Press releases
Find out what's been happening in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures.
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Four things you need to know about Russian media manipulation
10 Apr 2018
The crisis embroiling the West and Russia over the apparent use of chemical weapons in the English cathedral town of Salisbury can tell us a lot about...
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The 1918 book by Marie Stopes that launched the birth control movement
26 Mar 2018
Marie Stopes was a distinguished academic scientist and became the youngest doctor of science in Britain. But when her book Married Love was published...
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Graduate finally receives her certificate at surprise 101st birthday party
9 Mar 2018
A centenarian who completed her university degree in 1938 has finally received her certificate, after her daughter surprised her with it at her ...
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University maintains elite place in global subject rankings
28 Feb 2018
The University of Manchester has been placed in the global top 100 for each of the five broad subject areas measured in the independent 2018 QS World ...
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University launches multi-million pound Creative Manchester project
19 Feb 2018
The University of Manchester is investing £3.3m in a new project, Creative Manchester, which will help to support its ambitious strategic vision...
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'Our Migration Story' wins prestigious history prize
30 Jan 2018
An innovative website which tells the story of Britain’s past through migration has been awarded a prestigious Royal Historical Society prize.
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Jack the Ripper letter mystery solved by Manchester researcher
29 Jan 2018
A forensic linguist from The University of Manchester who analysed letters supposedly signed by Jack the Ripper has concluded that two of the most ...
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History graduate makes Winter Olympics team
25 Jan 2018
A freestyle skier who graduated in history at The University of Manchester last year has been selected by team GB to compete in next month’s ...
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The University of Manchester appoints Maxine Peake as Honorary Professor
23 Jan 2018
The University of Manchester is delighted to appoint Maxine Peake as an Honorary Professor of Literature and Performance.
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Teachers with Northern accents are being told to ‘posh up’
19 Jan 2018
The way we talk can reveal a lot about us and our origins – in terms of region, class and ethnicity. The UK has a wide variety of accents but ...
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The libraries of the future will be made of DNA
8 Jan 2018
There are 6,000 tweets sent a second. In the time you have read this sentence, 42,000 tweets will have been sent. At an average of 34 characters per ...
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Syrian nationalism is all about masculinity
13 Dec 2017
Bashar al-Assad, with his men. EPA/SANABy Rahaf Aldoughli, Lecturer in Modern Middle Eastern History To truly “belong” to ...
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From Cold War to information war? First in-depth investigation of RT launched
12 Dec 2017
The first-ever in-depth investigation into RT - the international news network formerly known as Russia Today - has been launched by researchers at ...
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BMX culture and pandemics among subjects being explored at festival
3 Nov 2017
The region’s top universities have teamed up with museums, galleries and community groups to help bring their research to life, as part of the ...
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Manchester joins global network of UNESCO Cities of Literature
1 Nov 2017
Manchester has been successful in its bid to join UNESCO’s worldwide Creative Cities network as a City of Literature.
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Research finds that children’s first names in Manchester mirror diversity of city
3 Oct 2017
Girls in Manchester are more likely than boys to have ‘unique’ names, and the names given to children are likely to reflect parents’...
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Brexit risks damaging English language support and the UK’s global outreach
18 Sep 2017
Research by The University of Manchester has found that leaving the European Union may reduce levels of support for the teaching of English as an ...
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New exhibition to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation
4 Sep 2017
A monk who shattered the strength of the Catholic Church, a monarch who wanted to take more than one wife, a society that put sin up for sale – ...
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Tate chief appointed Honorary Professor at The University of Manchester
15 Aug 2017
Maria Balshaw, who left The University of Manchester’s Whitworth Art Gallery in June to become the Director of Tate, has been appointed as an ...
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Manchester graduate Harriet McMahon celebrates a twin success
24 Jul 2017
A student from The University of Manchester is celebrating after graduating from her degree only three months after giving birth to twin girls.
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Manchester showcases African sci-fi writers, including the author of an ‘African Game of Thrones’
21 Jul 2017
The University of Manchester has published a special edition of its literary review about African science and fantasy fiction, which includes a piece ...
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Manchester professor unearths stories behind famous images of 1960s Manchester and Salford
21 Jul 2017
Professor Penny Tinkler has jointly led a project to discover the stories behind Shirley Baker’s famous images of everyday life in Manchester ...
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Abe Lincoln mystery ‘almost certainly’ solved using technique similar to one that unmasked JK Rowling
20 Jul 2017
A team of forensic linguistics experts believe they have solved a longstanding mystery, using a method similar to the one which discovered that Robert...
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Innovative language app designed by alumnus now being used by University
11 Jul 2017
A ground-breaking new language learning app designed by a former Manchester student is now being used by the University, after its creator reached an ...
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Could the Tudors help us to improve the quality of our sleep?
9 May 2017
A historian from The University of Manchester has gone back in time to find out what we can learn from the Tudors about the quality of sleep.
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EXPERT COMMENT: 100 Days of Trump
30 Apr 2017
It has now been 100 days since Donald Trump became the President of the United States of America, and to mark this, a panel discussion took place this...
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