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The Home Magazine

Lucy Watson 

Hotel Gotham, Manchester The Home Magazine 2018. 

Content 

What is The Home 

Festival? 

How do I get 

involved? 

Home Festival 

Award 

About Strands 

Faculty Student 

Awards 

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Charlotte Rudd 

The Home Magazine 2018. 

What is The Home 

Festival? 

The Home Festival is a series of 

themed events, activities and 

talks throughout the autumn and 

spring Term, focusing on how 

Manchester is a dynamic and 

diverse city with a rich social, 

cultural and radical past. 

The project enables Faculty of 

Arts and Humanities students 

at Manchester Metropolitan 

University to explore their ‘new 

home’ and see what a fantastic 

resource it is for their studies by 

delving into the four strands of 

activities; 

Radical Manchester 

Cottonopolis to the Northern Quarter 

Is Manchester a Northern Powerhouse? 

International City 

The city has a wealth of places to visit and experience, 

and there are a variety of ways it engages 

with the people and culture of Manchester 

making your studies and learning experience 

unique and individual. 

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How do I get involved? 

The Home Festival is a series of themed events, 

activities and talks throughout the autumn and 

spring Term, focusing on how Manchester is 

a dynamic and diverse city with a rich social, 

cultural and radical past. 

The project enables Faculty of Arts and Humanities 

students at Manchester Metropolitan 

University to explore their ‘new home’ and see 

what a fantastic resource it is for their studies 

by delving into the four strands of activities; 





The city has a wealth of places to visit and experience, 

and there are a variety of ways it engages 

with the people and culture of Manchester 

making your studies and learning experience 

unique and individual. 

Will Gillibrand 

6am, Fallowfield 

Please note that you might already have a strand allocated 

to your specific degree title if you study the following units 

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STEP ONE 

Pick a strand! 





Home Festival Award 

Molly Warnke 

STEP TWO 

Attend events and activities related to your 

chosen strand 

STEP THREE 

Use the termly events and city as a resource in 

your studies and gain your Home Festival Award 

BRONZE 

Create an artefact and display and/or present 

your artefact at the Faculty Student Showcase 

in the spring term. 

Based on your chosen strand you will work individually 

or as a team to produce a piece of 

work. This could be in any form decided by you. 

Previous artefacts have included presentations, 

photography, poetry, posters, podcasts, reports 

and films. 

GOLD 

Continue building your portfolio of Home Festival 

activities and make a presentation of your 

activities and experiences at the Faculty Student 

Conference. 

All presentations will automatically be short – listed 

for a Faculty of Arts and Humanities Student 

Award. 

Graduate with your Home Festival participation, 

awards and achievements on your transcript! 

SILVER 

Build your portfolio of Home Festival Projects 

and complete the Futures Skills Award 

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Radical 

— adjective Characterized 

by departure from 

tradition; innovative or 

progressive. 

WHY SHOULD I CHOOSE THIS STRAND? 

Manchester is synonymous with diversity and 

transformation and is recognised as one of the 

most influential cities in Europe. 

Throughout the years Manchester has maintained 

a spirit of independence and growth 

which has significantly impacted the way of 

living. The people of Manchester have continuously 

campaigned against injustice and prejudice, 

making it the unique city that it is today. 

WHAT WILL IT COVER? 

This strand includes topics relating to Manchester’s 

radical past. It explores the various 

boycotts, riots, protests that have taken place 

in Manchester, while it also looking at the progressive 

movements such as the suffragettes 

and the LGBT campaign. 

EXPLORE 

There will be a series of talks, visits, going on 

across the city linked to this strand to help inspire 

your project. 

PROJECT IDEAS 

Your group / individual project could be in different 

formats such as blogs, podcasts, posters, 

films, new articles, e-journals, brochure, booklet 

etc. 

– Podcast on has Manchester has lost its radical 

routes? 

-Poster on how LGBT nightlife has changed 

over time 

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– Blog on how music has shaped the identity 

of Manchester 

– Creative writing piece from someone who was 

at the Peterloo Massacre 

The Peterloo Massacre, 1819, St Peter’s Fields 

Over 60,000 peaceful pro – democracy and 

anti – poverty protesters gathered but were attacked 

by infantrymen and Yeomanry on horseback. 

Between 10 and 20 people died and 700 

were injured. The protest was hugely influential 

in giving ordinary people the vote, as well as 

leading to the rise of the Chartist movement, 

trade unions, and the establishment of The Manchester 

Guardian in 1821. 

The Art Treasures of Great Britain exhibition 

1857, Trafford Park 

Inspired by London’s Great Exhibition of 1851, 

the Manchester version was bankrolled by the 

city’s cotton trade business owners. 1.3m attendees 

visited the exhibition during its 142 – day 

run and it remains the largest art exhibition to 

ever be held in the UK with over 16,000 works 

on display. The orchestra that played at the 

opening became the Hallé. 

The millworkers’ stand against slavery 1862, 

Free Trade Hall 

In the 1860s, Manchester imported up to 75 per 

cent of all cotton grown on southern US plantations. 

Millworkers refused to touch raw cotton 

picked by US slaves resulting in Lincoln writing 

to them praising their stance. His statue now 

stands in Lincoln Square. 

The Battle of Bexley Square, 1931, Salford 

10,000 unemployed men and women marched 

on Salford’s town hall in protest at the introduction 

of means testing at the height of recession. 

Deeply Vale festival, 1976 – 1979, Bury 

Deeply Vale was a free festival held for four 

years in the hills between Bury and Rochdale. It 

grew from 300 to 20,000 in two years, and was 

bigger and more organised than the nascent 

Glastonbury festival. 

Moss Side riots, 1981, Moss Side 

Two days of rioting in the inner city district of 

Moss Side were fuelled by mass unemployment 

and racial tension, particularly between local 

youths and the police. 

Manchester is notorious 

for its radical ideas. 

As a result, its history 

is steeped in mass 

gatherings that embrace 

politics and protest. 

The Festival of the Tenth Summer, 1986, 

Various venues 

A music and arts festival organised by Factory 

Records to celebrate 10 years since the Sex Pistols 

played the Lesser Free Trade Hall, viewed 

by many as catalyst for a generation of Manchester 

musicians. The final gig at G – Mex was 

headlined by New Order and The Smiths. 

Acid house raves, 1986-92, The Kitchen, 

The Haçienda and beyond 

From 1986 acid house became the underground 

sound of the city, from warehouses and illegal 

clubs like The Kitchen to Factory Records’ 

legendary hangout The Haçienda and the city 

fully embraced the communal nature of the rave 

revolution. 

Section 28 rally, 1988, Albert Square 

20,000 people descended on Albert Square for 

a rally against the Conservative government’s 

Section 28 act, which decreed that councils 

should not ‘intentionally promote homosexuality 

or publish material with the intention of 

promoting homosexuality’. 

Manchester Pride, 1989-present day, 

Manchester gay village 

Manchester’s annual LGBT festival and parade 

attracts thousands from across the UK to the 

city’s gay village in and around Canal Street. 

The three – day celebration takes over the city 

every August bank holiday. 

Dpercussion, 1997-2007, Castlefield 

Initially conceived as Manchester’s response 

to the 1996 IRA bomb that injured 200 people 

and devastated the city centre, Dpercussion 

became a huge free urban music festival, with 

over 70,000 people pouring into Castlefield every 

August. The festival was a precursor to what 

became Parklife. 

Reclaim the Night, 1977 – Present Day, Oxford 

Road 

A yearly women’s march in Manchester, is returning 

on the 22nd February to allow women 

to ‘raise their voices and unite their energies to 

stand up to street harassment, sexual violence 

and victim blaming 

England riots, 2011, Manchester and Salford 

Following the shooting of Mark Duggan, riots 

broke out all over the UK. Thousands of youths 

ransacked shops, attacked officers and torched 

cars in the city centre and over a thousand police 

and supporting staff were deployed. Police 

were called to 800 incidents in the city centre 

and the Fire Service reported 155 fires across 

the city centre and Salford. 

