News archive – July 2023
Manchester University Press summer sale: 50% discount on all books
03 Jul 2023
From 29 June to 14 July customers can enjoy an exclusive 50% discount on books
Get ready for improvements to Jobtrain, our online recruitment system
03 Jul 2023
Further enhancements to Jobtrain will be live from August
Guidance for planned rail and teaching strikes
03 Jul 2023
A reminder of our guidance during upcoming industrial action
Cyber incident – daily round-up
03 Jul 2023
Today’s key information – 3 July 2023
Library support for your Welcome activities
04 Jul 2023
The campaign will introduce new and returning students to all the information they need to get started using the Library
An update on graduation awards
04 Jul 2023
The ongoing marking and assessment boycott has caused unavoidable delays in awarding a small number of students
Cyber incident – daily round-up
04 Jul 2023
Today’s key information – 4 July 2023
Eccles Metrolink line engineering works: Eccles New Road
05 Jul 2023
From Saturday, 15 July to Thursday, 21 September, major rail replacement work is planned to take place on the Eccles Metrolink line along Eccles New Road between the Ladywell and Weaste Metrolink stops
Join our next book club meeting
05 Jul 2023
Our next meeting is on Friday, 28 July at 12:30pm until 1:30pm
Wood Street Mission Lottery winner
05 Jul 2023
Announcing the winner of the July 2023 draw
Cyber incident daily update - Password reset action
05 Jul 2023
Today's key information - 5 July 2023
Professor Judy Williams to take up new post in Northern Ireland
05 Jul 2023
Associate Vice-President for Teaching, Learning and Students will join Queen’s University Belfast
Book now: social responsibility and civic engagement – cultural engagement
06 Jul 2023
Our next session will take place on Thursday, 13 July at 12pm
Reminder to reset your password
06 Jul 2023
If you haven't already done so, you need to change your University login password by Monday, 10 July at the latest
Deadline approaching: Research Staff Excellence Awards 2023
06 Jul 2023
Do you know a researcher or team who’s had an outstanding year? Then nominate them for the Research Staff Strategy Group Excellence Awards
Cyber incident – daily round-up
06 Jul 2023
Today’s key information – 6 July 2023
Sustainable Futures: upcoming July events
06 Jul 2023
Book your place on the latest in the seminar series
University achieves prestigious Fairtrade status
07 Jul 2023
Our University has achieved a Fairtrade University one star award, after being audited for the academic year 2022/23
Get ready for summer with Beauty Bee
07 Jul 2023
Abby from Beauty Bee offers a wide range of treatments, which can be booked on campus on Wednesdays at the Wellbeing Rooms
Help us to shape Workplace Wellbeing at UoM
07 Jul 2023
Would you like to help shape the future of our approach to workplace wellbeing?
My Manchester unavailable from Friday, 7 July
07 Jul 2023
As part of our response to the cyber incident we are carrying out a controlled shut down of 'My Manchester for students'.
Cyber incident - daily round up
07 Jul 2023
Today’s key information – 7 July 2023
An update on progressing students
10 Jul 2023
The marking and assessment boycott continues to cause unavoidable delays to our progressing students.
Cyber incident - daily round up
10 Jul 2023
Today’s key information – 10 July 2023
Summer 2023 graduation ceremonies get underway
11 Jul 2023
Summer graduation ceremonies have started for the Class of 2023
Cyber incident - daily round up
11 Jul 2023
Today’s key information – 11 July 2023
Manchester-Melbourne Dual Award PhD project call 2024/25
12 Jul 2023
Established in 2019, annual calls for joint PhD project proposals have provided funding for many supervisory teams to recruit talented candidates across the humanities and sciences
Cyber incident - daily round up
12 Jul 2023
Today's key information - 12 July 2023
Using phone Auto-Attendants or Call Queues/Hunt Groups? We need to migrate it
13 Jul 2023
The External Calling (Teams Voice) project is currently migrating our University to internet phone calling and removing all phone landlines and handsets
Open meeting for research staff: 26 July
13 Jul 2023
The Research Staff Strategy Group (RSSG) will be holding an open meeting for research staff on Wednesday, 26 July 2023 at 2pm
Cyber incident - daily round up
13 Jul 2023
Today’s key information – 13 July 2023
Do you have printer toner cartridges that you no longer need?
14 Jul 2023
You can now send your unused cartridges to our Furniture Store team for reuse across campus
Public consultation launches for £1.7bn innovation district ID Manchester
14 Jul 2023
Images of the illustrative masterplan for Manchester’s trailblazing new city centre innovation district have been revealed as ID Manchester’s draft Strategic Regeneration Framework (SRF) is published and a formal public consultation period begins
bluedot festival: the countdown is on!
