Nalin Thakkar: Why research security matters more than ever — and how we’re here to help
Today we face a complex international environment and therefore new and changing potential risks. We all have a part to play in safeguarding our work here at Manchester. As we launch our new Research Security Hub, I want to recount my experience of changes at work and ask you, my colleagues two questions: what is your experience and what can we do better?
Professor Duncan Ivison: From strategy to delivery
2025 has been quite a year for all of us. Thank you for everything you’ve done to make it a good one.
Alongside all the brilliant things you’ve achieved individually, I hope you feel proud of the way we come together to create our new strategy From Manchester for the world.
Professor Nalin Thakkar: Making the leap: The University to Partner With
Every so often, we pause long enough to look up from the day-to-day and ask ourselves a deceptively simple question: What are we about? Over the past year, as we shaped From Manchester, for the world, that question surfaced again and again. Not in abstract terms, but...
Making the leap: Digital Inside and Out
Between October and December, we are running a series of Viewpoint blogs written by our University Executive to give their personal perspectives on our new strategy to 2035, play back what we heard, explain the choices we are making, and set out how we will test,...
Professor John Holden and Carol Prokopyszyn: Making the Leap: A Powerhouse of Innovation
Between October and December, we are running a series of Viewpoint blogs written by our University Executive to give their personal perspectives on our new strategy to 2035, play back what we heard, explain the choices we are making, and set out how we will test,...
Colette Fagan and Sarah Sharples: Making the Leap: Accelerating the path from research excellence to impact
This piece explains how our 2035 strategy aims to make Manchester the best place in the UK to do ambitious, inclusive research with faster impact.
Jenn Hallam and Ashley Blom: Making the Leap: Flexible, Personalised and Digitally Enabled Learning
This piece explains how our 2035 strategy brings the idea of learning without limits to life—exploring how we’ll make learning more flexible, personalised and digitally enabled for students, while ensuring our colleagues feel supported, trusted and energised.
Professor Duncan Ivison: North Star and Foundations
In the first piece, Professor Duncan Ivison, President & Vice-Chancellor, introduces our North Star and the foundations that make it real and enable our leaps.
Colette Fagan, Scott Taylor, and Lynda McIntosh: Global rankings and how to improve citations-based performance
A strong global ranking is important for the University’s reputation and success. Rankings provide an indication of our global standing for research and innovation, teaching, and our impact.
Manchester 2035: Phase 1 complete – what comes next?
During Phase 1 of our Manchester 2025 strategy, over 5,500 colleagues, students, alumni, and community members took part – with more than 1,500 bookings across 22 workshops and 2,869 online contributions. From big ideas on AI, sustainability, and innovation to reflections on culture, wellbeing, and equality, your input is helping us define what matters most as we look ahead.