Stop Brexit and anti – austerity protests, 2017, 

Manchester City Centre 

Around 30,000 Anti – Brexit campaigners and 

activists, protesting the government’s austerity 

policies held rallies to coincide with the start of 

the Conservative Party conference. Protesters 

were demanding a second Brexit referendum 

and an end to the Government’s austerity policies. 

LGBT Campaign 

From protests to flash mobs, Manchester has 

played a significant part in the campaign for 

lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) 

rights. The history of the Manchester’s LBGT 

community is an important part of the social and 

cultural history of the city and the North West. 

The LGBT community has had to campaign for 

its rights. Just fifty years ago many homosexual 

acts were illegal and the community was hidden 

and discriminated against. Manchester was 

the birthplace of the Campaign for Homosexual 

Equality in 1964 and in the lead up to the passing 

of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act, one of the 

influential meetings was held in Manchester on 

Deansgate. Currently the city hosts the United 

Kingdom’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and 

transgender (LGBT) community outside London 

and is renowned for its Gay Village centred on 

Canal Street. 

The Suffragette Movement 

In the nineteenth century Manchester was a 

hot-bed of radical and liberal thinking in many 

areas, political, social, economic and religious. 

Women were struggling to have a say in public 

affairs, to have a vote and in 1903 Emmeline 

Pankhurst established the ‘Women’s Social Political 

Union’ in response to her dissatisfaction 

with the progress of the ‘Manchester Women’s 

Suffrage Committee’ at her house at 62 Nelson 

Stree, the Pankhurst centre. 

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The WSPU took a radical approach to attaining 

Women’s rights turning to increasingly militant 

tactics to raise awareness. These included burning 

down churches and MPs’ homes, destroying 

priceless paintings at Manchester Art Gallery, 

they even smashed all the windows in Oxford 

Street and bombed Oxted Station. As a result 

many were sent to prison where the women 

began to go on hunger strike as they wished to 

be given political prisoners status. 

The efforts of the Suffragettes was finally recognised 

in 1928 in the Representation of the 

People Act, which finally entitled women to 

equal voting rights with men. 

Things to do 

— Volunteer with the LGBT Foundation 

— Help a young person living in the North West 

stay safe and reach their potential through 

Proud Trust 

— LGBT- HERITAGE TRAIL 

— Suffragette city: take a tour of 10 Manchester 

places that made Emmeline Pankhurst a political 

pioneer 

— Visit and volunteer at the Pankhurst Centre 

— Visit the Peoples History Museum as they 

mark the centenary of the Representation of 

the People Act (1918) with ‘Represent! Voices 

100 years On’ 

Manchester and Communism 

In the middle years of the 19th century, Friedrich 

Engels and Karl Marx, arrived from Germany to 

conduct much of their research into poverty and 

social conditions, fuelling their original take on 

how society could be reorganised along class 

lines. 

Engels lived in Manchester for several decades, 

the city where his radical philosophies were 

truly born and Manchester in the Victorian era 

was a catalyst for the development of Marxism. 

Their work resulted in some of the most influential 

political books ever written, including The 

Condition of the Working Class in England. Engel’s 

and Marx’s experiences in Manchester had 

a profound effect on their political philosophy, 

viewing capitalism as an unnecessary evil and 

soon wrote The Communist Manifesto which 

was able to show for the first time the essential 

features and laws of capitalism as a class-based 

social system of production and exchange. 

— Visit the Friedrich Engels statue at Tony Wilson 

Place which was transported in 2017 from 

the Poltava region of eastern Ukraine 

— Join Jonathan Scofield for The Friedrich Engels 

& Karl Marx Birthday Extravaganza Tour 

— Visit the desk and alcove where Karl Marx 

and Friedrich Engels worked at Chetham’s Library 

in 1845 

Schedule for 


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3 pm — 4pm 

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03/10/2018 

4 pm — 5pm 

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4 pm — 5pm 

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14/11/2018 

3pm — 4pm 

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06/02/2019 

1 pm — 2pm 

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3 pm — 4pm 

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4 pm — 5pm 

MET TALK FT CAROLINE DOWSETT 

Caroline Dowsett is a illustrator and maker from Manchester, working from her desk at The Engine House, 

Islington Mill, which she shares with 10 other creatives. Caroline works in a range of mediums, enjoying the 

process of seeing how her work can transfer through different materials, from working with ceramic and 

fabric, to painting murals and working on paper. Her practice is mainly focused on pattern and shape work, 

playing with different colour palettes and words to influence her pieces. 

MET TALK & PERFORMANCE BY KATE O’DONNELL — TRANSCREATIVE 

Kate O’Donnell is an award winning transgender performer, activist and theatre maker. In 2016 she founded 

Trans Creative a trans arts company which aims is to create platforms for trans people to tell their own stories. 

Her work includes the award – winning Big Girl’s Blouse and several well received cabaret performances. She 

is currently touring her critically acclaimed one woman autobiographical show ‘You’ve Changed’. 

In 2017 she curated Manchester first trans arts festival in which 50 trans voices were heard and was part of the 

MIF opening event ‘What is The City but its people?’. Other credits include: Feste in Twelfth Night (The Royal 

Exchange) Boy Meets Girl (BBC), Mum a short film co – created with Anne Marie O’Connor (winner of LGBT 

Short film London independent film festival) Sounds Like She (BBC Radio 3). 

MET TALK FT JEN YOCKNEY MBE 

Jen Yockney is one of the most prominent bisexual community activists in the UK, having worked on giving 

bisexual communities support and voice for the past twenty-plus years. 

That time has involved many levels of community work: frontline support at the UK’s oldest bisexual support 

group; publications and policy – making such as initiating meetings between the bi volunteer / activist community 

and GEO; and as a mentor actively reaching out to new volunteers to help bi groups and projects around 

the country blossom. In 2016 Jen received the MBE for ‘Services To The Bisexual Community’, the first such 

and the first time the title Mx appeared in the Honours List. 

MET TALK FT RUSSELL T. DAVIES 

Russell T. Davies was born in Swansea in 1963. A graduate of Oxford University, he completed the BBC Director’s 

course before becoming a TV producer. He started writing whilst working in the Manchester department 

of Children’s BBC and has gone on to create several award-winning series including the ground-breaking 

Queer as Folk, Bob and Rose for which he won the British Comedy Award for Writer of the Year and Best 

Comedy Drama, The Second Coming for which he won the RTS Award for Best Network Drama and Broadcast 

Award’s Best Single Drama. He went on to revive the classic British science fiction series Doctor Who which 

received numerous awards and for which Russell won the BAFTA for Best Drama Series, and Torchwood for 

which he won the BAFTA Cymru for Best Drama Series. He has since created the trilogy Cucumber, Banana 

and Tofu for which he won the BAFTA for Best Drama Writer and BPG Innovation Award in 2016 and most 

recently adapted A Very English Scandal on BBC 1. 

MELANIE TEBBUTT — MEET THE PROF 

Melanie was the first in her family to receive a university education and has has never lost the desire to teach, 

research and spread the word about learning to as many people as possible. Her research focuses on the role 

of working-class women in the family economy, particularly their use of credit and the pawnbroker. It subsequently 

explored gossip networks in working class neighbourhoods and institutions. More recently, she has 

been researching and teaching the history of youth and exploring its implications for young people growing 

up in the present day. 

GIDEON KOPPEL — MEET THE PROF 

Gideon Koppel is an artist and filmmaker, whose work has been screened internationally and exhibited in galleries 

from Tate Modern, to MoMA New York. His first work for broadcast television was ‘Jones’ – a maverick 

BBC drama, styled as a German expressionist film. Koppel won the 2010 Guardian First Feature Film Award 

for his critically acclaimed ‘sleep furiously’ which has a soundtrack by Aphex Twin. The novelist John Banville 

described ‘sleep furiously’ as ‘simply, a masterpiece’. He is Professor of Film at Manchester School of Art and 

an Associate Fellow at Green Templeton, University of Oxford. 

