Editing Manchester Metropolitan University

{{short description|Public university in Manchester, England}}
{{About|the UK university|other institutions with similar names|Metropolitan University (disambiguation){{!}}Metropolitan University|}}
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{{Infobox university
| name             = Manchester Metropolitan University
| image            = Manchester Metropolitan University coat of arms.png
| image_size       = 160px
| caption          = [[Coat of arms]]
| former_name      = Manchester Polytechnic
| motto            = Many Arts, Many Skills
| established     = 1992 – Manchester Metropolitan University <br />Predecessor institutions: <br />1970 – Manchester Polytechnic <br />1956 – Manchester College of Science and Technology<ref name=jisc/><br />1918 – Manchester Municipal College of Technology<ref name=jisc/><br />1892 – Manchester Municipal Technical School<ref name=jisc/><br /> 1883 – Manchester Technical School and the Manchester Mechanics' Institution<ref name=jisc>{{cite web |url=https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/cf2f1bf8-ef02-3450-b3fc-146d34f8b167 |title=''Archive of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology Students Union'' |website=archive hub jisc |access-date=20 April 2021 |archive-date=20 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420070722/https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/cf2f1bf8-ef02-3450-b3fc-146d34f8b167 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />1838 – Manchester School of Design<br />1824 – Manchester Mechanics' Institution
| type            = [[Public university|Public]]
| endowment       = £1.46M (2021)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2021-12/Annual_Statement_2020_2021.pdf |title=Annual Report and Financial Statements, Year ended 31 July 2021 |website=Manchester Metropolitan University |access-date=29 November 2022 |archive-date=16 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616151250/https://www.mmu.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2021-12/Annual_Statement_2020_2021.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
| chancellor      = [[Antony Jenkins]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/story/antony-jenkins-cbe-officially-welcomed-manchester-mets-new-chancellor |title=Story, Manchester Metropolitan University |first=Manchester Metropolitan |last=University |website=www.mmu.ac.uk |access-date=4 May 2016 |archive-date=10 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510091747/http://www.mmu.ac.uk/news/news-items/4034/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| vice_chancellor = [[Malcolm Press]]<ref name=presswho>{{Who's Who |title=PRESS, Prof. Malcolm Colin |id=U8907 |volume=2015 |edition=online [[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref>
| students        = 39,095 (2022/23)<ref name="HESAWhere2024">{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=Where do HE students study? |url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-study |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) www.hesa.ac.uk}}</ref> 
| undergrad       = 29,890 (2022/23)<ref name="HESAWhere2024" /> 
| postgrad        = 9,210 (2022/23)<ref name="HESAWhere2024" /> 
| city            = [[Manchester]]
| state           = 
| country         = England, UK
| coor            = {{coord|53.47|-2.24|type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| campus          = All Saints, [[Hulme|Birley Fields]]
| free_label      = [[Academic scarf|Scarf]]
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| mascot          = 
| logo            = Manchester Metropolitan University logo.svg
| website         = {{url|https://mmu.ac.uk/}}
}}

'''Manchester Metropolitan University''' is located in the centre of [[Manchester]], England. The university has 40,000 students and over 4,000 members of staff.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=About us - Our People |url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/about-us/our-people |access-date=1 December 2022 |website=Manchester Metropolitan University |language=en |archive-date=20 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320152659/https://www.mmu.ac.uk/about-us/our-people |url-status=live }}</ref> It is home to four faculties (Arts and Humanities, Business and Law, Health and Education and Science and Engineering)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Faculties |url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/about-us/faculties |access-date=1 December 2022 |website=Manchester Metropolitan University |language=en |archive-date=7 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107010205/https://www.mmu.ac.uk/about-us/faculties |url-status=live }}</ref> and is the [[list of universities in the United Kingdom by enrolment|fifth-largest university]] in the United Kingdom by total enrolment.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Where do HE students study? {{!}} HESA |url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-study |access-date=3 April 2025 |website=www.hesa.ac.uk }}</ref>

