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Mobilising efforts to tackle floods

School of Science, Engineering and Environment

Brand new technology developed by the º£½ÇÂÒÂ× is helping tackle flood risk in the UK by enabling greater prediction of threat levels and closer communication between authorities, practitioners, and local communities.

MOBILISE flood risk
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Expert comment: UK government’s plans to end no-fault evictions

º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School

In response to the UK government’s plans to end no-fault evictions, º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School’s Lecturer in Law, Charlie Seager, shares her thoughts.

UK housing, apartments
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Greater Manchester Institute of Technology launch highlights the future of technical education

University Campus

A celebration to mark the opening of a new multi-million-pound technical institute took place in º£½ÇÂÒÂ× yesterday (Wednesday 17 May).

Andy Burnham
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º£½ÇÂÒÂ× student entrepreneurs bid for share of £13k pot at Big Pitch Final

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º£½ÇÂÒÂ× students flexed their entrepreneur skills by pitching for thousands of pounds in funding for their business ideas at the Big Pitch Competition Final.

Finalists and judges at the Big Pitch Final 2023 in Media City
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Learn how AI can help your business

School of Science, Engineering and Environment

This year the media has been flooded with stories this about how AI is going to revolutionise the workplace and take over the world.

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Comedian Robin Ince to give prestigious Babel Lecture at University

School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology

The º£½ÇÂÒÂ× will host the prestigious Babel Lecture for the first time.

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Expert comment: latest UK GDP figures from the ONS

º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School

In response to the latest UK GDP figures from the ONS, º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School Economist, Dr Maria Paola Rana, shares her thoughts.

Latest UK GDP figures from ONS
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Nursing student helps create videos to support children with asthma across Greater Manchester

School of Health and Society

To celebrate International Nurses' Day (12 May), we spoke to student Amy (pictured below), who shared how her passion and personal experience helped her create educational videos to help children with asthma to learn to use respiratory equipment.

Amy Harding portrait
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Expert comment: Bank of England increases interest rate

º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School

In light of the Bank of England increasing the interest rate for the 12th consecutive time since December 2021, to an almost 15-year high, º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School's Dr Maria Paola Rana, shares her thoughts.

Increasing coin stacks with lettering to indicate raising interest rates
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Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal meets student entrepreneurs at º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School

º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School

On Wednesday 10 May, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal joined student entrepreneurs at the Young Enterprise UK Start-Up Final, hosted by the º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School, at its Peel Park Campus.

Young Enterprise UK Start-Up Final at º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School
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