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Latest news from the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures (SALC).
- The Legacies of Slavery in Manchester: A Q&A with Kerry Pimblott
Dr Kerry Pimblott received funding from the Humanities Strategic Civic Engagement Fund (HSCEF) in 2024 for her project on the history and legacies of slavery in Manchester. (19 Feb 2026) - Service excellence in action: Streamlining the timetabling review process
To speed up the management of the timetabling review process, the Faculty Scheduling team created a simple, trackable method to review live timetables, quickly work through amendments and give teaching staff oversight of changes. Nick Prideaux from the team explains more. (19 Feb 2026) - Copying content in Canvas
A guide to the required processes for copying and importing content from migrated spaces into 25/26 canvas courses. (18 Feb 2026) - MIE academic recognised in International Top 50 Voices in Higher Education 2026 list
Dr Miri Firth has been named in Vevox’s Top 50 Voices to Follow in Higher Education 2026, an international list recognising sector-leading influence. She was also included in the Top 100 Influencial People list, highlighting her global impact in employability and flexible assessment. (12 Feb 2026) - Message from the Vice-President and Dean
This week, Fiona highlights the launch of NSS 2026, updates on some changes to leadership roles in the Faculty and University, and looks forward to the launch of the Your Voice Matters 2026 colleague engagement survey. (09 Feb 2026) - Faculty success recognised in THE global subject rankings
The Faculty of Humanities’ excellence in research and teaching has been acknowledged in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject for 2026. (09 Feb 2026) - Service excellence in action: Supporting student caregivers
The Student Support and Wellbeing team in SoSS has designed a student carer support plan for student carers, providing tailored adjustments to address the many challenges they face. Annie Griffin-Carter from the team explains more. (09 Feb 2026) - Colleagues get involved in Time to Talk Day 2026 events
This Time to Talk Day, colleagues across the Faculty hosted a range of activities for staff to encourage open conversations around mental health and wellbeing. (09 Feb 2026) - Exploring the role of students as researchers: A Q&A with Jen O’Brien
Professor Jen O’Brien received funding from the Humanities Strategic Civic Engagement Fund (HSCEF) in 2024 for her project with Ardwick Climate Action to understand Hums StARs – Students As Researchers – through the lens of our green space on campus. (09 Feb 2026) - Colleagues craft living willow fence for Humanities Garden
The Faculty’s Environmental Sustainability team gathered to build the fence as part of a special workshop. (09 Feb 2026) - Nominees celebrated at second Faculty Office Appreciation Awards
A special event took place in Christie’s Bistro last week to recognise the nominees of this year’s Faculty Office Appreciation Awards. (09 Feb 2026) - Check in with your teams about line manager information visibility in Microsoft 365
You can now view your own and other colleagues’ line manager information in MS365 applications, such as Teams and Outlook. (06 Feb 2026) - Peer mentoring for PGR supervisors
PGR supervisors are invited to join Peer Mentoring Circles: small, collaborative groups designed to strengthen supervisory practice. (05 Feb 2026) - Introducing our new official carpooling scheme
Boost your active commute with our new carpooling scheme. (05 Feb 2026) - Planned network disruption on 17 and 19 February
There is planned disruption to network services overnight on 17 and 19 February due to essential work taking place in our data centres. (05 Feb 2026) - Oracle CRM system: upcoming downtime
Oracle Customer Relationship Management (CRM) will be unavailable from 10am on Thursday, 26 February until 10am on Tuesday, 3 March as part of a necessary system upgrade. (05 Feb 2026) - Watch: Fiona Smyth and Alec Severs talk NSS
In this video message, Deputy Dean and Vice-Dean for Teaching, Learning and Students, Fiona Smyth, and Alec Severs, Students' Union Humanities Officer, discuss the upcoming National Student Survey, why it is so important in helping to improve student experience and how colleagues can encourage students to complete it. (27 Jan 2026) - University of Manchester Teaching and Learning Conference 2026: call for papers
The fourth University of Manchester Teaching and Learning Conference will take place on Wednesday, 8 and Thursday, 9 July 2026. This will be a two-day, flexible, free internal conference focusing on teaching and learning. (26 Jan 2026) - Service excellence in action: building equitable research partnerships
To improve collaboration with international institutions and strengthen research impact, the Humanities Research Development and Impact (RDI) team has designed a series of tools for working with partners in the Global South. Chloe Jeffries from the team explains more. (26 Jan 2026) - Professor Steven Pierce’s Inaugural Lecture
'The Fetishistic State – Genealogies of Law in Northern Nigeria' (20 Jan 2026)