Celebrating Women #BreakTheBias
To celebrate International Women’s Day the School of Health Sciences Athena Swan committee have organised a month of celebrations to highlight the contributions of women during the Covid-19 pandemic. We started off with our excellent speaker on 9th March - Dr Pragya...
Where are UK Higher Education Institutions with Shared Parental Leave and Breastfeeding?
Family friendly rights, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), seem to be at the top of the agenda in most universities. Key departments in universities responsible for ensuring that the family friendly rights support the needs of working parents are the human...
Meet Suzanne: Research Project Manager UoM
I am a Project Manager at The University of Manchester supporting gynaecology research within cancer sciences. I have a BSc in Human Nutrition and started my research career in 2012 at the Institute of Metabolic Science in Cambridge as a research...
Meet Kate: Senior Research Programme Manager & Co-Lead Cancer Research Project Managers Network
I have worked at The University of Manchester for 20 years having completed a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry at UMIST in 1997. After working as a Postdoc at Manchester Science Park for 3 years, I moved to the University to work in research business- and then...
Meet Rebecca: Senior Programme Manager & Co-lead Cancer Research Project Managers Network
After my BSc in Biochemistry and an MRes in Bioinformatics I decided not to follow an academic career path like many of my friends. However it turned out that University was the place for me and after a couple of years out I started at The University of...
Meet Emma: Research Programme Manager, The Christie & co-lead Cancer Research Project Managers Network
I am responsible for managing the Cancer Prevention & Early Detection (PED) research theme in the Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC). Not only this but I also contribute to the strategic direction of Cancer PED research in Manchester,...
Meet Charlie: Senior Project Manager and co-chair Research Project Managers Network
I work within the digital health software team and oversee the delivery of mobile applications and platform technologies that are used in research projects, typically supporting people with long term health conditions, or in some cases helping to improve...
Positive action to recognise project and programme managers who enhance research impact, value and delivery
International women’s day is always a great opportunity to pause and reflect on what some of our inspirational co-workers are doing and this year’s theme is no exception. They ask you to choose to challenge and that is exactly what a group of talented and motivated...
I Choose To Challenge Us All
I am not sure about you, but one of the most frustrating by-products of the COVID-19 pandemic is the feeling that in many households across the country, there was an expectation, which felt a lot like stepping back in time.The sense of responsibility towards our...
Manchester Gold: call for mentors and mentees – please help spread the word!
Manchester Gold Staff Mentoring ProgrammeCall for Mentors and Mentees!The University staff mentoring programme ‘Manchester Gold’ is now open for applications. The closing date is Thursday 8th April.Manchester Gold is managed by the Staff Learning and Development Team...
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