Oxford Road Corridor

From lab breakthroughs to industrial biomanufacturing YouTube video by The University of Manchester

How do you turn cutting-edge research into something industry can actually use?

By integrating research and business perspectives in tight-knit collaboration from day one.

#ShapedTogether

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Fifteen Years of Noise | John Robb on Louder Than War Louder Than War turns 15 with a live festival at the Manchester Academy. Founder John Robb reflects on the site’s DIY roots and the culture that keeps it loud.

Louder Than War Live lands at Manchester Academy on Saturday with a lineup including Sea Power, Benefits and Pale Blue Eyes.

Founder @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social reflects on 15 years of
@louderthanwar.bsky.social and why the Corridor remains central to Manchester’s music culture.

IMLD26: The Stepmother - Manchester City of Literature Join us for this reading of poems re-writing the Stepmother archetype from award-winning Québécoise and UK artists Amélie Prévost and Rachel McCrum. In the aftermath of a crisis within her blended fam...

Join @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social this evening for The Stepmother as Amélie Prévost and Rachel McCrum perform poems that re-write the stepmother archetype – part of its first performances outside Canada on a short UK tour.

📍Manchester Poetry Library

International Women's Day | Oxford Road Corridor International Women’s Day serves as a chance to celebrate the economic, cultural, social, and political achievements of women.

International Women’s Day is nearly here. From workshops and talks to tours, culture and live music, here are some of the events across the knowledge quarter offering plenty of ways to get involved.

It Requires Getting Lost at Castlefield Gallery It Requires Getting Lost at Castlefield Gallery brings together new works and major pieces exploring nature, humanity and the unknown.

It Requires Getting Lost transforms Castlefield Gallery into a cave-like world of film, sound, sculpture and light — inviting visitors to embrace the unknown before it closes this weekend.

Queer Contact | Theatre in Manchester | Oxford Road Queer Contact 2026 returns to Contact with two weeks of theatre, cabaret, comedy, art and performance celebrating bold queer voices.

Queer Contact kicks off this week at @contactmcr.bsky.social. Two weeks of bold, brilliant, unapologetically queer creativity — from theatre, cabaret & comedy to live art, film, line-dancing & the Mcr Queer Market.

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Greater Manchester universities unite to drive nature recovery at IPBES-12 event The 12th Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-12) will be hosted in Manchester this February, with almost a thousand delegates expecte...

Universities across Manchester are uniting to drive nature recovery.

UoM, @manmetuni.bsky.social, and @salforduni.bsky.social, are hosting a special event exploring business and biodiversity, alongside DEFRA - bringing together academics, business, and policy makers. 🌱

Home Devolving control of skills and technical education can unleash the economic potential of the North

This week, Mayor @andyburnham.bsky.social set out plans to reindustrialise Greater Manchester, with the Corridor playing a key role as a health innovation and life sciences cluster within the region’s growth plans.

Applications open for Unit M’s Deep Tech Accelerator.

The innovation & impact unit of @manchester.ac.uk, is launching a 3-month programme for founders, startups & researchers across GM.

Up to £25k equity-free, mentors, lab space & investor demo day.

🔗 www.unit-m.co.uk/work-with-us

Text reads, 'Major study launched to make advanced cancer treatments safer for patients', background is the whitworth arch and a picture of the christie institute

A major new study has been launched to help patients with cancer better tolerate cutting-edge immunotherapy treatments.🥼

It’s the first and largest programme of its kind in the UK and the culmination of 30 years of worldwide research. 🌍

www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/m...

Louder Than War Live - Manchester Festival - March 2026 Louder Than War is Hosting Its First Festival In Manchester called LOUDER THAN WAR LIVE in March 2026 - Signed Up Form

Making plans for 2026?
March sees the debut Louder Than War Live festival headlined by Sea Power, Pale Blue Eyes, Benefits, Evil Blizzard, House of All and many others - ticket and details from louderthanwar.com/louder-than-...

2026 gets off to a flying start at the @rncmlive.bsky.social. January is packed with world-class orchestras, acclaimed soloists and bold new music — a perfect way to bring more classical music into your life.

See what's happening: oxfordroadcorridor.com/venues/royal...

Step inside Triceratops: Eat, Roam, Repeatn at Manchester Museum Glenn Roadley, Curator of Zoology at Manchester Museum, invites us into a vivid, immersive journey through the world of Triceratops in this unmissable new exhibition.

🦕 Step 68 million years back in time!

Explore Triceratops: Eat, Roam, Repeat at Manchester Museum and discover the secrets of this iconic dinosaur in an immersive new exhibition.

By Glenn Roadley, Curator of Zoology.

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A beautiful morning in the city of #Manchester.

Seeking Creators for Legacies of Enslavement Walking Routes The Scott Trust’s Legacies of Enslavement programme seeks route creators to develop new heritage walks for GM Walking Festival.

Help shape @gmmoving.co.uk’s 2026 Walking Festival. The Scott Trust’s Legacies of Enslavement programme is commissioning four new heritage routes.

Hunter syndrome: Boy with rare condition amazes doctors after world-first gene therapy Oliver has an inherited condition called Hunter syndrome, which causes progressive damage to the body and brain.

