Student Welfare and Community
The mental and physical wellbeing of all our students is important to us
Student Welfare and Community
The mental and physical wellbeing of all our students is important to us
Staying healthy mentally as well as physically during your postgraduate research can help you achieve your full potential and, most importantly, enjoy the experience. Your PGR experience should be exciting and rewarding.
Our commitment to Student Welfare
How we support our students’ health and wellbeing
At the CRUK Manchester Institute student welfare is a key component to a successful and happy student. We have many resources and support services to support your day-to-day wellbeing and deliver an effective range of support that meet the diverse needs of our staff and students.
We are committed to working together to promote an inclusive and supportive community, underpinned by effective and timely mental health and wellbeing support systems that allow students and staff to realise their potential and achieve success.
The Institute’s strategy aligns with that of The University of Manchester, ensuring we keep a common framework. This strategy reflects an inclusive approach, as we understand that all members of our community have mental health and wellbeing in common. For this reason, the strategy applies to all staff and postgraduate research students.
A friendly postgraduate community forging links and friendships, engaging minds, supporting critical thinking, communication skills and networking is what makes a successful experience.
Our Community
Who are our postgraduate students?
With over 50 postgraduate students at the CRUK Manchester Institute from diverse backgrounds, everyone plays a vital role in the Institute’s community. Our postgraduate student representatives and student community enjoy social activities and engagement with events taking place throughout the year.
Our external seminar series provides opportunities to engage meaningful discussions with experts in cancer research in an informal setting. All our new postgraduate student intakes are assigned a ‘buddy’ from our current student cohort at the start of their programme for the initial 3 month settling in period. Buddies can provide informal help and advice on a number of areas ranging from science to social interactions.
Completing a research degree is different to any kind of study or any employment you will have undertaken previously, and it brings unique challenges as well as opportunities.
Institute Life
We strive to make our community a welcoming, caring and enthusiastic one, fuelling ambition with opportunities for training and mentoring to help us all achieve our personal and professional goals.
“We are so pleased to have received the funding to enable us to test our hypothesis in the lab. If we can create a new medicine that can precisely target a specific type of cell within the tumour, and restore anti-cancer immune responses, this will be a game-changer for oesophageal cancer patients “
Sara Valpione
Former Institute Clinical Fellow and now Clinician in Residence within the CRUK National Biomarker Centre
“My charity bake sales – known as “David’s Great British Bake Off” – are always a hit, home baked products taste so much better than shop bought and are greatly appreciated by staff!”
David Jenkins
Purchasing Officer
“The Paterson Building is an amazing place to work, and already it is clear that its design is helping to promote interactions, which was something we all very much hoped would happen”
Caroline Wilkinson
Chief Operating Officer
“We’ve seen some remarkable responses, with an improvement for some patients within days. This is an early phase trial so there’s a lot more work to do. But the data we have so far is very encouraging and could help many thousands of people in the future”
Tim Somervaille
Senior Group Leader
“We are so pleased to have received the funding to enable us to test our hypothesis in the lab. If we can create a new medicine that can precisely target a specific type of cell within the tumour, and restore anti-cancer immune responses, this will be a game-changer for oesophageal cancer patients “
Sara Valpione
Former Institute Clinical Fellow and now Clinician in Residence within the CRUK National Biomarker Centre
“My charity bake sales – known as “David’s Great British Bake Off” – are always a hit, home baked products taste so much better than shop bought and are greatly appreciated by staff!”
David Jenkins
Purchasing Officer
“The Paterson Building is an amazing place to work, and already it is clear that its design is helping to promote interactions, which was something we all very much hoped would happen”
Caroline Wilkinson
Chief Operating Officer
“We’ve seen some remarkable responses, with an improvement for some patients within days. This is an early phase trial so there’s a lot more work to do. But the data we have so far is very encouraging and could help many thousands of people in the future”
Tim Somervaille
Senior Group Leader