Elemental: Manchester Poetry Library Summer Exhibition, Curated by Jean Sprackland, 20 Apr - 31 Oct 2026 Exhibition, Manchester Poetry Library

Summer Exhibition at Manchester Poetry Library opens today - curated by Jean Sprackland.

www.mmu.ac.uk/poetry-libra...

Northern Publishers' Fair 2026 With new publishers and our popular chatty table to chat with agents and development agencies about your writing career, the Northern Publishers' Fair is BACK!From trade to independent publishing, thi...

Join us at the Northern Publishers' Fair this Saturday 11-3.30pm at Manchester Central Library!
The fair brings together independent and trade publishers from across the North. Families, students, and readers of all kinds are welcome.
Tickets - fly-on-the-wall-press.eventcube.io/events/93203...

University of Manchester quizzers win University Challenge for fifth time, becoming joint most successful in series’ history A conversation with contestant Ray PowerThe University of Manchester’s University Challenge team have been crowned winners of the UK’s toughest quizzing tournament.Having beaten out New College Oxford...

Huge congratulations to @officialuom.bsky.social team for winning University Challenge 2025 🏆

A fifth title makes Manchester joint most successful university in the show’s history. A proud moment for the University and the city of Manchester.

‘London life for half the cost’: why influencers love Manchester Creators don’t need the biggest cities (or even the biggest following) to make a career and contribute many millions to the economy

Did you spot us in @thetimes.com? Our Manchester Fashion Institute students and lecturer explain how Manchester is powering the creative economy through fashion content creation. 🙌

Read more 🔗 https://bit.ly/4cgpEL6

Manchester Museum planning major redevelopment of much-loved Vivarium Manchester Museum is planning a major redevelopment of its much-loved Vivarium, thanks to a grant of £200,000.

Manchester Museum has announced a major redevelopment of its Vivarium 🐸

The new Habitats of Hope project will transform conservation, care and visitor experience, supporting critically endangered species and global research.

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The #Manchester Marathon returns on Sunday 19 April, finishing here on Oxford Road.

Road closures will be in place across the route, so please plan ahead.

Find full details and travel updates here 👇

www.manchestermarathon.co.uk/road-closure...

Guardian review hat trick for Manchester Met poets Triple success for Manchester Writing School Poetry faculty

Congratulations to our three acclaimed Manchester Writing School poets whose new collections were singled out in a @theguardian.com review 📚🙌

🔗 https://bit.ly/4t06xMz

#McrMetProud

Oxford Road could have looked very different.

In our latest zine, Martin Dodge (@manchester.ac.uk) revisits 1960s plans for “Streets in the Sky” — elevated walkways linking buildings across the Corridor.

A glimpse of what might have been:

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Join the Co‑Creation for Innovation in Creative Industries Symposium at Alliance Manchester Business School on 16 April. Explore how emerging technologies are reshaping collaboration to deliver creative and impactful innovation.
🔗https://ow.ly/VyyR50Yyuei
Manchester Institute of Innovation Research

Together with leading UK universities and industry partners, we have secured £9.6 million from UKRI to launch SATURN-2.

This represents a major expansion of the national nuclear doctoral training pipeline - helping deliver the UK’s clean energy, security and defence ambitions.

@ukri.org

From lab breakthroughs to industrial biomanufacturing YouTube video by The University of Manchester

How do you turn cutting-edge research into something industry can actually use?

By integrating research and business perspectives in tight-knit collaboration from day one.

#ShapedTogether

www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6A6...

Fifteen Years of Noise | John Robb on Louder Than War Louder Than War turns 15 with a live festival at the Manchester Academy. Founder John Robb reflects on the site’s DIY roots and the culture that keeps it loud.

Louder Than War Live lands at Manchester Academy on Saturday with a lineup including Sea Power, Benefits and Pale Blue Eyes.

Founder @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social reflects on 15 years of
@louderthanwar.bsky.social and why the Corridor remains central to Manchester’s music culture.

IMLD26: The Stepmother - Manchester City of Literature Join us for this reading of poems re-writing the Stepmother archetype from award-winning Québécoise and UK artists Amélie Prévost and Rachel McCrum. In the aftermath of a crisis within her blended fam...

Join @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social this evening for The Stepmother as Amélie Prévost and Rachel McCrum perform poems that re-write the stepmother archetype – part of its first performances outside Canada on a short UK tour.

📍Manchester Poetry Library

International Women's Day | Oxford Road Corridor International Women’s Day serves as a chance to celebrate the economic, cultural, social, and political achievements of women.

International Women’s Day is nearly here. From workshops and talks to tours, culture and live music, here are some of the events across the knowledge quarter offering plenty of ways to get involved.

It Requires Getting Lost at Castlefield Gallery It Requires Getting Lost at Castlefield Gallery brings together new works and major pieces exploring nature, humanity and the unknown.

It Requires Getting Lost transforms Castlefield Gallery into a cave-like world of film, sound, sculpture and light — inviting visitors to embrace the unknown before it closes this weekend.

