About University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, England. It was formed in 2004 through the merger of the Victoria University of Manchester and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), with roots tracing back to 1824. The university is known for its strong emphasis on research and innovation, boasting 25 Nobel laureates among its alumni and faculty, making it one of the most prestigious institutions in the UK. With a total enrollment of approximately 44,000 students, including over 9,000 international students from more than 160 countries, the University of Manchester is recognized for its diverse academic offerings across various disciplines, including humanities, sciences, engineering, business, and health. The university's campus features a mix of historic and modern buildings and is centrally located in Manchester, providing students with easy access to cultural and social activities.
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Career Outcomes and Placement Information
The University of Manchester provides extensive career services aimed at supporting students in their professional development. These services include personalized career counseling, workshops on resume writing and interview preparation, as well as access to job fairs featuring top employers from various sectors. The university emphasizes experiential learning through internships that allow students to gain practical experience while studying. The Career Services office maintains partnerships with numerous organizations to facilitate internship placements aligned with students' career goals. Additionally, online resources are available that include job listings and career advice articles.
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These are the expert instructors who will be teaching you throughout the course. With a wealth of knowledge and real-world experience, they're here to guide, inspire, and support you every step of the way. Get to know the people who will help you reach your learning goals and make the most of your journey.
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Adam has spent ten years at AkzoNobel, holding various sales and marketing roles, including developing the company’s service offerings in the power segment. Currently serving as Segment Manager for Heavy Industry, he is responsible for implementing AkzoNobel’s infrastructure strategy across airports, stadia, commercial buildings, and iconic structures. Adam is eager to share his extensive knowledge and experience from within AkzoNobel, bringing valuable industry insights to this course.
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Dr. Michele Curioni is a Senior Lecturer in Corrosion Protection at The University of Manchester's School of Materials. His research specializes in corrosion protection for light alloys through surface treatments, lifetime prediction, and the development of innovative electrochemical testing methods. With over 90 peer-reviewed articles to his name, Michele is a recognized authority in his field. He teaches a range of topics at both undergraduate and master's levels, including electrochemistry, cathodic protection, and materials sustainability.
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Dr. Jonathan Fairman is a postdoctoral research associate at the Centre for Atmospheric Science in the School of Earth, Atmospheric, and Environmental Sciences at The University of Manchester. He holds a PhD in Atmospheric Science from The University of Alabama in Huntsville and BS and MS degrees from The Ohio State University. His research focuses on climatology, using feature-based detection techniques to study rainfall patterns in the UK and US, and he specializes in atmospheric models and large dataset analysis. He also leads the development of educational tools like BuildYourOwnEarth.com and ManUniCast.com.
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Dr. Kirsten Howarth is a Lecturer in Humanitarianism and Conflict Response at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI), University of Manchester. She earned her PhD in 2012, focusing on post-war violence in El Salvador, particularly the role of gangs and their impact on peace consolidation and development. Her current research explores humanitarian interventions in urban violence hotspots, examining the challenges posed by these complex environments.
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Dr. Amy Hughes is a Clinical Academic Lecturer in Emergency Response at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI), University of Manchester. She is instrumental in the development and training of clinicians through the UK International Emergency Trauma Register (UKIETR), which ensures coordinated and competent medical care in disaster scenarios. Amy has contributed to UKIETR's disaster response, including Typhoon Haiyan. Her PhD focuses on the role and training of foreign medical teams in sudden-onset disasters. A qualified Emergency Medicine and Pre-Hospital Care clinician, she has served with London Helicopter EMS and Médecins Sans Frontières in post-conflict Sri Lanka.
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Dr. Rob is a Reader in Corrosion Science and Engineering at the School of Materials, University of Manchester. He teaches corrosion at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and leads a specialized unit focused on oilfield corrosion. His research aims to deepen mechanistic understanding of surface and interface properties related to corrosion, exploring the structure and chemistry of oxide surfaces. Rob utilizes a variety of experimental techniques, including cutting-edge surface probes such as surface X-ray diffraction and vibrational sum frequency spectroscopy, both in laboratory and synchrotron settings.
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Dr. Nicholas Stevens is a Lecturer in the School of Materials at The University of Manchester and a member of the Materials Performance Centre. Specializing in Electrochemistry and Corrosion Science, Dr. Stevens integrates experimental techniques with Finite Element Modelling to analyze complex systems. With over 16 years of experience using the COMSOL multiphysics environment, he also programs in Matlab and utilizes electrical circuit modeling tools like SPICE. His research has been supported by leading multinational companies such as BP, Rolls Royce, and EDF, covering topics like nuclear power, long-term waste storage, and atmospheric corrosion.
