Staff and students across the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health are working hard to support the global fight against antimicrobial resistance.

While extinctions have happened since life first evolved, we are at a point in the Earth’s history where humans are present to document these changes, and to realize our own involvement in the unfolding story.

Sarah Zaman and Dave Ames from the School of Computer Science, recently attending a reception at St James’s Palace hosted by Prince Andrew, HRH The Duke of York, to celebrate the success of computing education in schools.

In July 2016 the Green Impact team at the Centre for Primary Care (CPC) organised a sustainable travel campaign.

Members of the Tackling Food Poverty research project celebrated International Older People’s Day with an interactive cooking demonstration at the Manchester Food and Drink Festival recently.

Since 2014 the University of Manchester has been involved with the Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Friends programme, an initiative that aims to transform the way the nation thinks, acts and talks about dementia.

In this article we hear from Professor Yaron Matras from School of Arts, Languages, and Cultures about the benefits of promoting language diversity.

The University’s commitment to supporting students in becoming socially responsible and highly employable citizens of the world has stepped up a gear, with a new initiative that seeks to encourage all Manchester students to become ‘the best graduate they can be’.

The University is holding its biennial Supplier Exhibition for staff and post-graduates on the 10 November in Whitworth Hall from 10am to 4pm.

The University currently offers one of the most generous widening participating (WP) led financial support packages within the Russell Group, which is based solely on financial need.