Category Leading Sustainability

LUDeC Showcase: Collaborative Research in the Liveable City

The Leverhulme Unit for the Design of Cities of the Future (LUDeC) encompasses 15 researchers working to transform the way we think about cities.
This two-day conference showcases some of their innovative research traversing disciplinary boundaries to creatively envisage new ways of living and working.

Bunker Talks Autumn 2025

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.

Bunker Talks 2025

Bunker Talks create space for critical encounters, presentations, and dialogue, interviewing industry guests about practice & research.

Tree Equity Day ‘Voices of the Future’

Tree Equity Day was attended by representatives from DEFRA, Natural England, the Community Forests, the Tree Council, the Chartered College of Teachers and the National Trust

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Voices of the future

The ‘Voices of the Future’ project aims to involve children and young people as co-researchers to explore the potential of future treescapes in mitigating climate change.

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Manchester School of Architecture named 5th best in the world

Manchester School of Architecture (MSA) has once again been named in the top five of the QS World Subject Rankings.

The University’s MSA is ranked 5th in the world in the 2024 league table – maintaining last year’s success and its highest-ever position – and 2nd in the UK.