MET TALK FT GULWALI PASSARLY 

Gulwali Passarlay is an Afghan political refugee currently residing in the UK. He left Afghanistan in 2006 and 

graduated with a degree in Politics from the University of Manchester. Now undertaking his MPA at Coventry 

University, CTPSR in Global Diversity Governance. He has recently founded ‘My Bright Kite’ CIC to empower 

refugee youth and create awareness about the challenges asylum seekers and refugees face in their host society. 

A Global Youth Ambassador for global children’s charity Theirworld, Gulwali has taken a long history 

of campaigning and leadership roles, including being the President of the United Afghan Peace Movement, 

Chairperson of the Afghan Youth Movement, Patron of the Separated Child Foundation, Commissioner of The 

Children’s Society, and Ambassador of various organisations. He has told his story of life as a refugee in his 

autobiography: “The Lightless Sky: A Twelve-Year-Old Refugee’s Harrowing Escape from Afghanistan”. 

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Cottonopolis 

— Metropolis and the 

centre of the cotton 

industry 


Manchester’s landscape is constantly regenerating 

itself, just by observing the many cranes 

dotted around the Manchester skyline it is obvious 

that the city is still evolving. Regeneration 

has been key to Manchester’s identity, from 

‘cottonopolis’ which transformed a small market 

town into the cotton capital of the world, up 

to the regeneration and repurpose of the city 

centre and the Northern Quarter. 


This strand will concentrate on urban and economic 

regeneration in Manchester focussing 

on the earliest and most important period for 

regeneration of the city, Cottonopolis, up until 

the redefining regeneration of the city itself and 

its Norther Quarter. 

Manchester is constantly evolving whether it 

be in the manufacturing of the popular culture 

city or learning and improving on projects like 

Hulme, it is certain that Manchester will always 

be in a state of flux. Regeneration also raises issues 

such as gentrification and social inequality 

which will be touched in this section. 

EXPLORE 

There will be a series of talks, visits, going on 


your project. 

PROJECT IDEAS 

Your group / individual project could be in different 

formats such as blogs, podcasts, posters, 

films, new articles, e-journals, brochure, booklet 

etc. 

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— Is Manchester losing its industrial soul to regeneration? 

— Can regeneration solve inequality in the city? 

— Explore the various styles/ subcultures within 

the city 

Manchester and the Industrial Revolution 

Manchester was at the forefront of cotton production 

during the late 18th and 19th Centuryearning 

its title of ‘Cottonopolis’. Manchester 

evolved from a small market town, to a thriving 

metropolis , and exploded into global consciousness. 

Regeneration of the city was key 

to coping with the demands of the industrial 

revolution: the canals were developed, grand 

cotton mills and warehouses multiplies across 

the municipality, and the world’s first inter – city 

train link between Manchester and Liverpool 

was constructed. Iconic buildings like the Royal 

Exchange were built to facilitate the commercial 

deals that powered the industrial revolution. 

Manchester’s economy and reputation boomed. 

The Manchester Bee 

The Manchester working bee symbol was adapted 

during the Industrial Revolution in honor 

of the hard-working Mancuntions who drove 

Manchester to the international front runner of 

the Industrial Revolution. 

Most recently it has been used as a symbol of 

tenacity and resilience of Manchester in the 

face of adversity. Look out for the bees dotted 

about in Manchester’s architecture! 

De – Industrialisation 

The events of World War 1 devastated Manchesterr’s 

cotton monopoly. As Manchester focussed 

its efforts on the war, international competition 

overtook it. By the end of the war, Manchester 

was struggling to keep up. By the mid – 1960s 

most of the mills and warehouses were for sale 

or rent; poignant reminders of Manchester’s 

once prosperous past. 

The city was plunged into poverty, as jobs were 

taken from the city. According to Urban Regeneration 

in the UK it took only 13 years from 1971 

to 1983 to cut manufacturing jobs by a third. 

The mass scale of unemployment in Manchester 

happened suddenly. It was clear regeneration 

was needed to encourage investment in the city. 

Northern Quarter / (N4 or 

NQ) / area of Manchester 

city centre, defined and 

named in the 1990s as 

part of the regeneration 

and gentrification of 

Manchester. 

The Manchester Ship Canal 

An untouched piece of Manchester’s industrial 

past are the canals that run through the city. 

The Manchester Ship Canal was built in 1894 to 

cope with the demands of the industrial revolution. 

The canals were key to commercial imports 

and exports and were fundamental in defining 

Manchester as the Cotton Capital of the world. 

As the cotton industry declines so did the commercial 

usage of the canals as they struggled 

to facilitate modern ships. The canals have remained 

dormant ever since, however, Peel Ports 

Ltd. Have recently started an effort to regenerate 

the canal to the frustration of some critics. 

‘There’s no place like Hulme’ 

In the wake of deindustrialised Manchester, 

housing slums, housing the working class of 

Manchester, were a common sight. Yet in areas 

of poverty, a strong sense of community thrived 

The Hulme Crescents 

The slums in Hulme were particularly notorious 

and the in the early 1970’s the slums were demolished 

and a high density housing scheme 

called the ‘Hulme Crescents’ rehomes residents. 

The scheme was a failure from start to finish, 

and became a symbolic of inner city deprivation 

in Manchester. They fractured an existing 

community and are an example of regeneration 

gone awry. They were demolished in 1194, 22 

years after they were constructed. 

WATCH VIDEO 

Following the demolition Manchester City Council 

received government funding to regenerate 

Hulme. Cooperation between local authority 

and private and public groups meant it would 

be rebuilt with the values of the community in 

mind and to the extent that it could re – establish 

itself. 

‘Homes for Change’ a community led housing 

cooperative which was unique not only in its 

architecture but also the process in which it 

was made. The medium-rise blocks reflect the 

diverse community and were practical truly suiting 

the residents. The project was a success 

and showed that regeneration could work for 

all parties involved where residents were consulted 

in the process. 

THE GENTRIFICATION OF MANCHESTER’S 

POP CULTURE 

Manchester: Pop Cult City 

The Smiths to Oasis , Coronation Street to Manchester 

United, Factory Records to Canal Streetto 

name a few cultural artefacts that have gone 

on to shape not only the symbolic transformation 

of Manchester, but also the physcial structure 

of the city. The economic impact it has had on 

the city is immeasurable. 

LISTEN SOUNDBITE 

The Hacienda 

The Hacienda was an infamous superclub 

that pioneered the Madchester house scene. 

Its movement stiumlated the night-time culture 

as many more night clubs followed in its 

course rejuvenating previosuly bleak areas of 

Manchester. 

WATCH VIDEO 

The Hacienda closed due to financial issues in 

1997 and luxury flats were built on its site. Gentrification 

is prevalent across Manchester with 

other legendary venues following suite such as 

The twisted Wheel, the home of norther soul being 

developed as a budget hotel and even more 

recently Sankey’s also being turned into flats. 

The venues and movements that defined Manchester 

as a pop cult city, which started out as 

a counter culture movement, have been appropriated 

as a cultural asset. Some argue that it 

has taken the edge out of the city, and instead 

replaced it with luxury flats and chain coffee 

shops. 

https://capitadiscovery.co.uk/mmu/ 

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TO THE NORTHERN QUARTER… 

REGENERATION IN THE 1990S 

The city centre 

The fervour of regeneration took over the city 

following the failed Summer Olympic bid and 

1996 IRA bomb that ravaged the city. The Manchester 

Arndale, Royal Exchange and Corn 

Exchange buildings were partially rebuilt, and 

sites such as the Manchester Arena and The 

Velodrome were built. 

Spinningifields, Manchester’s business district 

did not formally exist until London Properties 

Ltd. Invested into the area driving employment 

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into the city, making Manchester once again a 

prosperous city. 

PODCAST St Anns: Roger Ward of Mr Tom’s 

Chophouse and Revd Nigel Ashworth of St 

Ann’s Church about the history of St Ann’s Manchester. 

Church and pub, the development of 

the city, the first oil boom and the importance 

of memorials... https://soundcloud.com/cottonmouthmanchester/episode-08-st-anns 

PODCAST King Street: King Street remains Manchester’s 

premier shopping destination. In this 

episode, we chat to Manchester historian and 

tour guide Jonathan Schofield about the history 

of the street, its ups and downs and how it might 

develop in the future. https://soundcloud.com/ 

cottonmouthmanchester/episode-05-king-street 

Inequality 

Manchester’s physical facelift is seen as an indicator 

of the thriving powerhouse of The North. 

