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Discover the latest research, work, and achievements of Creative Manchester and our partners across the creative and cultural sectors.
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Untold music histories, 'bouncing Kraftwerk off the moon’ and celebrating Black British Music with Jazzie B and David Olusoga
9 Jul 2025
Creative Manchester and Jodrell Bank welcomed the Summer Solstice with a celebration of Manchester music, culture, and alternative histories at the ...
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‘Dream Differently’: Manchester International Festival 2025 takes over the city with diverse programme across Greater Manchester
7 Jul 2025
From Thursday, 3 July, to Sunday, 20 July, Factory International invites us to ‘Dream Differently’ at this year’s edition of the bi-annual ...
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ICP student placement with Creative Manchester: Beisi Wang
26 Jun 2025
I am Beisi Wang, now studying at the university of Manchester, majoring in Digital Media, Culture, and Society. Over the past few months, I have had ...
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Creative Manchester Celebrates Summer Solstice with programme of special events at Jodrell Bank
4 Jun 2025
As part of this collaboration Creative Manchester are curating the programme of the afternoon and evening on 20 June, to take place at Jodrell Bank. ...
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Gary Younge in conversation with Michèle Lamont: Cultural Dislocation and the politics of recognition
21 May 2025
On 29 April 2025, Creative Manchester and the American Studies Department hosted a compelling in-conversation event featuring Professor Michèle ...
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Future Arts Centres: Inaugural event with Dave Moutrey
21 May 2025
Creative Manchester was delighted to host the inaugural event in a new series examining the critical role of arts centres across the UK and Ireland, ...
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Expert unlocks truth of Stanford Prison Experiment in new TV show
15 May 2025
National Geographic is set to premiere ‘The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking the Truth’ in the UK next month, which features expert ...
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Greater Manchester Festival of Libraries 2025
25 Apr 2025
Manchester City of Literature has announced the full programme for the upcoming Festival of Libraries 2025, which will take place in libraries across...
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CreaTech Network 2025: Events series returns this year to explore Creativity + AI in Music, Publishing and Fashion
24 Apr 2025
Creative Manchester, Digital Futures and the Turing Innovation Catalyst (TIC) Manchester are pleased to announce the return of the CreaTech Network ...
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Spotlight on: Karen Gabay
24 Apr 2025
Since the beginning of January 2025, Karen Gabay has been carrying out a Simon Industrial Fellowship at The University of Manchester, with the ...
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University appoints acclaimed poet, playwright, and performer, Inua Ellams, as Honorary Research Fellow
15 Apr 2025
Inua received an MBE (Member of the British Empire) in 2023. Now he plans to send the medal to four corners of the British Empire: Kenya, India, ...
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David Olusoga and Kavita Puri in Conversation: Exploring the 1943 Bengal Famine
27 Mar 2025
On 11 March, Creative Manchester presented an enlightening event featuring David Olusoga OBE, Professor of Public History, in conversation with ...
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Lemn Sissay OBE to judge University's 2025 Micropoetry Competition
21 Mar 2025
Esteemed poet and former Chancellor of The University of Manchester, Lemn Sissay OBE, has been unveiled as a returning judge for the 2025 edition of ...
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A reflection on the ‘Exploring Arts-Based Participatory Research Methods’ project
13 Mar 2025
Written by Dr Henry McPherson, Research Associate, Creative Manchester Speaking to professionals who make powerful arts-based participatory ...
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Looking back: Creative Health Research at The University of Manchester
12 Feb 2025
Creativity, health and wellbeing is a key theme of the Creative Manchester research platform. In an important strand of work within this theme, we ...
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Businesses and academics pitch research ideas at CreaTech Innovation Lab
31 Jan 2025
The CreaTech Innovation Lab is a half-day workshop convened by the Creative Manchester research platform and the University’s Business Engagement ...
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International Mother Language Day 2025: A series of events celebrating language diversity
24 Jan 2025
UNESCO International Mother Language Day (IMLD) 2025 takes place on 21 February, with an exciting programme of local celebrations announced by ...
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Baroque Opera as a tool for peace: An evening with international theatre director Peter Sellars
16 Jan 2025
Taking place at the Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama on Tuesday, 4 February, Peter will deliver a lecture titled ‘How to End a War: The ...
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UMRI Interdisciplinary Research Funding Call 2025
8 Jan 2025
The University of Manchester Research Institute (UMRI) invites new applications for pump-priming funds to support interdisciplinary research ...
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Manchester’s Professor Gary Younge wins prestigious journalism award
6 Jan 2025
The University of Manchester’s Professor Gary Younge has been named as the recipient of a prestigious Robert B. Silvers Award in recognition of his ...
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Festival of Libraries wins ‘Best Event’ at the 2024 Manchester Culture Awards
11 Dec 2024
The Festival of Libraries is an annual celebration of the diverse role played by libraries, showcasing their role as service, learning and creativity...
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Investing in Interdisciplinarity
9 Dec 2024
UMRI will be launching the latest round of pump-priming awards in January 2025, designed to ignite UoM Researchers innovative interdisciplinary ...
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The University of Manchester awards three Honorary Research Fellowships
4 Dec 2024
The three appointments are key figures in the Manchester’s thriving cultural scene: Dave Moutrey: Director of Culture and Creative Industries for...
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Creative Manchester at BEYOND 2024: Creative Cities
2 Dec 2024
From 25 to 27 November the BEYOND 2024: Creative Cities conference took place at The Lowry in Salford, bringing together business leaders, ...
