Digital Futures
@digitaluom.bsky.social
Highly interdisciplinary University of Manchester network of over 2200+ researchers across 30 disciplines and the whole range of digital research.
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Digital Futures brings together over 2200 researchers from over 30 different disciplines across all three of the University’s faculties into multidisciplinary communities to tackle important research problems and build critical mass in new and emerging research areas.
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Discover the fast-changing and complex #AI landscape with @manchester.ac.uk Digital Futures' AI@Mancherster Linktree.
Featured pages include Natural Language Processing and Text Mining, Manchester Centre for AI Fundamentals, Centre for Robotics and AI, and more!
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Featured pages include Natural Language Processing and Text Mining, Manchester Centre for AI Fundamentals, Centre for Robotics and AI, and more!
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December 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Discover the fast-changing and complex #AI landscape with @manchester.ac.uk Digital Futures' AI@Mancherster Linktree.
Featured pages include Natural Language Processing and Text Mining, Manchester Centre for AI Fundamentals, Centre for Robotics and AI, and more!
🔗 linktr.ee/AI_MANCHESTER
Featured pages include Natural Language Processing and Text Mining, Manchester Centre for AI Fundamentals, Centre for Robotics and AI, and more!
🔗 linktr.ee/AI_MANCHESTER
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Wishing you a wonderful holiday season & a fantastic New Year! ✨🎆 We're proud of our work in collaboration with our partners and supporters this past year & would like to say a huge 'Thank You' for all your incredible support 🎉 we’ve rounded up some of our favourite moments of 2025 to reminisce👇
December 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Wishing you a wonderful holiday season & a fantastic New Year! ✨🎆 We're proud of our work in collaboration with our partners and supporters this past year & would like to say a huge 'Thank You' for all your incredible support 🎉 we’ve rounded up some of our favourite moments of 2025 to reminisce👇
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🎙 New Podcast Series: You Ought to Know
Episode 2 explores Black British Gospel Music with Karen Gabay and guests 📅 Premieres 21 January 2026 on Substack & School of Arts, Languages and Cultures YouTube.
🔗https://ow.ly/KPcI50XL1jK & https://ow.ly/2phX50XL1jJ
Episode 2 explores Black British Gospel Music with Karen Gabay and guests 📅 Premieres 21 January 2026 on Substack & School of Arts, Languages and Cultures YouTube.
🔗https://ow.ly/KPcI50XL1jK & https://ow.ly/2phX50XL1jJ
December 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
🎙 New Podcast Series: You Ought to Know
Episode 2 explores Black British Gospel Music with Karen Gabay and guests 📅 Premieres 21 January 2026 on Substack & School of Arts, Languages and Cultures YouTube.
🔗https://ow.ly/KPcI50XL1jK & https://ow.ly/2phX50XL1jJ
Episode 2 explores Black British Gospel Music with Karen Gabay and guests 📅 Premieres 21 January 2026 on Substack & School of Arts, Languages and Cultures YouTube.
🔗https://ow.ly/KPcI50XL1jK & https://ow.ly/2phX50XL1jJ
Have you booked your free ticket for The Digital Environment Conference 2026, co‑hosted with NERC?
🗣️ Speakers include Niall Robinson (NVIDIA), Justin Taylor (@anthropic.com), Rashik Parmar MBE (IBM & @universityofleeds.bsky.social), and more!
🎟️ Free Tickets Available Now: lnkd.in/eWtP2QZy
🗣️ Speakers include Niall Robinson (NVIDIA), Justin Taylor (@anthropic.com), Rashik Parmar MBE (IBM & @universityofleeds.bsky.social), and more!
🎟️ Free Tickets Available Now: lnkd.in/eWtP2QZy
December 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Have you booked your free ticket for The Digital Environment Conference 2026, co‑hosted with NERC?
🗣️ Speakers include Niall Robinson (NVIDIA), Justin Taylor (@anthropic.com), Rashik Parmar MBE (IBM & @universityofleeds.bsky.social), and more!