However, issues such as increasing homeless 

population in the inner city, the high proportion 

of residents employed in relatively low paid retail 

jobs and the largest resident – workplace 

wage gap of England’s core cities perhaps suggest 

that the impact of regeneration has been 

quite modest. 

RECLAIM: Ruth Ibegbuna, founder and outgoing 

Chief Exec of the Reclaim Project about 

working class teenagers, young people in the 

city centre, funding charities and lots more 

https://soundcloud.com/cottonmouthmanchester/episode-26-reclaim-project 

The Northern Quarter 

The Northern Quarter, especially Oldham Street, 

was formerly Manchester’s prime High Street. 

Following deindustrialisation in nearby areas 

and the construction of the Manchester Arndale 

in the 1970s, activity in the area began to 

dwindle. 

Together with local businesses, Manchester 

City Council began a regeneration project in 

the area in the 1990s. Altering the planning 

policies so that buildings could offer a mixed use 

purpose appealed to start – ups and the creative 

industries. Investments from bars to art galleries 

poured into the areas. 

Northern Quarter: Talk with Hayley Flynn, tour 

guide and owner of the Skyliner blog about the 

history of the Northern Quarter, the art of selling 

monkeys, the importance of street art, how to 

make a place distinctive and what’s coming next 

https://soundcloud.com/cottonmouthmanchester/episode-20-northern-quarter-history 

Schedule for 

Cottonopolis to the NQ 

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10/10/2018 

3 pm — 4pm 

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4 pm — 5pm 

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21/11/2018 

1 pm — 2pm 

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21/11/2018 

3 pm — 4pm 

DAVID TYLER — MEET THE PROF 

David joined the Department of Clothing Design and Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University in 

1979, now known as Manchester Fashion Institute. He has pursued a number of research interests related to 

responsive manufacturing (arising from my own PhD), team – working, systems modelling and new product 

development. These projects were funded by EPSRC and the DTI. 

His current research interests are in new product development, PPE, sustainability issues affecting apparel, 

mobile e-commerce, wearable technologies and textile digital printing. 

MET TALK FT KEMOY WALKER — AMBASSADOR FOR MANCHESTER AND MOSS SIDE 

Kemoy Walker is a prominent Youth Worker and Ambassador for Manchester and Moss Side. His work in 

Manchester helps young people; creating a voice and helping them with their aspirations especially around 

Performing Arts. In 2012 he was named as a youth ambassador for the suburb by Manchester City Council. 

That same year he met the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh during the Diamond Jubilee. And just last year 

his achievements were recognised by the Prime Minister with a Point of Light award. 

He also runs a popular performing arts group called KYSO who do beatboxing, singing and dancing and were 

recently featured in a massive Co-Op Christmas advert in 2017! 

MICHAEL SYMMONS ROBERTS — MEET THE PROF 

Michael Symonns Roberts is an award winning writer. 

His poetry has won the Forward Prize, the Costa Poetry . 

Prize and the Whitbread Poetry Award, and been shortlisted for the Griffin International Poetry Prize and the 

T.S. Eliot Prize. He has received major awards from the Arts Council and the Society of Authors. He is a Fellow 

of the Royal Society of Literature, and of the English Association. 

MET TALK FT JASON BAILEY 

Jason Bailey is one half of the owner/operator team of GRUB. GRUB is a street food and drinks events company 

founded in 2014 after a successful run as street food traders. The focus of the events is always providing an 

inclusive, festival style atmosphere supported by exceptional food and drink supplied by truly independent 

producers and chefs. In addition to this GRUB is committed to assisting and mentoring street food traders in 

order to support the grass roots food drink community of Manchester whilst working out of re-purposed often 

neglected and forgotten areas of the city. 

Things to do 

LT1 

21/11/2018 

4 pm — 5pm 

MET TALK FT IAN SIMPSON 

Born and raised in North Manchester, Ian is a passionate advocate for his home city and raising the profile of 

the Northern Powerhouse. Ian co – founded SimpsonHaugh with Rachel Haugh in 1987, a design – led architectural 

practice which has played a major part in the regeneration of Manchester, contributing many masterplans, 

developments and buildings, including Beetham Hilton Tower, Urbis and Two St Peter’s. 

Ian supports revitalising cities using contemporary architectural language and high quality design. He champions 

tall, mixed use, high density, sustainable and viable propositions, which engender a sense of community 

through identity, and act as symbols of civic pride, confidence and ambition. As a tall building resident himself, 

Ian understands first – hand the benefits of urban, high density living. 

— Visit Quarry Bank Mill which resembles 

many of the textile mill that put Manchester at 

the forefront of cotton production 

— Visit Stockport’s Air Raid shelters and see 

what life was life for Mancunians during wartime 

— Visit Salford’s Lads Club which has stood for 

over 100 years and even served as background 

for the inside cover of The Smith’s highly acclaimed 

album The Queen Is Dead 

— Visit the Museum of Science and Industry 

and see how Manchester has evolved since 

the Industrial Revolution 

— See Manchester’s Gothic Library, which 

holds letters by some of Manchester’s most 

notable literary, figures 

LT1 

13/02/2019 

3 pm — 4pm 

LT1 

13/02/2019 

4 pm — 5pm 

ALICE KETTLE — MEET THE PROF 

Alice Kettle is a contemporary textile/fibre artist based in the UK. She has established a unique area of practice 

by her use of a craft medium, consistently and on an unparalleled scale.Her stitched works, many the size of 

huge figurative tapestries, exploit the textures and effects made possible through the harnessing of a mechanical 

process to intuitive and creative ends. 

She is currently a Professor in Textile Arts in MIRIAD Manchester School of Art at Manchester Metropolitan 

University. Her work is represented in various public collections such as the Crafts Council London, the Whitworth 

Art Gallery in Manchester, the Museo Internationale delle Arti Applicate Oggi, Turin, Italy. Commissions 

include the National Library of Australia, the Scottish High Court in Edinburgh, Gloucester and Winchester 

Cathedrals and the School of Music & Drama at Manchester University. 

MET TALK FT CARL AUSTIN – BEHAN 

Former Lord Mayor of Manchester, Carl Austin Behan, born in Crumpsall, North Manchester, left school at the 

age of 16, worked in various retail roles before joining the RAF as a Firefighter at the age of 19. Whilst serving 

in the RAF, he was awarded various awards including The Royal Humane Society Bronze Award for rescuing 

a pilot from a burning Hawk Aircraft. He was dismissed from the RAF in 1997 as it was deemed my sexuality 

was “incompatible with service life”. Then he went on to join Greater Manchester Fire Service in 1998. Left 

the Fire Service to set up a promotions company. Then in 2010 went on to set up a cleaning company. In 2001, 

Carl was crowned Mr Gay UK, elected to the Council in May 2011 and elected as Manchester’s youngest and 

first openly gay Lord Mayor in 2016 / 2017. 

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International/ 

— adjective/ between 

or involving different 

countries 


Manchester is a cosmopolitan city with many 

communities and ethnic groups. It is also recognised 

as the most linguistically diverse city 

in Western Europe with over 200 languages 

being spoken. Some people are born here; some 

people come here and each one helps shape 

Manchester into what it is today. 


The strand includes many topics relating to 

Manchester’s cultural identity, from different 

perspectives, including migration, communities, 

culture and language. You will look at how Manchester 

is an evolving city with many diverse 

communities and because of this, it has become 

a booming multicultural city – helping boost the 

economy. 

EXPLORE 

There will be a series of tours, visits, going on 


your project. 

