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£50,000 donation to help university investigate support for children with neurodevelopmental condition

Research

A donation of £50,000 from The Mohapatra Family Foundation is to fund vital research at the º£½ÇÂÒÂ× aimed at helping children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) to learn in mainstream schools.

Children are shown using ipads in a classroom environment. They are facing away from camera towards the teacher at the front of the room.
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Festival of Short Film returns to MediaCity with viral stars and film festival lineup

School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology

The Festival of Short Film, the highly-anticipated three-day festival which includes camera workshops, demonstrations, film screenings and talks about the film industry with professionals returned to our MediaCity campus last week.

MediaCity Campus lobby area featuring a large screen advertising the "Festival of Short Film"
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º£½ÇÂÒÂ× student refugee receives inaugural law scholarship

º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School

A high-performing student has been given the opportunity of a lifetime after securing a scholarship to support her studies at the º£½ÇÂÒÂ×. Saida Hidari, a first year LLB Law student at the University, will receive £10,000 of funding...

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Expert comment: One becomes three - Match of the Day rewrites the playbook as new hosts confirmed

School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology

Dr Taylor Umland, Programme Leader for BA Sports Journalism at the º£½ÇÂÒÂ×, writes about the announcement that broadcasters Kelly Cates, Mark Chapman and Gabby Logan are replacing Gary Lineker as the hosts of the BBC's Match of the Day.

A photoshopped image of Kelly Cates, Mark Chapman and Gabby Logan
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º£½ÇÂÒÂ× academic receives commendation for outstanding work

School of Health and Society

Physiotherapy lecturer Tim Pigott has received a special commendation for his work producing evidence-based content for physiotherapists in the world of ultra running and cycling.

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Meet the entrepreneur on a mission to make technology more accessible

º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School

Approximately 16.1 million people in the UK have a disability , accounting for 24% of the total population, with an estimated 70-80% of these being invisible . For one entrepreneur, he’s made it his mission to make technology more accessible for...

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GMIoT opens doors to tech skills at MediaCity

University Campus

This week the team at Greater Manchester Institute of Technology (GMIoT) took part in the Talking Futures campaign at MediaCity.

Celebrity Tim Campbell launches the Talking Futures Campaign standing in front of models of giant doorways
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New report outlines roadmap to helping ex-Service personnel using the benefits system

Research

The study outlines the experiences of over a hundred ex-Service personnel using the benefits system since 2017.

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Expert comment: AI action plan

º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School

In response to the Prime Minister unveiling the UK's AI (artificial intelligence) action plan, the º£½ÇÂÒÂ×'s AI experts, Dr Gordon Fletcher and Dr Richard Whittle, share their thoughts.

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Millions of views for student-led º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Now website as it hits new milestones

School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology

º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Now, the dedicated news website for º£½ÇÂÒÂ×, run exclusively by Journalism students at the º£½ÇÂÒÂ×, is celebrating a series of recent milestones.

The MediaCity newsroom full of students
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