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Dr. Sally Randles is a Senior Research Fellow at the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, where she leads the theme on Emerging Technologies, Governance, and Responsible Innovation. Her research focuses on how responsibility is embedded in research, innovation, and governance processes. She is the Principal Investigator on the European Commission FP7 RES-AGORA project, designing governance frameworks for responsible research in Europe, and co-investigates the UK’s £10 million SYNBIOCHEM centre, integrating responsible innovation into biotechnology research. She holds degrees from Lancaster and the University of Manchester, with past roles in economic development and consumer research.
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Dr. Duncan Thomas is a Lecturer at the University of Manchester, with a research focus on innovation strategies in the water sector. He explores how regulation and policy either constrain or enable innovation, and how the sector is responding to sustainability and climate change challenges. His broader research examines the influences of policy, funding, and organizational conditions on university-based science, especially regarding ‘breakthrough’ research and its perceived impact. Dr. Thomas has advised various public and private water organizations, including Ofwat and the European Commission, and he runs the popular blog Waterstink.
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Nick's expertise lies in applying biomolecular science and engineering techniques to develop greener, more sustainable processes for chemical manufacturing. He has held leadership roles as a Peer-assisted Study Session (PASS) Leader and Coordinator, along with serving as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Manchester and a Visiting Fellow at the Open University. His teaching philosophy focuses on interdisciplinary learning at the intersection of biology and chemistry, fostering technology-enhanced education, and supporting diverse learning communities. His contributions to teaching have earned him recognition with an Inaugural Fellowship at the University of Manchester's Institute of Teaching and Learning (ITL) and a Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.
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Professor Michael W. Anderson is a distinguished Professor of Materials Chemistry at The University of Manchester, where he serves as the Director of the Centre for Nanoporous Materials. Originally from Wimbledon, UK, Prof. Anderson completed his undergraduate studies in Chemical Physics at The University of Edinburgh and earned his PhD from the University of Cambridge. After conducting post-doctoral research in the USA, he joined The University of Manchester in 1990.
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Oliver Laasch, founder of the Center for Responsible Management Education, has dedicated his career to advancing business sustainability, responsibility, and ethics in academia. After earning his degree in business, economics, and business education from Goethe University in Frankfurt, he lectured and researched at Seoul National University and led the Center for Sustainability and Responsibility at Monterrey Tec. As a manager for a European Social Fund project, he created a training program for Responsible Businesses and coordinated e-learning initiatives at the Institute of Corporate Responsibility Management at Steinbeis University Berlin. Currently, he serves as a Marie Curie Research Fellow at the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, focusing on business model innovation for sustainability and ethics. An accomplished author and editor of the United Nations PRME book collection, Oliver has coached numerous companies and universities while designing and teaching a wide range of courses across bachelor, master, PhD, and executive education levels, including topics such as “Innovation for Sustainability,” “Leadership for Sustainable Development,” and “Social Entrepreneurship.”
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Patrick O’Malley is a Reader in Physical Chemistry at The University of Manchester, originally from Mayo, Ireland. He earned his B.Sc., Higher Diploma in Education, and Ph.D. from University College Galway, along with a D.Sc. from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology in 2002. His research experience includes positions at Michigan State University and Brookhaven National Laboratory. With over twenty years of teaching physical chemistry at the undergraduate level, Patrick has published extensively on pedagogical innovations and advocates for technology-enhanced teaching methods, serving as the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences academic lead for eLearning. He received a Teaching Excellence award from the University of Manchester in 2010. His research focuses on biophysical chemistry, particularly the electron transfer reactions involved in photosynthesis, making him an international leader in this field. He has published over 100 research papers and presented at various international conferences, employing computational chemistry and high-resolution magnetic resonance spectroscopies to investigate electron transfer mechanisms. Currently, he is exploring the mechanism of water oxidation in Photosystem II of higher plants, aiming to design an artificial solar catalyst that mimics natural processes.
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Fatine Ezbakhe is a a Doctor in Civil Engineering, with a career in applied research and education for sustainable development. Altogether, she spent more than seven years working in the water and environmental sectors, as both a researcher and a project manager. She currently contributes to the EPFL's (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) research and education initiatives and strategy, as part of the Vice-Presidency for Academic Affairs.
