Digital Humanities, Monday, 18th February, 6pm, Geoffrey Manton Building, MMUPhotographs by Storm RannardWords by Kathleen Menzies THE latest event in the Digital Humanities series saw Dr David Berry of Swansea University deliver a lecture to academics, students and the public. ‘Critical Digital Humanities’ was the latest in a series of events brought to MMU by the Institute…

The Institute of Humanities and Social Science Research, Monday, 11th February, Geoffrey Manton Building, MMU Words by Kevin Danson As part of the Ethical Issues strand of MMU’s Research Institute’s Annual Research Programme, Dr Hannah Smithson and Dr Robert Ralphs, both Senior Lecturers in Criminology at MMU, presented their paper, ‘What’s in it for us?’,…

BILL EMMOTT and ANNALISA PIRAS bring Girlfriend in a Coma to Manchester, Friday, 8th February, Sandra Burslem Buildling, MMU Words by Amillah Javed On the evening of Friday, 8th February, Bill Emmott and Annalisa Piras were invited to MMU to show a screening of their controversial documentary, as well as allowing us time to interrogate…

Film and Culture Event for Languages (FACE) GCSE Day, Monday, 4th February, Geoffrey Manton Building, MMU Words and photographs by Amillah Javed The Routes into Languages event took place on Monday, 4th February, at Manchester Metropolitan University. Year 10 and 11 students from Bury Grammar School Boys arrived in the atrium of the Geoffrey Manton…

MMU Student Press Office journalist, Megan Lucie Adams, gives us a first-hand account of Alzheimer’s Culture by Dr Lucy Burke – Monday, 4th February, 2013 It is often a label that we find hard to understand and many fail to comprehend what Alzheimer’s actually refers to. Many may believe they know, thanks to the press, popular culture and literature, however, it is…