== History ==

Manchester Metropolitan University was developed from mergers of various colleges with various specialisms, including technology, art and design. Its founding can be traced back to the [[Mechanics' Institute, Manchester|Manchester Mechanics Institute]], which was established in 1824 entirely through private initiative and funds to teach artisans the basic principles of science by part-time study, and the [[Manchester School of Art|Manchester School of Design]] (f. 1838) latterly known as the [[Manchester School of Art]]. The painter [[L. S. Lowry]] attended in the years after the First World War, where he was taught by the noted impressionist [[Adolphe Valette]]. Schools of Commerce (f. 1889), Education (f. 1878), and Domestic Science (f. 1880) were added alongside colleges at Didsbury, Crewe, Alsager and the former Domestic and Trades College (f. 1911). The Manchester College of Science and Technology, which had originally been the Mechanics Institute and would then become [[UMIST]], transferred its non-degree courses to the School of Art by 1966. The institution renamed itself as '''Manchester Polytechnic''' in 1970, which was followed by series of mergers with the [[Didsbury College of Education]] and Hollings College in 1977, as well as City of Manchester College of Higher Education in 1983. In 1987, the institution became a founding member of the [[NCUK|Northern Consortium]], and became a corporate body on 1 April 1989 as allowed by the terms of the [[Education Reform Act 1988|Education Reform Act]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=History and Heritage |url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/about-us/history |access-date=1 December 2022 |website=Manchester Metropolitan University |language=en |archive-date=11 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811100524/https://www.mmu.ac.uk/about-us/history |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 15 September 1992, Manchester Polytechnic gained university status under the wide-sweeping [[Further and Higher Education Act 1992]], and then became '''Manchester Metropolitan University'''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Organization |first=European Higher Education |date=27 September 2021 |title=Manchester Metropolitan University |url=https://eurohighereducation.com/2021/09/27/manchester-metropolitan-university/ |access-date=1 December 2022 |website=European Higher Education Organization |language=en-GB |archive-date=16 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616151442/https://searchbusinessgroup.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

After earning university status, Manchester Met absorbed [[Crewe]] and [[Alsager]] College of Higher Education, and in 2004 the Manchester School of Physiotherapy (MSOP), an institution officially formed in 1991 through the amalgamation of the Schools of Physiotherapy of the [[Manchester Royal Infirmary]] (MRI) and of [[Withington Hospital]]. MSOP was previously affiliated with the [[Victoria University of Manchester]], which conferred degree-level courses by extension until the final class of 2005. MSOP joined Manchester Metropolitan University as the Department of Physiotherapy in 2004, and was later renamed as the Department of Health Professions.<ref name=":2" />

The university's logo is derived from the upper part of the shield of the university's coat-of-arms, with six spade-irons positioned together, suggesting hard toil and entrenchment.[[File:Ormond Building (14938453242).jpg|thumb|Ormond Building]]

==Campus==
[[File:Didsbury Campus, Manchester Metropolitan University (3).JPG|thumb|Didsbury Campus]]
[[File:Brooks Building, MMU, Manchester, November 2016 (01).JPG|thumb|Brooks Building]]The university was previously located on seven sites: five in Manchester (All Saints, Aytoun, Didsbury, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Hollings) and two in Cheshire (Alsager and Crewe). However, the university later closed six of the seven sites to rationalise its estate. The university moved the work of the Alsager campus to Crewe, while the Aytoun campus was closed in 2012 following the opening of a Business School on the main campus. The Elizabeth Gaskell, Hollings and Didsbury campuses were closed in 2014, with faculties being relocated to the main city centre campus in Manchester. The Crewe campus closed in summer 2019, a decision taken following a review conducted by financial advisory firm Deloitte.<ref>{{Cite web |last=University |first=Manchester Metropolitan |title=Story, Manchester Metropolitan University |url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/story/5125/ |access-date=1 December 2022 |website=Manchester Metropolitan University |language=en |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404102355/https://www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/story/5125/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Manchester Metropolitan University comprises four faculties led by faculty pro-vice-chancellors, 10 Professional Services Directorates and a range of departments, schools and institutes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Your campus |url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/study/why-manchester-met/your-campus |access-date=1 December 2022 |website=Manchester Metropolitan University |language=en |archive-date=16 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616151255/https://www.mmu.ac.uk/study/why-manchester-met/your-campus |url-status=live }}</ref>

The four faculties are:

'''Arts and Humanities'''

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities has more than 11,000 undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral students. Home to [[Manchester School of Art]] (f. 1838), [[Manchester School of Architecture]] and Manchester Writing School, the faculty is one of the largest in the UK. It offers a range of subjects, from design to fashion, creative writing to architecture, linguistics to languages, digital arts to journalism, and history to sociology, across 9 departments and schools.<ref>{{Cite web |last=University |first=Manchester Metropolitan |title=Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Manchester Metropolitan University |url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/artshumanities/ |access-date=30 November 2022 |website=Manchester Metropolitan University |language=en |archive-date=16 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616151443/https://www.mmu.ac.uk/artshumanities/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