PROJECT IDEAS 

Your group project could be in different formats 

such as blogs, podcasts, posters, films, new 

articles, e – journals, brochure, booklet etc. If 

you have any queries, you can speak to your 

personal tutor 

— Make a podcast about use of slang across 

different areas 

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— Create experiences of a language teacher 

volunteer (Pros, Cons) 

— Make a poster about who is the Mancunian 

— Explore ‘Global Manchester’ and produce a 

poster/collage of the pictures you have taken/ 

various evidence taken across the city 

— Explore the presence/impact of a certain community 

in Manchester and produce a poster/ 

collage about it 

— Write a creative piece from the point of view of 

someone who has just migrated to Manchester 

Podcast by Rob Drummond 

Senior lecturer in the department of Language, 

Linguistics and TESOL. 

Listen to why Rob likes to work in Manchester 

as a Sociolinguist and use the rich resource of 

accents and dialects around the city. 

Migration 

Manchester has been attracting people from 

abroad since its inception by the Romans in 80 

A.D., but it was the industrial revolution that 

provoked large – scale immigration, beginning 

with Irish migrants taking up work in the mills 

and followed by Jewish migrants fearing persecution. 

Moving ahead to the mid-20th Century, 

migrants generally arrived in the country 

because of problems in their country of birth, 

such as war, discrimination, poverty. People 

who migrated from 1971 – 2003 were mainly 

from Bangladesh, followed by Ugandan born 

Asians, Vietnamese, Iranians, Iraqis, Afghans, 

Rwandans, Zimbabweans, Somalians, Angolans, 

Bosnians, Kosovans and Albanians. 

According to a study in 2004, there was a big 

shift in the reason for immigration to Manchester. 

So many positive reasons such as study and 

employment have attracted people from around 

the world. Between 2010 and 2011 there was a 

large increase in the number of Chinese student 

immigrating reflecting the excellent higher education 

that the city can offer. More people have 

become attracted to the city for employment, 

education and lifestyle as Manchester is seen 

as a more desirable place to live. Immigration is 

beneficial to both Britain and those who come 

here. We can share language, music, food and 

fashion. 

Communities 

Manchester’s status as an international city is 

a rich and important part of the city’s history. 

It has attracted visitors from across the globe 

both as a place of refuge and as a city full of new 

and exciting opportunities. These communities 

include South Asian, East Asian, Afro – Caribbean 

and Jewish. These communities are spread 

across the Manchester. You can read more about 

them and their history in this section. 

The Curry Mile in Manchester 

Wimslow Road in Rusholme has become known 

as the ‘Curry Mile’. In the 1970s, Manchester 

saw an influx of South Asian (Pakistan, Bangladesh, 

India) immigrants many of whom built 

communities in Longsight and Rusholme. Initially 

they went to work in textile mills and 

factories however many went on to open their 

own businesses. 

Manchester has recently 

recognised as one of 

Europe’s fastest growing 

cities. 

The curry mile features a rich and diverse range 

of cuisines reflecting the wide range of people 

who have immigrated to Manchester. It has 

been a focal point of Manchester in the late 

1970s by which point many of the predominantly 

Pakistani immigrants had settled down in the 

city. It is thought to be the largest concentration 

of South Asian restaurants outside of the 

sub – Indian content. 

Chinatown 

Manchester’s Chinatown is at the heart of city 

and is the third biggest Chinatown in Europe 

reflecting Manchester’s thriving Chinese/Asian 

community. 

After the Second World War, Manchester saw 

an influx of Chinese immigrants and in 1948, the 

first Chinese restaurant opened in Manchester. 

There is an impressive arch that was erected 

in 1987; just one year after Manchester was 

twinned with the city of Wuhan. The area is 

home to many restaurants, stores, bakeries and 

there is even a Chinese Art Centre. In 2013, the 

Bank of East Asia opened its first Manchester 

branch here reflecting the area’s reputation as a 

place of great opportunity. It is host to Chinese 

businesses but many other East Asian overseas 

businesses including Thai, Japanese, Nepali, 

Vietnamese, Singaporean and Malaysian. 

Jewish Community 

Manchester has had a notable Jewish community 

since the late 18th century. The first synagogue 

was a rented room, now the city is home 

to many prominent synagogues. In the early 

19th Century, immigrants from Germany and 

Holland joined many of whom were Jewish. 

Many found homes in Manchester’s semi-rural 

suburbs such as Cheetham Hill. Many places 

such as Prestwich still have a vibrant Jewish 

community today and Manchester even has 

its own Jewish Museum featuring stories from 

Manchester’s Jewish community. 

Manchester Irish Community 

Manchester’s Irish community play an important 

part in the history of the city. In 1841 a tenth of 

the city’s population was Irish living in a slum 

area in Ancoats known as ‘Little Ireland’ however 

this still offered a better life for many Irish immigrants, 

whom had become impoverished due 

to the Potato famine. By the early 20th century, 

the Manchester Irish were very well integrated 

especially in comparison to the Welsh or Scots. 

This can be attributed to various factors such 

as higher numbers, distinctive region, history 

and cultural traditions. Manchester has its own 

Irish World Heritage Centre, which is a major 

conference and events venue and major hub 

for the Irish community in Northwest England 

and offers a diverse programme of traditional 

cultural activities covering Irish dance, music, 

and Irish language groups. Find out more here. 

The Manchester Irish Festival is also the biggest 

in the UK and among the biggest in the world. 

Afro – Caribbean Community 

In the 1950s and 1960s, Britain saw an influx in 

immigrant from West Indies. Moss Side became 

a key area of black settlement however many 

of them did face adversity due to racism and 

social deprivation. Many people found hope and 

strength through the church and formed many 

of their own successful establishments. Today 

many Afro-Caribbean residents still reside in 

Moss Side but the area has been regenerated 

and the area was even featured in the Guardian’s 

Let’s Move To series. Since 1972 Manchester 

has also been host to an annual Caribbean 

Carnival celebrating the rich and diverse culture 

the Caribbean has to offer. 

Manchester as a Place of Refuge 

From the earliest points in history, Manchester 

has been a place of refuge for many immigrants 

whom have had to flee their own countries to 

find a place of safety. Charities such as Refugee 

Action have supported those in need from Vietnamese 

refugees in 1981 to helping support 

Syrian refugees today. Greater Manchester is 

home to one in four Asylum seekers in the UK 

and there are continued effort to support and 

home refugees whom are an important part of 

the community. More information can be found 

here and here. 

Culture 

Culture is a way of life of a group of people. 

Culture is the characteristics and knowledge 

of a particular group of people, encompassing 

language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music 

and arts. Manchester has been one of the 

country’s major cultural cities. Indeed in many 

senses, it has been considered after London to 

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e Britain’s ‘City of Culture’. In a multilingual 

and multicultural city, ideas are exchanged and 

creativity grows. It is a city of cultural richness, 

economic development and communication. It 

looks outwards to other cultures and cities. 

Manchester has a rich history of diversity and 

culture. Manchester has so many different communities, 

nationalities, multilingual people, all 

of which are good reasons to call Manchester a 

multicultural city. There are wide collections of 

different cultures in Art galleries, museums and 

exhibits within Manchester. You can explore 

how cultures have changed over time. You can 

use the collections to investigate issues associated 

with cultural identity or learn about new 

cultures you’re unfamiliar with. 

Culture can be seen through arts, architecture, 

museums, music, theatre, literature and sport. 

Manchester has very rich resources for enthusiastic 

students, explorers and researchers to 

learn more about different cultures. 

Why is Linguistic Diversity an Important Part 

of Manchester? 

Manchester is considered a multilingual city. 

Up to 200 languages are spoken by residents 

in greater Manchester including Urdu, Arabic, 

Mandarin, Cantonese, Bengali, Polish, Punjabi 

and Somali. Migration from the sub-Indian 

content has caused Urdu to become one of the 

most widely spoken languages in Manchester, 

alongside English. The independent reports that 

it is estimated half of Manchester’s adult population 

is multilingual, with an additional four in 

every ten young people being able to converse in 

multiple languages. Manchester Central Library 

has many books available in other languages so 

speakers can read books in their mother tongue 

or in a new language, they are learning. 

From an economic perspective, Manchester has 

good trade links with many other countries such 

as China and Middle Eastern countries. Good 

relations with our European allies are essential 

to maintain a good climate. In 2015, a Chinese 

consortium invested £265M to buy a 13% stake 

in Manchester City Football Club. Therefore, 

language skills are necessary to converse with 

overseas trade partners. 