Scientists at @manchester.ac.uk developed a world-first gene therapy for Hunter syndrome, working with international partners and families to deliver the treatment at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.

Pop up park and rides Four pop-up park and rides will launch on Saturday 22 November, offering 1,000 free parking spaces to help people easily get to Manchester this Christmas.

Pop-up Park & Rides are now running on weekends for Christmas travel, including Booth Street West near Oxford Road with 500 free spaces and express buses to Piccadilly Gardens every 20 mins. £2 single/£4 return, U16s free.

IN TWO WEEKS: Follow the White Rabbit: In defence of conspiracy theories

Join us in welcoming a guest lecture from Gabriel Gatehouse, followed by a discussion with Professor Gary Younge.

📅 3 December, 6–7.30pm
📍 University Place, Oxford Road
🎟️ Free: https://ow.ly/IMXu50Xmw8i

🔬 Co-created Futures Conference, Dec 3
Materials Session: Innovation for a Sustainable Future
👩 Dr Samira Malekmohammadi (Royce Institute / CEAMS)
♻️ Dr Torik Holmes (SCI, UoM)
🧪 Dr Chris Egan Morriss (EPSRC Fellow)
👉 Sign up: tinyurl.com/3xxt9juc

#CoCreatedFutures #SustainableMaterials #CEAMS

The University of Manchester launches £400m global fundraising and volunteering campaign to tackle the world's biggest challenges The University of Manchester launches "Challenge Accepted", its first major global fundraising and volunteering campaign●        The campaign will mobilise more than half a million global alumni, supp...

A new £400m global campaign, Challenge Accepted, sees The University of Manchester (@manchester.ac.uk) rally alumni, staff and students to drive impact across research, inclusion, innovation and culture.

🎉 Many congratulations to the @rncmlive.bsky.social's Library staff, who last night won the @timeshighered.bsky.social Award for 'Outstanding Library Team of the Year'! 🎉👏

Kadans Science Partner commences £100m Plus Ultra Manchester Plus Ultra Manchester is a purpose-built, state of the art development providing 217,000 sq ft of research and innovation space.

Kadans Science Partner has begun construction on Plus Ultra Manchester, a £100m, 217,000 sq ft science + innovation hub in the heart of the Oxford Road Corridor.

Due for completion in 2028, it’ll be one of the UK’s largest purpose-built R&D spaces.

Perfect Show for Rachel at Contact Step into Rachel’s hilarious, heartfelt world in Perfect Show for Rachel—a bold, rule-breaking celebration of theatre and inclusion.

Step into Rachel’s world in Perfect Show for Rachel. A hilarious, moving and rule-breaking celebration of theatre, music and mischief. Expect bar brawls, biscuit cabaret and pure joy.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ @thestage.co.uk

📍Contact
📆 19 – 22 Nov

JMW Turner: In Light and Shade at the Whitworth | Exhibitions Marking the 250th anniversary of his birth, In Light and Shade explores the work of legendary British landscape artist JMW Turner.

LAST CHANCE. Marking the 250th anniversary of his birth, In Light and Shade is a critically acclaimed exhibition exploring the work and technique of legendary British landscape artist J. M. W. Turner.

📍 The Whitworth at @manchester.ac.uk
📅 Until 2nd Nov

Really lovely to be asked to contribute a poem for the inside cover of the autumn edition of @oxrdmcr.bsky.social ☺️ This poem was inspired by my love for Manchester, Christmas party shenanigans, and finding community and confidence 🐝 @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social ✨

Research - Royal Northern College of Music A unique environment for music research, the RNCM offers Postgraduate Research Degrees and a diverse range of research events.

Hello! @rncmresearch.bsky.social might be new to Bluesky, but we've been researching #music in the heart of Manchester @oxrdmcr.bsky.social for over fifty years. We look forward to being part of the Bluesky community. You can find out more about us here: www.rncm.ac.uk/research/

SEE MY WORLD Pac 80th Anniversary A roundtable discussion and networking event commemorating 80 years since the Fifth Pan-African Congress with Food, Love and Art.

On Saturday, SEE MY WORLD marks the 80th anniversary of the Pan-African Congress with a gathering that invites Manchester’s Pan-African and wider communities to connect, reflect and reason together.

The University of Manchester has launched its new strategy. Focused on discovery, innovation and impact for the public good, it sets out a bold vision for Manchester 2035.
#Manchester2035

Launch Event: Global Connection | Local Innovation - Venture Café Manchester Venue: Sister – Renold Building, 32a Altrincham Street, Manchester, M1 7JR Join us for the launch of Venture Café Manchester at our inaugural Thursday Gathering, in partnership with ARIA (Advanced Res...

Venture Café Manchester launches next Thu 23 Oct (5–8PM) at Sister – Renold Building!

Join founders, researchers, investors + innovators to celebrate and connect with Manchester’s growing innovation community.

👉 Free tickets

#ManchesterTech #Innovation #Startups

Oxford Road is at the centre of Manchester’s literary life. With the 20th Manchester Literature Festival underway, a brilliant autumn of readings, talks, performances, and creative encounters awaits.

See what's happening 👇

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