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Looking back: Manchester Literature Festival 2024
22 Nov 2024
This year’s Manchester Literature Festival took place 4-20 October, with an exciting programme of literary events taking place including ...
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University Partners with English National Opera
21 Nov 2024
The University of Manchester is delighted to announce a new collaboration with English National Opera, as they announce the first wave of plans for a...
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‘The Art of Research’: Co-produced Street Art
8 Nov 2024
As part of the Manchester ESRC Festival of Social Science 2024, The University of Manchester’s Research Platforms hosted a dynamic research café ...
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British Council to fund Manchester-Nanjing cultural exchange project
6 Nov 2024
The project, funded by the British Council’s International Collaboration Grants programme, will forge a lasting relationship between Manchester in ...
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New report launches on engaging young people in place-making in Stretford
6 Nov 2024
The Placeholders Report is based on research from the Placeholders project, which emerged out of a collaboration between Bruntwood Group Ltd. and The...
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World Academic Summit 2024
14 Oct 2024
Interdisciplinarity is the key to tackling our major challenges, but how to make this happen across university's that are organised around ...
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Arts Council England funding boosts Greater Manchester’s ambition to become first Creative Health City Region
25 Sep 2024
A partnership led by NHS Greater Manchester and Greater Manchester Combined Authority will work with public services, health and social care ...
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Join us for the launch of the 2024/25 ‘Opening up research’ programme
16 Sep 2024
‘Opening up Research’ is a collaborative effort involving the Office for Open Research, the School of Engineering Open Research Lead, ...
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New anthology highlights talented graduates from the Centre for New Writing
2 Sep 2024
A new anthology is set to be published in September, celebrating the wealth of literary talent produced by The University of Manchester’s Centre for...
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Graduate Intern writes about her year with Creative Manchester
15 Aug 2024
My name is Gweni Matthews, and I am the Creative Manchester Graduate Intern as a part of the Manchester Graduate Talent scheme. I work within the ...
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University partners with Manchester Literature Festival to launch 2024 events
14 Aug 2024
An exciting programme of literature events returns this October, hosted by Manchester Literature Festival (MLF).
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ICP student placement with Creative Manchester: Jinghan Tong
12 Jul 2024
Hi, my name is Jinghan Tong, and I am currently a student at The University of Manchester, majoring in Creative and Cultural Studies. I am passionate...
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People’s Choice Winners in 2024 Photography Competition Celebrate Food and Drink
10 Jul 2024
The votes have been counted. The People’s Choice Award winners of the 2024 UK-China Photography Competition are Chih-Yu Chuang’s photo ‘My ...
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Celebrating the Summer Solstice with a day of literature events at Jodrell Bank
2 Jul 2024
On 21 June, an audience of literature enthusiasts, lovers of astronomy and archaeology and academics gathered on the stunning UNESCO Heritage site of...
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Festival of Libraries 2024: Celebrating libraries and creativity across Greater Manchester
25 Jun 2024
12-16 June saw the return of Manchester City of Literature’s Festival of Libraries, taking place across the whole of Greater Manchester to ...
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ICP student writes about her placement with Creative Manchester
5 Jun 2024
Hi, my name is Uxutvi Kapdee and I have just completed my work placement at Creative Manchester, working on the 200-year commemoration festival for ...
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CreaTech 2024 Event Series Lookback
20 May 2024
In March 2024 Creative Manchester partnered with Turing Innovation Catalyst Manchester and Digital Futures for a ground-breaking series of events ...
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Greater Manchester Festival of Libraries 2024
17 May 2024
Taking place in libraries across Greater Manchester between 12-16 June 2024 From 12-16 June 2024, Greater Manchester will once again celebrate the ...
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Summer Solstice Celebrations at Jodrell Bank with Creative Manchester
10 May 2024
Jodrell Bank and Creative Manchester are delighted to hold two exciting events to mark the Summer Solstice on June 21, 2024. The daytime event ...
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UK’s first centre of excellence for music and dementia hosted by Manchester Camerata
8 May 2024
Over £1million of funding has been committed by Andy Burnham (Mayor of Greater Manchester), Sir Richard Leese (Chair of the NHS Greater Manchester) ...
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Jazz artist leads ‘Music and Migration’ workshops in Manchester schools
24 Apr 2024
Grammy award-winning jazz percussionist and Simon Industrial Fellow Carlos Maldonado recently ran workshops for year 6 classes in two local primary ...
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Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller to close inaugural PeopleFest conference
4 Apr 2024
To close the inaugural People Fest conference from 5-7 April, the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology and Creative Manchester proudly present ...
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Lemn Sissay OBE returns as judge for the 2024 Micropoetry Competition
25 Mar 2024
Esteemed poet and former Chancellor of the University, Lemn Sissay OBE, has been unveiled as a judge in this year’s Micropoetry competition.
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Lemn Sissay OBE returns as judge for the 2024 Micropoetry Competition
21 Mar 2024
As the honorary chair of creative writing, Lemn will be one of four judges considering entries around this year’s theme which is ‘200 years of ...
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Creative Manchester partnered with Manchester Literature Festival and Centre for New Writing for; ‘Bernie Sanders in Conversation with Gary Younge’
6 Mar 2024
Creative Manchester were pleased to partner with Manchester Literature Festival, and Centre for New Writing, for ‘Bernie Sanders in Conversation ...
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International Mother Language Day 2024: Museum trail, etymology workshop and comic arts conference
23 Feb 2024
UNESCO International Mother Language Day (IMLD) 2024 took place last week on 21 February, with an inspiring programme of local celebrations presented...
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