Project Ideas 

Here you can watch a video and make your 

own version. This the first Flash Mob event 

that took place in Manchester, and was organized 

by Greek and Cypriot students. Greek flash 

mob takes place in various cities across the UK 

each year, where students dance to a traditional 

Greek song ‘Zorbas’. Choreographers, dancers 

and organizers tried to give an idea to the English 

community of their traditions and country. 

Schedule for 


LT1 

24/10/2018 

1pm — 4pm 

LT2 

24/10/2018 

4 pm — 5pm 

LT1 

05/12/2018 

3pm — 4pm 

LT1 

05/12/2018 

4 pm — 5pm 

BLACK PANTHER FILM SCREENING AND DEBATE 

King T’Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as 

his country’s new leader. However, T’Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne from factions within 

his own country. When two foes conspire to destroy Wakanda, the hero known as Black Panther must team 

up with C.I.A. agent Everett K. Ross and members of the Dora Milaje, Wakandan special forces, to prevent 

Wakanda from being dragged into a world war. 

Featuring an exclusive talk afterwards. 

MET TALK FT RABBI SILVERMAN AND HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR SAM GONTARZ 

Sam Gontarz, was born in Lodz, Poland on 6th July 1929. He was sent to Auschwitz in July 1944 on his own 

after being separated from his family. He spent 2 years in DP camps in Germany and was finally brought to 

England in July 1947 with the last transport of Boys. 

MET TALK FT HEART & PARCEL 

At Heart & Parcel, we bring women from migrant communities together by making dumplings and developing 

ESOL skills. Making dumplings involves many hands, communication and teamwork. We use this process as 

a method to engage with women using English as the medium. 

This new informal approach to ESOL allows women to develop their skills and realise their potential, giving 

space to explore these hidden resources whilst making friends across communities along the way. 

At Heart & Parcel we strongly believe there needs to be greater support and respect for women from communities 

across Manchester. We believe migrant communities should be valued on their wealth of previous 

experiences and wisdom, rather than their value be measured by the English language skills that they have 

not yet acquired. 

OLA UDUKU — MEET THE PROF 

Ola Uduku took up a Professorship in Architecture at the Manchester School of Architecture in 2017. Prior to 

this she was Reader in Architecture, and Dean International for Africa, at Edinburgh University. Her research 

specialisms are in the history of educational architecture in Africa, and the contemporary issues related to 

social infrastructure provision for minority communities in cities in the ‘West’ and ‘South’. She is currently 

engaged in developing postgraduate research and teaching links in architecture urbanism, heritage and conservation 

between West African Architecture schools and those in North West England. 

She has in the past published in the areas of African Architecture, African Diaspora Studies, Gated Communities, 

and environmental design teaching pedagogies. 

Things to do 

— Visit the International Society and get involved 

in their projects as an ambassador. 

— Explore Chinese contemporary culture at the 

Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art 

LT1 

27/02/2019 

1pm — 2pm 

LT1 

27/02/2019 

3pm — 4pm 

MET TALK FT DAWN ARCHER 

Dawn’s areas of expertise include pragmatics, corpus linguistics and the discursive practices of the English 

courtroom. She also has a growing interest in the language of emotion and has been investigating the linguistic 

performance of emotion, credibility and deception in a range of contexts. 

ANDREW HUNT — MEET THE PROF 

Andrew Hunt is a curator and writer based in London and Manchester, and is currently Professor of Fine 

Art and Curating at Manchester Metropolitan University. Between 2016 and 2017 he founded and directed 

the contemporary art festival Reading International and was a Research Fellow at Kingston University. His 

doctoral thesis ‘Six Years in the Development of a Contemporary Art Institution: Focal Point Gallery 2008 to 

2014’ concentrated on strategies for the expansion of an independently-minded publicly – funded UK visual art 

organisation in a period of austerity after the financial crisis. Since the early 2000s, he has worked on intimate 

solo exhibitions with significant international artists as well as high profile designers on projects that range 

from minor printed ephemera to major publications, exhibition design and new branding for art institutions. 

— Attend the Caribbean Carnival of Manchester 

— Visit the Manchester Jewish Museum. 

— Visit the Irish World Heritage Centre. 

— Explore China Town. 

— Join or start up your own nationality or culture 

society at the Union 

— Attend activities celebrating other cultures 

in Geoffrey Manton Atrium on our International 

strand days 

LT1 

27/02/2019 

4 pm — 5pm 

MET TALK FT MOHAMMED AMIN MBE 

Since the age of 2, Mohammed Amin has always lived within two miles of MMU’s campus. 

From the slums of Moss Side, Amin attended grammar school and went on to read mathematics at Clare College, 

Cambridge and then a PGCE from Leeds University. Professionally Amin is a chartered accountant, a 

chartered tax adviser and a qualified corporate treasurer. In 1990 he became the first Muslim to be admitted to 

the Price Waterhouse partnership in the UK. 

Amin devotes his retirement to making the world a better place. 

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Northern Powerhouse 

— noun / devolved 

political and economic 

power redressing the 

North – South economic 

imbalance, and to attract 

investment into northern 

cities and towns 


This is a dynamic and contemporary topic to 

undertake for your home project. It examines 

Manchester, an international city that has the 

biggest economy in the north but also a range 

of growing social problems such as the largest 

homeless population outside of Manchester. 

The concept, introduced by the Conservative 

government, aiming to encourage a healthy 

economy in the North, centred around Manchester. 

Some have welcomed this, inviting the 

positives that will come out of it, but it raises 

the question of do social issues need to be addressed 

for Manchester to hold on to the title 

of ‘Northern Powerhouse’? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoHrRcK- 

IBKw 


The strand looks at three aspects of the Northern 

Powerhouse Debate. It looks at Manchester’s 

digital and creative industry, which is rapidly 

growing. It touches on the development of Media 

City becoming the media hub of the country. 

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Finally it looks at homelessness in Manchester 

and what is (or isn’t) being done to combat this 

growing issue. 

EXPLORE 

There will be a series of talks and workshops 

going on around the city to help and inspire you 

with your project. 

PROJECT IDEAS 

— Can Issues such as growing inequality and 

homelessness coexist with Manchester’s ambitious 

future and still be considered a powerhouse? 

— How important are digital and creative industries 

to Manchester? 

— What features of Manchester justify its reputation 

as the Northern Powerhouse? 

— How can students help in the fight against 

homelessness? 

We want you to be creative and pick any platform 

that you think answers the question the 

best. Some potential project ideas may be: 

Produce a blog on how students can get involved 

in fighting homelessness. You could even 

volunteer and blog your personal experiences 

doing this. 

— Make a poster on Manchester’s digital and 

creative industries. 

— Create a podcast about the positives and negatives 

of the Northern Powerhouse. 

— Produce a blog about whether Manchester is 

the Northern Powerhouse 

The digital and creative 

industries have benefitted 

from the Northern 

Powerhouse using 

Manchester’s deep – 

rooted history as an 

industrial city. 

Welcome to Digital Manchester 

In this section, you will get a chance to look 

at some of Manchester’s biggest and growing 

digital companies. 

The digital and creative industries have benefitted 

from the Northern Powerhouse using 

Manchester’s deep – rooted history as an industrial 

city. The city’s digital community expected 

to create 23,000 jobs over the next decade and 

across Manchester’s three universities, there 

are 7,200 creative/media students and an additional 

6,000 students in computer – based studies. 

With skyrocketing rent prices in London, 

Manchester is becoming a lucrative alternative 

for many Media and computing graduates as 

Social Media plays an ever – increasing role in 

marketing and our lives. 

Listen to this podcast where Richard Eskins 

talks about Manchester Met’s links with digital 

and creative industries and why it is an exciting 

time to work in Manchester at the moment. 

Richard Eskins, senior lecturer in the department 

of Information and Communications. 

From Granada TV to Media City 

A waterfront destination with digital creativity, 

learning and leisure at its heart, Media City is 

home to BBC, ITV, Dock 10, The Lowry, Coronation 

Street and the Imperial War Museum. 

