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Discover your new community with the latest stories and updates on the Computer Science blog.

Computer science at Manchester

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Study computer science at Manchester and create software and hardware systems to change the way we live and work.
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Dr Julia Sutcliffe

Dr Julia Sutcliffe appointed as Honorary Professor

Dr Sutcliffe has been named an Honorary Professor of computer science at Manchester.
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New major project to prevent cyber security attacks

Manchester are collaborating with a world leading e-commerce businesses on the £5.8m project, Soteria.

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FSE celebrates Class of 2020

A series of virtual graduation celebrations have been held to recognise the hard work FSE's Class of 2020.
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FSE duo shortlisted for 2021 Shaw Trust Disability Power 100

Professor Robert Stevens and Dr Amy Bonsall have both been shortlisted.

Research

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Themes

Our research themes help us investigate the fundamental nature of new computing paradigms and feed it around into real-world impact.
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Centres and institutes

The Department has close links and strong relationships with various research centres and institutes.
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Impact

The Department continues to build on its history of important, impactful research.

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About

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Our people

Search for the academic and support staff who make the Department of Computer Science what it is.
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History and heritage

Manchester has played a major role in the development and evolution of computing.
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Women in computer science

Hear from some of our female staff and students about why they chose computer science.

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Business engagement

We welcome new opportunities for engaging and collaborating with businesses of all shape and size.
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Social responsibility

We're committed to promoting and adhering to socially responsible values throughout the Department.
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Schools, colleges and the public

The adoption and expansion of computing among young people and the wider community is central to what we do.

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