FBMH news stories from Staffnet
- Issues accessing My Manchester and Slate - resolved
 Information about issues with access to some University services (29 Oct 2025)
- Come and meet the Unit M team
 Our University’s new dedicated innovation arm – with a mission to unlock our full potential as the region’s largest innovation asset – to hold its first Open House event. All colleagues welcome! (22 Oct 2025)
- New research calls with international university partners in Austin, Texas and Stockholm
 We’re excited to announce two new research funding calls with our international partner institutions. (21 Oct 2025)
- Transfer of materials – important information
 Information and support on outbound and inbound transfer of materials for researchers – Materials Transfer Agreements (MTAs) must be in place. (15 Oct 2025)
- Professor Tim O’Brien appointed Director of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Engagement
 Tim, currently Associate Director of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, replaces Professor Teresa Anderson, the founder of the Centre for Engagement. (14 Oct 2025)
- Our Publications Policy has been updated
 Providing clarity about who can be named as authors and authorship responsibilities. (10 Oct 2025)
- Our University places 56th in Times Higher Education World University Rankings
 Manchester has retained its spot as 8th in the UK in the prestigious rankings, which evaluate more than 2,000 institutions from 115 countries and territories. (09 Oct 2025)
- Want to understand and ensure Trusted Research?
 UK Government briefing session to help researchers and research-related staff understand research security issues – application deadline Friday, 17 October. (09 Oct 2025)
FBMH News blog archive
The links below will take you to the archive of news stories on the FBMH News WordPress blog used to host articles for the Faculty and School newsletters from 2016 to the end of August 2025.
From September 2025, Faculty news can be found on our SharePoint news hub site.


