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Building equipment for the Large Hadron Collider

In the first of a series exploring The University of Manchester’s involvement with CERN, we look at the specialist Large Hadron Collider equipment that is made, right here, on campus.
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My journey so far: Louisa Mason

This week Louisa Mason joins us on the blog. Louisa is a Master’s student who joined the university in on our Physics with an Integrated Foundation Year course. Louisa told us all about her university experience, the work she’s been doing at Manchester and her lunch with the Lovell telescope.
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The Buzz S3, E4: Space bricks

In this instalment of The Buzz podcast, Dr Aled Roberts explains the potential for using astronauts’ blood plasma and other human waste products to manufacture ‘space bricks’ to build structures on the Moon and Mars.
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From China to Manchester: Joya’s international student experience

Joya Zhou Zhuoya (周卓雅), has just begun studying Electrical and Electronic Engineering. She has taken the time to tell us about her experiences coming from China to her life studying here in Manchester: “Hi guys! My name is Joya Zhou Zhuoya (周卓雅), a Y1 international student studying a BEng (Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.…
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From Project to Peer Reviewed Journal: Kamil’s experience

After completing his studies, UoM geology graduate, Kamil Kosiorek has recently had his outstanding fourth year project featured in Geosciences, an internationally respected open access journal. We caught up with him to discuss his experience, and say congratulations!
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Manchester Mathematics student’s extraordinary drive recognised at House of Lords

University of Manchester mathematics student, Jesy Luyengi was part of 22 students who were recognised at the fourth annual Student Social Mobility Awards for defying the odds to achieve outstanding success as they prepare for life after university.
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My First Year as An International Student – Manya Sharma

My first year has given me so many opportunities, helped me grow, and guided me as a young woman in tech. From learning important tools of programming and understanding hardware intricacies, to joining societies and making friends I want to hold on forever – being in the Department of Computer Science expands my horizons in…
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Charlotte: My experience as a disabled woman in engineering

Meet Charlotte, an Electric, Electronic, and Mechatronic Engineering student and a Beatrice Shilling Scholarship awardee in her 3rd year of study. She has taken the time to tell us a bit about her story and why she chose engineering: “I am a disabled woman in engineering. An intersection between minority groups, within an industry that…
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Looking Back On My Year as an International Postgraduate Student, with Chaitanya Giridhar Kakalur

On 10 June 2021 (a day I cannot forget!) I received an email informing me I had not only gotten in but was to be a recipient of the Engineering Management Scholarship. It is not just the education I have received that has changed me in the past year, it is the people. Manchester now…
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A year in industry with Laetitia Yitaben

We spoke to recent graduate Laetitia Yitaben about her year in industry which she took as part of her Mathematics with Placement Year degree. Hi Laetitia, thank you for joining us on the Maths blog! Can you tell us a bit about yourself? Hi there! I am from Dudley in the West Midlands and moved…
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