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Research at Manchester Metropolitan
Our high-quality research makes an impact on the world around us. Find out about the scale, depth and ambition of our work.
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Professoriate opportunities
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Professoriate opportunites
Find your new research home and be part of of a vibrant, fast-growing research environmentStatistics
We are one of the top modern universities for research quality: 30% of our research, across more than 740 academics, has been rated as world-leading.
Research Excellence Framework (2021)
We are one of the top modern universities for research quality: 30% of our research, across more than 740 academics, has been rated as world-leading.
Research Excellence Framework (2021)
Top ten
We are one of the top ten UK universities for knowledge transfer partnerships.
Top ten
We are one of the top ten UK universities for knowledge transfer partnerships.
Research impacts and outputs
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Manchester Metropolitan University joins consortium to transform the culture and practice of research...
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Safeguarding children expertise informs Government policy
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Why you shouldn’t let guilt motivate you to exercise
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Healthy ageing lab awarded £400,000 to support living well in older age
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New figures show colossal cost to taxpayer for wrongful imprisonments due to joint enterprise laws
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Manchester Met launches new Doctoral College
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Psychological impact of record-breaking polar expedition to be researched in new study
Our approach
Featured research
Partnerships and research quality
Our commitment to research quality
HR Excellence in Research
We recognise the importance of complying with the Concordat for Career Development.
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Supporting research integrity
We strive to uphold the highest standards in all aspects of our research.
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Committed to the research community
Sharing a culture of social and intellectual responsibility.
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Improving research standards
We want to constantly improve the way our research outputs are evaluated.
Through its career development programmes, this university has helped me to learn that leadership goes beyond a top down approach. Leadership needs to be exercised on a daily basis and is about taking decisions that support colleagues.
Dr. Shoba Arun
Reader, Research Centre for Applied Social Sciences
Through its career development programmes, this university has helped me to learn that leadership goes beyond a top down approach. Leadership needs to be exercised on a daily basis and is about taking decisions that support colleagues.
Dr. Shoba Arun
Reader, Research Centre for Applied Social Sciences