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Partnership with educational charity gets top marks in first two years

Schools

The º£½ÇÂÒÂ× has helped more than double positive outcomes for local 16 year olds wanting to get into Higher Education, after just two years working with one of the UK’s leading university-access charities.

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º£½ÇÂÒÂ× wins in all shortlisted categories at the 2024 BJTC Awards

School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology

º£½ÇÂÒÂ× students brought home three awards for the second year in a row at the Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC) Awards last night at Sky’s headquarters.

Eleanor Hayns, George Icke and Hannah Veness with their awards at the 2024 BJTC Awards
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Five predictions for a sustainable 2025

º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School

Dr Silvia Tedesco, Associate Professor of Sustainability at the º£½ÇÂÒÂ×’s Centre for Sustainable Innovation, shares her trend predictions for a greener 2025.

Circular economy
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Award-winning student bags Radio 1 Christmas presenter slot

School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology

An award-winning BA Television and Radio Production student has become the latest º£½ÇÂÒÂ× student to bag a coveted slot as a BBC Radio 1 Christmas Presenter.

Matt Hallsworth portrait
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Rising star receives international double award for presenting work

School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology

A BA Television and Radio Production student has received international recognition for her work in radio by winning two awards in a global student broadcasting competition.

A selfie photo of Issy Brand in the MediaCity campus radio studio
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Five ways AI will shape the workplace in 2025

º£½ÇÂÒÂ× Business School

The º£½ÇÂÒÂ×’s disruptive technologies and AI experts, Dr Maria Kutar and Dr Gordon Fletcher, share their predictions for the next 12 months and beyond.

Artificial intelligence in the workplace
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Launching Autumn 2025: New Acoustics PhDs

Research

Dozens of fully-funded PhD opportunities in sustainable sound are available thanks to a new Centre of Doctoral Training (CDT) funded by EPSRC.

Anechoic chamber, Newton Building, º£½ÇÂÒÂ×
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Journalism director calls for court reforms to prevent the decline of open justice

School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology

Courts need to do more to support local journalists or we risk the decline of open justice, º£½ÇÂÒÂ×'s Director of Journalism has said.

Portrait of Journalism director Richard Jones
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Panellists confirmed for REF People, Culture and Environment Pilot

Research

Professor Simon Green, who is joining the º£½ÇÂÒÂ× later this month as Pro Vice-Chancellor Research and Enterprise, has been confirmed as a member of the REF People, Culture and Environment (PCE) pilot panels.

Front view of Peel Building, º£½ÇÂÒÂ×
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Award winning filmmaker Anna Hall becomes Honorary Professor at º£½ÇÂÒÂ×

School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology

BAFTA winner and veteran documentary filmmaker Anna Hall has been named an Honorary Professor at the º£½ÇÂÒÂ×.

Anna Hall portrait
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