Month: July 2020

Moving away from Bangladesh to study an MSc in Biotechnology and Enterprise at Manchester

July 31, 2020

Nusrat Rouf is a Bangladesh national and had lived in Dhaka all her life before moving to Manchester to complete a master’s in Biotechnology and Enterprise. Her motivation to travel to a whole new continent was to try and gain the expertise required to help improve healthcare back home. Now after graduating, find out if … More Moving away from Bangladesh to study an MSc in Biotechnology and Enterprise at Manchester

Securing employment as a Teacher of the Deaf while still in training

July 23, 2020

In a 2018 survey conducted by the Higher Education Statistics Agency, it was revealed that 93.6% of University of Manchester graduates go straight into full time employment or further study.  However, some of our students manage to find graduate level jobs while still studying. One person who can say this is PGDip Deaf Education student, … More Securing employment as a Teacher of the Deaf while still in training

What to expect from a master’s in Clinical Biochemistry

July 21, 2020

MSc Clinical Biochemistry graduate, Emily Goodall, is currently completing a PhD at the University of Manchester where she is looking at the cellular mechanisms that are involved in regulating cell migration. Just like many students, this wasn’t her plan when she started her undergraduate or postgraduate degrees but her experiences while studying made her realise … More What to expect from a master’s in Clinical Biochemistry

The Making a Difference Awards: Medics in Primary Schools

July 17, 2020

Fifth year Medical student, Sylvia Osahan was one of many students from the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health who were recognised at the latest Making a Difference (MAD) Awards. Sylvia was highly commended for ‘outstanding contribution to widening participation’ thanks to her involvement in the Medics in Primary Schools (MiPS) society. Below, Sylvia discusses … More The Making a Difference Awards: Medics in Primary Schools

Josh Devlin

Returning to Manchester to explore my research interests

July 14, 2020

Josh Devlin is a graduate from the two-year MA Social Work programme which helps students to become social workers through placements and highly effective teaching. For the past three years, Josh has worked as a Social Worker for Trafford Council in a children’s locality team. However, this September he is set to return to the … More Returning to Manchester to explore my research interests

How I went from being a food allergy sufferer to researching food allergy at Manchester

July 7, 2020

Suffering with intense food allergies growing up can be difficult. Final year MSci Genetics student Ayah Wafi became curious as to why she had certain allergies. Ultimately, this led to a budding career in allergy research. Below, she discusses how Manchester has helped her to achieve this, from being made to feel medically safe on … More How I went from being a food allergy sufferer to researching food allergy at Manchester