🎟️ Free Tickets Available Now: lnkd.in/eWtP2QZy
🗣️ Speakers include Niall Robinson (NVIDIA), Justin Taylor (@anthropic.com), Rashik Parmar MBE (IBM & @universityofleeds.bsky.social), and more!
🎟️ Free Tickets Available Now: lnkd.in/eWtP2QZy
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💭 Just imagine if Greater Manchester had the best health in the world...
'Just Imagine If', in partnership with Manchester Museum and Healthier Futures, are inviting you join a conversation on Monday 9 February to discuss how to make this a reality.
'Just Imagine If', in partnership with Manchester Museum and Healthier Futures, are inviting you join a conversation on Monday 9 February to discuss how to make this a reality.
December 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
💭 Just imagine if Greater Manchester had the best health in the world...
'Just Imagine If', in partnership with Manchester Museum and Healthier Futures, are inviting you join a conversation on Monday 9 February to discuss how to make this a reality.
'Just Imagine If', in partnership with Manchester Museum and Healthier Futures, are inviting you join a conversation on Monday 9 February to discuss how to make this a reality.
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Now exhibiting in the Samuel Alexander Glass Corridor: (In)Visibility: An exhibition of artwork and poetry on spatial justice by the Hulme community.
📅 Running until 14 January 2026
📍Glass Corridor, Samuel Alexander Building
Faculty of Humanities School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
📅 Running until 14 January 2026
📍Glass Corridor, Samuel Alexander Building
Faculty of Humanities School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
December 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Now exhibiting in the Samuel Alexander Glass Corridor: (In)Visibility: An exhibition of artwork and poetry on spatial justice by the Hulme community.
📅 Running until 14 January 2026
📍Glass Corridor, Samuel Alexander Building
Faculty of Humanities School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
📅 Running until 14 January 2026
📍Glass Corridor, Samuel Alexander Building
Faculty of Humanities School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
Missed out on attending the last @manchester.ac.uk & Digital Futures GM Connected Health Ecosystem event at @uompankhurst.bsky.social?
You can catch-up on all presentations via the Digital Futures YouTube Channel!
🔗 bit.ly/youtubedigitalfutures
You can catch-up on all presentations via the Digital Futures YouTube Channel!
🔗 bit.ly/youtubedigitalfutures
December 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Missed out on attending the last @manchester.ac.uk & Digital Futures GM Connected Health Ecosystem event at @uompankhurst.bsky.social?
You can catch-up on all presentations via the Digital Futures YouTube Channel!
🔗 bit.ly/youtubedigitalfutures
You can catch-up on all presentations via the Digital Futures YouTube Channel!
🔗 bit.ly/youtubedigitalfutures
Salman Waqar, GP and former president @britishima.bsky.social, will present at the next seminar in The University of Manchester Digital #Health Equity Seminar Series.
📢 Addressing The Healthcare needs of Muslim Minorities Living in the UK
🗓️ Wednesday 14th Jan
🕐 1PM - 2PM BST
📍 zoom.us/j/96196306877
📢 Addressing The Healthcare needs of Muslim Minorities Living in the UK
🗓️ Wednesday 14th Jan
🕐 1PM - 2PM BST
📍 zoom.us/j/96196306877
December 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Salman Waqar, GP and former president @britishima.bsky.social, will present at the next seminar in The University of Manchester Digital #Health Equity Seminar Series.
📢 Addressing The Healthcare needs of Muslim Minorities Living in the UK
🗓️ Wednesday 14th Jan
🕐 1PM - 2PM BST
📍 zoom.us/j/96196306877
📢 Addressing The Healthcare needs of Muslim Minorities Living in the UK
🗓️ Wednesday 14th Jan
🕐 1PM - 2PM BST
📍 zoom.us/j/96196306877
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Are you an early career researcher in the arts & humanities with bold ideas? Apply for the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship and join a world-class research community.
