During the past year, Teaching Learning and Delivery through a Programme Development Working Group, have undertaken a review of the programme development processes for programme amendments and programme withdrawal/suspensions. Following approval of these changes by the Teaching Learning Student Committee in September 2025, new guidance and documentation are now available.
Programme Directors Barbara (Fashion Business Technology) and Katie (Materials Science and Engineering) reflect on their roles in shaping the student experience, the importance of collaboration, and the impact of acting on student feedback to drive positive change.
A message from your Faculty Leaders about improving the Student Experience Hi everyone, We hope that you’ve settled in well to the new academic year, that any new students are accustoming to life in Manchester, and that returning students are back into the groove of university life! This email is coming to you from Amrit […]
We were pleased with our 2025 NSS results in the Faculty of Science and Engineering which reflect the hard work and commitment of our student partners, Professional Services and Academic colleagues. Find out about our priority areas for 2025/26.
The Faculty of Science and Engineering’s Student Experience Action Fund (SEAF) is now entering its third year, continuing to offer students the opportunity to improve the university experience for themselves and their peers. Open to all taught FSE students, including those on the Foundation Studies programme, the fund provides grants ranging from £50 to £250 for projects and events designed to enhance community, collaboration and wellbeing within the faculty.
This initiative is designed to elevate the quality, accessibility, and impact of asynchronous learning materials, supporting flexible and blended learning across programmes. By partnering with the eLearning team, academics can co-create engaging, inclusive, and high-quality digital content that meets the evolving needs of diverse learners.
Dr Amir Rahbarimanesh shares how empathy, clarity, and student-led adaptation are at the heart of his award-winning approach to assessment and feedback. Discover how he’s supporting students across Engineering Project Management.
The FSE Digital and Flexible Learning Toolkit is a series of short articles outlining some of the main principles of Flexible and Blended delivery, this Quick Start is an even MORE condensed version of those articles into a single overview. 1. What is Blended Learning? The University of Manchester is committed to blended learning and […]
Welcome to the FSE Blended and Flexible Toolkit, this series of articles is designed to reaffirm the basic principles behind Flexible and Blended Learning, what do we mean by these terms? How should they be implemented? How we can start to think about flexibility when designing learning materials and how to ensure we create flexible […]