The Conservative government announced it 

would invest £78M into Manchester’s creative 

economy in 2016’s Autumn statement. The cornerstone 

of plans for the ‘northern powerhouse’ 

is a development known as the Factory. The 

Factory will be an artist led, creative hub on a 

site west of the City Centre that was once home 

to Coronation Street. 

The project has been deemed a success by many 

and has helped transform the landscape and 

skyline of Salford. The project which started 

construction in 2007, won the 2015 award for 

best Regeneration Project of the Year at the 

MIPIM awards and millions continue to be invested 

in this project. 

Manchester as a Northern Fashion Capital 

Manchester has also developed an increasing 

fashion industry in recent years. It is home to 

brands such as Misguided, which saw its revenue 

rise to £55M last year and includes fans 

such as Ellie Goulding, Nicole Scherzinger and 

Taylor Swift. Other companies such as BooHoo 

and PrettyLittleThing have also seen continu- 

ous growth and have become staples of high 

street fashion. 

Manchester is also a forefront for high-end fashion 

with up and coming designers such as Manchester 

Met’s own Nabil El – Nayal, who recently 

designed a piece especially for international 

chart – topper Lorde’s Melodrama World Tour. 

Fashion is just another example of Manchester’s 

booming and fast-growing creative industries. 

Homelessness in Manchester 

Homelessness is a serious issue across the 

whole country but in Manchester it seems to be 

an ever-growing problem facing the city. With 

over 3,200 people being homeless or in temporary 

accommodation (an estimated 1 in 146 

people), Manchester has the largest homeless 

population outside of London. In Salford alone, 

there are over 325 homeless people. Homelessness 

in Manchester has increased 13-fold since 

2010 when the Conservative Government announced 

a number or austerity measures including 

cuts to housing programs and wages, forcing 

many people onto the street. Andy Burnham, 

the Greater Manchester mayor prioritised battling 

homelessness as one of his key pledges 

in his manifesto. 

It does however raise the question of whether 

or not Manchester can truly claim to be the 

Northern Powerhouse. Whilst there are booming 

industries and millions being invested into the 

city, there is a dark underbelly. People are being 

forced to sleep on the streets in harsh weather 

conditions and these numbers are increasing 

year on year. Is Manchester a Northern Powerhouse 

or does it need to resolve its increasing 

socio-economic problems first? 

Resources 

Talk with Eleanor Watts of Riverside Housing, exrough 

sleeper Jo Wilson and Alex King of CityCo 

about the rise in rough sleeping in Manchester 

city centre, the impact of Spice and what people 

can do to help. https://soundcloud.com/cottonmouthmanchester/episode-02-rough-sleeping 

rough sleeping, we talk to Viv Slack of Street 

Support about the genesis of the app, how it’s 

evolved and continues to grow and how tech 

can help solve social problems. 

https://soundcloud.com/cottonmouthmanchester/episode-16-street-support 

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Ivan Lewis MP and Cllr Beth Knowles, the leads 

on Mayor Andy Burnham’s homelessness team 

talk about how the situation is changing, whether 

it’s getting worse, and what the Mayor can do 

about it. https://soundcloud.com/cottonmouthmanchester/episode-15-rough-sleeping-2 

Salford City Mayor. Paul Dennett has been City 

Mayor of Salford for just over a year. Here he 

talks about what he does, the inspiration he 

finds in the people of Salford, his role in Andy 

Burnham’s cabinet, the issue of homelessness 

and the need for developers and companies 

investing in the city to give back. https:// 

soundcloud.com/cottonmouthmanchester/episode-11-salford-city-mayor 

Schedule for Northern 

Powerhouse 

LT1 

17/10/2018 

3 pm — 4pm 

LT1 

17/10/2018 

4 pm — 5pm 

MET TALK FT ATUL BENSAL (SHEILA BIRD GROUP) 

Atul Bansal, the co – founder of the Sheila Bird Group epitomises his motto, ‘love what you do’ and breathes life 

and love into every one of his projects. Known for his magnetic energy, his creativity and frank and honest 

approach, he understands the effects work spaces have on teams and a business. The Sheila Bird Group is an 

interior design studio that breathe life and energy into work spaces to encourage people to talk, have fun and 

most importantly, love what they do. It is all about making noise for these businesses and creating and shaping 

working communities where thoughts and ideas are formed. 

Every space Sheila Bird creates challenges the office norm, makes people think differently and creates spaces 

that business and its teams can be proud of. Over the past thirty years they have worked with some of the 

biggest brands in the UK and globally and won awards for its business changing spaces. 

MET TALK FT VIKAS SHAH MBE 

Vikas S. Shah MBE is a serial-entrepreneur, investor, thinker and educator who has built businesses in diverse 

sectors around the world for almost 20 years. He is also a consultant and advisor to numerous entrepreneurs, 

business and organisations globally. He is frequently called-on to provide commentary and opinion, and has 

featured in media including: The Economist, Guardian, CNBC, BBC, Sky News, ITV News, the Telegraph, 

Bloomberg and the FT. 

LT1 

28/11/2018 

3 pm — 4pm 

MET TALK FT MC TRIGGA 

Trigga real name Tundy smith was born in Moss Side Manchester. 

He is a pioneer in what we know today as Drums and Bass Music or DnB. Trigga picked up the Microphone at 

the tender age of 8 years old. He is now CEO of Sdc entertainment company which is one of the biggest brands 

on the scene. Shot in the streets of Moss Side in 1998 he lost his eye but that didn’t stop him from doing the 

music for the Commonwealth Games in 2002 for Queen and country. 

Trigga has gained global recognition as and Mc/performer and a recording artist. He has recieved numerous 

music accolades from around the world Including Best Album on iTunes 2015 with Zed Bias and Madd Again. 

Up to date Trigga has worked with other leading artists such as Wiley, Skepta, Giggs, Jme and many more. 

Things to do 

LT1 

28/11/2018 

4 pm — 5pm 

MET TALK FT DANNY BROCKLEHURST 

Danny is a BAFTA and International Emmy winning screenwriter whose credits include Come Home, Safe, Ordinary 

Lies, Exile, The Driver, and The Five. Danny wrote several episode of the Channel 4 series Shameless as 

well as contributing to Jimmy McGovern’s The Street and Accused. 

— Sign up the Northern Powerhouse Newsletter 

and get the latest news 

— Visit Media City UK – 20 Minutes by tram 

— Donate your time, items or money to The 

Big Change 

— Take a tour of The Northern Quarter 

— Go see a show free as an audience member. 

Previous shows include Jeremy Kyle, Mastermind, 

the Voice and Let It Shine. 

— Volunteer at a homelessness charity. Offer 

your skills and resources to local organisations. 

The Union advertise a variety of different roles 

with diverse organisations on their website. 

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Inspirational Series 

Schedule for 

Inspirational Series 


INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKER SERIES 

Manchester Met’s latest series features a range 

of speakers who have helped ignite social change 

and become leaders in their field. These talks 

will highlight important social issues and help 

inspire students and staff alike to challenge the 

status quo. 

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING THE SERIES: 

Develop awareness of social issues and how you 

can combat them. 

Cultivate confidence in yourself; do not allow 

prejudices to hold you back 

Become inspired by individuals who share similarities 

with yourself and have made a positive 

change. 

Understand that everyone has the opportunity 

and ability to be successful in their fields. 

Be conscious of the opportunities that are available 

to everyone 

LT1 

20/02/2019 

3 pm — 4pm 

LT1 

20/02/2019 

4 pm — 5pm 

NONA MCDUFF OBE — INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKER SERIES 

In 2017, Nona received an OBE for services to higher education. Nona is a panel member for the Government’s 

Teaching Excellence Framework panel which makes judgements on the shape of excellence in learning and 

teaching and student support in higher education. Nona has served on the ministerial Social Mobility Advisory 

Group, addressed the all – party parliamentary group on diversity in HE, sits on the advisory boards of 

two research projects and chairs the Higher Education Race Action Group which has over 300 members from 

institutions across the UK. Nona is the Director of Student Achievement at Kingston University. 

