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º£½ÇÂÒÂ× students get region’s football teams prepped for new season

School of Health and Society

As the excitement of the Euros starts to fade and the new football season gets underway, clubs across the North of England have been preparing themselves with the help of staff and students from the º£½ÇÂÒÂ×.

Footballer
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º£½ÇÂÒÂ× named as one of the best green spaces in the UK for fourth year running

University Campus

The º£½ÇÂÒÂ× is pleased to announce that we’ve been named as one of the best green spaces in the UK after receiving a prestigious Green Flag award for the fourth year running.

Learn in our green Peel Park campus
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º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Microbiology Researchers Create Giant Models for The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition

School of Science, Engineering and Environment

º£½ÇÂÒÂ× scientists showcased their work at The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition by creating giant models of phage infection. Their research focused on bacteriophages (phages), which are viruses that infect bacteria.

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Television and Radio graduate wins Charles Parker Prize and makes BBC Radio 4 debut

School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology

BA (Hons) Television and Radio Production graduate was one of the Charles Parker Prize winners and made BBC Radio 4 debut with her piece Down on the Farm.

Megan Hayward
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º£½ÇÂÒÂ× student chosen to design school library bus

School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology

An interior design student has had their design chosen to turn an old school bus into a working library.

Samuel Wood design
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World Breastfeeding Week: Midwifery students explain surprising environmental benefits of breastfeeding

School of Health and Society

You may know that studies have found that breastfeeding has health advantages for both parents and babies, but did you know it can also benefit the environment?

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We Invented the Weekend - A free festival for the North

School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology

The º£½ÇÂÒÂ× will partner with the BBC, The Lowry, Eat Well MCR, HOST, Ipsos, The Open University and many more to host 'We Invented the Weekend', a free festival celebrating the joy of free time.

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Inaugural Aya Hachem memorial prize

º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School

The first ever award in memory of a º£½ÇÂÒÂ× student murdered in a case of mistaken identity has been presented at a ceremony in the Lowry Theatre.

Aya Hachem prize winner
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º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Academic to host Commonwealth Esports Forum

School of Science, Engineering and Environment

The 22nd Commonwealth Games that is being held in Birmingham is fast approaching with esports taking part for the first time ever as part of a trial.

Andy Miah
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Short Course: Data Analytics and Machine Learning

University Campus

As part of the Higher Education Short Course Trial Challenge competition, the º£½ÇÂÒÂ× has developed the Data Analytics and Machine Learning short course as one of six new courses in partnership with industry.

Two people using laptops and a notepad to discuss a business plan
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