#UMIST

Sweary Prof

@swearyprof.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Maths Tower, University of Manchester, 2018. Art by Paul Gent.
#umist #PGent

Stephen Johnston

@stephenaj.bsky.social

4 months ago

The table of oblique ascensions from Goldstein’s edition of the Astronomical Tables of Levi ben Gerson.

Lorch (1942-2021) was then based at #Manchester #UMIST and a fellow student of medieval astronomy – in his case mostly Arabic but also Latin. His copy of Goldstein's edition of this set of tables is a nice reminder that even the most apparently austere scholarship is personally underpinned.

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A Valiant Tart

@janusxuk.bsky.social

6 months ago

I think it was probably created by people who are (a) guaranteed their first choice of university (and not through academic prowess either) and (b) have staff for minor details like moving an offspring across the country wholesale. Durham & St Andrews, I'm looking at you & Oxbridge
#RedBrick #UMIST

Preston MacDougall

@chemicaleyeguy.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy

7 months ago

Police have raided several homes associated with the administration of the #University of Greater #Manchester which is being investigated for financial fraud, bullying, and bribery. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdx58d1l2r1o

It was called the University of #Bolton until 2024, when it […]

David Yeoman

@davidyeoman.bsky.social

1 year ago

Renold Lecture Theatre Building, now re-purposed as an Innovation Hub

An emply Barnes Wallis Building with the Renold Building in the background

A trip to #Manchester today (on this very grey day), revisited the old UMIST site currently undergoing a 10-15 year redevelopment for a #brutalist fix.

#UMIST #photography #monochrome #concrete

Helen Cooke

@helencooke.bsky.social

1 year ago

Visited the wonderful People’s History Museum in #Manchester yesterday for a commemorative event for a former colleague at #UMIST. Good to catch up with some former Chemistry Department colleagues too