University of Manchester

University of Manchester   (University)
Motto	Cognitio, sapientia, humanitas
Formation	2004
Headquarters	Manchester, England
UK University

he University of Manchester is a public research university in Manchester, England.

COVID-19

In November 2020, hundreds of students from the University of Manchester tore down a metal fence which had been suddenly erected around their accomodation on the first day of the second UK COVID-19 lockdown. The university authorities stated that it was not intended to confine the students. Students passed a vote of no confidence "in the Vice-Chancellor amid criticism of the institution’s handling of Covid".

Integrity Initiative mention: "Agnostic or hostile"

The University of Manchester hosted the Reframing Russia project mentioned in the Integrity Initiative leak. Document:Euan Grant Contributions mentions the "Creation of an Information fusion cell with strong links to academia, including agnostic or hostile groups (Manchester university reframing Russia project, University of Kent European Faculty)"

 

Event

Event	Description
Reframing Russia	An IfS/II discussed project about "The RT Challenge" which was publicly launched in 2019, not under the II/IfS name.

 

Group

Group
Manchester Business School

 

Alumni on Wikispooks

Person	Born	Died	Nationality	Summary	Description
David Aaronovitch	8 July 1954			Author Propagandist Broadcaster	UK deep state propagandist on topics from the Bilderberg group to the UK COVID-19 Lockdown. Denied being connected to the Integrity Initiative although leaked documents included his name.
Huda Ammori	17 March 1994			Activist
Liam Byrne	2 October 1970			Politician	UK politician
Andrew Cordier	1 March 1901	11 July 1975	US	Diplomat	UN official who facilitated the coup against Patrice Lumumba. Bilderberg/1962. Later President of Columbia University.
Jon Cunliffe	2 June 1953		UK	Diplomat Banker	Senior British civil servant serving as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England for Financial Stability.
Chris Donnelly	10 November 1946		UK	Spook Soldier Deep politician	A UK Deep politician who set up the Institute for Statecraft (amongst other groups).
Üstün Ergüder	1935		Turkey	Academic	Rector of Bosporus University, Board Member of the Vehbi Koç Foundation
Paddy French	1949			Investigative reporter
Isabel Furtado			Portugal	Businessperson	Portuguese businesswoman who attended the 2022 Bilderberg
Eve Garrard				Academic
Brian Gilvary			UK	Businessperson	Big oil Bilderberg banker
Richard Hermer	September 1968			Lawyer	Consented to Palestine Action co-founder Richard Barnard being charged under Terrorism legislation
Muharrem Kayhan	1955		Turkey	Businessperson	Chairman of TÜSIAD. Bilderberg 2000
Peter Levene	8 December 1941		UK	Businessperson	Chief of Defence Procurement, then over to private banking.
Harold Lever	15 January 1914	6 August 1995	UK	Politician	Tribilderberg UK MP, The Other Club
Kevin Lynch	January 1951		Canada	Banker Businessperson	Canadian Bilderberg banker businessman
John Mann	10 January 1960		UK	Politician	UK Labour Party politician
Rhetta Moran	1960
Alexander Nix	1 May 1975		UK	Propagandist Businessperson	Former CEO of Cambridge Analytica who was exposed by Channel 4's publication of a clandestine recording of him
David Malcolm Nott	1956			Doctor Pilot Deep state operative Businessperson	Possible UK operative connected to World for Libya
Frances O'Grady	9 November 1959		UK	Trade unionist	Became General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress in 2013
Maurice Oldfield	16 November 1915	11 March 1981	UK	Spook	A head of MI6
Michalis Papakonstantinou	1 November 1919	17 January 2010	Greece	Politician	Greek Foreign Minister who attended the 1993 Bilderberg meeting.
Rupert L. Pennant-Rea	23 January 1948		UK	Editor Economist Central banker Businessperson	UK central banker who attended the 1989 Bilderberg as Editor of The Economist
John Polanyi	23 January 1929		Canada Hungary	Researcher Chemist	Founded the Pugwash Conferences, attended the 1991 Bilderberg
Elaine Birch Ruffell	February 1956		UK		Senior fellow of the Institute for Statecraft with a focus on "National Security Leadership, Strategy and Architecture". "Led assessment & disruption of narcotic trafficking from Afghanistan to Europe"
Roy Schestowitz				Programmer
Faiza Shaheen	1982			Author Activist Economist
Jean Shaoul				Academic	Professor emeritus at the University of Manchester and a regular contributor to the World Socialist Web Site.
Jo Stevens	6 September 1966		UK	Politician	Labour MP, frontbencher under Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer.
Maggie Throup	27 January 1957		UK	Politician Scientist Businessperson	British scientist and Tory MP, serving as UK/Minister for Covid Vaccine Deployment
Leslie Turnberg	22 March 1934		UK	Politician Doctor
Chuka Umunna	17 October 1978				UK Labour politician, then Edelman and JPMorgan Chase .
Fran Unsworth	29 December 1957			Journalist
Haider al-Abadi	25 April 1952		Iraq

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