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1、TalkingaboutBritishuniversities,whatwillfirstcomeintoyourmind?OrOxfordCambridgeToday,I’llgiveyouanotheroption!UniversityofManchesterHistoryandOriginsHistoryoftheUniversityTheUniversityofManchesterwascreatedbybringingtogetherTheVictoriaUniversityofManc

2、hesterandUMIST,twoofBritain'smostdistinguisheduniversities,tocreateapowerfulnewforceinBritishhighereducation.Manchesterhasalongtraditionofexcellenceinhighereducation.UMISTcantraceitsrootsbackto1824andtheformationoftheManchesterMechanics'Institute,whil

3、stTheVictoriaUniversityofManchesterwasfoundedasOwensCollegein1851.After100yearsofworkingtogetherthesetwogreatinstitutionsformallycombinedtoformasingleuniversityon 22October2004.ErnestRutherford'spioneeringresearch ledtothesplittingoftheatom.25 NobelPr

4、izewinnershaveeitherstudiedorconductedsomeoftheirworkhere:Rutherfordbeganhisworkonsplittingtheatomhere andtheworld'sfirstmoderncomputeralsocameintobeingatTheVictoriaUniversityofManchester.ProfessorsAndreGeimandKonstantinNovoselovwereawardedtheNobelPri

5、zeforPhysicsin2010.FormerstudentsofUMISTandTheVictoriaUniversityofManchesterincludeSirTerryLeahy,theChiefExecutiveofTesco;TVnewsreaderAnnaFord;comedianBenElton;pioneerofflightArthurWhitten-Brown;andnovelistAnthonyBurgess.OriginsTheUniversity'shistoryi

6、scloselylinkedtoManchester'semergenceastheworld'sfirstindustrialcity.ManchesterbusinessmenandindustrialistsestablishedtheMechanics'Institutetoensuretheirworkerscouldlearnthebasicprinciplesofscience.Similarly,JohnOwens,aManchestertextilemerchant,bequea

7、thed£96,942in1846forthepurposeoffoundingacollegefortheeducationofmalesonnon-sectarianlines.OwensCollegewasestablishedandgrantedaRoyalCharterin1880tobecomeEngland'sfirstcivicuniversity,TheVictoriaUniversityofManchester.By1905thetwoinstitutionswerealarg

8、eandactiveforceintheareawiththeMechanics'Institute,theforerunnerofthemodernUMIST,formingaFacultyofTechnologyandworkingalongsideTheVictoriaUniversityofManchester.Thisrelationshipworkedtotheadvantageofall,notleastthemanystudentswhoreceivedafirst