30-625: Barbara Durkin is an English actress who trained at the Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre. She made her debut in the 1987 British film Wish You Were Here , and later made television appearances in Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge , Boon , Brass Eye , I'm Alan Partridge , Taking the Floor , Midsomer Murders , Roger Roger , My Parents Are Aliens and Scoop . This article about
60-497: A 200-student super lab, study areas and green spaces. Library The Library offers a study skills service and houses a number of special collections mainly relating to the fine and applied arts, like the Laura Seddon Greeting Card Collection , a collection of Victorian and Edwardian greeting cards. The North West Film Archive is managed by Manchester Metropolitan University's Library and
90-408: A British television actor is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester Metropolitan University is located in the centre of Manchester , England. The university has 40,000 students and over 4,000 members of staff. It is home to four faculties (Arts and Humanities, Business and Law, Health and Education and Science and Engineering) and
120-545: A decision taken following a review conducted by financial advisory firm Deloitte. Manchester Metropolitan University comprises four faculties led by faculty pro-vice-chancellors, 10 Professional Services Directorates and a range of departments, schools and institutes. The four faculties are: Arts and Humanities The Faculty of Arts and Humanities has more than 11,000 undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral students. Home to Manchester School of Art (f. 1838), Manchester School of Architecture and Manchester Writing School,
150-772: A range of projects including: the Arts and Humanities development, the Science and Engineering development, the School of Digital Arts (SODA), Manchester Metropolitan Institute of Sport, and the Student Residential portfolio. In common with most universities in the United Kingdom, Manchester Met is headed formally by the chancellor, currently Lord Mandelson but led by the vice-chancellor, currently Professor Malcolm Press CBE. The university's board of governors
180-726: Is located within the Central Library. In 2021, the Manchester Poetry Library opened in the Grosvenor building. The Library can be accessed 24/7 by MMU students during term times and by visitors during term times on Saturdays and Sundays between 11:00 and 17:00. Campus investment The university's 10-year Estate Masterplan 2017–2027 was complemented by a £379m commitment to the Estates Investment Programme until 2024, delivering
210-552: Is one of the largest universities in the UK, measured by the size of its student population in 2020/21. Manchester Metropolitan University was developed from mergers of various colleges with various specialisms, including technology, art and design. Its founding can be traced back to the Manchester Mechanics Institute , which was established in 1824 entirely through private initiative and funds to teach artisans
240-430: Is responsible for determining the educational character and mission of the university. It also falls to the board of governors to ensure that the university's resources are used in line with the university's Article of Government. It also safeguards the university's assets and approves the annual estimates of income and expenditure. The board of governors is responsible for broad policy, but the vice-chancellor, along with
270-795: The School of Digital Arts (SODA). It also hosts the Manchester School of Art Research Centre. The school became responsible for the non-degree courses of the Manchester Municipal College of Technology by 1996, when the rest of that institution became the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology . This transfer gave a historical link to the Manchester Mechanics' Institute established in 1824. The Manchester Municipal School of Art
300-597: The 1960s Chatham Tower (named after the adjacent street) was refurbished and the Benzie Building was built, to provide additional studio and exhibition space for the art school. The design, by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios , was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize in the same year. It was renamed the Lowry Building in 2024. Calico printers Edmund Potter and James Thomson were involved in
330-542: The Business School, which holds the globally recognised trio of accreditations from EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA, and the Manchester Law School. The faculty is also home to the majority of the university's Degree Apprenticeship programmes, with more than 2,400 apprentices studying across 15 programmes with 530 employer partners. Health and Education Home to around 9,000 students across 5 departments,
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#1732791314172360-651: The Department of Physiotherapy in 2004, and was later renamed as the Department of Health Professions. The university's logo is derived from the upper part of the shield of the university's coat-of-arms, with six spade-irons positioned together, suggesting hard toil and entrenchment. The university was previously located on seven sites: five in Manchester (All Saints, Aytoun, Didsbury, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Hollings) and two in Cheshire (Alsager and Crewe). However,
390-524: The Faculty of Health and Education provides an inclusive learning and training environment based in the Brooks building. Science and Engineering More than 6,000 students in the Faculty of Science and Engineering benefit from nearly 100 undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes in a variety of subjects. A new, £115m base for the faculty opens in 2024, which will include teaching and research spaces,
420-628: The Manchester School of Physiotherapy (MSOP), an institution officially formed in 1991 through the amalgamation of the Schools of Physiotherapy of the Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) and of Withington Hospital . MSOP was previously affiliated with the Victoria University of Manchester , which conferred degree-level courses by extension until the final class of 2005. MSOP joined Manchester Metropolitan University as
450-549: The University Executive Group, is responsible for overall management, policy implementation, organisation, operations and direction of the university. In December 2014, it was announced that Malcolm Press had been appointed to succeed John Brooks as vice chancellor on 1 June 2015. Manchester Met has around 40,000 students , making it currently the 11th in the UK for the biggest student population in 2020/21. The university employs over 4,000 staff. In
