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Prof Ang Davies: What learning do we need to offer our communities?
There is a clear growing demand and need for learning that fits around people’s personal commitments and everyday lives, that is less ‘time demanding’, and ultimately, more flexible. We know our learning needs to be accessible and inclusive and we want to ensure our...
Chris Taylor: Grasping the opportunities of AI
Chris Taylor explores how we can fully leverage the power of AI across teaching and learning, research, innovation, and service delivery at the University.
April McMahon: Replacing Blackboard Learn with Canvas by Instructure
Our University has started on its journey to replace Blackboard Learn with Canvas by Instructure as our central learning environment to improve teaching and learning experiences.
Steve Jordan: Bringing our people and estate closer than ever before
In 2004, the merger between UMIST and Victoria University of Manchester was born out of a simple vision – combining the history, spirit and innovation from two institutions to form the largest single-site University in the UK.This same idea of idea of bringing...
April Mcmahon: The hype and reality of ChatGPT: Exploring its impact on teaching and learning
There is a lot of noise, perhaps even a little bit of hysteria, around ChatGPT. AI tools of this sort are becoming more mainstream; and alongside the challenges they may present for some aspects of our teaching and assessment, they also bring opportunities. ChatGPT is...
Patrick Hackett: Operations and change
It’s a rainy morning as I write this; I knew that before I opened the curtains as I checked the weather on my phone and read through the day’s headlines. Technology has changed the way we live and work beyond recognition, particularly in the last 10 years. That got me...
Helen Ashley: Why you should have your say
My first experience of the University of Manchester was attending a Women into Science and Engineering weekend course in 1987 with other teenaged girls from all over Greater Manchester.
Colette Fagan: REF2021 results countdown – what it is and why it’s so important
Research and discovery is a core part of our University’s mission and strategy.Like many, I am proud of the quality and reach of our research and the research environment which we provide to enable our researchers to thrive. The quality of our research and its impact...
Richard Smith: Don’t look up. Look inwards and outwards.
Don’t Look Up has become that rarest of things: a programme about climate change that’s got people talking and doesn’t feature Sir David Attenborough.
