Shamshad Khan, an established poet who has also had her work featured in several anthologies, came to Abraham Moss High School to deliver a Mother Tongue Other Tongue creative writing workshop. Words and photographs by Amillah Javed ON the afternoon of Friday 7th June, I was introduced to a group of nine lovely multilingual girls of…

Annual MMU Football Conference, Thursday 13th & Friday 14th June, Geoffrey Manton Building, MMU Words and photo by Neil Harrison FROM CHAMPION’S LEAGUE TO SUNDAY LEAGUE, the beautiful game is a national obsession.  The 2ndAnnual MMU Football Conference, taking place June 13th & 14thand hosted by The National Football Museum and Manchester Metropolitan University, is…

MMU Creative Writing graduate and author, Russell Smith, paid a visit to his alma mater and met with Humanity Hallows to discuss his debut novel, Oblivion Storm, as well as his time at University.  Words by Jason Cooke Today I have the pleasure of meeting local author and MMU Creative Writing graduate, Russell Smith. Russell paid Humanity Hallows a…

The Humanities, Languages and Social Science Learning & Teaching event, 23rd April 2013, MMU Late in the Spring term, the Faculty of HLSS enjoyed a day sharing areas of positive learning and teaching practice from across the Faculty. Colleagues from all Departments provided a fascinating showcase of their learning and teaching innovations, giving colleagues an opportunity to reflect on…

The Portico Young Writers’ Competition: A celebration of writing talent in the North West. Although you’ve probably passed it a dozen times without realising it’s there, the Portico library has sat on Mosley Street in Manchester for over two hundred years. And this week, something quite special was happening there. For the past four years…