480-567: The basic principles of science by part-time study, and the Manchester School of Design (f. 1838) latterly known as the Manchester School of Art . The painter L. S. Lowry attended in the years after the First World War, where he was taught by the noted impressionist Adolphe Valette . Schools of Commerce (f. 1889), Education (f. 1878), and Domestic Science (f. 1880) were added alongside colleges at Didsbury, Crewe, Alsager and
510-486: The centre is a chamfered doorway with a moulded arched head and carved spandrels above which is a canted oriel window with a steep roof against a gable with pinnacles and a finial at the top. The building is Grade II listed . The 1897 extension designed by Joseph Gibbon Sankey , at the rear of the building, was built in red brick and terracotta with Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style) decoration by W.J. Neatby, chief designer at Royal Doulton . In 2014
540-433: The faculty is one of the largest in the UK. It offers a range of subjects, from design to fashion, creative writing to architecture, linguistics to languages, digital arts to journalism, and history to sociology, across 9 departments and schools. Business and Law The Faculty of Business and Law has more than 10,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students enrolled on 120 different degree programmes. The faculty consists of
570-422: The financial year ending 31 July 2021, Manchester Metropolitan University had a total income of £369m. Manchester Metropolitan University is the ninth most popular university by applications in the UK (UCAS 2021/22 entry). Manchester Metropolitan University was the highest LGBT+ recruiting university by the number of accepted applicants in 2020 at 720. 30% of Manchester Met's overall research has been rated at
600-638: The former Domestic and Trades College (f. 1911). The Manchester College of Science and Technology, which had originally been the Mechanics Institute and would then become UMIST , transferred its non-degree courses to the School of Art by 1966. The institution renamed itself as Manchester Polytechnic in 1970, which was followed by series of mergers with the Didsbury College of Education and Hollings College in 1977, as well as City of Manchester College of Higher Education in 1983. In 1987,
630-603: The highest 'world leading' (4*) level and 90% of its research impact is rated 'world leading' (4*) or 'internationally excellent', (3*) across more than 740 academics. The university has fourteen research centres: The Students' Union exists to represent all members at the Manchester Metropolitan University and students on accredited external courses. The Union is led by the Union Officers Group formed of five students of
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#1732791314172660-625: The institution became a founding member of the Northern Consortium , and became a corporate body on 1 April 1989 as allowed by the terms of the Education Reform Act . On 15 September 1992, Manchester Polytechnic gained university status under the wide-sweeping Further and Higher Education Act 1992 , and then became Manchester Metropolitan University . After earning university status, Manchester Met absorbed Crewe and Alsager College of Higher Education, and in 2004
690-738: The school's foundation. The first head from 1838 was John Zephaniah Bell , who pursued a fine art curriculum until 1843. John Cassidy studied in 1883 and taught there for a year in 1887. Walter Crane was the Director of Design from 1893 to 1898. Adolphe Valette was a teacher there from 1906 to 1920. On 1 December 2020 Professor Martyn Evans was appointed as Director of Manchester School of Art. Its graduates include L.S. Lowry , Eugene Halliday , Liam Spencer , Ossie Clark , Martin Parr , Malcolm Garrett , Peter Saville , Thomas Heatherwick , Roger Hampson and Audrey Albert . Sylvia Pankhurst
720-545: The university later closed six of the seven sites to rationalise its estate. The university moved the work of the Alsager campus to Crewe, while the Aytoun campus was closed in 2012 following the opening of a Business School on the main campus. The Elizabeth Gaskell, Hollings and Didsbury campuses were closed in 2014, with faculties being relocated to the main city centre campus in Manchester. The Crewe campus closed in summer 2019,
750-832: The university, elected by the students to lead the Union on their behalf. A shop and café catering to university students has also been set up inside the Students' Union. The Students' Union moved in January 2015 to a new purpose-built building on Higher Cambridge Street, next to Cambridge and Cavendish Halls of Residence. Some in the list attended institutions which became part of present-day Manchester Metropolitan University. Academia Arts and Creative Business Public sector and law Sport Manchester School of Art Manchester School of Art in Manchester , England,
780-532: Was a student at the school. Susan Dacre and Annie Swynnerton formed the Society of Women Painters and Swynnerton became the first woman to be elected to the Royal Academy since its inception in 1768. John Mayall enrolled at the School of Art in the 1950s. British bluegrass music pioneers Tom Travis and Tom (Smiley) Bowker enrolled at the School of Art in the 1950s. Other notable musicians to attend
810-554: Was built in Cavendish Street in 1880–81 to the designs of G. T. Redmayne . On a rectangular plan it was constructed in sandstone ashlar with buff terracotta dressings. It is two storeys high above a basement and has slate roofs with glazed skylights. Its symmetrical facade , built in the Neo-Gothic style , has large gabled wings with pinnacles at either side of its buttressed and blind arcaded main range. In
840-565: Was established in 1838 as the Manchester School of Design. It is the second oldest art school in the United Kingdom after the Royal College of Art which was founded the year before. It is now part of Manchester Metropolitan University . The school opened in the basement of the Manchester Royal Institution on Mosley Street in 1838. It became the School of Art in 1853 and moved to Cavendish Street in 1880. It
870-543: Was marked by the opening of the new Benzie Building and the refurbishment of the Chatham Tower. The school comprises five departments, the Manchester School of Architecture (MSA), formed in 1996 and jointly administered with the University of Manchester , the Department of Art & Performance which incorporates the Manchester School of Theatre , the Department of Design , Manchester Fashion Institute and
900-576: Was subsequently named the Municipal School of Art. In 1880, the school admitted female students, at the time the only higher education available to women, although men and women were segregated. The school was extended in 1897. The school became part of Manchester Polytechnic in 1970 and is now part of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the Manchester Metropolitan University . Its 175th anniversary in 2013
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