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The Conversation: the tech prosperity deal is huge. But will the UK reap the benefits?

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º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School's Professor Richard Whittle explores the UK-US tech deal that coincided with President Donald Trump's state visit to the UK and what it means for the country, for The Conversation .

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The Conversation: what could burst the AI bubble?

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º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School's Professor Richard Whittle , alongside Dr Stuart Mills from the University of Leeds, explores whether soaring artificial intelligence (AI) valuations are based on real potential or overblown optimism, for The Conversation .

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The Conversation: revenge quitting: is it ever a good idea to leave your job in anger?

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º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School's Dr Kathy Hartley explores the growing trend of "revenge quitting" - when employees make their resignation loud, public and impossible to ignore for The Conversation .

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Major investment boost for robotics at º£½ÇÂÒÂ×

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The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) Industrial Strategy Zone is investing £3.5m into the Northern England Engineering and Robotics Innovation Centre (NERIC) at the º£½ÇÂÒÂ×.

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º£½ÇÂÒÂ× research group shares recommendations for improving wellbeing of women at work

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The WOW@Work_GM (Wellbeing of ageingWomen at Work – Greater Manchester) steering group has launched two new videos and a policy brief to coincide with World Menopause Awareness Day (18 October).

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Investing in talent through supporter-funded scholarships and bursaries for 2025-26

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Through the generosity of our alumni, friends and industry partners, donor-funded awards create opportunities that transform futures and reduce financial pressures. Many of our scholarships give students access to professional mentoring, work...

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º£½ÇÂÒÂ× to host Greater Manchester Retrofit Summit & Expo

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A major retrofit summit and expo is coming to the º£½ÇÂÒÂ× next month.

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º£½ÇÂÒÂ× consortium awarded up to £750,000 as Arts Council England Creative People and Places (2026-29) Portfolio announced

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The Re-centre programme puts culture in the hands of the local community.

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Expert comment: Outage at Amazon Web Services

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Our experts comment after a major outage today has affected hundreds of websites and apps around the world. Amazon Web Services went down earlier this morning.

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PhD student seeks to find everyone's 'inner song' in new research

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A º£½ÇÂÒÂ× PhD student is conducting groundbreaking research by using the power of music to help support vulnerable people find their ‘inner song.’

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