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1、TalkingaboutBritishuniversities,whatwillfirstcomeintoyourmind?OrOxfordCambridgeToday,I’llgiveyouanotheroption!UniversityofManchesterHistoryandOriginsHistoryoftheUniversityTheUniversityofManchesterwascreatedbybringingtogetherTheVictoriaUniversityofManchesterandUMIST,twoofBritain'smostdisti

2、nguisheduniversities,tocreateapowerfulnewforceinBritishhighereducation.Manchesterhasalongtraditionofexcellenceinhighereducation.UMISTcantraceitsrootsbackto1824andtheformationoftheManchesterMechanics'Institute,whilstTheVictoriaUniversityofManchesterwasfoundedasOwensCollegein1851.After100ye

3、arsofworkingtogetherthesetwogreatinstitutionsformallycombinedtoformasingleuniversityon 22October2004.ErnestRutherford'spioneeringresearch ledtothesplittingoftheatom.25 NobelPrizewinnershaveeitherstudiedorconductedsomeoftheirworkhere:Rutherfordbeganhisworkonsplittingtheatomhere andtheworld

4、'sfirstmoderncomputeralsocameintobeingatTheVictoriaUniversityofManchester.ProfessorsAndreGeimandKonstantinNovoselovwereawardedtheNobelPrizeforPhysicsin2010.FormerstudentsofUMISTandTheVictoriaUniversityofManchesterincludeSirTerryLeahy,theChiefExecutiveofTesco;TVnewsreaderAnnaFord;comedianB

5、enElton;pioneerofflightArthurWhitten-Brown;andnovelistAnthonyBurgess.OriginsTheUniversity'shistoryiscloselylinkedtoManchester'semergenceastheworld'sfirstindustrialcity.ManchesterbusinessmenandindustrialistsestablishedtheMechanics'Institutetoensuretheirworkerscouldlearnthebasicprinciplesof

6、science.Similarly,JohnOwens,aManchestertextilemerchant,bequeathed£96,942in1846forthepurposeoffoundingacollegefortheeducationofmalesonnon-sectarianlines.OwensCollegewasestablishedandgrantedaRoyalCharterin1880tobecomeEngland'sfirstcivicuniversity,TheVictoriaUniversityofManchester.By1905thet

7、woinstitutionswerealargeandactiveforceintheareawiththeMechanics'Institute,theforerunnerofthemodernUMIST,formingaFacultyofTechnologyandworkingalongsideTheVictoriaUniversityofManchester.Thisrelationshipworkedtotheadvantageofall,notleastthemanystudentswhoreceivedafirst