Staff announcements
Finance updates: Key Christmas voucher deadlines and new StaffNet landing page
(21 Nov 2025)
We’ve launched a refreshed Finance landing page on StaffNet to make finding what you need quicker and easier - and we’re sharing the final deadlines for ordering Christmas vouchers.
Wood Street Mission Christmas Appeal 2025: Could you make a donation?
(20 Nov 2025)
Help give children from low-income families a happy and memorable Christmas by donating a gift
Staying safe on campus during darker months
(19 Nov 2025)
As the days get shorter and the nights longer, it’s important we all take extra care when travelling to and from campus, working late, or navigating busy areas like Oxford Road. Here are some key safety tips and resources to help keep you safe and supported this season.
Join our Copilot Chat Learning community to develop your AI skills!
(18 Nov 2025)
Interested in joining an active, innovative community to learn and collaborate with Copilot Chat alongside your colleagues?
World 100 Brand Tracker survey and prize draw ends on Sunday
(18 Nov 2025)
Last chance to fill in five-minute survey and be entered into a prize draw – deadline midnight on Sunday, 30 November
Help make Christmas special for a local care leaver
(14 Nov 2025)
Established in Manchester in 2013 by our former Chancellor, Lemn Sissay OBE, The Christmas Dinner hosts a fun and memorable Christmas Day to care leavers aged 18-25, who would otherwise be on their own.
Realising Disability Inclusion: Career development opportunities launched
(13 Nov 2025)
Exciting new project for disabled PGRs/ECRs
Emergency overnight network maintenance (12-13 November)
(12 Nov 2025)
Emergency network maintenance will be taking place overnight tonight (12-13 November 2025) resulting in a period of anticipated interruption to services.
Live codes update in SEAtS
(12 Nov 2025)
The Student Engagement and Attendance System (SEAtS) will now default to show you the live code first.
Heating disruption on West Campus - update
(12 Nov 2025)
Our team worked overnight to address the major steam leak impacting heating across the west campus. The issue has now been resolved for the majority of buildings; however, heating in the Arthur Lewis Building is still not operational.
End of year celebration budget and on-campus offers
(11 Nov 2025)
Planning your end of year celebration on-campus and beyond
IT support moving out of Kilburn Building
(11 Nov 2025)
From Monday 24 November, the IT in-person support desk in the Kilburn Building will be temporarily re-located to the ground floor of Main Library while building works take place.
Celebrating Interfaith Week
(10 Nov 2025)
Strengthening faith and belief understanding at our university
My Development Catalogue – Explore. Learn. Grow.
(07 Nov 2025)
Your gateway to professional and career development at Manchester
Remembrance Day 2025
(06 Nov 2025)
Time to pause and reflect
Have your say on our University – and enter a prize draw
(05 Nov 2025)
The World 100 brand tracker survey about universities’ reputations closes on Sunday, 30 November – it takes five minutes, feeds into our strategic approach and you could win a £100 or £50 gift voucher.
Update: Heating Disruption on West Campus
(03 Nov 2025)
Temporary outage due to steam network issue has been resolved.
Recognising you: November highlights on Purple Place
(31 Oct 2025)
Celebrate your colleagues this November, plus your chance to win a £100 Tesco voucher.
Share feedback to enhance your digital experience
(30 Oct 2025)
We want to hear from you to understand your digital experiences in your work and teaching to help shape improvements across the University.
What’s on in November?
(30 Oct 2025)
Welcome to November’s edition of ‘What’s on?’. Here you will find everything you can get involved in for free each month, ranging from cultural, extracurricular and celebratory events and activities.
Issues accessing My Manchester and Slate - resolved
(29 Oct 2025)
Information about issues with access to some University services
Planned network downtime this November
(29 Oct 2025)
A large piece of work upgrading some of our critical network hardware is due to continue into November, which means some planned service downtime for staff and students.
Be part of this year’s Winter Graduation Ceremonies
(28 Oct 2025)
Taking place 11 to 19 December 2025 | Whitworth Hall
VIDEO: A few ways we're keeping our University cyber-resilient
(27 Oct 2025)
Cyber resilience is a shared responsibility for all of us here at The University of Manchester.
Engagement@Manchester: Collaborative Practice
(24 Oct 2025)
Join our community of practice to share, learn and connect on Wednesday, 26 November 12.30pm – 1.40pm at 3.204 University Place, Oxford Road (in-person).
Campus safety essentials: Laws and guidelines for bikes, e-bikes, and e-scooters
(23 Oct 2025)
Your guide to understanding the rules, risks, and resposible use of bikes and e-mobility devices.
Keeping Manchester Graduate Talent at our University
(22 Oct 2025)
Now is a great time to be recruiting our very own 2025 graduates to your roles
New research calls with international university partners in Austin, Texas and Stockholm
(21 Oct 2025)
We’re excited to announce two new research funding calls with our international partner institutions.
Have you switched from Zoom to Teams yet?
(17 Oct 2025)
As a University we will be standardising our video conferencing services in favour of Microsoft Teams. This means that we will be moving away from Zoom, and do not plan to renew our University-wide Zoom contract beyond February 2026, except for a limited number of special use cases.
Transfer of materials – important information
(15 Oct 2025)
Information and support on outbound and inbound transfer of materials for researchers – Materials Transfer Agreements (MTAs) must be in place.