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17.05 - Suicides by psychiatric in-patients have fallen to a new low, research published today (Thursday) has found. - The study by the University of Manchester's National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness, one of very few to look at trends over time, shows the rate of suicide among psychiatric in-patients fell by between 29% and 31% between 1997 and 2008, with nearly 100 fewer deaths per year.
History 4.05
History

Find A Better Way, the charity founded by Sir Bobby Charlton to improve the lives of individuals and communities around the world affected by landmines, will host a visit of prominent Westminster MPs at the University of Manchester today.

Social Sciences 1.05

Older people who self-harm are at much greater risk of suicide than both the general population and younger adults who self-harm, a new study has found.

Business 23.05
Business

University of Manchester student Beth Cobden, has been selected to represent Great Britain in the first ever FISU World University Netball Championships in South Africa.

Medicine 22.05
Medicine

University of Manchester student, Blaire Hannan, will carry the Olympic Torch into her home town of Bristol this afternoon.

Administration 22.05

The Government should act urgently to stop the widespread abuse of foreign workers, say crime experts at The University of Manchester.

Life Sciences 3.05
Life Sciences

Scientists have discovered an Achilles heel within our cells that bacteria are able to exploit to cause and spread infection.

Agronomy 30.04

Obese women are more likely to be discriminated against when applying for jobs and receive lower starting salaries than their non-overweight colleagues, a new study has found.

Social Sciences 23.05
Social Sciences

A new film launched on Thursday (24 May) co-curated by a University of Manchester lecturer and shown at the prestigious Imperial War Museum in London, is to argue that winning the peace is just as important as winning the war.

Literature 22.05
Literature

Solava Ibrahim, University of Manchester. She is a Research Fellow at the University's Brooks World Poverty Institute.

Official Event 21.05
Official Event

A University of Manchester creative writing lecturer has won one of science fiction's most coveted awards for his novelette ‘What We Found'.




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