Social Responsibility

The Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) has been re-designated as a World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre.

On Wednesday 12 February, 145 students took part in The University’s Big Volunteer Day – a one-off volunteering project which forms part of annual Student Volunteering Week, delivered in partnership between the University and Students’ Union Volunteering Teams.

The Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre is an open access library and archive specialising in race, ethnicity and migration.

Between 10 and 23 February, the Environmental Sustainability Team supported the Students’ Union’s Climate Justice Fortnight.

The Better World Awards, the Faculty of Science and Engineering’s social responsibility awards, took place on Thursday 6 February in the University’s Great Hall.

The University of Manchester has become the first higher education institution in the UK to adopt the Social Value Portal.

The Black Pharmacists Collective (BPC) is a group of black MPharm students from the University of Manchester, working together to close the enrolment and attainment gaps between white and black students.

At the end of November 2019, Professor Leon Aarons and Dr Kayode Ogungbenro from the Division of Pharmacy & Optometry, travelled to Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Nigeria to deliver a week-long workshop titled an “Introduction to Population Pharmacokinetic Modelling”.

During the festive period we have seen a number of achievements and milestones across the University and beyond.

Computer Science, like many other STEM subjects, often struggles to attract a range of students to study the discipline.