Social Responsibility

Throughout lockdown, the IntoUniversity Manchester North (IUMN) team worked tirelessly to continue their engagement, providing both academic and pastoral support to students and their families.

For the past eight years the Greater Manchester Higher Network has held the Care Leaver Awards which brings together young care leavers from across GM, celebrating their achievements with a lively awards ceremony.

More than £1 million of support has been made available to our students, thanks to generous donations to our Emergency Hardship Appeal from over 3,000 of our supporters in 80 countries across the world.

Scientists and researchers from across the University have outlined how the world’s key challenges can be addressed in a post-COVID world in a suite of online flash lectures.

Researchers from the Global Development Institute have been awarded a new research contract of £32 million to establish the African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC), funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) as part of UK Aid.

Earlier this month The University of Manchester Worldwide Hong Kong held a charity run which was a great success.

We’ve been working hard to give all our new and returning students a warm welcome to Manchester in September. It’s an exciting time of year, with around 100,000 students arriving in the city region. But it’s also clearly a challenging moment across the UK and in...

The University was proud to co-sponsor the third Greater Manchester Green Summit with The Henry Royce Institute, held for the first time as a virtual event between 21 – 24 Sept.

Children and parents had to quickly adapt to home schooling when the COVID-19 pandemic led to school closures in spring 2020 to prevent the spread of infections.

In Spring 2020, Creative Manchester and the Manchester China Institute launched their second International Photography Competition.