'''Business and Law'''

The Faculty of Business and Law has more than 10,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students enrolled on 120 different degree programmes. The faculty consists of the Business School, which holds the globally recognised trio of accreditations from EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA, and the Manchester Law School. The faculty is also home to the majority of the university's Degree Apprenticeship programmes, with more than 2,400 apprentices studying across 15 programmes with 530 employer partners.<ref>{{Cite web |last=University |first=Manchester Metropolitan |title=Faculty of Business and Law, Manchester Metropolitan University |url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/business-and-law/ |access-date=30 November 2022 |website=Manchester Metropolitan University |language=en}}</ref>

'''Health and Education'''

Home to around 9,000 students across 5 departments, the Faculty of Health and Education provides an inclusive learning and training environment based in the Brooks building.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Faculty of Health and Education |url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/about-us/faculties/health-and-education |access-date=30 November 2022 |website=Manchester Metropolitan University |language=en |archive-date=16 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616151444/https://www.mmu.ac.uk/about-us/faculties/health-and-education |url-status=live }}</ref>

'''Science and Engineering'''

More than 6,000 students in the Faculty of Science and Engineering benefit from nearly 100 undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes in a variety of subjects. A new, £115m base for the faculty opens in 2024, which will include teaching and research spaces, a 200-student super lab, study areas and green spaces.<ref>{{Cite web |last=University |first=Manchester Metropolitan |title=Faculty of Science and Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University |url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/science-engineering/ |access-date=1 December 2022 |website=Manchester Metropolitan University |language=en |archive-date=16 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616151351/https://www.mmu.ac.uk/about-us/faculties/science-engineering |url-status=live }}</ref>

<gallery>
File:Statue of John Dalton.jpg|The statue of [[John Dalton]] by [[William Theed]] outside the university's building in Chester Street
File:Manchester School of Art, (Manchester Metropolitan University), Cavendish Street, Manchester, England in 2008.jpg|[[Manchester School of Art]]
File:Grosvenor Building, Manchester Metropolitan University (15391128821).jpg|The Grosvenor Building, [[Manchester School of Art|Manchester Met School of Art]]
File:Manchester Metropolitan University Business School.jpg|Manchester Metropolitan University Business School
File:Righton Building (14936658501).jpg|Righton Building
</gallery>

'''Library'''

The Library offers a study skills service and houses a number of special collections mainly relating to the fine and applied arts, like the [[Laura Seddon Greeting Card Collection]], a collection of [[Victorian era|Victorian]] and [[Edwardian era|Edwardian]] greeting cards.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Library homepage |url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/library |access-date=1 December 2022 |website=Manchester Metropolitan University |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Special Collections Museum |url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/special-collections-museum |access-date=1 December 2022 |website=Manchester Metropolitan University |language=en |archive-date=14 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314200540/https://www.mmu.ac.uk/special-collections-museum |url-status=live }}</ref> The North West Film Archive is managed by Manchester Metropolitan University's Library and is located within the Central Library.<ref>{{Cite web |title=North West Film Archive |url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/north-west-film-archive |access-date=1 December 2022 |website=Manchester Metropolitan University |language=en |archive-date=19 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119235335/https://www.mmu.ac.uk/north-west-film-archive |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2021, the Manchester Poetry Library opened in the Grosvenor building.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manchester Poetry Library home page |url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/poetry-library |access-date=1 December 2022 |website=Manchester Metropolitan University |language=en |archive-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208160826/https://www.mmu.ac.uk/poetry-library |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Library can be accessed 24/7 by MMU students during term times and by visitors during term times on Saturdays and Sundays between 11:00 and 17:00.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Visitors |url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/library/using-the-library/visitors |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Manchester Metropolitan University |language=en}}</ref>

'''Campus investment'''

The university's 10-year Estate Masterplan 2017–2027 was complemented by a £379m commitment to the Estates Investment Programme until 2024, delivering a range of projects including: the Arts and Humanities development, the Science and Engineering development, the School of Digital Arts (SODA), Manchester Metropolitan Institute of Sport, and the Student Residential portfolio.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Investment in our campus and digital infrastructure |url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/about-us/strategy/investment-in-our-campus-and-digital-infrastructure |access-date=30 November 2022 |website=Manchester Metropolitan University |language=en}}</ref>

