Press releases archive
Manchester smashes the "Golden Triangle" for researchThe University of Manchester has smashed the "Golden Triangle" of research universities traditionally dominated by Oxford, Cambridge and London, according to the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (Press release: 18 December 2008)
£260k fellowship award for Fay
Fay Bradley, a researcher from the Centre for Innovation in Practice in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, has been awarded a highly competitive National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) training fellowship. (October 2008)
Tributes paid to true academic with wicked sense of humour
Friends and colleagues have paid tribute to Peter Gilbert, who passed away peacefully on August 18 after a long illness (September 2008)
Researchers unveil vital key to cancer
University of Manchester scientists have uncovered the 3D structure of a protein that regulates the number of chromosomes during cell division and so has an essential role in the prevention of cancer (Press release: 6 August 2008)
Manchester pharmacist named in Honours List
Pharmacy practice expert to receive CBE from Queen (Press release: 14 June 2008)
CPPE praised in new white paper
The Centre for Postgraduate Pharmacy Education (CPPE) noted as a centre of excellence in new pharmacy white paper (May 2008)
Student of the year
Beth Aubrey (3rd year MPharm student) has been awarded the prestigious Reckitt Benckiser Student of the Year Award, by the BPSA (British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association) (April 2008)
PhD student wins cricketing award
A PhD student in the School of Pharmacy, Manikandan Kadirvel, has been awarded with the Alan Gilbert (President of the University of Manchester) trophy for the 2007 season. (November 2007)
Former Dean wins top US award
Malcolm Rowland, Professor Emeritus and former Dean of the School, receives the coveted 2007 ACCP Distinguished Investigator Award. (September 2007)
Undergraduate Student of the Year
Mary Sattenstall has been awarded the University of Manchester Distinguished Achievement Award for Undergraduate Student of the Year 2007. (June 2007)
Chemist and Druggist Conference Practice Research Award
Dr Mary Tully has been awarded the Chemist & Druggist Conference Practice Research Medal for 2007. (June 2007)
Manchester researcher wins national award
A University of Manchester researcher has been named the Best Libyan International Student 2007 having published an amazing number of papers before his PhD (May 2007)
MHS envoys spread the word
Representatives of MHS and EPS visited Nairobi in Kenya at the beginning of the year to promote undergraduate study at Manchester. (March 2007)
A day in the life
MP for Bolton South East Dr Brian Iddon visited the University in January as part of the Royal Society's MP-Scientist Pairing Scheme (January 2007)
Man of the People
Ken Douglas, Professor of Medicinal Chemistry in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, has been listed in this year's Debrett's People of Today (January 2007)
Karen takes the Chair
Karen Hassell of the School of Pharmacy has been appointed to a new Chair, in Social Pharmacy. (January 2007)
Pharmacists succeed in the dragon’s den
Three PhD students and a post-doc from the School win 'best medical technology' prize in the 10th annual Biotechnology YES competition. (January 2007)
Top man!
Abdul Gbaj, final-year PhD student in the School's Wolfson Centre for the Structure-based Design of Molecular Diagnostics, named best postgraduate student from Libya working in the UK. (December 2006)
Professor wins 'Outstanding Scholar' award
A visiting professor working at the School has been awarded the Nigerian Academy of Science's Outstanding Scholar in Science award. (September 2006)
Andrew McBain awarded prize
Dr Andrew McBain has been awarded the prestigious W H Pierce Memorial Prize by the Society for Applied Microbiology for his research. (November 2005)
Manchester tops Guardian league tables
The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is celebrating after finishing top of a national newspaper’s survey of all departments of Pharmacy in the country. (May 2005)
Pharmacists to tackle AIDS epidemic
The University of Manchester is founding a college of pharmacy in Malawi. (March 2005)