· Develop your vision
· Access tailored support
· Shape the future of your field
Apply: https://ow.ly/jxqz50XIkpu
· Develop your vision
· Access tailored support
· Shape the future of your field
Apply: https://ow.ly/jxqz50XIkpu
December 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Are you an early career researcher in the arts & humanities with bold ideas? Apply for the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship and join a world-class research community.
· Develop your vision
· Access tailored support
· Shape the future of your field
Apply: https://ow.ly/jxqz50XIkpu
· Develop your vision
· Access tailored support
· Shape the future of your field
Apply: https://ow.ly/jxqz50XIkpu
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✨ Innovation in Action! 🚀 Our Innovation Lab with FutureEverything brought bold ideas to life. Congrats to LanthaGen Bio, Ardwick Climate Action, Cellnex UK & Peak District NP for stellar pitches! Collaboration + creativity = a better future 🌍💡 #Innovation
December 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
✨ Innovation in Action! 🚀 Our Innovation Lab with FutureEverything brought bold ideas to life. Congrats to LanthaGen Bio, Ardwick Climate Action, Cellnex UK & Peak District NP for stellar pitches! Collaboration + creativity = a better future 🌍💡 #Innovation
OPEN CALL FOR POSTERS AND PRESENTATIONS
Interested in presenting at The Digital Environment Conference 2026?
Please email Jade at [email protected] with your presentation and/ or poster title, and topic or area of research.
Deadline: Friday 27th February 2026.
Interested in presenting at The Digital Environment Conference 2026?
Please email Jade at [email protected] with your presentation and/ or poster title, and topic or area of research.
Deadline: Friday 27th February 2026.
December 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
OPEN CALL FOR POSTERS AND PRESENTATIONS
Interested in presenting at The Digital Environment Conference 2026?
Please email Jade at [email protected] with your presentation and/ or poster title, and topic or area of research.
Deadline: Friday 27th February 2026.
Interested in presenting at The Digital Environment Conference 2026?
Please email Jade at [email protected] with your presentation and/ or poster title, and topic or area of research.
Deadline: Friday 27th February 2026.
Join us for The Digital Environment Conference 2026!
Discover how systems that shape our planetary future are imagined, contested, built and live.
🔗 Tickets: bit.ly/DigitalEnvironmentConference2026
📅 1st April 2026
🕙 10.00am – 5.00pm
📍 SISTER, Renold Building, 32a Altrincham Street, Manchester
Discover how systems that shape our planetary future are imagined, contested, built and live.
🔗 Tickets: bit.ly/DigitalEnvironmentConference2026
📅 1st April 2026
🕙 10.00am – 5.00pm
📍 SISTER, Renold Building, 32a Altrincham Street, Manchester
December 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Join us for The Digital Environment Conference 2026!
Discover how systems that shape our planetary future are imagined, contested, built and live.
🔗 Tickets: bit.ly/DigitalEnvironmentConference2026
📅 1st April 2026
🕙 10.00am – 5.00pm
📍 SISTER, Renold Building, 32a Altrincham Street, Manchester
Discover how systems that shape our planetary future are imagined, contested, built and live.
🔗 Tickets: bit.ly/DigitalEnvironmentConference2026
📅 1st April 2026
🕙 10.00am – 5.00pm
📍 SISTER, Renold Building, 32a Altrincham Street, Manchester
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Creative Manchester are pleased to announce the release of four films celebrating interdisciplinary research projects which received funding through the University of Manchester Research Institute (UMRI) Pump-Priming Call.
Find out more: https://ow.ly/YzW650XyEV6
Find out more: https://ow.ly/YzW650XyEV6
November 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Creative Manchester are pleased to announce the release of four films celebrating interdisciplinary research projects which received funding through the University of Manchester Research Institute (UMRI) Pump-Priming Call.