DR DEBORAH GABRIEL — INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKER SERIES 

Dr Deborah Gabriel is a former journalist who has spent the last decade as an award-winning academic, 

achieving recognition both for her educational practice and research. She is currently based at Bournemouth 

University, where she lectures in politics, media and communication, specialising in social justice pedagogy 

and critical race pedagogy, teaching from a critical race/gender standpoint. Dr Gabriel specialises in qualitative 

– interpretative research using critical, transformative and emancipatory paradigms, heavily informed by 

Black feminism and critical race theory. She is the Founder and Director of Black British Academics, a project-oriented, 

consultancy-based network, focused on tackling racial inequality in higher education. 

Giulietta Ellman 

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Challenge yourself. 

Apply your learning. 

Be empowered! 

https://www2.mmu. 

ac.uk/artshumanities/ 

students/ 

We at Manchester Metropolitan University believe 

it is vital students are given as many opportunities 

as possible and actively encourage 

students to interact with the wider community. 

This is why the Faculty of Arts and Humanities 

have created a number of projects for students 

to immerse themselves within. We want to give 

students the chance to gain as much experience 

as possible to enhance their student experience 

and give them a distinct advantage when applying 

for jobs. 

There are opportunities to go abroad, learn 

about other cultures, and even learn more about 

Manchester itself. We encourage students to 

actively engage with all these exciting projects 

we have to offer and make the most of the student 

experience. 

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As part of a large-scale national 

network of projects, Manchester 

Metropolitan University in 

partnership with the Students’ 

Union is delivering a film and 

arts festival which will explore 

hate crime and inclusivity as two 

opposing constructs. 

Manchester is a strong and diverse community and its 

resilience has been tested in the past year. We are proud to 

be part of a city that has responded to violence with love, 

music and art. 

We have more in common than we do differences, and that’s 

what we want to celebrate. 

This festival is all about exploring how to bring people 

together. And our students are at the heart of that. We’d 

like you to consider how we can create and sustain diverse 

communities that celebrate equality and difference. How 

we can create a supportive culture that fights for victims of 

discrimination at University and in Manchester. And how can 

we imagine other futures with art. 

You could explore the negative side, the positive side, 

the voices of those who are not usually heard, a personal 

experience, an imagined future or anything else that reflects 

the themes. 

This could take the form of: 

+ Dialogue. 

+ Monologue. 

+ Public recital of politically or socially important speeches. 

+ Poetry. 

+ Spoken word performances. 

You are welcome to perform your own work or perform 

pieces submitted by the creative writing programme of study. 

Your work can be used in and around the event in the form 

of flash mob performances around campus as a way of 

advertising the festival. With your submission please specify 

how you would like it to be performed. 

We require an expression of interest by Friday 22 June and 

you to submit your work to arts.festival@mmu.ac.uk by 

Thursday 20 September 2018. 

There are three cash prizes of £500 each 

available for entries across the project for the 

most innovative and original production 

If you would like to perform an original piece written by or 

work collaboratively with our creative writing students this 

can be set up by David Shirley (D.G.Shirley@mmu.ac.uk) and 

James Draper (J.Draper@mmu.ac.uk.) 

For more information visit: theunionmmu.org/arts-festival 

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Faculty of Arts 

and Humanities 

2019 Undergraduate 

Showcase & Conference 

Annual event held on campus that provides Arts and Humanities undergraduates 

the opportunity to professionally present, perform, or 

demonstrate their work or research to the faculty, staff, students, and 

the public. 

Mission of Showcase & Conference 

To honour the achievements of our undergraduate 

students. 

Submissions 

Options to submit and/or present on research 

or creative project from both university studies 

and personal projects and endeavors. 

You can make more than one submission however, 

separate forms will need to be completed 

for each offer. 

Who can register? 

Undergraduate students from the Faculty of 

Arts and Humanities in all fields of study with 

a research project or creative work are eligible 

to participate in this event. 

Registration 

12 November – 7 December 2018 

https://mmu.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/2019ugshowcase 

Timeline 

— Register for Showcase 

— Registration: 12 November – 7 December 2018 

— Poster Printing Deadline: Friday 8 March 2019 

— Showcase set up: Friday 15 March (Please 

note students are required to set up their own 

submission pieces) 

— Opening Ceremony: Monday 18 March 

— Exhibitions, presentations, workshops and 

guest speakers 

— Closing Ceremony & Award Presentations: 

Friday 22 March 

Faculty Student Awards 

Each year students within the faculty are recognized 

for their outstanding work, commitment 

and passion for their degree. Both staff 

and students will be nominating students from 

the faculty for awards to be presented at the 

closing ceremony. 

Submissions to the Undergraduate Showcase 

will automatically be shortlisted for an Award. 

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FACULTY STUDENT 

AWARDS / 22 March 

The awards highlight the huge 

amount of talent and potential 

within the Faculty and the 

passion our students have for 

their subjects. 

They also aim to recognise and 

reward outstanding effort and 

showcase how our students 

have been able to apply skills 

such as Critical Thinking, 

Creativity and Communication 

to real – life situations in order 

to make a difference in our local 

community. 

Staff and Students are invited 

to nominate a student and you 

can nominate the student for 

multiple categories! Nominations 

do not have to be directly related 

to university studies. 

Outstanding Contribution to Arts, Humanities 

& Culture 

Do you know someone who is passionate about 

the arts and humanities? Perhaps they are a 

talented artist, poet, dancer or musician? Has 

their passion inspired you and maybe others to 

get involved? (All students who have contributed 

to the Faculty undergraduate Showcase are 

automatically shortlisted for this Award) 

Outstanding Contribution to the Local 

Community 

Our students contribute thousands of hours 

in the local community. This could be through 

supporting disadvantaged groups or by volunteering 

and working with a community project. 

Outstanding Student Entrepreneur of the Year 

It takes an innovative and committed person 

with extraordinary self-motivation, vision and 

passion to set up a business while at university. 

This award aims to recognise our student 

entrepreneurs’ hard work. 

Outstanding Contribution to Media and 

Communications 

Some students take responsibility for delivering 

information and news that they believe fellow 

students really need. Do you know a talented 

journalist, photographer or someone who has 

given you information that has made a real difference 

to your life at university? 

Outstanding International/Multicultural 

Initiative of the Year 

Do you know someone who has organised or 

contributed to a brilliant international or multicultural 

event/initiative? This award recognises 

those who have helped celebrate the multicultural 

community at MMU and beyond 

Outstanding Contribution to Equality, Diversity 

& Inclusivity 

Some students go beyond to ensure that Manchester 

Met is a diverse and inclusive community. 

Do you know someone who has developed or 

promoted new initiatives or worked on projects 

to raise awareness of issues, or actively challenges 

discrimination, or celebrates any of the 

protected characteristics (age; disability; gender; 

marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy 

and maternity; gender identity; race; religion 

or belief; sexual orientation)? 

Outstanding Fundraiser of the Year 

Do you know a student who generously devotes 

their time to fundraise for a charity they are passionate 

about? This might be through an event 

they have organised or helped raise awareness 

for a particular cause. 

Outstanding Contribution to Academic 

Communities 

Is there a Course Rep, peer mentor, ambassador 

or maybe a volunteer who you know makes a 

real difference in the Faculty? This could be 

through a student group or simply helping at a 

Faculty – based event. This is an award for an 

individual or group of students who have contributed 

to an event or project that has made 

a significant positive impact on the community 

of students at Manchester Met University and 

the wider community. 

Outstanding Academic Achievement 

Do you know a student who has completed or 

is currently involved in working on a significant 

research project, a thesis or scholarly paper, 

presentation at a conference, or other scholarly 

work? Or do they demonstrate initiative, perseverance, 

and the ability to overcome significant 

obstacles in attaining his/her degree 

Outstanding Placement of the year Award 

An award for a student who as part of placement 

or work-based learning activities, has excelled 

and achieved above what is usually expected of 

a student on such an activity, by showing enthusiasm 

and commitment to the organisation they 

have worked with, its ethos and its objectives 

The Home Festival Award 

An award for a student who has engaged with 

The Home Festival. 

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