Teaching excellence, MA programme

Faculty of Humanities Outstanding Staff Awards. Congratulations to Michael Hoelzl (PGT director) for a Programme of the Year Award for the MA in Religions and Theology. This was the only degree programme in SALC awarded a prize in 2021. Further information.

Teaching excellence, Undergraduate Teaching

Faculty of Humanities Outstanding Staff Awards. Congratulations to Holly Morse who won an Outstanding Teaching Award, and to Peter Scott who received a nomination, for 2021. Further information.

Teaching excellence, Postgraduate supervision

Faculty of Humanities Outstanding Staff Awards. Congratulations to Alex Samely who won an Outstanding PGT Dissertation Supervisor Award for 2021. Further information.

Teaching excellence, Academic Advising

Faculty of Humanities Outstanding Staff Awards. Congratulations to Daniel Langton who won an Outstanding Academic Advising Award for 2021. Further information.

Public Lecture, Samuel Chadwick Centre, Cliff College

New Testament Studies. Andy Boakye will be a respondent to Rev. Dr Keith Warrington at the fourth annual Samuel Chadwick lecture, on the Holy Spirit in the New Testament. 15 October 2021. Further information.

Research impact

Jewish Studies. Here we highlight a research project in our Dept that has had impact in wider society - The Jewish Divorce Project: Improving the lives of women facing a worldwide divorce-related challenge within the Orthodox Jewish community. Further information.

Welcome to Offer Holders!

Religions and Theology. For applicants who are holding offers of a place with us to start in September, see the R&T Virtual Visit Day and the new University of Manchester Welcome video which introduces you to the campus and the city. Further information.

Message for Final Year students

Monthly R&T newsletter. If you'd like to continue receiving the monthly newsletter after you graduate, please click on the subscribe link and add your personal email address. This way, you will continue hear about on-going activities in the department - including research seminars and public events, which you'll be most welcome to continue attending.

Course unit selection fair, 2021-22

Provisional options available to view. Second-year and third-year students can start to explore their course unit options for the coming academic year by watching short video introductions. Further information.

Teaching Excellence Award 2021

Outstanding teaching. Congratulations to Holly Morse who has won a University Teaching Excellence Award. These awards recognise colleagues who have demonstrated a significant and sustained commitment to excellence in the delivery of teaching and learning. Such an award represents the highest level of recognition for teaching ability that our University can offer.

Beyond Belief, BBC-Manchester project

Religious Studies online resource. The Department is working closely with the BBC in preparing a multi-topic educational resource for teachers and students based on the online archive of Radio 4's Beyond Belief programme. The launch of this exciting new collaborative project is provisionally planned for the 500th edition of Beyond Belief in September. Watch this space.

New publication

Jewish and Biblical Studies. Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe Post-Doctoral Fellow Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz, 'Mishlei/Proverbs: Weaving the Web of Wisdom' in European Judaism 54:2 (2021), 45-53. Further information.

Conference paper, Society of New Testament Studies

New Testament Studies. Peter Oakes gave a paper entitled ‘Understanding Galatians in Light of Early House Church Social Structure’ at the 75th meeting of the SNTS, 26-29 July 2021, KU Leuven. Further information.