Words by Neil Harrison MSA Crossings Event 2013 Students from Manchester School of Architecture have been collaborating on a series of events aimed at re-imagining city life. ‘Crossings’ saw the budding architects and designers working on tasks which ranged from film-making to bricklaying, and from upcycling household furniture to thinking of ways to organically restore…

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…