Fashion academics Dr Amy Benstead and Dr Victoria Stephens have won an award for their research on modern slavery in supply chains, focusing on the role of worker voice. Based in the Department of Materials, their work has now been acknowledged for two consecutive years at the annual Business and Modern Slavery Research Conference. Winning…
Meet the lecturers that will be teaching the first year course units and learn more about what you’ll be studying.
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.
When most of us go to university to study our chosen subject, it is usually with a view to working in a related industry after we graduate. But Natalie Parish, a Technical Estates Co-Ordinator & Workshop Manager in the Department, decided this wasn’t for her. After studying English and working in publishing, she made the switch to engineering by enrolling…
Professor Uli Sattler hasn’t looked back after making the (perhaps unconventional) career switch from dressmaking to computer science – a field, she believes, more women should consider. This blog has been written as part of our International Women’s Day 2021 campaign.
We are delighted to announce that Callum Kidd, Discipline Head of Education for Engineering and Project Management within the Department of MACE, has become the first person within the UK to receive a teaching excellence award from the Project Management Institute.
Senior Lecturer and First Year Tutor Dr. Draga Pihler-Puzovic tells us about her teaching, her research in nonlinear dynamics, and why you might see a lot of her work around the Physics building without even realising it.
We caught up with Prof Alice Larkin to hear more about her journey to becoming an engineer and what her advice would be for aspiring young engineers.
Hear from Khris about his journey to becoming an Aerospace engineer, more specifically a Drone engineer, after finding his passion lay in UAVs!
Aerospace Lecturer Dr Ben Parslew talks about his career path, and how it’s great to try out lot of different things to see what you enjoy….
