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Manchester University

Sixth cancer death renews Manchester radiation fears »

A seventy-year old professor is said to have become the sixth victim of Rutherford's radiation at the University of Manchester, which is thought may already have claimed five lives. Room 2.62 and the rooms adjacent to it at the university—used a...

Wed 28 Jan 2009 by Alice Stanes | Read more »

Radiation 'time-bomb' at Manchester University »

Manchester University has launched an independent investigation to assess radiation levels in a research building following the deaths of five former staff members. Occupational cancer expert, Professor David Coggon of the University of Southampton, in...

Tue 14 Oct 2008 by John Geddie | Read more »

Age discrimination and literary spat put Eagleton out of a job »

One of the world’s most renowned literary theorists, Terry Eagleton, is facing the ignominy of mandatory retirement from his post at the English department of Manchester University, it has been revealed. Professor Eagleton, whose 1983 work Lit...

Fri 15 Feb 2008 by Paris Gourtsoyannis, Hannah Robinson | Read more »