Queer Contact | Theatre in Manchester | Oxford Road Queer Contact 2026 returns to Contact with two weeks of theatre, cabaret, comedy, art and performance celebrating bold queer voices.

Queer Contact kicks off this week at @contactmcr.bsky.social. Two weeks of bold, brilliant, unapologetically queer creativity — from theatre, cabaret & comedy to live art, film, line-dancing & the Mcr Queer Market.

oxfordroadcorridor.com/events/queer...

Greater Manchester universities unite to drive nature recovery at IPBES-12 event The 12th Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-12) will be hosted in Manchester this February, with almost a thousand delegates expecte...

Universities across Manchester are uniting to drive nature recovery.

UoM, @manmetuni.bsky.social, and @salforduni.bsky.social, are hosting a special event exploring business and biodiversity, alongside DEFRA - bringing together academics, business, and policy makers. 🌱

Home Devolving control of skills and technical education can unleash the economic potential of the North

This week, Mayor @andyburnham.bsky.social set out plans to reindustrialise Greater Manchester, with the Corridor playing a key role as a health innovation and life sciences cluster within the region’s growth plans.

Applications open for Unit M’s Deep Tech Accelerator.

The innovation & impact unit of @manchester.ac.uk, is launching a 3-month programme for founders, startups & researchers across GM.

Up to £25k equity-free, mentors, lab space & investor demo day.

🔗 www.unit-m.co.uk/work-with-us

Text reads, 'Major study launched to make advanced cancer treatments safer for patients', background is the whitworth arch and a picture of the christie institute

A major new study has been launched to help patients with cancer better tolerate cutting-edge immunotherapy treatments.🥼

It’s the first and largest programme of its kind in the UK and the culmination of 30 years of worldwide research. 🌍

www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/m...

Louder Than War Live - Manchester Festival - March 2026 Louder Than War is Hosting Its First Festival In Manchester called LOUDER THAN WAR LIVE in March 2026 - Signed Up Form

Making plans for 2026?
March sees the debut Louder Than War Live festival headlined by Sea Power, Pale Blue Eyes, Benefits, Evil Blizzard, House of All and many others - ticket and details from louderthanwar.com/louder-than-...

2026 gets off to a flying start at the @rncmlive.bsky.social. January is packed with world-class orchestras, acclaimed soloists and bold new music — a perfect way to bring more classical music into your life.

See what's happening: oxfordroadcorridor.com/venues/royal...

Step inside Triceratops: Eat, Roam, Repeatn at Manchester Museum Glenn Roadley, Curator of Zoology at Manchester Museum, invites us into a vivid, immersive journey through the world of Triceratops in this unmissable new exhibition.

🦕 Step 68 million years back in time!

Explore Triceratops: Eat, Roam, Repeat at Manchester Museum and discover the secrets of this iconic dinosaur in an immersive new exhibition.

By Glenn Roadley, Curator of Zoology.

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A beautiful morning in the city of #Manchester.

Seeking Creators for Legacies of Enslavement Walking Routes The Scott Trust’s Legacies of Enslavement programme seeks route creators to develop new heritage walks for GM Walking Festival.

Help shape @gmmoving.co.uk’s 2026 Walking Festival. The Scott Trust’s Legacies of Enslavement programme is commissioning four new heritage routes.

Hunter syndrome: Boy with rare condition amazes doctors after world-first gene therapy Oliver has an inherited condition called Hunter syndrome, which causes progressive damage to the body and brain.

Scientists at @manchester.ac.uk developed a world-first gene therapy for Hunter syndrome, working with international partners and families to deliver the treatment at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.

Pop up park and rides Four pop-up park and rides will launch on Saturday 22 November, offering 1,000 free parking spaces to help people easily get to Manchester this Christmas.

Pop-up Park & Rides are now running on weekends for Christmas travel, including Booth Street West near Oxford Road with 500 free spaces and express buses to Piccadilly Gardens every 20 mins. £2 single/£4 return, U16s free.

IN TWO WEEKS: Follow the White Rabbit: In defence of conspiracy theories

Join us in welcoming a guest lecture from Gabriel Gatehouse, followed by a discussion with Professor Gary Younge.

📅 3 December, 6–7.30pm
📍 University Place, Oxford Road
🎟️ Free: https://ow.ly/IMXu50Xmw8i

🔬 Co-created Futures Conference, Dec 3
Materials Session: Innovation for a Sustainable Future
👩 Dr Samira Malekmohammadi (Royce Institute / CEAMS)
♻️ Dr Torik Holmes (SCI, UoM)
🧪 Dr Chris Egan Morriss (EPSRC Fellow)
👉 Sign up: tinyurl.com/3xxt9juc

#CoCreatedFutures #SustainableMaterials #CEAMS

The University of Manchester launches £400m global fundraising and volunteering campaign to tackle the world's biggest challenges The University of Manchester launches "Challenge Accepted", its first major global fundraising and volunteering campaign●        The campaign will mobilise more than half a million global alumni, supp...

A new £400m global campaign, Challenge Accepted, sees The University of Manchester (@manchester.ac.uk) rally alumni, staff and students to drive impact across research, inclusion, innovation and culture.