPower100
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We it's now over 36 hours since
@bluedotfestival
finished at
@jodrellbank
...but the fallout, content and general good vibes keeping rolling on. Here is a great podcast from BBC's
@skyatnightmag
team. 📡🌍🌕
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Our scientist has captured incredible footage of mysterious 400-year-old Greenland sharks, via
@IFLScience
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It it is our final morning here at
@jodrellbank
for
@bluedotfestival
but there is still plenty going on!
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Professor
@anthonydredmond
who spent 30 years on the frontline in war zones, refugee camps, and disease outbreaks has returned from his final humanitarian mission.
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Professor of public history
@DavidOlusoga
presents a new series A House Through Time on
@BBCTwo
Every week he tells the story of those who lived in a house, from the time it was built until the present day.
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We're number 1 in the world ☝️🌍👨🎓
#THEglobalimpact
#THEunirankings
...read the full story
📢 We’ve been ranked 1st in the world for social and environmental impact to achieve the
@UN
Sustainable Development Goals
#SDGs
#THEglobalimpact
#THEunirankings
@SocialResponUoM
@UoMNews
@julianskyrme
@ConnectSDGs
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Got an idea or invention?
@OfficialUoM
is launching the Innovation Factory (
@UMIPnews
) to work with academic & student inventors to identify research that has the potential to create positive social & economic impact.
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We are so proud of you💜
Jessica Buckle, our tenacious Medical Biochemistry student (
@FBMH_UoM
), who bravely battled to recover from a stroke in the middle of her final year, graduated from
@OfficialUoM
with Honours.
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Congratulations to
@JamesBSumner
from
@ManCHSTM
who has been made Section President, History of Science, at
@BritSciAssoc
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.
@BBCNews
reports that Manchester is getting £16.5m to develop pioneering tumour-blasting techniques such as proton beam therapy.
The Manchester Cancer Research Centre (
@MCRCnews
) is a partnership between
@OfficialUoM
,
@TheChristieNHS
&
@CR_UK
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Congratulations to former student Vicky Wijeratne -
@MENnewsdesk
write that the junior doctor has deservedly won a
@Barclays
@womenofyear
award, for giving vital lifesaving aid to victims after the
#ManchesterArena
bombing
#WeStandTogether
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WATCH📺: Our Professor of Public History,
@DavidOlusoga
, was on
#Marr
this morning talking about
#racism
,
#Identity
and
#BlackLivesMatter
"The real revolution… is black people and white people coming together talking about what racism feels like," says Historian and Broadcaster David Olusoga, amid mass anti-racism demonstrations across the UK
#Marr
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