==Organisation==

===Governance===
In common with most universities in the United Kingdom, Manchester Met is headed formally by the chancellor, currently [[Lord Mandelson]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=University Chancellor |url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/university-chancellor |access-date=1 December 2022 |website=Manchester Metropolitan University |language=en |archive-date=20 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320182816/http://www.mmu.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/university-chancellor |url-status=live }}</ref> but led by the vice-chancellor, currently [[Malcolm Press]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Professor Malcolm Press CBE |url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/vice-chancellor |access-date=1 December 2022 |website=Manchester Metropolitan University |language=en}}</ref>

The university's board of governors is responsible for determining the educational character and mission of the university. It also falls to the board of governors to ensure that the university's resources are used in line with the university's Article of Government. It also safeguards the university's assets and approves the annual estimates of income and expenditure.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Governance |url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/board-of-governors/governance |access-date=1 December 2022 |website=Manchester Metropolitan University |language=en |archive-date=21 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321074334/https://www.mmu.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/board-of-governors/governance |url-status=live }}</ref>

The board of governors is responsible for broad policy, but the vice-chancellor, along with the University Executive Group, is responsible for overall management, policy implementation, organisation, operations and direction of the university.

In December 2014, it was announced that [[Malcolm Press]] had been appointed to succeed John Brooks as vice chancellor on 1 June 2015.<ref name=":3" />

Manchester Met has around 40,000 students[[# ftn1|<sup>[1]</sup>]], making it currently the 11th in the UK for the biggest student population in 2020/21.<ref name=":1" /> The university employs over 4,000 staff.<ref name=":0" />

===Finances===
In the financial year ending 31 July 2021, the university had a total income of £369m.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Annual Report and Financial Statements |url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/about-us/professional-services/finance-and-procurement/financial-statement |access-date=1 December 2022 |website=Manchester Metropolitan University |language=en |archive-date=21 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321032636/https://www.mmu.ac.uk/about-us/professional-services/finance-and-procurement/financial-statement |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Academic profile==
=== Rankings ===
{{Infobox UK university rankings
| ARWU_W = 601–700
| QS_W = 601–610
| THE_W =  601–800
| LINE_1 = 0
| Complete = 56=
| The_Guardian = 57
| Times/Sunday_Times = 46=
| LINE_2 = 0
| TEF = Silver
}}
The university is the ninth most popular university by applications in the UK (UCAS 2021/22 entry).<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 February 2021 |title=UCAS Undergraduate sector-level end of cycle data resources 2021 |url=https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-sector-level-end-cycle-data-resources-2021 |access-date=1 December 2022 |website=UCAS |language=en |archive-date=1 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201160840/https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-sector-level-end-cycle-data-resources-2021 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The university was the highest LGBT+ recruiting university by the number of accepted applicants in 2020 at 720.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

===Research===
30% of Manchester Met's overall research has been rated at the highest 'world leading' (4*) level and 90% of its research impact is rated 'world leading' (4*) or 'internationally excellent', (3*) across more than 740 academics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Research Excellence Framework 2021 results |url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/research/our-impact/research-excellence-framework |access-date=1 December 2022 |website=Manchester Metropolitan University |language=en |archive-date=28 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128090736/https://www.mmu.ac.uk/research/our-impact/research-excellence-framework |url-status=live }}</ref> &nbsp;

The university has fourteen research centres:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Research centres |url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/research/research-centres |access-date=1 December 2022 |website=Manchester Metropolitan University |language=en}}</ref>

* Advanced Materials and Surface Engineering
* Business Transformations
* Bioscience Research Centre
* Centre for Applied Computational Science
* Centre for Creative Writing, English Literature and Linguistics
* Centre for Decent Work and Productivity
* Ecology and Environment
* Education and Social Research Institute
* Future Economies
* Health, Psychology and Communities
* History Research Centre
* Manchester School of Art Research Centre
* Musculoskeletal Science and Sports Medicine
* Research Centre for Applied Social Sciences

==Students' Union==
[[File:Manchester Metropolitan University Students' Union.jpg|thumb|MMU Students' Union]]
{{Main|The Union MMU}}
The [[Students' union|Students' Union]] exists to represent all members at the Manchester Metropolitan University and students on accredited external courses. The Union is led by the Union Officers Group formed of five students of the university, elected by the students to lead the Union on their behalf. A shop and café catering to university students has also been set up inside the Students' Union. The Students' Union moved in January 2015 to a new purpose-built building on Higher Cambridge Street, next to Cambridge and Cavendish Halls of Residence.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manchester Metropolitan University Students' Union |url=https://www.theunionmmu.org/ |access-date=1 December 2022 |website=www.theunionmmu.org}}</ref>

