Here are our 5 top social responsibility stories this month: Earlier this month, we hosted our annual Making a Difference Awards, celebrating the achievements of 34 students, colleagues, alumni and partner initiatives making a positive difference through social...
Last year, we launched the Open Doors Project, an initiative making University meeting rooms available for community use. At the beginning of 2026, we relaunched the project with expanded availability, helping more local groups access free spaces to meet, connect and...
The Sustainability Champions, a group of dedicated student volunteers who choose to take on an additional role alongside their degree programme to promote awareness of sustainability issues among their student peers and encourage environmental action. The central...
Research shows that being in nature is vital to maintaining good health and wellbeing! It’s In Our Nature is The University of Manchester’s annual nature engagement campaign. Taking place over April, the campaign encourages staff, students and members of the wider...
With around 55,000 staff and students travelling to campus during a typical week, commuting plays a huge role in everyday life at The University of Manchester. Whether it’s sitting in traffic, dashing for a delayed train, squeezing onto a packed tram, or battling a...
Erin Pallott is a Science Communication Officer at The University of Manchester, working across the Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation and the Manchester Cell-Matrix Centre. Her role is all about helping researchers share their work in ways that...
Creative Manchester host events within the Festival of Libraries every year that allow academics to facilitate events with the public based on their research. Creative Manchester has curated a series of four free events for the Festival programme, showcasing our...
To mark Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) Month in June, join our 'In Conversation' event, centred on the ways GRT communities continue to challenge exclusion while shaping new political, intellectual, and collective self-determined futures. This event is open to...
On Monday 11 May, the University of Manchester co-hosted the second Muslim-Friendly Universities Conference: Researching Equity and Inclusion with Muslim Communities, with one of our donors, the Aziz Foundation. Over 50 delegates attended, including researchers from...
The University of Manchester, through Creative Manchester, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the “Arts-Based Communication Platform for Co-creation to Build a Convivial Society" at Tokyo University of the Arts and the National Center for Art Research...
