AHEAD Case Study : Intangible Sounds as part of Manchester Histories Festival
Intangible Sounds is part of Manchester Histories Festival and coincided with MMU’s 200 Years celebrations. It focuses on music and sound heritages.
Category Championing Creative Excellence
Ahead of the curve: approaching inclusive growth in collaboration with arts, humanities and social sciences
Ahead of the curve: approaching inclusive growth in collaboration with arts, humanities and social sciences.
Conversations with History: Past, Present and Futures of Manchester’s Art Ecology
Dani Child, Senior Lecturer in Art History brings together historians and creatives working in Manchester and local regions on the occasions of the 200 year anniversaries of Manchester Art Gallery and Manchester Met and the 40th anniversary of Castlefield Gallery for two public events. These events initiated important conversations about the past, present and future of Manchester (and the North)’s art ecology.
Society and Change Saturday Club Collaborates with SuAndi and the Mixed Museum
Saturday school students from History, Politics and Philosophy’s Society and Change Saturday Club, has recently co-produced some amazing work with a local poet and the Mixed Museum
New poetry collection tackles climate emergency inspired by scientific expedition to Greenland
A poet from Manchester Writing School's new collection that explores the emotional and sensory impact of the changing landscape experienced by climate change scientists
Talking Trees / 树说/述说 an audio walk that combines notions of language, landscape and soundscapes
Talking Trees / 树说/述说 is a collaborative research project that provides students from the University of Nottingham (UoN) and other UK HE institutions with the opportunity to ‘Journey to the East’ without travelling to the country.
Preserving Stories: Film Archives in the Face of Climate Change and Global Challenges
As an artist filmmaker, and Senior Lecturer on the Filmmaking programme at SODA, Chris Paul Daniels reflects on the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) Conference in Bangkok, April 2024
Transforming Health Highlight : Dementia support through Design, Music and Play
Design, Music and Play are being used to support people living with dementia in Greater Manchester and internationally.
Star-studded film adaptation of lecturer’s atmospheric novel to be released to cinemas
Starring Matt Smith (Dr Who) and Morfydd Clark (Lord of the Rings), Lecturer in Creative Writing Andrew Hurley’s Starve Acre – about to be brought to the big screen by BFI Distribution - sees a family’s seemingly idyllic rural life thrown into turmoil when their young son starts acting out of character.
Landscapes of Change : Pick up your Manchester Poetry Library events programme
The Spring / Summer season brochure for Manchester Poetry Library is in the building! Super proud to have worked on the first listings brochure for this gem of a venue at The Manchester Metropolitan University. The brochure includes activities supported by the AHEAD funding to support Arts and Humanities academics.