Student experience
Hear from our current students about life in the Department of Materials – and their experiences in the vibrant city of Manchester.
Coating of textiles with nanoparticles – 72-year-old PhD student Roy Conway
Student experience 23 May 2019
Meet Roy Conway, a 72-year-old PhD student proving age is no barrier as he researches textile coating with nanoparticles for multifunctionality.
Polymer fibres and wearable electronics: PhD student Evie Chalmers
Student experience 8 May 2019
PhD student Evie Chalmers discusses her research into polymer fibres used in wearable electronics – and tells us what life’s like in the School of Materials.
Online retail and body shapes: PhD student Courtney Chrimes
Student experience 24 April 2019
Read all about Courtney Chrimes’ PhD research into online retail and clothing fit provision – and why Manchester is the right fit for her.
From Sydney to Manchester: PhD student Mia Maric
Student experience 8 April 2019
Hear Mia Maric’s story – a Materials Science PhD student who has arrived from Sydney, Australia and is enjoying her time at The University of Manchester.
Fancy a lab in a warmer climate?
Student experience 15 February 2018
Applications for our Live-In-Labs summer volunteering project in India are now open. Find out more here.
My favourite thing about Manchester
Materials World 16 December 2016
One thing that makes the experience of studying materials at The University of Manchester particularly special is Manchester itself. It has everything you could want. Great food and nightlife, fantastic theatres and gig venues a plenty, more shops than you could ever hope to visit, and even a handful of festivals throughout the year. There’s also a […]
Welcome to Welcome Week (Guest post)
Student experience 22 September 2015
Hello everyone, and welcome to Welcome Week. I was going to write this post myself, but it’s nearly a decade since I went through the joys of my first week in uni. So I thought I’d pass the responsibility on. Who better than Kate Taracinska, a Fashion and Textile Retailing student and the current Welcome Week Intern […]