Articles, blogs and stories highlighting research from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Manchester Met, including english, history, politics, philosophy, sociology, criminology, applied social science, and arts disciplines spanning across architecture, design, fashion, fine art, performance and digital arts.
"Moving Images: Audiovisual Representations of Migration and Migrants", brought together academics, artists, community members, and practitioners from across the UK and beyond, fostering rich cross-sector dialogue around migration and representation.
Led by Dr Ian Cushing, Reader in Critical Applied Linguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University, this summer school brought together educators from a variety of schools, for an intensive, two-day summer school on linguistic justice. Teachers were given cutting-edge research resources to read, discuss, and apply in their own classrooms.
This two-day conference showcases some of their innovative research traversing disciplinary boundaries to creatively envisage new ways of living and working.
Curated by the Performance Research Group at Manchester School of Art, Bunker Talks explore geopolitical, ecological or economic concerns. The talks create space for critical encounters, presentations, provocation and dialogue by interviewing industry guests about practice & research.
The Cost of Us”, a thought-provoking short film, created by women from Trafford, exploring the impact of the cost of living crisis on women of all ages. Screenings were held in Partington, Stretford and Whalley Range in July 2025.
On 15th July 2025, Bunker Talks made a very significant move to the Grosvenor East building in order to delve into the research and writing of Manchester Met Scriptwriting Lecturer, Zodwa Nyoni.
Across 10 screenings between Wednesday 7th May and Friday 27th June 2025, the Manchester Crime and Justice Film Festival showed films which provoke discussions around 21st century crime, justice and punishment.
Join enJOY arts for a screening of “The Cost of Us” followed by a creative…
In collaboration with AI Artist and researcher, the project explores misinformation and technological challenges, and shares AI literacy tools
The Crime and Justice Film Festival shows films which provoke debate and an alternative take on 21st century crime, justice and punishment