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Professor Frank Boons is a leading scholar at the University of Manchester, focusing on the innovation processes surrounding contested sustainability issues. His research conceptualizes innovation in consumption and production practices as an embedded phenomenon, emphasizing the processual nature of sustainable innovation over traditional systems of innovation. By examining longitudinal cases across various contexts—including regional industrial clusters, urban regeneration, industrial sector evolution, and sustainable business model development—he aims to develop analytical tools to understand innovation as a sequence of events. His methodology incorporates quantitative techniques such as social network analysis, sequence analysis, and predictive analytics, combined with interpretive approaches to generate meaningful insights. With over 20 years of experience as an economic sociologist in environmental sciences, Professor Boons currently serves as associate editor for the Journal of Industrial Ecology (Business and Environment) and as a subject editor for the Journal of Cleaner Production (Governance of Material and Energy Flows).
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Tim Jacoby is a professor and co-founder of the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute at the University of Manchester. He earned his PhD and completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship funded by the Economic and Social Research Council at the University of York before joining Manchester in 2003. His research primarily investigates state development in Turkey and encompasses broader themes such as political violence, civil society, Islam, nationalism, and post-conflict reconstruction. With over 25 published articles in international journals, he has served as a guest editor for various prominent publications, including Disasters and International Studies Review. Jacoby is also the author of several influential works, including Social Power and the Turkish State (2004), Disaster Management and Civil Society (2005, with Alpaslan Özerdem), Understanding Conflict & Violence (2008), Peace in Turkey 2023 (2013, with Alpaslan Özerdem), and The NGO-Military Complex in Afghanistan (2016, with Eric James).
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Stuart Lyon is a Professor of Corrosion Control at the University of Manchester, where he has dedicated over 30 years to teaching corrosion engineering and materials science at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has also instructed the “Corrosion Science and Engineering” industrial short course for 25 years. A former President of the UK Institute of Corrosion, Stuart has played a crucial role in raising awareness of corrosion issues in industry and promoting educational opportunities in this field. Originally from Paisley, Scotland, he received his BA from the University of Cambridge (Trinity College) in 1979 and his PhD in 1983. After a brief period in industry, he joined the Corrosion and Protection Centre at the former University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). Since 2012, he has held the AkzoNobel Chair of Corrosion Control in the School of Materials, also serving as Director of Research from 2013 to 2016. In addition to his roles in academia, he was CEO of Correx Ltd, the trading subsidiary of ICorr, from 2008 to 2012, where he helped implement the Industrial Coatings and Applicator Training Scheme (ICATS) in the paint contracting sector. Stuart is actively involved with the Corrosion Committee of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IoMMM) and has been the Editor-in-Chief of Corrosion Science Engineering and Technology since 2006. He also contributed as a volume editor for the 4th edition of Shreir's Corrosion, a leading textbook in corrosion science and engineering.
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Dale Whittington is a Professor in the Departments of Environmental Science & Engineering and City & Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as well as at the Manchester Business School in the UK. He has authored over 100 publications, including the graduate textbook Expert Advice for Policy Choice (Georgetown University Press, 1997), co-written with Professor Duncan MacRae. In addition to his academic roles, he serves as a resource person and research advisor for various programs, including the Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA) and the Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Economics Program (LACEEP). He is also a member of the Technical Committee of the Global Water Partnership (GWP) and has consulted for organizations such as the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Professor Whittington's current research encompasses four primary areas: the use of hydro-economic optimization models to address economic and strategic issues in major river basins like the Nile and Ganges; municipal water and sanitation tariff design; development of methodologies for estimating the economic value of nonmarket goods and services through stated preferences techniques; and economic and financial considerations related to expanding the use of new-generation vaccines for typhoid and cholera in low- and middle-income countries.
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David Schultz is a Professor of Synoptic Meteorology in the School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences at the University of Manchester. With extensive experience teaching at seven institutions across three countries, he has imparted knowledge to weather forecasters in the U.S., Europe, and China. At Manchester, he currently leads courses in meteorology, introductory Earth science, and communication skills. His teaching excellence has been recognized with several awards, including the student-led Manchester Teaching Award for Best Teacher in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences in 2012, the Most Innovative Use of eLearning award in 2013, and the Teaching Excellence Award in 2014.