== Notable alumni ==
Some in the list attended institutions which became part of present-day Manchester Metropolitan University.<ref>{{Cite web |last=University |first=Manchester Metropolitan |title=Meet Our Alumni, Manchester Metropolitan University |url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/alumni/meet/ |access-date=1 December 2022 |website=Manchester Metropolitan University |language=en |archive-date=16 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616151828/https://www.mmu.ac.uk/alumni/community/meet |url-status=live }}</ref>

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'''Academia'''
* [[Edward Fletcher Cass]], folklore
* [[James Corner]], landscape architecture
* [[Sorcha Ní Fhlainn]], film studies
* [[Freda Newcombe]], neuropsychology
* [[David Park (art historian)|David Park]], art history
* [[Alan Clive Roberts]], engineering
* [[Laura Serrant]], nursing
* [[John Wilson (public policy expert)|John Wilson]], public policy
* [[Sue Wise]], feminist theory
'''Arts and Creative'''
* [[John Bishop]], comedian, presenter
* [[John Bradley (English actor)|John Bradley]], actor
* [[Sarah Burton]], Creative Director, Alexander McQueen
* [[Steve Coogan]], actor, comedian & producer
* [[James Corner]], landscape architect
* [[Brian Cosgrove]], animator, producer, director
* [[Isabelle Jane Foulkes]], artist and disability campaigner
* [[Malcolm Garrett]], Graphic Designer 
* [[Thomas Heatherwick]], designer
* [[Bernard Hill]], actor
* [[Liz Jolly]], Chief Librarian, British Library
* [[Gethin Jones]], presenter
* [[Liz Kessler]], writer
* [[L. S. Lowry]], artist
* [[Lindsey McAlister]], theatre director
* [[Martin Parr]], photographer
* [[Heather Peace]], actress, musician 
* [[Greg Poole]], artist
* [[Michelle Yeoh]], actress
* [[Peter Saville (graphic designer)|Peter Saville]], graphic designer
* [[John Thomson (comedian)|John Thomson]], actor and comedian
* [[David Threlfall]], actor
* [[Julie Walters|Dame Julie Walters]], actress
* [[Carey Young]], artist
'''Business'''
* [[Helen Connolly]], CEO, New Look
* [[Paul Hudson (businessman)|Paul Hudson]], CEO, [[Sanofi]]
* [[Jonathan Mildenhall]], CEO, TwentyFirstCenturyBrand
* [[Nick Read]], CEO Vodafone Group
* [[Dianne Thompson|Dame Dianne Thompson]], businesswoman
* [[Michael Turner (businessman)|Michael Turner]], Chairman, Babcock International
* [[Paul S. Walsh]], Executive Chairman, [[McLaren Group]]
'''Public sector and law'''
* [[Keith Bradley, Baron Bradley|Keith Bradley]], Labour Party politician
* [[Sarah Green (politician)|Sarah Green]]
* [[Patrick Harvie]]
* [[Mike Kane]]
* [[Afzal Khan (British politician)|Afzal Khan]]
* [[Rebecca Long-Bailey]]
* [[Sylvia Pankhurst]], feminist and campaigner
* [[Paul Scriven]], Baron Scriven of Hunters Bar 
* [[Grant Shapps]], Conservative politician
* [[Thelma Walker]], Labour politician
'''Sport'''
* [[Michael Appleton]], football manager and coach
* [[Karen Bardsley]], professional footballer
* [[Mike Butt]], Wales international rugby league footballer
* [[Kadeena Cox]], parasport athlete
* [[Mark Cueto]], former professional rugby player
* [[Ashley Giles]], former professional cricketer
* [[Danny Grewcock]], former England rugby player
* [[Steve Round]], Assistant Manager, Arsenal
* [[Paul Simpson (footballer)|Paul Simpson]], former professional football
* [[Gordon Taylor (footballer)|Gordon Taylor]], former professional footballer
{{div col end}}

==See also==
{{portal|Cheshire}}
* [[Armorial of UK universities]]
* [[List of universities in the UK]]
* [[Post-1992 universities]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://www.mmu.ac.uk|Manchester Metropolitan University official website}}
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