14 Jul 2023
It's less than a week now until the bluedot festival, which will take place at Jodrell Bank from 20 until 23 July 2023
Celebrating belonging at the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion conference
14 Jul 2023
Colleagues consider their own belonging at the annual EDI conference
Cyber incident - daily round up
14 Jul 2023
Today’s key information – 14 July 2023
Submit your reading lists to the Library for 2023/4
17 Jul 2023
What you need to do to help prepare for the new academic year
Cyber incident - daily round up
17 Jul 2023
Today’s key information – 17 July 2023
Call for applications: 'Italy Made Me' awards: early career researchers
18 Jul 2023
Our University has a vibrant community of researchers of Italian nationality who completed their studies in Italy and then moved to the UK
Manchester team kicks off University Challenge new series
18 Jul 2023
The popular BBC 2 show started its new series on Monday night, with Manchester up against Trinity College, Cambridge
Cyber incident - daily round up
18 Jul 2023
Today's key information - 18 July 2023
Join our staff association and meet new colleagues
19 Jul 2023
Our University of Manchester Staff Association (UMSA) would like to invite colleagues to join
Cyber incident - action required
19 Jul 2023
Action required
Professor David Schultz wins Royal Meteorological Society Education Award
19 Jul 2023
David Schultz, Professor of Synoptic Meteorology, receives the inaugural Royal Meteorological Society Education Award in recognition of his long record of teaching excellence
Cyber incident - daily round up
19 Jul 2023
Today’s key information – 19 July 2023
Read our last quarterly research and impact newsletter of the academic year
20 Jul 2023
Research and Impact @Manchester – Summer 2023
Calligraphy taster sessions with the Confucius Institute
20 Jul 2023
The Confucius Institute is offering three free calligraphy taster sessions this summer
Empowering Student Partners: Working with our Library's Student Team
20 Jul 2023
How our Library's student partners have worked alongside staff to benefit the entire student community
Our University plots path to a sustainable future with new strategy
20 Jul 2023
The new Environmental Sustainability Strategy – developed following extensive consultation with colleagues and students – will continue work towards our zero carbon 2038 target
Closure of St Peter's House charity
20 Jul 2023
The St Peter’s House Board of Trustees has issued a statement confirming the closure
Cyber incident - daily round up
20 Jul 2023
Today’s key information – 20 July 2023
Hairdresser Julie is a cut above the rest after 36 years
21 Jul 2023
Julie Kryworuk styles and cuts hair in our Students' Union - and is a much-loved, familiar face to students and colleagues
Changes to membership of our Board of Governors
21 Jul 2023
A message from the Chair of the Board, Philippa Hird
Cyber incident - daily round up
21 Jul 2023
Today's key information - 21 July 2023
Currently recruiting or about to? Eight things you must know before 2 August
24 Jul 2023
We’re about to make more improvements to Jobtrain so that it supports every stage of the recruitment process across the University
Cyber incident - daily round up
24 Jul 2023
Today’s key information – 24 July 2023
Heroes at the Hyatt: charity abseil
25 Jul 2023
The Royal Manchester Children's Hospital Charity is holding an abseil challenge at the Hyatt Hotel on Friday, 22 and Saturday, 23 September
Course unit selection opens week of 21 August
26 Jul 2023
This year students will complete course unit selection through a new, user-friendly online system
Team Rwanda 2023: the project begins
26 Jul 2023
As part of our University’s commitment to providing meaningful volunteering opportunities and promoting social responsibility overseas, in summer 2020 we launched Team Rwanda, our international volunteering project exclusively for our students
Cyber incident - weekly round up
26 Jul 2023
Today's key information - 26 July 2023
Meet the family taking care of our new rare frog
27 Jul 2023
How the Montsant-Casados – children and parents – support conservation of Sylvia’s leaf frog and provide important data for research
Women@Manchester new co-chairs
27 Jul 2023
Introducing Dr Lin Ma and Emma Shiels
Teams Voice: Recycling your landline phone handsets
27 Jul 2023
If you are a Teams Voice user, it is time to recycle your old phone handset - simply drop off your old landline phone equipment at one of our four campus recycling locations
Pay as you go car park charges: hourly rates to increase
28 Jul 2023
From 1 September 2023, a 5% increase to pay as you go (PAYG) hourly rates will be implemented
Flexible Learning - partnering with students
28 Jul 2023
Nainika Sahye, a student partner working as part of the Flexible Learning Team, shares her experience helping staff to design accessible and inclusive assessment
Our latest Manchester Magazine edition now available
28 Jul 2023
Our summer 2023 edition has now arrived and it celebrates the students, staff and alumni embodying our University's values as they make their mark on the world
Digital inclusion: how to make your content inclusive
28 Jul 2023
Find out more about digital inclusion, and how to get further advice and support
Teaching Excellence Awards Winners 2023
31 Jul 2023
The Institute of Teaching and Learning is delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Teaching Excellence Awards on behalf of our University