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Storytelling at the Museum
In celebration of International Museums Day (Saturday 18 May), Robert shares a blog about the stories shared through local museums, their history and the education they offer us. For many of us, museums are where we get our history….
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Museums for Education and Research
The Horsfall Museum’s Bird Room, late 1930s. Image courtesy of Manchester Art Gallery. In celebration of International Museums Day (Saturday 18 May), Hannah Williamson shares about her research into the work of Bertha Hindshaw at the Horsfall Museum to…
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Dishevelled Shelves: Libraries, Disorder, and Artist Residencies
Libraries have long shed the antiquated stereotype of staid and silence-laden tabernacles of quiet rumination and dusty pages quietly being turned and squinted at. Though it does remain one of the last remaining bastions of intellectual freedom and a…
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Beachcombing the Entangled Shoreline: Writing About Chronic Illness During Mental Health Awareness Week
Movement (etymology): Medieval Latin movimentum, from Latin movere, “to move”, from PIE root *meue- “to push away.” Doublet of moment and momentum. Late 14c., mevement, “change of position; passage from place to place.” In the political/artistic/social sense of “course of acts and…
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Be More Deaf Aware: Deaf Awareness Week
photo credit: SHVETS production I write this as a hearing person. I cannot speak on behalf of deaf people or their experiences. I can only write about my research and my experiences as someone who is hearing but works…
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Field update from the Tambopata Reserve, Peru
A Toppin’s titi monkey (Plecturocebus toppini) at Posada Amazonas Lucy Millington shares a blog about her research around the factors that influence Neotropical primate community composition and abundance across landscape mosaics. Research Background: I study primate conservation ecology in…
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Zero Zone vs Zero Degree
Tamur was supported by the Manchester Met Doctoral College Conference Support Award to attend and present at a recent conference. Here he shares the experience. If you would like to apply to the Conference Support Award, the next deadline…
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My Journey: Foundation Year to PhD
This is my very first blog, but I’m sure won’t be the last, so I hope you enjoy reading! I graduated in Biomedical Science here at Manchester Metropolitan University in 2023, where I first did a foundation year and…
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Stress Awareness Month
(Photo credit: RNLI/Nigel Millard) To raise awareness for Stress Awareness Month in April, Mark Machin, a doctoral student at Manchester Metropolitan University, shares a blog about his research around the wellbeing and performance challenges for High Demand Operators brought…
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Being a Neurotypical Researcher in Neurodiversity Research
For World Autism Awareness Day (Tuesday 2 April), Alex shares a blog about her experience as a Neurotypical researcher in Autism research and how she attempts to navigate the complexities of this space. I’ve been invited to write this…
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