Find out more: https://ow.ly/YzW650XyEV6
Find out more: https://ow.ly/YzW650XyEV6
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Kickstarting @beyondconference.org with keynote addresses from @therealnihal.bsky.social and @andyburnham.bsky.social!
Discussing how Greater Manchester can continue to be the UK’s fastest growing city-region and support creative industries
Discussing how Greater Manchester can continue to be the UK’s fastest growing city-region and support creative industries
November 25, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Kickstarting @beyondconference.org with keynote addresses from @therealnihal.bsky.social and @andyburnham.bsky.social!
Discussing how Greater Manchester can continue to be the UK’s fastest growing city-region and support creative industries
Discussing how Greater Manchester can continue to be the UK’s fastest growing city-region and support creative industries
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We're excited to be at the #BEYONDconf Fringe today - before the official @beyondconference.org kicks off tomorrow we get to find out about the innovative research and art created in Greater Manchester around the themes of CreaTech, innovation districts and the creator economy 💭
November 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We're excited to be at the #BEYONDconf Fringe today - before the official @beyondconference.org kicks off tomorrow we get to find out about the innovative research and art created in Greater Manchester around the themes of CreaTech, innovation districts and the creator economy 💭
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As part of our BEYOND 2025 partnership, our Platform Director, Professor John McAuliffe will participate in a main stage panel discussion, 'Creative, Civic and Cultural: University Collaboration'.
📅 11.45am–12.45pm, Tues 25 Nov
📍 The Lowry, Salford Quays
More info: https://ow.ly/LeJZ50XtxTl
📅 11.45am–12.45pm, Tues 25 Nov
📍 The Lowry, Salford Quays
More info: https://ow.ly/LeJZ50XtxTl
John McAuliffe
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November 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
As part of our BEYOND 2025 partnership, our Platform Director, Professor John McAuliffe will participate in a main stage panel discussion, 'Creative, Civic and Cultural: University Collaboration'.
📅 11.45am–12.45pm, Tues 25 Nov
📍 The Lowry, Salford Quays
More info: https://ow.ly/LeJZ50XtxTl
📅 11.45am–12.45pm, Tues 25 Nov
📍 The Lowry, Salford Quays
More info: https://ow.ly/LeJZ50XtxTl
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🔬 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
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
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🔬 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
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
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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
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
November 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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
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
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This afternoon we hosted colleagues from across Greater Manchester to discuss supporting Older People to live well!
Ending with a screening of a creative film based on research around brain health, created by Dr Simon Parry + Dr Sarah Fox.
#CreateWell #CreativeHealth
Ending with a screening of a creative film based on research around brain health, created by Dr Simon Parry + Dr Sarah Fox.
#CreateWell #CreativeHealth
November 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This afternoon we hosted colleagues from across Greater Manchester to discuss supporting Older People to live well!
Ending with a screening of a creative film based on research around brain health, created by Dr Simon Parry + Dr Sarah Fox.
#CreateWell #CreativeHealth
Ending with a screening of a creative film based on research around brain health, created by Dr Simon Parry + Dr Sarah Fox.
#CreateWell #CreativeHealth
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Proud doesn’t even cover it! 💜
The University of Manchester has retained its place in the global top 10 for sustainability in the QS World University Sustainability Rankings.
🔗 Read more: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/u...
The University of Manchester has retained its place in the global top 10 for sustainability in the QS World University Sustainability Rankings.
🔗 Read more: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/u...
November 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Proud doesn’t even cover it! 💜
The University of Manchester has retained its place in the global top 10 for sustainability in the QS World University Sustainability Rankings.
🔗 Read more: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/u...
The University of Manchester has retained its place in the global top 10 for sustainability in the QS World University Sustainability Rankings.
🔗 Read more: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/u...
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We're delighted to partner with BEYOND 2025 Conference, showcasing innovative research shaping Greater Manchester's future and promoting the University's support of creative industries.
