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Originally published on The Conversation By Dr Alexandra Makin, Third Century Research Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University As a professional embroiderer and textile archaeologist specialising in the early medieval period (450-1100 CE), I was privileged to be asked to contribute to the British Museum’s catalogue for its much-anticipated exhibition of the Bayeux tapestry, which is on display from September 2026 till July 2027.

Family carers of people with intellectual disabilities, autism and mental health conditions are being systematically excluded from decision-making in inpatient mental health services in inpatient mental health services, contributing to preventable neglect, harm and the continued use of restrictive practices such as restraint and seclusion, according to research from Manchester Met.

Manchester Met has been shortlisted for the Times Higher Education University of the Year Award for 2026. The THE Awards have celebrated outstanding achievement in higher education since 2005. Judged by leading experts, they highlight the people, projects and initiatives driving positive change across the sector.

In partnership with the Comino Foundation and the Manchester Poetry Library, Manchester Met Creative Writing students are paired with a local partner school and cultural organisation, to develop a series of bespoke projects with pupils centred around the annually changing theme, with this year’s theme being ‘The Space Between’.

Originally in The Conversation Written by Mark Turner, Senior Lecturer in Sport Sociology, Manchester Metropolitan University. The new season of the English Premier League is almost ready to kick off, and with it another annual cycle of the national game. Each August brings hope and expectation for supporters with an opportunity to start anew. But, rather than excited anticipation, frustration, anger and anxiety are the overriding emotions of many fans currently.

Dr Monique Huysamen, Reader in Social Care at Manchester Met, has been named one of the winners of the NIHR20 Rising Research Leaders Prizes. Her research focuses on how health and social care services can better recognise and support the intimate lives of autistic people and people with learning disabilities, addressing an often overlooked area of people’s wellbeing and rights.

A Manchester Metropolitan researcher has taken on a new challenge, playing a key role in a new BBC documentary investigating the long-term impact of toxic chemical pollution in communities across Wales. Dr Dave Megson, Reader in Chemistry and Environmental Forensics, features in Buried with Michael Sheen, which explores claims that decades of chemical dumping have left a lasting environmental and public health legacy in parts of the country.

After overcoming trauma, poverty and school exclusion, a high-flying Manchester Met law graduate has described how Clearing helped her prove her critics wrong by acing university, qualifying at the bar and is on track to land her dream career. Leonie Hughes’ childhood on a council estate in North West London was marked by domestic violence, poverty and delinquency, including being told she’d amount to nothing.

Children who grow up in poverty are more likely to experience poorer memory in later life, although social mobility in adulthood can help lessen the impact, according to new research. Published in BMJ Public Health, the study examined how early circumstances can shape cognitive ageing. It presents one of the largest UK studies on the relationship between childhood socioeconomic status and memory in adulthood.

News 7 Aug 2026 3 minutes Initiative tackling underrepresentation of ethnically diverse housing professionals in leadership roles in Greater Manchester Evaluation of the programme found high levels of progression for mentees An innovative programme aimed at helping housing providers create the conditions for ethnically diverse leaders to emerge and thrive is driving career progression and organisational change in the housing sector, according to a new evaluation by Manchester Metropolitan...