📅 24–26 November
📍The Lowry, Salford Quays
More info: https://ow.ly/kVUa50Xpbz9
📅 24–26 November
📍The Lowry, Salford Quays
More info: https://ow.ly/kVUa50Xpbz9
November 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
We're delighted to partner with BEYOND 2025 Conference, showcasing innovative research shaping Greater Manchester's future and promoting the University's support of creative industries.
📅 24–26 November
📍The Lowry, Salford Quays
More info: https://ow.ly/kVUa50Xpbz9
📅 24–26 November
📍The Lowry, Salford Quays
More info: https://ow.ly/kVUa50Xpbz9
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During BEYOND 2025 conference, we will also be showcasing some of the innovative CreaTech research projects being led by postgrad students at the University of Manchester.
📅 25–26 November
📍The Lowry, Salford Quays
Find out more: https://ow.ly/nPzF50XpPBX
📅 25–26 November
📍The Lowry, Salford Quays
Find out more: https://ow.ly/nPzF50XpPBX
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
During BEYOND 2025 conference, we will also be showcasing some of the innovative CreaTech research projects being led by postgrad students at the University of Manchester.
📅 25–26 November
📍The Lowry, Salford Quays
Find out more: https://ow.ly/nPzF50XpPBX
📅 25–26 November
📍The Lowry, Salford Quays
Find out more: https://ow.ly/nPzF50XpPBX
Anita Banerji, Jasmine Folz, Ella Kaye, and Pauline Karega will present at the next seminar in The University of Manchester Digital #Health Equity Seminar Series.
📢 A Co-Production Approach to Understanding Diversity Issues in Digital Research
🗓️ Wed 10th Dec
🕐 1PM - 2PM BST
📍 zoom.us/j/98736638103
📢 A Co-Production Approach to Understanding Diversity Issues in Digital Research
🗓️ Wed 10th Dec
🕐 1PM - 2PM BST
📍 zoom.us/j/98736638103
November 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Anita Banerji, Jasmine Folz, Ella Kaye, and Pauline Karega will present at the next seminar in The University of Manchester Digital #Health Equity Seminar Series.
📢 A Co-Production Approach to Understanding Diversity Issues in Digital Research
🗓️ Wed 10th Dec
🕐 1PM - 2PM BST
📍 zoom.us/j/98736638103
📢 A Co-Production Approach to Understanding Diversity Issues in Digital Research
🗓️ Wed 10th Dec
🕐 1PM - 2PM BST
📍 zoom.us/j/98736638103
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📣 Call for Interest now open!
The University of Manchester invites educators, researchers, and innovators to join the 2026 international conference:
Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Balancing Equity, Access & Innovation.
🗓️ 9–10 June 2026
🔗: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/c...
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The University of Manchester invites educators, researchers, and innovators to join the 2026 international conference:
Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Balancing Equity, Access & Innovation.
🗓️ 9–10 June 2026
🔗: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/c...
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Call for Interest opens for 2026 Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education
The University of Manchester has announced the Call for Interest for lightning talks and research posters for its upcoming international conference, Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Balanc...
www.manchester.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
📣 Call for Interest now open!
The University of Manchester invites educators, researchers, and innovators to join the 2026 international conference:
Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Balancing Equity, Access & Innovation.
🗓️ 9–10 June 2026
🔗: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/c...
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The University of Manchester invites educators, researchers, and innovators to join the 2026 international conference:
Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Balancing Equity, Access & Innovation.
🗓️ 9–10 June 2026
🔗: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/c...
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Great turn-out for last night's 'Reimagining New Towns' event with @uomhums.bsky.social and @productivity.bsky.social at @alliancembs.bsky.social. Excellent presentation from Deputy Chair of New Towns Taskforce Dame Kate Barker followed by a lively panel discussion and audience questions.
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Great turn-out for last night's 'Reimagining New Towns' event with @uomhums.bsky.social and @productivity.bsky.social at @alliancembs.bsky.social. Excellent presentation from Deputy Chair of New Towns Taskforce Dame Kate Barker followed by a lively panel discussion and audience questions.